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Table 04 Cotton Area, Yield, and Production 
  
Date Created  03/08/2024 12:00:39 PM  
 
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Country/Region Area
(Million hectares)
Yield
(Kilograms per hectare)
Production
(Million 480 lb. bales)
Change in Production
  2023/24 Proj.   2023/24 Proj.   2023/24 Proj. From last month From last year
2021/22 Prel.
2022/23
Feb Mar 2021/22 Prel.
2022/23
Feb Mar 2021/22 Prel.
2022/23
Feb Mar MBales Percent MBales Percent
World32.2831.7031.6931.71772798775776114.49116.26112.82112.960.130.12-3.30-2.84
United States4.152.952.862.869191,06894792117.5214.4712.4312.10-0.33-2.69-2.37-16.37
Total Foreign28.1328.7528.8328.8575177175876196.96101.79100.39100.860.470.46-0.93-0.92
 
Western Hemisphere 
  Brazil1.371.601.661.661,7201,5951,9101,91010.8211.7214.5614.560.000.002.8424.23
  Mexico0.150.200.130.131,7251,7201,5491,5491.221.580.930.930.000.00-0.66-41.46
  Argentina0.480.510.560.566584956616221.451.171.701.60-0.10-5.880.4437.34
  Paraguay0.020.050.060.065278908128120.050.180.210.210.000.000.0211.41
  Peru0.010.010.010.016368919909900.040.050.050.050.000.000.0111.11
  Colombia0.010.020.010.011,2798489219210.050.070.060.060.000.00-0.02-25.68
 
Africa 
  Burkina Faso0.600.620.540.543512733133130.960.780.770.770.000.00-0.01-0.65
  Mali0.720.600.710.714322693993991.430.741.301.300.000.000.5776.87
  Cote dchr(39)Ivoire0.470.410.400.404862364114111.050.450.750.750.000.000.3067.42
  Cameroon0.230.230.250.256065635875870.640.600.660.660.000.000.0610.00
  Benin0.640.570.510.514834184464461.421.101.051.050.000.00-0.06-5.00
  Chad0.330.220.210.212011962182180.300.200.210.210.000.000.012.50
  Togo0.070.070.090.092952973333330.100.090.130.130.000.000.0444.44
  Senegal0.020.020.020.025083204084080.040.030.030.030.000.000.0120.00
  Egypt0.090.140.110.117176616936930.280.430.350.350.000.00-0.08-17.65
  Zimbabwe0.250.240.240.241911951951950.220.220.220.220.000.000.000.00
  Nigeria0.270.270.270.272822822822820.350.350.350.350.000.000.000.00
 
Asia Oceania 
  China3.103.152.902.901,8822,1222,0652,06526.8030.7027.5027.500.000.00-3.20-10.42
  India12.3712.9312.7012.7042844342943724.3026.3025.0025.500.502.00-0.80-3.04
  Pakistan2.001.802.402.406534726086086.003.906.706.700.000.002.8071.79
  Kazakhstan0.110.130.120.124675844904900.240.340.270.270.000.00-0.07-19.40
  Tajikistan0.170.170.170.196086156406470.480.480.500.570.0713.000.0917.71
  Turkmenistan0.550.550.550.553563563563560.900.900.900.900.000.000.000.00
  Uzbekistan1.031.051.031.036066846136132.873.302.902.900.000.00-0.40-12.12
  Turkey0.450.560.440.441,8391,9221,5831,5833.804.903.203.200.000.00-1.70-34.69
  Australia0.640.650.520.522,0061,9432,0292,0295.855.804.804.800.000.00-1.00-17.24
  Syria0.030.030.030.031,1321,1321,1321,1320.130.130.130.130.000.000.000.00
  Burma0.160.150.160.166606536606600.480.450.470.470.000.000.024.44
 
Europe 
  Greece0.260.260.200.201,1631,2381,0341,0341.401.450.950.950.000.00-0.50-34.48
 
Others1.551.581.881.884664724384383.323.423.783.780.000.000.3610.54