Silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling — Production in Madagascar
Madagascar: Silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling — Production was 57 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling — Production in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Madagascar recorded 57 t for silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling — production in 2024.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 43.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling — production in Madagascar peaked at 200 t in 1968 and was at its lowest, 35.71 t, in 2015.
Madagascar ranks 17th of 31 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.
Silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling — Production in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 100 t | — |
| 1962 | 100 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 100 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 100 t | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 100 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 110 t | +10.0% |
| 1967 | 120 t | +9.1% |
| 1968 | 200 t | +66.7% |
| 1969 | 200 t | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 200 t | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 200 t | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 200 t | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 200 t | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 150 t | -25.0% |
| 1975 | 150 t | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 150 t | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 100 t | -33.3% |
| 1978 | 100 t | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 100 t | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 100 t | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 100 t | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 100 t | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 100 t | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 50 t | -50.0% |
| 1985 | 50 t | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 50 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 50 t | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 50 t | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 50 t | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 45 t | -10.0% |
| 1991 | 52.85 t | +17.4% |
| 1992 | 52.7 t | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 52.55 t | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 52.4 t | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 52.25 t | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 52.09 t | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 51.94 t | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 51.79 t | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 51.64 t | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 51.49 t | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 51.34 t | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 51.18 t | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 51.03 t | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 60 t | +17.6% |
| 2005 | 60 t | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 70 t | +16.7% |
| 2007 | 80 t | +14.3% |
| 2008 | 80 t | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 85 t | +6.2% |
| 2010 | 85 t | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 85 t | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 100 t | +17.6% |
| 2013 | 100 t | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 100 t | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 35.71 t | -64.3% |
| 2016 | 42.81 t | +19.9% |
| 2017 | 48 t | +12.1% |
| 2018 | 50 t | +4.2% |
| 2019 | 52.51 t | +5.0% |
| 2020 | 57.14 t | +8.8% |
| 2021 | 57.14 t | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 57.14 t | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 57.14 t | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 57 t | -0.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling — Production in Madagascar 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | +66.7% | 120 t | 200 t |
| 2015 | -64.3% | 100 t | 35.71 t |
| 1984 | -50.0% | 100 t | 50 t |
| 1977 | -33.3% | 150 t | 100 t |
| 1974 | -25.0% | 200 t | 150 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 125.56 t | 100 t | 200 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 155 t | 100 t | 200 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 70 t | 50 t | 100 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 51.52 t | 45 t | 52.85 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 64 t | 51.03 t | 85 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 69.9 t | 35.71 t | 100 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 57.11 t | 57 t | 57.14 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
More agriculture & rural data for Madagascar
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.42 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.217 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 130.06 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0011 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.671 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 21.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 21.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling — production in Madagascar?
- Silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling — production in Madagascar was 57 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling — production recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 200 t in 1968.
- What is the lowest silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling — production recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 35.71 t in 2015.
- How does Madagascar rank for silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling — production?
- Madagascar ranks 17th out of 31 countries with data for 2024.
- Is silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling — production rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 43.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Madagascar data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling — 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.