Raw silk (not thrown) — Production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Raw silk (not thrown) — Production was 82.34 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Raw silk (not thrown) — Production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) recorded 82.34 t for raw silk (not thrown) — production in 2023.
That represents a change of up 1.9% on the previous year and up 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw silk (not thrown) — production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 125 t in 1976 and was at its lowest, 54 t, in 1972.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Raw silk (not thrown) — Production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 70 t | — |
| 1962 | 70 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 70 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 70 t | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 70 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 70 t | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 70 t | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 70 t | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 65 t | -7.1% |
| 1970 | 65 t | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 64 t | -1.5% |
| 1972 | 54 t | -15.6% |
| 1973 | 70 t | +29.6% |
| 1974 | 70 t | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 70 t | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 125 t | +78.6% |
| 1977 | 64 t | -48.8% |
| 1978 | 69 t | +7.8% |
| 1979 | 58 t | -15.9% |
| 1980 | 59 t | +1.7% |
| 1981 | 58 t | -1.7% |
| 1982 | 59 t | +1.7% |
| 1983 | 60 t | +1.7% |
| 1984 | 61 t | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 62 t | +1.6% |
| 1986 | 62 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 63 t | +1.6% |
| 1988 | 63 t | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 64 t | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 65 t | +1.6% |
| 1991 | 73.4 t | +12.9% |
| 1992 | 74.38 t | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 75.36 t | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 76.34 t | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 77.31 t | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 78.29 t | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 79.27 t | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 80.25 t | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 82.23 t | +2.5% |
| 2000 | 82.21 t | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 82.19 t | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 82.17 t | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 82.14 t | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 83.4 t | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 83.4 t | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 84.8 t | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 86.2 t | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 86.2 t | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 86.9 t | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 75 t | -13.7% |
| 2011 | 75 t | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 75 t | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 75 t | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 84.23 t | +12.3% |
| 2015 | 80.01 t | -5.0% |
| 2016 | 80.12 t | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 82.17 t | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 80.99 t | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 82.55 t | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 81.3 t | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 80.76 t | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 80.79 t | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 82.34 t | +1.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Raw silk (not thrown) — Production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | +78.6% | 70 t | 125 t |
| 1977 | -48.8% | 125 t | 64 t |
| 1973 | +29.6% | 54 t | 70 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 69.44 t | 65 t | 70 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 70.9 t | 54 t | 125 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 61.1 t | 58 t | 64 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 76.18 t | 65 t | 82.23 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 83.96 t | 82.14 t | 86.9 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 79.01 t | 75 t | 84.23 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 81.3 t | 80.76 t | 82.34 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- 2 China, mainland 50,000 t compare
- 2 Viet Nam 1,448 t compare
- 3 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 370 t compare
- 3 India 38,913 t compare
- 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 276 t compare
- 4 USSR 4,100 t compare
- 5 Romania 2,100 t compare
- 6 Türkiye 5 t compare
- 6 Uzbekistan 2,037 t compare
- 7 Brazil 330 t compare
- 7 Syrian Arab Republic 2 t compare
- 8 Thailand 291 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 3.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -0.4713 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 1.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield, annual 4.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production, annual 6.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Area harvested, annual growth rate 1.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Production, annual growth rate 3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate 1.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is raw silk (not thrown) — production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Raw silk (not thrown) — production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 82.34 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest raw silk (not thrown) — production recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 125 t in 1976.
- What is the lowest raw silk (not thrown) — production recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 54 t in 1972.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for raw silk (not thrown) — production?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 5th out of 7 groups with data for 2023.
- Is raw silk (not thrown) — production rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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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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.