List of countries by raw cotton exports

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The following is a list of countries by raw cotton exports, using the Harmonised System code 5201.

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Data is for 2024, in thousands of United States dollars and tons.

List of countries by raw cotton exports (2024) [1]
CountryValue exported
(thousands USD)
Trade balance
(thousands USD)
Quantity exported
(tons)
 World17,357,728872,3849,020,451
Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 5,154,9435,150,5272,774,346
Flag of the United States.svg United States 5,007,8195,005,5272,491,893
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 2,520,6622,520,6271,225,329
Flag of India.svg India 918,281−86,397464,999
Flag of Benin.svg Benin 500,888496,299259,466
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 478,060−1,046,853253,004
Flag of Greece.svg Greece 465,951461,381254,348
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso 332,854332,828176,103
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Côte d'Ivoire 274,626274,523147,363
Flag of the Taliban.svg Afghanistan 226,301226,301111,111
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan 177,120177,101118,515
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 153,034−118,19377,003
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan 149,150148,97294,665
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 140,722140,427129,758
Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan 93,87493,87349,176
Flag of Mali.svg Mali 62,67462,54233,523
Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania 61,91661,85748,313
Flag of Spain.svg Spain 57,62747,8440
Flag of Syria (2025-).svg Syria 51,89251,84234,165
Flag of Tajikistan.svg Tajikistan 51,86051,83728,268
Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo 51,86051,85928,720
Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay 48,55348,54730,737
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 47,656−5,270,32021,141
Flag of Israel.svg Israel 37,05729,72118,646
Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon 36,42336,42318,655
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan 19,51119,51011,173
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 18,35317,43311,137
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 17,858−158,9099,995
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe 15,63613,63410,370
Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia 14,57614,4938,830
Flag of Chad.svg Chad 13,97613,9767,315
Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar 13,63713,3396,166
Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia 12,827−289,0497,008
Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Turkmenistan 11,612−8,3348,127
Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda 11,28711,2826,369
Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal 10,81910,7975,571
Flag of Italy.svg Italy 10,038−41,5510
Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique 10,0299,2675,880
Flag of Mauritania.svg Mauritania 9,9259,9218,497
Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal 7,316−51,2150
Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 6,9676,7994,872
Flag of Germany.svg Germany 5,892−29,3701,545
Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia 5,845−805,4383,402
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 4,288504140
Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 3,307−741,1241,841
Flag of France.svg France 3,076−30,010959
Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar 2,8382,8352,167
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan 2,246−41,369988
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 2,1711,1150
Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi 2,0351,995549
Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica 1,9911,972675
Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea 1,9041,9031,001
Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia 1,8521,8521,170
Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 1,529−134,995876
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 1,152200
Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 1,144161245
Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala 982−117,194377
Flag of Peru.svg Peru 910−92,096242
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 816−4,175667
Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam 778−2,466,100353
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland 73940068
Flag of Poland.svg Poland 724−12,773299
Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 577−188,038196
Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore 4092468
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 390284182
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 38014259
Flag of Iran.svg Iran 380−34,712214
Flag of Eswatini.svg Eswatini 355281202
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan 301277114
Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 287−2,553,331294
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina 230−3,14243
Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq 217165161
Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia 205−7003
Flag of Romania.svg Romania 198−18245
Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador 142−92,66160
Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius 125−35,53263
Flag of Norway.svg Norway 121−1814
Flag of Tokelau.svg Tokelau 98−40143
Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia 94−2,61120
Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 87−7,26164
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 69−4,6527
Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados 67655
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates 65−22,55928
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 53−1,747143
Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia 50−902
Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines 49−6,24534
Flag of Oman.svg Oman 45140
Flag of Austria.svg Austria 38−689
Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 30−1,8286
Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia 29−1,96912
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong 271421
Flag of Nepal.svg   Nepal 23−1,0096
Flag of Japan.svg Japan 22−64,2380
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Congo 19180
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 16−2,9253
Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho 16−25,77440
Flag of Panama.svg Panama 1423
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago 14130
Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain 13−7,6793
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 12−1,1124
Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana 9−611
Flag of The Gambia.svg Gambia 6−576
Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana 6−110
Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia 6−1,62312
Flag of Finland.svg Finland 5−290
Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan 5−7140
Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon 510
Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania 5−70
Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 5−27213
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 4−2101
Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa 4−580
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 3−150
Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji 300
Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia 2−10,3970
Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar 2−520
Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 2−3,8610
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 1−9021
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica 1−34,334135
Flag of Greenland.svg Greenland 1−1420
Flag of Angola.svg Angola 1−2740

Observatory of Economic Complexity

Data is for 2023, in United States dollars.

List of countries by raw cotton exports (2023) [2]
CountryTrade Value
Flag of the United States.svg United States 6,003,369,033
Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 3,074,138,579
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 2,811,045,476
Flag of India.svg India 758,883,922
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 586,394,451
Flag of Benin.svg Benin 503,512,141
Flag of Greece.svg Greece 464,391,527
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso 262,056,156
Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan 246,492,059
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 228,156,251
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Cote d'Ivoire 203,746,762
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 142,632,914
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan 141,451,588
Flag of the Taliban.svg Afghanistan 135,051,803
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan 122,748,993
Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania 102,066,153
Flag of Tajikistan.svg Tajikistan 91,805,986
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 68,757,519
Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 67,934,557
Flag of Spain.svg Spain 63,222,518
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 59,866,026
Flag of Mali.svg Mali 54,271,028
Flag of Syria (2025-).svg Syria 48,641,073
Flag of Israel.svg Israel 42,837,625
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan 42,156,840
Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon 37,437,261
Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia 30,800,283
Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay 29,560,672
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe 26,116,089
Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar 24,624,044
Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique 21,544,847
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 17,928,262
Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia 15,525,471
Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 14,476,085
Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal 14,247,201
Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda 13,107,824
Flag of Chad.svg Chad 11,940,829
Flag of Germany.svg Germany 10,857,918
Flag of Italy.svg Italy 8,724,791
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 8,543,799
Flag of Peru.svg Peru 7,908,091
Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia 7,844,835
Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo 7,555,731
Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi 7,056,886
Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Turkmenistan 5,856,970
Flag of France.svg France 4,990,185
Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal 4,422,977
Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar 3,367,649
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 3,176,277
Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia 2,177,150
Flag of Japan.svg Japan 2,063,059
Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 1,845,702
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 1,697,955
Flag of Austria.svg Austria 1,581,891
Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic 1,366,401
Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica 1,339,675
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 1,250,217
Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 1,028,359
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 835,207
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates 746,620
Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 734,716
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 491,940
Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 475,039
Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam 474,965
Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia 463,092
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan 436,477
Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador 389,861
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 385,076
Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 381,060
Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan 319,148
Flag of Eswatini.svg Eswatini 291,855
Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus 247,549
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 242,502
Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia 235,639
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina 229,959
Flag of Russia.svg Russia 222,168
Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines 197,901
Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia 187,364
Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados 172,581
Flag of Poland.svg Poland 157,123
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 148,461
Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 142,757
Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala 136,081
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 94,217
Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore 79,396
Flag of Romania.svg Romania 70,094
Flag of Iran.svg Iran 63,902
Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia 56,411
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 50,223
Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania 47,090
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan 45,785
Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 44,304
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong 42,699
Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana 41,842
Flag of Norway.svg Norway 39,439
Flag of South Sudan.svg South Sudan 36,907
Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq 24,165
Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius 19,352
Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia 13,985
Flag of Finland.svg Finland 11,615
Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 10,538
Flag of Chile.svg Chile 7,733
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica 6,995
Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho 6,437
Flag of Nepal.svg   Nepal 5,652
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland 5,468
Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua 5,223
Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia 5,050
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago 2,932
Flag of Angola.svg Angola 2,703
Flag of Panama.svg Panama 2,339
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 1,788
Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia 1,477
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 821
Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia 631
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg 630
Flag of Greenland.svg Greenland 353
Flag of Malta.svg Malta 234
Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia 155
Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea 125
Flag of The Gambia.svg Gambia 92
Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia 85
Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay 57
Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana 51
Flag of North Macedonia.svg North Macedonia 48
Flag of Andorra.svg Andorra 18
Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar 17
Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain 4
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic 2
Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti 2

References

  1. "Trade Map - List of exporters for the selected product in 2024 (Cotton, neither carded nor combed)". www.trademap.org. Retrieved 2025-09-20.
  2. "Which countries export Raw Cotton? (2023)". The Observatory of Economic Complexity. Retrieved 2025-09-20.