Raw silk (not thrown) — Production in Romania
Romania: Raw silk (not thrown) — Production was 2,100 t in 2017. ◆ Volatile
Raw silk (not thrown) — Production in Romania, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2017, raw silk (not thrown) — production in Romania stood at 2,100 t. That is the highest value across all 57 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw silk (not thrown) — production in Romania peaked at 2,100 t in 2005 and was at its lowest, 90 t, in 2002.
That places Romania 5th out of 33 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the top quarter.
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 | 141.44 t | 91 t | 180 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 118.5 t | 105 t | 135 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 136.5 t | 120 t | 180 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 141.5 t | 130 t | 150 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,324 t | 90 t | 2,100 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,100 t | 2,100 t | 2,100 t | 8 |
Countries ranked near Romania
- 2 China, mainland 50,000 t compare
- 3 India 38,913 t compare
- 4 USSR 4,100 t compare
- 6 Uzbekistan 2,037 t compare
- 7 Viet Nam 1,448 t compare
- 8 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 370 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Romania
- Agriculture share gdp 3 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 3 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
- Rural population 47.8% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.2% (2025)
- Rural population 9.10 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 12.87 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 0 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is raw silk (not thrown) — production in Romania?
- Raw silk (not thrown) — production in Romania was 2,100 t in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest raw silk (not thrown) — production recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 2,100 t in 2005.
- What is the lowest raw silk (not thrown) — production recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 90 t in 2002.
- How does Romania rank for raw silk (not thrown) — production?
- Romania ranks 5th out of 33 countries with data for 2017.
- Is raw silk (not thrown) — production rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Romania 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.