FAOSTAT · 1961–2023
Cotton lint production in Syria
In 2023 Syria produced 32,846 t of cotton lint, the 31st largest in the world (0.13% of the world total). Over ten years it fell by 75%. The record was 367,000 t in 1997.
- Production, 2023
- 32,846 t
- World rank
- 31 of 84
- 10-year change
- −75%
- Record
- 367,000 t
- 1997
Cotton lint in Syria, 1961–2023 (tonnes)
By year
| Year | Tonnes | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 32,846 | +23% |
| 2022 | 26,690 | +15% |
| 2021 | 23,268 | −32% |
| 2020 | 34,133 | −15% |
| 2019 | 40,122 | +52% |
| 2018 | 26,379 | +135% |
| 2017 | 11,234 | −16% |
| 2016 | 13,430 | −68% |
| 2015 | 41,368 | −37% |
| 2014 | 65,317 | −50% |
| 2013 | 130,635 | −17% |
| 2012 | 157,850 | −19% |
| 2011 | 195,952 | +18% |
| 2010 | 165,380 | −26% |
| 2009 | 224,300 | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 221,600 | +4.7% |
| 2007 | 211,600 | −12% |
| 2006 | 240,000 | −28% |
| 2005 | 332,900 | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 331,000 | +17% |
| 2003 | 283,000 | +16% |
| 2002 | 245,000 | −27% |
| 2001 | 335,000 | −2.9% |
| 2000 | 345,000 | +13% |
| 1999 | 306,217 | −6.1% |
| 1998 | 326,000 | −11% |
| 1997 | 367,000 | +39% |
| 1996 | 264,000 | +22% |
| 1995 | 216,000 | +9.1% |
| 1994 | 198,000 | −6.1% |
| 1993 | 210,867 | −17% |
| 1992 | 255,000 | +24% |
| 1991 | 205,000 | +29% |
| 1990 | 158,800 | +2.5% |
| 1989 | 155,000 | −14% |
| 1988 | 179,554 | +46% |
| 1987 | 123,000 | −23% |
| 1986 | 159,000 | −6.5% |
| 1985 | 170,000 | +6.3% |
| 1984 | 160,000 | −17% |
| 1983 | 193,500 | +22% |
| 1982 | 157,995 | +21% |
| 1981 | 131,000 | +12% |
| 1980 | 117,262 | −8.8% |
| 1979 | 128,601 | −11% |
| 1978 | 144,000 | −4.0% |
| 1977 | 150,024 | −3.2% |
| 1976 | 155,000 | +9.5% |
| 1975 | 141,535 | −8.0% |
| 1974 | 153,800 | −1.7% |
| 1973 | 156,500 | +1.0% |
| 1972 | 155,000 | −0.6% |
| 1971 | 156,000 | +4.8% |
| 1970 | 148,800 | +2.8% |
| 1969 | 144,700 | −3.5% |
| 1968 | 150,000 | +19% |
| 1967 | 126,513 | −11% |
| 1966 | 141,496 | −21% |
| 1965 | 180,239 | +2.6% |
| 1964 | 175,642 | +15% |
| 1963 | 152,874 | +1.9% |
| 1962 | 150,063 | +24% |
| 1961 | 120,649 | — |
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.