China (People’s Republic of) vs India: Silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling — Production

China (People’s Republic of)
147,002 t
in 2024
India
260,000 t
in 2024
China (People’s Republic of) rank
2nd
India rank
1st

Silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling — Production over time

  • China (People’s Republic of)
  • India
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How they compare

India currently reports 260,000 t against 147,002 t in China (People’s Republic of), a difference of 112,998 t.

That makes India's figure about 1.8 times China (People’s Republic of)'s.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was India ahead.

China (People’s Republic of) ranks 2nd and India ranks 1st of 31 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, China (People’s Republic of) averaged higher in 6 and India in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade China (People’s Republic of) India Difference Ahead
1960s 28,313 t 23,403 t 4,910 t China (People’s Republic of)
1970s 65,018 t 38,445 t 26,573 t China (People’s Republic of)
1980s 115,468 t 69,553 t 45,915 t China (People’s Republic of)
1990s 190,599 t 91,505 t 99,094 t China (People’s Republic of)
2000s 314,711 t 112,963 t 201,748 t China (People’s Republic of)
2010s 380,103 t 178,719 t 201,385 t China (People’s Republic of)
2020s 146,818 t 245,461 t 98,642 t India

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling — production, China (People’s Republic of) or India?
India, at 260,000 t against 147,002 t in China (People’s Republic of) as of 2024.
What is the difference in silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling — production between China (People’s Republic of) and India?
112,998 t, with India ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China (People’s Republic of) and India?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do China (People’s Republic of) and India rank globally for silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling — production?
China (People’s Republic of) ranks 2nd and India ranks 1st of 31 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling — Production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
57 places, 3,034 data points, 1961–2024
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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.