Africa vs Spain: Raw silk (not thrown) — Production

Africa
9.06 t
in 2023
Spain
15 t
in 2013
Africa rank
15th
Spain rank
14th

Raw silk (not thrown) — Production over time

  • Africa
  • Spain
020406080196119922023

How they compare

Spain currently reports 15 t against 9.06 t in Africa, a difference of 5.94 t.

That makes Spain's figure about 1.7 times Africa's.

Across all 34 years both countries report, Spain has been ahead every year.

Africa ranks 15th and Spain ranks 14th of 19 groups.

Spain has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Africa Spain Difference Ahead
1960s 9.33 t 48.89 t 39.56 t Spain
1970s 7.8 t 22.4 t 14.6 t Spain
1980s 5.4 t 15 t 9.6 t Spain
1990s 5 t 15 t 10 t Spain
2010s 1 t 15 t 14 t Spain

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher raw silk (not thrown) — production, Africa or Spain?
Spain, at 15 t against 9.06 t in Africa as of 2013.
What is the difference in raw silk (not thrown) — production between Africa and Spain?
5.94 t, with Spain ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Spain?
34 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2013.
How do Africa and Spain rank globally for raw silk (not thrown) — production?
Africa ranks 15th and Spain ranks 14th of 19 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Raw silk (not thrown) — Production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Raw silk (not thrown) — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
54 places, 2,814 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.