Central Asia vs China: Raw silk (not thrown) — Production
Raw silk (not thrown) — Production over time
- Central Asia
- China
How they compare
China currently reports 50,000 t against 2,257 t in Central Asia, a difference of 47,743 t.
That makes China's figure about 22.2 times Central Asia's.
Across all 32 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.
Central Asia ranks 6th and China ranks 1st of 19 groups.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Central Asia | China | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,906 t | 68,901 t | 66,995 t | China |
| 2000s | 1,509 t | 108,693 t | 107,184 t | China |
| 2010s | 1,479 t | 129,240 t | 127,761 t | China |
| 2020s | 2,266 t | 50,015 t | 47,749 t | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher raw silk (not thrown) — production, Central Asia or China?
- China, at 50,000 t against 2,257 t in Central Asia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in raw silk (not thrown) — production between Central Asia and China?
- 47,743 t, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Central Asia and China?
- 32 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2023.
- How do Central Asia and China rank globally for raw silk (not thrown) — production?
- Central Asia ranks 6th and China ranks 1st 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
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.