Based on a comparison of 78 countries in 2019, India ranked the highest in fibre crop primary production with 1,781 kt followed by Bangladesh and France. On the other end of the scale was Japan with 0.001 kt, Uganda with 0.005 kt and South Korea with 0.026 kt.
Total fibre crop primary production reached 5,602 kt in 2019 in the World according to Faostat. This is 2.7 % more than in the previous year and 7.41 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, total fibre crop primary production reached an all time high of 8,403 kt in 1985 and an all time low of 4,790 kt in 1998. The average annual growth amounted to -0.003 % since 1961.
The top ranked country, India, accounted for 31.8 % of fibre crop primary production in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 77.0 % share while the ten largest countries some 90.5 % in 2019.
Data for more countries are available at Fibre Crop Primary Production indicator page.
Fibre Crop Primary Production | Unit | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
Bangladesh | kt | 1,393 | 1,352 | 1,402 | 1,347 | 1,499 | ||||||||||||||||
Belarus | kt | 44.9 | 48.2 | 40.5 | 41.3 | 42.3 | ||||||||||||||||
Belgium | kt | ... | 67.3 | 72.8 | 80.5 | 87.2 | 69.3 | |||||||||||||||
Brazil | kt | 262 | 248 | 291 | 285 | 184 | ||||||||||||||||
China | kt | 239 | 265 | 220 | 180 | 142 | ||||||||||||||||
Ecuador | kt | 39.2 | 40.5 | 41.7 | 41.8 | 42.6 | ||||||||||||||||
France | kt | 462 | 521 | 527 | 604 | 598 | ||||||||||||||||
India | kt | 2,052 | 2,072 | 1,888 | 1,941 | 1,962 | ||||||||||||||||
Indonesia | kt | 77.5 | 73.1 | 65.9 | 62.6 | 60.7 | ||||||||||||||||
Netherlands | kt | 21.5 | 23.4 | 28.8 | 31.2 | 19.8 | ||||||||||||||||
Philippines | kt | 70.9 | 74.0 | 74.8 | 73.9 | 73.4 | ||||||||||||||||
Russia | kt | 91.6 | 88.6 | 95.7 | 92.8 | 90.1 | ||||||||||||||||
Tanzania | kt | 44.0 | 46.4 | 48.0 | 42.0 | 40.5 | ||||||||||||||||
Thailand | kt | 33.8 | 31.4 | 29.7 | 28.3 | 27.0 | ||||||||||||||||
Vietnam | kt | 91.9 | 92.2 | 92.9 | 92.3 | 92.9 |