FAOSTAT · 1961–2023
Cotton lint production in Nigeria
In 2023 Nigeria produced 99,200 t of cotton lint, the 19th largest in the world (0.40% of the world total). Over ten years it grew by 5.1%. The record was 210,900 t in 2010.
The 2023 figure is imputed by FAO.
- Production, 2023
- 99,200 t
- World rank
- 19 of 84
- 10-year change
- +5.1%
- Record
- 210,900 t
- 2010
Cotton lint in Nigeria, 1961–2023 (tonnes)
By year
| Year | Tonnes | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 99,200 | −4.6% |
| 2022 | 104,000 | +12% |
| 2021 | 93,000 | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 90,000 | +105% |
| 2019 | 44,000 | −14% |
| 2018 | 51,000 | 0.0% |
| 2017 | 51,000 | −48% |
| 2016 | 97,600 | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 97,100 | −4.4% |
| 2014 | 101,600 | +7.6% |
| 2013 | 94,400 | −6.3% |
| 2012 | 100,700 | −46% |
| 2011 | 188,200 | −11% |
| 2010 | 210,900 | +62% |
| 2009 | 130,000 | −28% |
| 2008 | 180,000 | +9.1% |
| 2007 | 165,000 | −21% |
| 2006 | 208,000 | +9.5% |
| 2005 | 190,000 | +11% |
| 2004 | 171,000 | +7.5% |
| 2003 | 159,000 | +6.0% |
| 2002 | 150,000 | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 148,000 | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 147,000 | +5.0% |
| 1999 | 140,000 | +3.7% |
| 1998 | 135,000 | +3.8% |
| 1997 | 130,000 | +12% |
| 1996 | 116,000 | +22% |
| 1995 | 95,000 | +19% |
| 1994 | 80,000 | +14% |
| 1993 | 70,000 | −41% |
| 1992 | 119,000 | +16% |
| 1991 | 103,000 | +8.4% |
| 1990 | 95,000 | +44% |
| 1989 | 66,000 | +4.8% |
| 1988 | 63,000 | +16% |
| 1987 | 54,430 | +50% |
| 1986 | 36,290 | +245% |
| 1985 | 10,524 | −16% |
| 1984 | 12,562 | −36% |
| 1983 | 19,745 | −6.0% |
| 1982 | 21,014 | −23% |
| 1981 | 27,183 | −7.3% |
| 1980 | 29,324 | −22% |
| 1979 | 37,384 | −6.0% |
| 1978 | 39,763 | −52% |
| 1977 | 82,215 | +36% |
| 1976 | 60,573 | +22% |
| 1975 | 49,554 | +68% |
| 1974 | 29,459 | −41% |
| 1973 | 49,950 | +31% |
| 1972 | 38,076 | −3.4% |
| 1971 | 39,421 | −57% |
| 1970 | 91,380 | +63% |
| 1969 | 56,000 | +107% |
| 1968 | 27,000 | −48% |
| 1967 | 52,000 | +13% |
| 1966 | 46,000 | 0.0% |
| 1965 | 46,000 | −2.1% |
| 1964 | 47,000 | +9.3% |
| 1963 | 43,000 | −16% |
| 1962 | 51,000 | 0.0% |
| 1961 | 51,000 | — |
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.