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Table 17 Cotton Area, Yield, and Production 
  
Date Created  06/12/2025 12:00:30 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
May Jun 2023/24 Prel.
2024/25
May Jun 2023/24 Prel.
2024/25
May Jun MBales Percent MBales Percent
World31.1830.2930.9230.20789862830843112.96119.93117.81116.99-0.82-0.70-2.94-2.45
United States2.613.163.393.321,00899393292012.0714.4114.5014.00-0.50-3.45-0.41-2.87
Total Foreign28.5727.1327.5426.89769847817834100.90105.51103.31102.99-0.32-0.31-2.52-2.39
 
South Asia 
  India12.6911.5011.8011.2043645445245725.4024.0024.5023.50-1.00-4.08-0.50-2.08
  Pakistan2.402.002.102.006355445705667.005.005.505.20-0.30-5.450.204.00
 
China2.852.902.902.952,0892,4022,1772,21427.3532.0029.0030.001.003.45-2.00-6.25
 
South America 
  Brazil1.661.952.102.101,9111,9031,8921,89214.5717.0018.2518.250.000.001.257.35
  Argentina0.620.600.630.635785086016011.651.401.731.730.000.000.3323.21
  Paraguay0.060.070.060.068128379079070.210.250.250.250.000.000.000.00
 
Africa 
  Burkina Faso0.460.350.360.363613793693690.770.600.610.610.000.000.011.67
  Mali0.710.630.700.704073734044041.331.071.301.300.000.000.2321.50
  Cote dchr(39)Ivoire0.400.360.380.383583994334330.650.660.750.750.000.000.0912.88
  Benin0.510.540.540.544825134884881.131.261.201.200.000.00-0.06-4.76
  Egypt0.100.130.100.106867126976970.320.430.320.320.000.00-0.11-24.71
  Cameroon0.240.230.230.236716446156150.740.680.650.650.000.00-0.03-4.41
  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 
  Uzbekistan1.031.000.930.936136536676672.903.002.852.850.000.00-0.15-5.00
  Turkmenistan0.500.500.520.523483483563560.800.800.850.850.000.000.056.25
  Tajikistan0.170.180.180.186476056416410.490.500.530.530.000.000.036.00
  Kazakhstan0.120.110.130.135585445285280.300.270.320.320.000.000.0518.87
 
Middle East 
  Turkey0.440.470.430.431,5801,8501,8231,8233.193.953.603.600.000.00-0.35-8.86
  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
 
Australia0.510.600.460.462,1562,0321,9411,9415.005.604.104.100.000.00-1.50-26.79
 
Mexico0.130.120.110.111,4351,4971,4521,4520.870.830.700.700.000.00-0.13-15.15
 
Burma0.180.190.190.196546546596590.550.570.560.560.000.00-0.01-1.93
 
Others1.651.601.581.585245465585563.974.004.044.02-0.02-0.500.020.45
 
World and Selected Countries and Regions