FAOSTAT · 1961–2023
Cotton lint production in Ghana
In 2023 Ghana produced 6,000 t of cotton lint, the 48th largest in the world (0.02% of the world total). Over ten years it fell by 1.6%. The record was 18,300 t in 1998.
The 2023 figure is from an external organisation.
- Production, 2023
- 6,000 t
- World rank
- 48 of 84
- 10-year change
- −1.6%
- Record
- 18,300 t
- 1998
Cotton lint in Ghana, 1961–2023 (tonnes)
By year
| Year | Tonnes | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6,000 | −1.6% |
| 2022 | 6,100 | 0.0% |
| 2021 | 6,100 | 0.0% |
| 2020 | 6,100 | 0.0% |
| 2019 | 6,100 | +22% |
| 2018 | 5,000 | −18% |
| 2017 | 6,100 | 0.0% |
| 2016 | 6,100 | 0.0% |
| 2015 | 6,100 | 0.0% |
| 2014 | 6,100 | 0.0% |
| 2013 | 6,100 | −13% |
| 2012 | 7,000 | 0.0% |
| 2011 | 7,000 | +218% |
| 2010 | 2,200 | −54% |
| 2009 | 4,800 | 0.0% |
| 2008 | 4,800 | −45% |
| 2007 | 8,800 | +10% |
| 2006 | 8,000 | −8.1% |
| 2005 | 8,709 | +33% |
| 2004 | 6,532 | −6.7% |
| 2003 | 7,000 | +17% |
| 2002 | 6,000 | −31% |
| 2001 | 8,700 | −38% |
| 2000 | 14,000 | −6.7% |
| 1999 | 15,000 | −18% |
| 1998 | 18,300 | +14% |
| 1997 | 16,100 | +16% |
| 1996 | 13,855 | +32% |
| 1995 | 10,516 | +13% |
| 1994 | 9,340 | −42% |
| 1993 | 16,000 | +45% |
| 1992 | 11,000 | +38% |
| 1991 | 7,950 | +59% |
| 1990 | 5,015 | +56% |
| 1989 | 3,225 | +31% |
| 1988 | 2,470 | −9.3% |
| 1987 | 2,722 | −0.6% |
| 1986 | 2,738 | +448% |
| 1985 | 500 | −80% |
| 1984 | 2,500 | +79% |
| 1983 | 1,400 | −13% |
| 1982 | 1,600 | −16% |
| 1981 | 1,900 | −24% |
| 1980 | 2,500 | −3.8% |
| 1979 | 2,600 | −3.7% |
| 1978 | 2,700 | −13% |
| 1977 | 3,100 | +11% |
| 1976 | 2,800 | −23% |
| 1975 | 3,655 | +252% |
| 1974 | 1,038 | +69% |
| 1973 | 616 | −17% |
| 1972 | 742 | +55% |
| 1971 | 479 | +192% |
| 1970 | 164 | +55% |
| 1969 | 106 | +203% |
| 1968 | 35 | — |
| 1967 | 0 | — |
| 1966 | 0 | — |
| 1965 | 0 | — |
| 1964 | 0 | — |
| 1963 | 0 | — |
| 1962 | 0 | — |
| 1961 | 0 | — |
Trade, 2024
- Exports
- 1 t USD 8,000
- Exporter rank
- 102 of 105
- Imports
- 25 t USD 79,000
- Importer rank
- 99 of 148
FAOSTAT detailed trade data, release of 23 July 2026; quantities in tonnes, values in current US dollars; exports include re-exports. World exporters and importers
Other large producers
Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 4 November 2026. fao.org/faostat. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Charts, rankings and changes calculated by Husfarm.