Oilseeds and oil fruits · FAOSTAT 2023
Cotton seed production by country
World production of cotton seed reached 41.0 million t in 2023, down 8.8% over ten years. The largest producers were India (25.8%), China (22.9%), Brazil (11.0%), together 60% of the world total.
- World production, 2023
- 41.0 million t
- 10-year change
- −8.8%
- Producing countries
- 85
- Largest producer
- India
World production, 1961–2023 (tonnes)
Producers ranked, 2023
| # | Country | Tonnes | Share | 10-year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India X | 10,600,000 | 25.8% | −14% |
| 2 | China X | 9,400,000 | 22.9% | −26% |
| 3 | Brazil | 4,494,600 | 11.0% | +109% |
| 4 | United States | 3,305,780 | 8.06% | −13% |
| 5 | Pakistan | 3,173,034 | 7.74% | −22% |
| 6 | Uzbekistan X | 2,040,000 | 4.97% | +10% |
| 7 | Australia | 1,443,074 | 3.52% | +0.3% |
| 8 | Turkey | 1,260,000 | 3.07% | −2.1% |
| 9 | Burkina Faso X | 448,000 | 1.09% | +4.2% |
| 10 | Argentina X | 430,000 | 1.05% | +51% |
| 11 | Turkmenistan X | 364,000 | 0.89% | −8.1% |
| 12 | Greece X | 360,000 | 0.88% | −29% |
| 13 | Benin X | 340,000 | 0.83% | +78% |
| 14 | Mexico X | 330,000 | 0.80% | +2.2% |
| 15 | Mali | 314,583 | 0.77% | +6.6% |
| 16 | Cameroon X | 280,000 | 0.68% | +79% |
| 17 | Egypt | 194,879 | 0.48% | +46% |
| 18 | Tajikistan X | 192,000 | 0.47% | −15% |
| 19 | Kazakhstan I | 180,253 | 0.44% | −17% |
| 20 | Côte d'Ivoire X | 180,000 | 0.44% | −13% |
| 21 | Azerbaijan X | 177,000 | 0.43% | +312% |
| 22 | Myanmar E | 160,000 | 0.39% | −43% |
| 23 | Nigeria X | 124,000 | 0.30% | −23% |
| 24 | Sudan X | 110,000 | 0.27% | +118% |
| 25 | Tanzania E | 106,900 | 0.26% | −52% |
| 26 | Ethiopia X | 105,000 | 0.26% | +50% |
| 27 | Chad X | 80,000 | 0.20% | +51% |
| 28 | Uganda X | 80,000 | 0.20% | +167% |
| 29 | Afghanistan I | 79,595 | 0.19% | +190% |
| 30 | Iran X | 72,000 | 0.18% | −30% |
| 31 | Zimbabwe | 63,627 | 0.16% | −55% |
| 32 | Syria | 61,000 | 0.15% | −45% |
| 33 | Kyrgyzstan X | 41,892 | 0.10% | −3.9% |
| 34 | Bangladesh E | 40,900 | 0.10% | +17% |
| 35 | Zambia X | 34,000 | 0.08% | −63% |
| 36 | Central African Republic I | 29,727 | 0.07% | +150% |
| 37 | Togo I | 28,505 | 0.07% | −37% |
| 38 | South Africa | 26,452 | 0.06% | +208% |
| 39 | Mozambique | 23,516 | 0.06% | −62% |
| 40 | Guinea I | 23,409 | 0.06% | +6.4% |
| 41 | Israel | 22,680 | 0.06% | +34% |
| 42 | Paraguay X | 22,000 | 0.05% | −34% |
| 43 | DR Congo I | 19,797 | 0.05% | +0.6% |
| 44 | Peru E | 18,000 | 0.04% | −60% |
| 45 | North Korea I | 16,777 | 0.04% | −35% |
| 46 | Colombia | 15,361 | 0.04% | −56% |
| 47 | Spain | 14,060 | 0.03% | −75% |
| 48 | Ghana I | 11,355 | 0.03% | +22% |
| 49 | Madagascar I | 9,000 | 0.02% | 0.0% |
| 50 | Malawi E | 9,000 | 0.02% | −91% |
| 51 | Senegal E | 8,500 | 0.02% | −55% |
| 52 | Bolivia E | 4,800 | 0.01% | +182% |
| 53 | Somalia I | 4,746 | 0.01% | +5.9% |
| 54 | Venezuela | 4,032 | 0.01% | −42% |
| 55 | Nicaragua X | 4,000 | 0.01% | +33% |
| 56 | Tunisia I | 3,655 | 0.01% | −16% |
| 57 | Niger I | 3,480 | 0.01% | −1.8% |
| 58 | Yemen I | 3,417 | 0.01% | −71% |
| 59 | Guinea-Bissau I | 3,145 | 0.01% | +8.4% |
| 60 | Kenya E | 2,550 | 0.01% | −70% |
| 61 | Ecuador I | 2,221 | 0.01% | −4.6% |
| 62 | Angola E | 2,200 | 0.01% | −31% |
| 63 | Thailand X | 2,000 | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| 64 | Honduras I | 1,979 | 0.00% | +9.9% |
| 65 | Guatemala I | 1,330 | 0.00% | −22% |
| 66 | Eswatini I | 1,068 | 0.00% | +23% |
| 67 | Bulgaria I | 975 | 0.00% | +529% |
| 68 | Burundi I | 723 | 0.00% | −68% |
| 69 | Laos E | 690 | 0.00% | −67% |
| 70 | Botswana I | 581 | 0.00% | −1.5% |
| 71 | Albania I | 529 | 0.00% | −2.0% |
| 72 | Haiti I | 516 | 0.00% | −14% |
| 73 | Costa Rica I | 397 | 0.00% | −61% |
| 74 | Gambia I | 275 | 0.00% | −3.2% |
| 75 | Cambodia I | 156 | 0.00% | −9.8% |
| 76 | Morocco I | 134 | 0.00% | +0.8% |
| 77 | Nepal I | 82 | 0.00% | −13% |
| 78 | Indonesia I | 81 | 0.00% | −94% |
| 79 | Antigua and Barbuda E | 65 | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| 80 | Philippines E | 54 | 0.00% | −50% |
| 81 | Algeria I | 53 | 0.00% | +3.9% |
| 82 | Grenada I | 32 | 0.00% | +6.7% |
| 83 | Vietnam I | 14 | 0.00% | −99% |
| 84 | Saint Kitts and Nevis I | 2 | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| 85 | Iraq I | 1 | 0.00% | −100% |
E = estimated by FAO, I = imputed by FAO, X = from an external organisation; other figures are official.
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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.