TABLE 32: Top fibre crop producers and their productivity Fibre crops area total thousand ha 2010 India China United States of America Pakistan Brazil Uzbekistan Bangladesh Turkey Australia Turkmenistan Argentina Nigeria Burkina Faso Greece Mexico Syrian Arab Republic Egypt Myanmar United Republic of Tanzania Viet Nam Tajikistan Kazakhstan Côte d’Ivoire Mali Russian Federation Benin Philippines Iran (Islamic Republic of) France Cameroon Mozambique Indonesia Thailand Belarus Ethiopia Zimbabwe Spain Ecuador Zambia Bolivia (Plurinational State of) World Africa Eastern Africa Middle Africa Northern Africa Southern Africa Western Africa Americas Latin America and the Caribbean Northern America Asia Central Asia Eastern Asia South-Eastern Asia Southern Asia Western Asia Europe Eastern Europe Northern Europe Southern Europe Western Europe Oceania Australia and New Zealand Melanesia Micronesia Polynesia
170
12 000 4 993 4 330 2 691 1 105 1 332 436 480 208 550 445 400 463 250 149 172 167 364 471 23 162 134 187 253 59 136 142 91 56 145 380 152 43 59 403 160 63 29 120 121 35 124 4 045 1 777 394 257 15 1 602 6 389 2 035 4 354 23 956 2 205 5 033 728 15 263 727 521 124 9 316 71 213 213 0 0 0
yield p.a. growth % 2000-10
2.3 1.5 −2.0 −0.9 1.0 −0.8 −0.7 −3.1 −7.7 −0.4 2.8 −2.9 8.3 −4.9 0.5 −4.4 −3.3 0.1 6.3 −3.5 −3.8 −1.2 −4.3 0.9 −7.6 −8.2 2.0 −9.5 −1.2 −3.1 12.7 −2.1 −7.4 −3.2 3.9 −8.1 −5.4 2.1 8.1 3.0
total thousand hg/ha 2010
6 13 9 7 12 9 22 17 19 6 5 6 4 7 12 10 9 4 3 42 6 7 5 3 13 6 5 8 12 4 2 4 11 8 1 2 6 12 3 2 8 3 2 3 7 9 4 9 9 9 8 8 13 6 7 14 9 10 17 7 14 18 18
production p.a. growth % 2000-10
5.6 0.3 2.5 1.1 2.2 2.4 1.9 2.4 1.5 4.0 2.5 7.3 −2.4 −3.7 −0.9 −2.8 −1.5 4.6 0.1 6.0 4.1 0.9 −2.9 −3.4 5.3 1.7 −3.4 2.0 0.2 −0.0 1.8 −3.0 0.5 5.5 −2.0 −3.3 −5.0 −0.6 −2.2 4.0
total
p.a. growth
thousand tonnes 2009
thousand tonnes 2010
6 236 6 804 2 654 2 112 1 343 1 149 940 638 329 220 139 131 183 215 115 224 105 98 118 86 91 97 53 73 116 92 73 79 75 46 65 65 51 47 38 82 26 40 44 28 25 727 1 284 427 87 169 13 587 4 488 1 806 2 682 19 081 1 574 6 830 381 9 399 897 542 170 18 243 112 332 332 0 0 0
7 588 6 329 3 942 1 870 1 316 1 156 943 817 387 330 233 221 190 180 179 165 148 147 134 99 95 92 85 79 78 76 74 72 68 62 61 61 48 46 41 40 39 35 35 29 28 143 1 397 401 107 169 14 707 5 874 1 904 3 970 20 019 1 698 6 353 437 10 505 1 026 464 129 15 221 99 390 390 0 0 0
%
%
1990-99
2000-10
1.1 −1.3 3.4 2.7 −2.3 −1.5 2.4 9.3 1.3 8.1 6.8 5.4 −0.5 7.0 −2.4 2.7 −1.3 −2.9
2.5 7.0 11.1 −0.2 2.1 −0.2 6.4 9.8 2.0 −9.0
1.2 14.2 0.3 10.5 29.1
8.0 2.4 0.5 0.2 3.2 1.5 1.2 −0.8 −6.3 3.6 5.5 4.1 5.7 −8.4 −0.4 −7.1 −4.8 4.7 6.4 2.3 0.2 −0.3 −7.1 −2.5 −2.7 −6.7 −1.4 −7.7 −1.0 −3.1 14.7 −5.1 −6.9 2.1 1.8 −11.1 −10.1 1.5 5.8 7.2