Raw silk (not thrown) — Production in Japan
Japan: Raw silk (not thrown) — Production was 10 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Raw silk (not thrown) — Production in Japan, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Japan recorded 10 t for raw silk (not thrown) — production in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 66.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw silk (not thrown) — production in Japan peaked at 21,486 t in 1969 and was at its lowest, 10 t, in 2021.
Japan ranks 19th of 33 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19,454 t | 18,080 t | 21,486 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 18,363 t | 15,950 t | 20,516 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,594 t | 6,078 t | 16,155 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,132 t | 348.6 t | 5,721 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 179.76 t | 70.77 t | 387.03 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 30.2 t | 16 t | 54 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.5 t | 10 t | 16 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Japan
More agriculture & rural data for Japan
- Agriculture share gdp 0.9583 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.9583 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2025)
- Rural population 7.7% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.9% (2025)
- Rural population 9.50 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.0% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 40.15 billion current US$ (2024)
- Bananas — Production 17.99 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is raw silk (not thrown) — production in Japan?
- Raw silk (not thrown) — production in Japan was 10 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest raw silk (not thrown) — production recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 21,486 t in 1969.
- What is the lowest raw silk (not thrown) — production recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 10 t in 2021.
- How does Japan rank for raw silk (not thrown) — production?
- Japan ranks 19th out of 33 countries with data for 2023.
- Is raw silk (not thrown) — production rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 66.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Japan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Raw silk (not thrown) — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.