FAOSTAT · 1961–2023
Cotton seed production in India
In 2023 India produced 10.6 million t of cotton seed, the largest total in the world (25.8% of the world total). Over ten years it fell by 14%. The record was 12.5 million t in 2011.
The 2023 figure is from an external organisation.
- Production, 2023
- 10.6 million t
- World rank
- 1 of 85
- 10-year change
- −14%
- Record
- 12.5 million t
- 2011
Cotton seed in India, 1961–2023 (tonnes)
By year
| Year | Tonnes | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10,600,000 | +9.3% |
| 2022 | 9,700,000 | −13% |
| 2021 | 11,200,000 | −2.6% |
| 2020 | 11,500,000 | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 11,400,000 | +15% |
| 2018 | 9,889,000 | −17% |
| 2017 | 11,848,000 | +5.3% |
| 2016 | 11,250,000 | +8.6% |
| 2015 | 10,363,000 | −14% |
| 2014 | 12,017,000 | −2.2% |
| 2013 | 12,293,100 | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 11,816,600 | −5.2% |
| 2011 | 12,465,800 | +8.0% |
| 2010 | 11,543,800 | +39% |
| 2009 | 8,294,400 | +7.8% |
| 2008 | 7,692,000 | −14% |
| 2007 | 8,938,000 | +14% |
| 2006 | 7,815,000 | +22% |
| 2005 | 6,388,000 | +13% |
| 2004 | 5,673,000 | +20% |
| 2003 | 4,741,100 | +59% |
| 2002 | 2,978,000 | −14% |
| 2001 | 3,452,000 | +3.6% |
| 2000 | 3,333,000 | −16% |
| 1999 | 3,981,000 | −6.2% |
| 1998 | 4,243,000 | +13% |
| 1997 | 3,747,000 | −24% |
| 1996 | 4,914,000 | +11% |
| 1995 | 4,441,000 | +8.2% |
| 1994 | 4,105,000 | +11% |
| 1993 | 3,709,000 | −5.8% |
| 1992 | 3,938,000 | +17% |
| 1991 | 3,354,000 | −1.3% |
| 1990 | 3,398,000 | −14% |
| 1989 | 3,944,000 | +31% |
| 1988 | 3,019,000 | +37% |
| 1987 | 2,204,000 | −7.6% |
| 1986 | 2,384,000 | −21% |
| 1985 | 3,014,000 | +2.6% |
| 1984 | 2,937,000 | +33% |
| 1983 | 2,205,000 | −15% |
| 1982 | 2,600,000 | −4.4% |
| 1981 | 2,721,000 | +3.7% |
| 1980 | 2,624,000 | −1.3% |
| 1979 | 2,659,000 | −3.2% |
| 1978 | 2,748,000 | +9.8% |
| 1977 | 2,503,000 | +15% |
| 1976 | 2,180,000 | −7.5% |
| 1975 | 2,356,000 | −10% |
| 1974 | 2,620,000 | +7.6% |
| 1973 | 2,435,000 | +3.0% |
| 1972 | 2,364,000 | −7.5% |
| 1971 | 2,555,000 | +32% |
| 1970 | 1,938,000 | −9.3% |
| 1969 | 2,137,000 | −0.9% |
| 1968 | 2,157,000 | −7.6% |
| 1967 | 2,334,000 | +15% |
| 1966 | 2,025,000 | 0.0% |
| 1965 | 2,025,000 | −6.6% |
| 1964 | 2,167,000 | −6.3% |
| 1963 | 2,312,000 | +6.1% |
| 1962 | 2,180,000 | +21% |
| 1961 | 1,796,000 | — |
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.