Eastern Asia vs India: Silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling — Production

Eastern Asia
149,632 t
in 2024
India
260,000 t
in 2024
Eastern Asia rank
3rd
India rank
1st

Silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling — Production over time

  • Eastern Asia
  • India
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How they compare

India currently reports 260,000 t against 149,632 t in Eastern Asia, a difference of 110,368 t.

That makes India's figure about 1.7 times Eastern Asia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Eastern Asia ahead.

Eastern Asia ranks 3rd and India ranks 1st of 19 groups.

Across the 7 decades both report, Eastern Asia averaged higher in 6 and India in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Eastern Asia India Difference Ahead
1960s 157,915 t 23,403 t 134,512 t Eastern Asia
1970s 200,594 t 38,445 t 162,149 t Eastern Asia
1980s 185,056 t 69,553 t 115,502 t Eastern Asia
1990s 207,868 t 91,505 t 116,363 t Eastern Asia
2000s 317,567 t 112,963 t 204,604 t Eastern Asia
2010s 382,712 t 178,719 t 203,993 t Eastern Asia
2020s 149,511 t 245,461 t 95,949 t India

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling — production, Eastern Asia or India?
India, at 260,000 t against 149,632 t in Eastern Asia as of 2024.
What is the difference in silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling — production between Eastern Asia and India?
110,368 t, with India ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Asia and India?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Eastern Asia and India rank globally for silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling — production?
Eastern Asia ranks 3rd and India ranks 1st of 19 groups.
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.