Based on a comparison of 34 countries in 2014, India ranked the highest in jute & jute-like fibre production with 2,071,412 tonnes followed by Bangladesh and China. On the other end of the scale was Cameroon with 99.0 tonnes, Central African Republic with 114 tonnes and Madagascar with 254 tonnes.
Total jute & jute-like fibre production reached 3,788,925 tonnes in 2014 in the World according to Faostat. This is 2.88 % more than in the previous year and 23.5 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, total jute & jute-like fibre production reached an all time high of 6,372,753 tonnes in 1985 and an all time low of 2,640,708 tonnes in 1968. The average annual growth amounted to 0.153 % since 1961.
The top ranked country, India, accounted for 54.7 % of jute & jute-like fibre production in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 91.7 % share while the ten largest countries some 95.2 % in 2014.
Data for more countries are available at Jute & Jute-like Fibre Production indicator page.
Jute & Jute-like Fibre Production | Unit | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
Bangladesh | tonnes | 851,693 | 926,249 | 925,987 | 1,525,632 | 1,453,944 | ||||||||||||||||
Brazil | tonnes | 13,429 | 14,856 | 14,150 | 16,665 | 9,460 | ||||||||||||||||
Chile | tonnes | 10,955 | 10,592 | 10,229 | 9,893 | 9,500 | ||||||||||||||||
China | tonnes | 84,300 | 76,500 | 69,314 | 75,180 | 68,000 | ||||||||||||||||
Cuba | tonnes | 10,296 | 10,492 | 10,659 | 10,815 | 11,000 | ||||||||||||||||
Dem. Republic of the Congo | tonnes | 6,530 | 6,826 | 7,038 | 7,087 | 7,294 | ||||||||||||||||
India | tonnes | 1,912,200 | 2,153,080 | 1,905,500 | 2,076,080 | 2,025,000 | ||||||||||||||||
Indonesia | tonnes | 4,100 | 3,900 | 3,788 | 3,794 | 3,701 | ||||||||||||||||
Malaysia | tonnes | 5,954 | 6,050 | 6,147 | 5,816 | 6,672 | ||||||||||||||||
Mozambique | tonnes | 3,400 | 3,850 | 3,700 | 3,900 | 3,800 | ||||||||||||||||
Myanmar | tonnes | 18,500 | 12,624 | 12,827 | 18,419 | 17,843 | ||||||||||||||||
Nepal | tonnes | 16,988 | 17,658 | 20,965 | 14,418 | 14,424 | ||||||||||||||||
Russia | tonnes | 51,031 | 50,999 | 50,957 | 51,000 | 51,000 | ||||||||||||||||
Thailand | tonnes | 4,972 | 5,490 | 4,394 | 3,878 | 4,185 | ||||||||||||||||
Uzbekistan | tonnes | 20,000 | 18,669 | 18,572 | 18,366 | 20,000 |