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Table 17 Cotton Area, Yield, and Production 
  
Date Created  02/11/2025 12:00:42 PM  
 
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Country/Region Area
(Million hectares)
Yield
(Kilograms per hectare)
Production
(Million 480 lb. bales)
Change in Production
  2024/25 Proj.   2024/25 Proj.   2024/25 Proj. From last month From last year
2022/23 Prel.
2023/24
Jan Feb 2022/23 Prel.
2023/24
Jan Feb 2022/23 Prel.
2023/24
Jan Feb MBales Percent MBales Percent
World31.6031.1730.8530.84801789843850116.30112.98119.45120.461.020.857.486.62
United States2.952.613.353.351,0681,00893893814.4712.0714.4114.410.000.002.3519.46
Total Foreign28.6528.5727.5127.49774769831840101.83100.92105.03106.051.020.975.135.09
 
South Asia 
  India12.9312.6811.8011.8044343646146126.3025.4025.0025.000.000.00-0.40-1.57
  Pakistan1.802.402.002.004726355665663.907.005.205.200.000.00-1.80-25.71
 
China3.102.852.902.902,1602,0892,2522,32730.7527.3530.0031.001.003.333.6513.35
 
South America 
  Brazil1.601.661.971.971,5951,9111,8681,87911.7214.5716.9017.000.100.592.4316.68
  Argentina0.510.620.600.604955786446261.171.651.781.73-0.05-2.820.084.55
  Paraguay0.050.060.070.078908128378370.180.210.250.250.000.000.0521.95
 
Africa 
  Burkina Faso0.620.460.350.352733613793790.780.770.600.600.000.00-0.17-21.57
  Mali0.600.710.630.632694073733730.741.331.071.070.000.00-0.26-19.43
  Cote dchr(39)Ivoire0.410.400.370.372363584304300.450.650.730.730.000.000.0812.31
  Benin0.570.510.550.554184825035031.101.131.261.260.000.000.1311.50
  Egypt0.140.100.130.136616867127120.430.320.430.430.000.000.1134.92
  Cameroon0.230.240.230.235636716446440.600.740.680.680.000.00-0.06-8.11
  Tanzania0.360.470.440.441842201731730.310.470.350.350.000.00-0.12-25.53
  Nigeria0.270.270.270.272822822822820.350.350.350.350.000.000.000.00
  Zimbabwe0.240.240.240.241951951951950.220.220.220.220.000.000.000.00
  Ethiopia0.050.060.060.067267137137130.180.180.180.180.000.000.000.00
 
Former Soviet Union - 12 
  Uzbekistan1.051.031.001.006636136536533.202.903.003.000.000.000.103.45
  Turkmenistan0.500.500.500.503483483483480.800.800.800.800.000.000.000.00
  Tajikistan0.180.170.180.187266476056050.600.490.500.500.000.000.012.04
  Kazakhstan0.130.120.120.114875585445440.280.300.300.27-0.04-11.67-0.04-11.67
 
Middle East 
  Turkey0.560.440.470.471,9221,5831,8731,8734.903.204.004.000.000.000.8025.00
  Syria0.030.030.030.031,1611,1611,1611,1610.160.160.160.160.000.000.000.00
  Iran0.120.100.100.109777628718710.530.350.400.400.000.000.0514.29
 
Australia0.650.510.600.601,9432,1561,9601,9605.805.005.405.400.000.000.408.00
 
Mexico0.200.130.120.121,7201,4351,4971,4971.580.870.830.830.000.00-0.05-5.17
 
Burma0.190.180.190.196646546546540.560.550.570.570.000.000.024.39
 
Others1.581.651.621.625905255515514.273.984.094.090.000.000.112.79
 
World and Selected Countries and Regions