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Table 17 Cotton Area, Yield, and Production 
  
Date Created  02/10/2026 12:04:12 PM  
 
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Country/Region Area
(Million hectares)
Yield
(Kilograms per hectare)
Production
(Million 480 lb. bales)
Change in Production
  2025/26 Proj.   2025/26 Proj.   2025/26 Proj. From last month From last year
2023/24 Prel.
2024/25
Jan Feb 2023/24 Prel.
2024/25
Jan Feb 2023/24 Prel.
2024/25
Jan Feb MBales Percent MBales Percent
World30.9030.0429.5129.48791859881885112.23118.54119.43119.860.430.361.311.11
United States2.613.163.163.161,00899395995912.0714.4113.9213.920.000.00-0.50-3.43
Total Foreign28.2926.8826.3526.32771843872876100.17104.13105.52105.940.430.401.811.74
 
South Asia 
  India12.6911.4811.2011.2043644045745725.4023.2023.5023.500.000.000.301.29
  Pakistan2.402.001.951.956355445585587.005.005.005.000.000.000.000.00
 
China2.852.903.053.052,0892,4022,4632,49927.3532.0034.5035.000.501.453.009.38
 
South America 
  Brazil1.661.952.102.101,9111,9031,9441,94414.5717.0018.7518.750.000.001.7510.29
  Argentina0.620.620.530.505785015965991.651.431.451.38-0.08-5.17-0.06-3.85
  Paraguay0.060.070.060.068128379079070.210.250.250.250.000.000.000.00
 
Africa 
  Burkina Faso0.460.350.390.393613453553550.770.550.640.640.000.000.0915.45
  Mali0.710.620.530.534074423343341.331.270.820.820.000.00-0.45-35.18
  Cote dchr(39)Ivoire0.400.360.290.293583604204200.650.590.560.560.000.00-0.03-5.08
  Benin0.510.540.510.514824874914911.131.201.151.150.000.00-0.05-4.17
  Egypt0.100.130.080.086867127087080.320.430.260.260.000.00-0.17-38.82
  Cameroon0.240.230.200.206715135775770.740.540.530.530.000.00-0.01-1.85
  Tanzania0.470.440.440.442201731981980.470.350.400.400.000.000.0514.29
  Nigeria0.270.270.270.272822822822820.350.350.350.350.000.000.000.00
  Zimbabwe0.240.240.240.241951952042040.220.220.230.230.000.000.014.65
  Ethiopia0.060.060.060.067137137137130.180.180.180.180.000.000.000.00
 
Former Soviet Union - 12 
  Uzbekistan1.031.000.930.936136535975972.903.002.552.550.000.00-0.45-15.00
  Turkmenistan0.500.500.520.523483483563560.800.800.850.850.000.000.056.25
  Tajikistan0.170.180.180.186276056416410.480.500.530.530.000.000.036.00
  Kazakhstan0.120.110.140.145585445055050.300.270.330.330.000.000.0622.64
 
Middle East 
  Turkey0.440.470.400.401,5801,8501,6541,6543.193.953.003.000.000.00-0.95-24.05
  Syria0.030.030.030.031,1611,1611,1611,1610.160.160.160.160.000.000.000.00
  Iran0.100.100.100.107628718718710.350.400.400.400.000.000.000.00
 
Australia0.510.600.470.472,1562,0322,0852,0855.005.604.504.500.000.00-1.10-19.64
 
Mexico0.130.130.080.071,4351,7191,6841,7090.871.000.580.57-0.02-2.59-0.43-43.22
 
Burma0.180.190.190.196546546596590.550.570.560.560.000.00-0.01-1.93
 
Others1.371.341.431.435185435345343.263.353.503.520.020.430.175.08
 
World and Selected Countries and Regions