China, mainland vs USSR: Raw silk (not thrown) — Production
Raw silk (not thrown) — Production over time
- China, mainland
- USSR
How they compare
China, mainland currently reports 50,000 t against 4,100 t in USSR, a difference of 45,900 t.
That makes China, mainland's figure about 12.2 times USSR's.
Across all 31 years both countries report, China, mainland has been ahead every year.
China, mainland ranks 2nd and USSR ranks 4th of 28 countries.
China, mainland has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China, mainland | USSR | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,167 t | 2,720 t | 6,447 t | China, mainland |
| 1970s | 21,315 t | 3,359 t | 17,956 t | China, mainland |
| 1980s | 39,893 t | 3,788 t | 36,105 t | China, mainland |
| 1990s | 57,000 t | 4,097 t | 52,903 t | China, mainland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher raw silk (not thrown) — production, China, mainland or USSR?
- China, mainland, at 50,000 t against 4,100 t in USSR as of 2023.
- What is the difference in raw silk (not thrown) — production between China, mainland and USSR?
- 45,900 t, with China, mainland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China, mainland and USSR?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1991.
- How do China, mainland and USSR rank globally for raw silk (not thrown) — production?
- China, mainland ranks 2nd and USSR ranks 4th of 28 countries.
- 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.