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Where Cotton Grows

China grew the most cotton in 2024: 18.7 million tonnes, 26.0% of the world’s 72.0 million tonnes. Watch the top producers light up on the world map, coloured by their share of the world’s cotton.

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Cotton grown in 2024

Point at or tap a country to see how much it grows.

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Share of the world’s cotton: 25% or more 10–25% 5–10% 2–5% 0.5–2% Under 0.5% None recorded

Top 10 cotton producers

Tonnes grown in 2024

  1. 1China 26.0%

    18.7 million tonnes

  2. 2India 20.8%

    15.0 million tonnes

  3. 3United States 13.3%

    9.6 million tonnes

  4. 4Brazil 11.8%

    8.5 million tonnes

  5. 5Pakistan 4.9%

    3.5 million tonnes

  6. 6Uzbekistan 4.1%

    2.9 million tonnes

  7. 7Australia 3.3%

    2.4 million tonnes

  8. 8Turkey 3.1%

    2.2 million tonnes

  9. 9Argentina 1.8%

    1.3 million tonnes

  10. 10Burkina Faso 1.1%

    769,440 tonnes

World total

72.0 million tonnes

Countries growing it

83

Largest producer

China

Top 3 together

60.1%

All 83 countries that grow cotton

#CountryTonnesShare
1 China 18,700,000 26.0%
2 India 15,000,000 20.8%
3 United States 9,573,295 13.3%
4 Brazil 8,523,606 11.8%
5 Pakistan 3,500,618 4.9%
6 Uzbekistan 2,938,089 4.1%
7 Australia 2,400,000 3.3%
8 Turkey 2,243,000 3.1%
9 Argentina 1,269,399 1.8%
10 Burkina Faso 769,440 1.1%
11 Mali 640,000 0.9%
12 Benin 635,976 0.9%
13 Turkmenistan 600,238 0.8%
14 Cameroon 490,900 0.7%
15 Mexico 479,732 0.7%
16 Sudan 358,800 0.5%
17 Côte d'Ivoire 347,922 0.5%
18 Myanmar 320,000 0.4%
19 Kazakhstan 301,661 0.4%
20 Tanzania 282,510 0.4%
21 Tajikistan 253,182 0.4%
22 Azerbaijan 237,651 0.3%
23 Egypt 228,179 0.3%
24 Nigeria 223,000 0.3%
25 Zimbabwe 211,573 0.3%
26 Ethiopia 178,704 0.2%
27 Uganda 149,308 0.2%
28 Afghanistan 120,508 0.2%
29 Iran 120,000 0.2%
30 Syria 93,144 0.1%
31 Chad 80,000 0.1%
32 Bangladesh 63,000 0.1%
33 Mozambique 59,451 0.1%
34 Togo 51,437 0.1%
35 Central African Republic 51,117 0.1%
36 Spain 49,099 0.1%
37 South Africa 48,712 0.1%
38 Kyrgyzstan 46,338 0.1%
39 Guinea 44,808 0.1%
40 North Korea 35,865 under 0.1%
41 Israel 33,000 under 0.1%
42 Colombia 31,346 under 0.1%
43 Democratic Republic of the Congo 30,480 under 0.1%
44 Ghana 27,890 under 0.1%
45 Paraguay 25,676 under 0.1%
46 Malawi 24,398 under 0.1%
47 Peru 22,596 under 0.1%
48 Senegal 14,330 under 0.1%
49 Madagascar 13,851 under 0.1%
50 Zambia 9,072 under 0.1%
51 Somalia 7,418 under 0.1%
52 Tunisia 6,796 under 0.1%
53 Bolivia 6,400 under 0.1%
54 Kenya 6,234 under 0.1%
55 Niger 5,806 under 0.1%
56 Guinea-Bissau 5,531 under 0.1%
57 Venezuela 4,877 under 0.1%
58 Ecuador 3,926 under 0.1%
59 Yemen 3,820 under 0.1%
60 Thailand 3,387 under 0.1%
61 Honduras 3,336 under 0.1%
62 Angola 3,300 under 0.1%
63 Guatemala 2,621 under 0.1%
64 Eswatini 1,678 under 0.1%
65 Laos 1,450 under 0.1%
66 Bulgaria 1,385 under 0.1%
67 Botswana 983 under 0.1%
68 Haiti 929 under 0.1%
69 Albania 802 under 0.1%
70 Costa Rica 717 under 0.1%
71 Burundi 676 under 0.1%
72 Gambia 532 under 0.1%
73 Cambodia 232 under 0.1%
74 Morocco 218 under 0.1%
75 Nepal 128 under 0.1%
76 Antigua and Barbuda 107 under 0.1%
77 Algeria 83 under 0.1%
78 Indonesia 80 under 0.1%
79 Philippines 70 under 0.1%
80 Grenada 24 under 0.1%
81 Vietnam 19 under 0.1%
82 Iraq 12 under 0.1%
83 Saint Kitts and Nevis 3 under 0.1%

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Data: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 28 October 2026. https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QCL. Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAOSTAT item: Seed cotton, unginned. Some figures are FAO estimates. Xilfy is not affiliated with or endorsed by FAO.

Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain). Borders are simplified and do not imply any view on disputed territory.

About the Where Food Grows

Where Food Grows shows which countries grow the food we eat. Pick one of 73 crops – rice, wheat, mango, banana, coffee, cocoa, tea, jute and more – and the countries that grow it light up on the world map one after another, largest producer first. Each country is coloured by its share of the world’s crop, with the top 10 beside the map and every producing country ranked below, from FAOSTAT’s latest figures.

How to use it

  1. 1 Pick a crop from the list or the buttons above the map.
  2. 2 Watch the top producers light up; press Replay to see it again.
  3. 3 Point at or tap any country for its tonnes, rank and share of the world.
  4. 4 Scroll down for every country that grows the crop, or copy the link to share it.

Frequently asked questions

Which country produces the most cotton?

China grew the most cotton in 2024: 18.7 million tonnes, 26.0% of the world’s 72.0 million tonnes. The figures are FAOSTAT’s for 2024.

What are the top 5 cotton producing countries?

China (26.0%), India (20.8%), United States (13.3%), Brazil (11.8%) and Pakistan (4.9%), by tonnes grown in 2024.

Where does the data come from?

From FAOSTAT, the food and farming statistics of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), dataset “Crops and livestock products”, under the CC BY 4.0 licence. It shows the latest year FAO has published, usually two years behind.

Why do some numbers look different from other sources?

Countries report in different ways and FAO fills gaps with its own estimates. Some crops are also grouped: FAO counts mangoes together with guavas and mangosteens, and lemons with limes. The FAOSTAT item name under the map says exactly what is counted.

Why are Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao shown apart from China?

FAOSTAT reports them separately, so the map follows its figures. Borders are simplified and do not imply any view on disputed territory.

Why is a country grey?

FAOSTAT has no production of that crop recorded for it in the latest year. It may grow a little that is not reported.

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