Silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling — Production in South America
South America: Silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling — Production was 1,581 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling — Production in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
South America recorded 1,581 t for silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.8% on the previous year and down 41.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling — production in South America peaked at 18,823 t in 1993 and was at its lowest, 1,444 t, in 1962.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling — Production in South America, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,603 t | — |
| 1962 | 1,444 t | -9.9% |
| 1963 | 1,561 t | +8.1% |
| 1964 | 1,456 t | -6.7% |
| 1965 | 1,593 t | +9.4% |
| 1966 | 1,493 t | -6.3% |
| 1967 | 1,480 t | -0.9% |
| 1968 | 1,610 t | +8.8% |
| 1969 | 2,044 t | +27.0% |
| 1970 | 2,463 t | +20.5% |
| 1971 | 2,394 t | -2.8% |
| 1972 | 3,192 t | +33.3% |
| 1973 | 5,064 t | +58.6% |
| 1974 | 4,793 t | -5.4% |
| 1975 | 7,602 t | +58.6% |
| 1976 | 9,132 t | +20.1% |
| 1977 | 7,966 t | -12.8% |
| 1978 | 7,714 t | -3.2% |
| 1979 | 8,456 t | +9.6% |
| 1980 | 9,637 t | +14.0% |
| 1981 | 10,513 t | +9.1% |
| 1982 | 9,258 t | -11.9% |
| 1983 | 9,056 t | -2.2% |
| 1984 | 10,202 t | +12.7% |
| 1985 | 10,933 t | +7.2% |
| 1986 | 11,496 t | +5.1% |
| 1987 | 11,858 t | +3.1% |
| 1988 | 11,228 t | -5.3% |
| 1989 | 12,296 t | +9.5% |
| 1990 | 16,271 t | +32.3% |
| 1991 | 17,117 t | +5.2% |
| 1992 | 17,534 t | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 18,823 t | +7.4% |
| 1994 | 17,633 t | -6.3% |
| 1995 | 15,941 t | -9.6% |
| 1996 | 17,991 t | +12.9% |
| 1997 | 14,832 t | -17.6% |
| 1998 | 14,048 t | -5.3% |
| 1999 | 10,091 t | -28.2% |
| 2000 | 8,254 t | -18.2% |
| 2001 | 9,760 t | +18.2% |
| 2002 | 10,070 t | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 9,939 t | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 8,045 t | -19.1% |
| 2005 | 7,449 t | -7.4% |
| 2006 | 7,880 t | +5.8% |
| 2007 | 8,205 t | +4.1% |
| 2008 | 6,162 t | -24.9% |
| 2009 | 4,954 t | -19.6% |
| 2010 | 3,651 t | -26.3% |
| 2011 | 3,219 t | -11.8% |
| 2012 | 2,731 t | -15.2% |
| 2013 | 2,709 t | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 2,682 t | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 3,006 t | +12.1% |
| 2016 | 2,855 t | -5.0% |
| 2017 | 3,039 t | +6.4% |
| 2018 | 3,055 t | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 3,047 t | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 2,742 t | -10.0% |
| 2021 | 2,211 t | -19.4% |
| 2022 | 1,807 t | -18.3% |
| 2023 | 1,715 t | -5.1% |
| 2024 | 1,581 t | -7.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,587 t | 1,444 t | 2,044 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,878 t | 2,394 t | 9,132 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,648 t | 9,056 t | 12,296 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,028 t | 10,091 t | 18,823 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,072 t | 4,954 t | 10,070 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,999 t | 2,682 t | 3,651 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,011 t | 1,581 t | 2,742 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 8 Brazil 1,581 t compare
- 9 Tajikistan 1,414 t compare
- 10 Afghanistan 500 t compare
- 11 Kyrgyzstan 343.04 t compare
- 12 Azerbaijan 334.29 t compare
- 13 Cambodia 278.23 t compare
- 14 Yugoslav SFR 153 t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling — production in South America?
- Silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling — production in South America was 1,581 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 South America?
- The highest recorded value was 18,823 t in 1993.
- What is the lowest silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling — production recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,444 t in 1962.
- How does South America rank for silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling — production?
- South America ranks 11th out of 19 groups with data for 2024.
- Is silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling — production rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 41.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this South America 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.