Silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling — Production in Romania
Romania: Silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling — Production was 14,000 t in 2017. ◆ Volatile
Silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling — Production in Romania, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling — production in Romania is 14,000 t, measured in 2017. That is the highest value across all 57 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling — production in Romania peaked at 14,000 t in 2005 and was at its lowest, 600 t, in 2002.
That places Romania 6th out of 31 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.
Silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling — Production in Romania, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,027 t | — |
| 1962 | 1,000 t | -2.6% |
| 1963 | 1,100 t | +10.0% |
| 1964 | 1,150 t | +4.5% |
| 1965 | 1,200 t | +4.3% |
| 1966 | 900 t | -25.0% |
| 1967 | 787 t | -12.6% |
| 1968 | 608 t | -22.7% |
| 1969 | 718 t | +18.1% |
| 1970 | 700 t | -2.5% |
| 1971 | 700 t | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 800 t | +14.3% |
| 1973 | 800 t | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 800 t | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 800 t | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 800 t | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 900 t | +12.5% |
| 1978 | 800 t | -11.1% |
| 1979 | 800 t | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 800 t | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 800 t | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 800 t | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 800 t | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 800 t | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 800 t | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 900 t | +12.5% |
| 1987 | 1,000 t | +11.1% |
| 1988 | 1,200 t | +20.0% |
| 1989 | 1,200 t | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,000 t | -16.7% |
| 1991 | 1,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 988 t | -1.2% |
| 1993 | 906.33 t | -8.3% |
| 1994 | 930.33 t | +2.6% |
| 1995 | 933.33 t | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 933.33 t | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 933.33 t | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 900 t | -3.6% |
| 1999 | 866.67 t | -3.7% |
| 2000 | 1,333 t | +53.8% |
| 2001 | 1,067 t | -20.0% |
| 2002 | 600 t | -43.8% |
| 2003 | 1,467 t | +144.4% |
| 2004 | 13,800 t | +840.9% |
| 2005 | 14,000 t | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 14,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 14,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 14,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 14,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 14,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 14,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 14,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 14,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 14,000 t | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 14,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 14,000 t | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 14,000 t | +0.0% |
Romania compared with similar countries
- Romania's 14,000 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 18.31 t, 764.6× the median. (9 countries reporting)
- Romania's 14,000 t is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 103.61 t, 135.1× the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling — Production in Romania 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +840.9% | 1,467 t | 13,800 t |
| 2003 | +144.4% | 600 t | 1,467 t |
| 2000 | +53.8% | 866.67 t | 1,333 t |
| 2002 | -43.8% | 1,067 t | 600 t |
| 1966 | -25.0% | 1,200 t | 900 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 943.33 t | 608 t | 1,200 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 790 t | 700 t | 900 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 910 t | 800 t | 1,200 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 939.13 t | 866.67 t | 1,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,827 t | 600 t | 14,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,000 t | 14,000 t | 14,000 t | 8 |
Countries ranked near Romania
- 3 China, mainland 147,000 t compare
- 3 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 2,581 t compare
- 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,800 t compare
- 4 USSR 58,000 t compare
- 5 Uzbekistan 30,066 t compare
- 6 Türkiye 85 t compare
- 7 Syrian Arab Republic 0.73 t compare
- 7 Thailand 2,000 t compare
- 8 Brazil 1,581 t compare
- 9 Tajikistan 1,414 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Romania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 19.62 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.03 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 676.39 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1768 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4783 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling — production in Romania?
- Silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling — production in Romania was 14,000 t in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling — production recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 14,000 t in 2005.
- What is the lowest silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling — production recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 600 t in 2002.
- How does Romania rank for silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling — production?
- Romania ranks 6th out of 31 countries with data for 2017.
- Is silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling — 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 Silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling — 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.