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Silk — Domestic supply quantity by country

Food Balance Sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply...

Countries reporting
116
Highest
500,480 t
China, mainland
Lowest
-62 t
Pakistan
Median
2 t
Years covered
53
1961–2013
Data points
6,929

What the numbers show

Silk — Domestic supply quantity is currently reported for 116 countries. The highest value is 500,480 t in China, mainland; the lowest is -62 t in Pakistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 2 t, and the mean is 6,938 t.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8,072.

Over the past decade 30 countries rose and 39 fell. The largest increase was in Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (up 928.6%), and the largest decrease in Pakistan (down 244.2%).

Silk — Domestic supply quantity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China, mainland 500,480 t 2013 up 40.2% volatile
2 India 176,536 t 2013 up 56.1% volatile
3 USSR 60,550 t 1991 up 12.8% rising
4 Uzbekistan 26,626 t 2013 up 53.6% rising
5 Viet Nam 9,384 t 2013 down 32.9% volatile
6 Thailand 6,420 t 2013 up 6.8% volatile
7 Turkmenistan 4,568 t 2013 down 2.2% rising
8 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 4,373 t 2013 down 27.2% rising
9 Romania 4,172 t 2013 up 253.0% volatile
10 Brazil 3,160 t 2013 down 73.2% volatile
11 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1,300 t 2013 down 4.6% volatile
12 Italy 1,166 t 2013 down 62.5% falling
13 Japan 1,159 t 2013 down 68.5% volatile
14 Tajikistan 981 t 2013 up 15.7% rising
15 Afghanistan 750 t 2013 up 29.5% rising
16 Republic of Korea 441 t 2013 down 74.1% volatile
17 France 284 t 2013 down 10.7% falling
18 T�rkiye 255 t 2013 down 34.1% volatile
19 Yugoslav SFR 225 t 1991 down 7.4% volatile
20 Bangladesh 218 t 2013 up 16.6% volatile
21 Cambodia 202 t 2013 down 38.0% flat
22 Nigeria 182 t 2013 — volatile
23 Germany 176 t 2013 down 63.3% volatile
24 Kyrgyzstan 150 t 2013 up 74.4% volatile
25 Indonesia 121 t 2013 down 4.7% volatile
26 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 116 t 2013 up 928.6% volatile
27 Myanmar 99 t 2013 up 22.2% volatile
28 Spain 98 t 2013 down 66.9% falling
29 Bulgaria 86 t 2013 down 5.5% volatile
30 Egypt 83 t 2013 down 82.9% volatile
31 United Arab Emirates 70 t 2013 — volatile
32 Tunisia 54 t 2013 up 8.0% volatile
33 Madagascar 49 t 2013 up 22.5% volatile
33 Nepal 49 t 2013 down 80.7% volatile
35 Azerbaijan 47 t 2013 down 90.3% volatile
36 Lebanon 40 t 2013 down 13.0% volatile
37 Peru 39 t 2013 up 129.4% volatile
38 Switzerland 31 t 2013 down 81.7% volatile
39 Philippines 25 t 2013 up 400.0% volatile
40 Austria 21 t 2013 up 31.2% volatile
41 Zambia 17 t 2013 — volatile
42 Belgium-Luxembourg 14 t 1999 down 54.8% volatile
42 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 14 t 2013 down 75.9% volatile
44 Czechia 13 t 2013 — volatile
45 Mexico 12 t 2013 up 500.0% volatile
45 Portugal 12 t 2013 up 500.0% volatile
47 Malaysia 11 t 2013 up 175.0% volatile
48 Canada 8 t 2013 down 63.6% volatile
48 Lithuania 8 t 2013 — volatile
48 Slovenia 8 t 2013 up 166.7% volatile
51 Ethiopia 5 t 2013 — volatile
51 New Zealand 5 t 2013 up 66.7% volatile
53 Poland 4 t 2013 unchanged volatile
54 Dominican Republic 3 t 2013 — volatile
54 Hungary 3 t 2013 — volatile
54 Oman 3 t 2013 — volatile
54 Caribbean 3 t 2013 — volatile
58 Malta 2 t 2013 down 96.6% volatile
58 Saudi Arabia 2 t 2013 up 100.4% volatile
58 Uruguay 2 t 2013 down 98.7% volatile
61 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 t 2013 unchanged volatile
61 Ireland 1 t 2013 down 83.3% volatile
61 Eswatini 1 t 2013 down 93.3% volatile
61 China, Hong Kong SAR 1 t 2013 down 97.8% volatile
61 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1 t 2013 — volatile
61 Australia and New Zealand 1 t 2013 up 100.4% volatile
61 United Republic of Tanzania 1 t 2013 unchanged volatile
68 Albania 0 t 2013 — volatile
68 Argentina 0 t 2013 — volatile
68 Bahamas 0 t 2013 — volatile
68 Belize 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
68 Botswana 0 t 2013 up 100.0% volatile
68 Chile 0 t 2013 — volatile
68 Colombia 0 t 2013 — volatile
68 Cyprus 0 t 2013 — volatile
68 Djibouti 0 t 2013 — volatile
68 Denmark 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
68 Ecuador 0 t 2013 — volatile
68 Estonia 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
68 Finland 0 t 2013 — volatile
68 Georgia 0 t 2013 — volatile
68 Greece 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
68 Guatemala 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
68 Guyana 0 t 2013 — volatile
68 Honduras 0 t 2013 up 100.0% volatile
68 Croatia 0 t 2013 — volatile
68 Iraq 0 t 2013 — volatile
68 Jordan 0 t 2013 — volatile
68 Kazakhstan 0 t 2013 — volatile
68 Kenya 0 t 2013 up 100.0% volatile
68 Sri Lanka 0 t 2013 — volatile
68 Luxembourg 0 t 2013 — volatile
68 Latvia 0 t 2013 — volatile
68 Morocco 0 t 2013 — volatile
68 North Macedonia 0 t 2013 — volatile
68 Mauritius 0 t 2013 — volatile
68 Malawi 0 t 2013 — volatile
68 Namibia 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
68 Nicaragua 0 t 2013 — volatile
68 Norway 0 t 2013 — volatile
68 Paraguay 0 t 2013 up 100.0% volatile
68 El Salvador 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
68 Slovakia 0 t 2013 — volatile
68 Sweden 0 t 2013 — volatile
68 Ukraine 0 t 2013 — volatile
68 Yemen 0 t 2013 — volatile
68 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0 t 2013 — volatile
68 Russian Federation 0 t 2013 — volatile
68 Brunei Darussalam 0 t 2013 down 100.0% volatile
68 Ethiopia PDR 0 t 1992 — volatile
68 China, Macao SAR 0 t 2013 — volatile
112 Israel -1 t 2013 — volatile
113 Australia -4 t 2013 up 98.4% volatile
114 Belgium -14 t 2013 down 182.4% volatile
115 China, Taiwan Province of -38 t 2013 up 86.9% volatile
116 Pakistan -62 t 2013 down 244.2% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Silk — Domestic supply quantity
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
146 places, 6,929 data points, 1961–2013
Last refreshed

Food Balance Sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per caput food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.