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Understanding Diamond Production Data

Diamond production data by country is collected by the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) in volume (carats) and US dollar value. The data, published annually approximately six months after the year-end, covers an estimated 99.8% of global production.

World Diamond Production in Carats and Value 2019

	Carats		Value
	‘000	% share	$m	% share
Russia	45,271	33%	4,117	30%
Botswana	23,687	17%	3,435	25%
Canada	18,638	13%	1,697	13%
Angola	9,150	7%	1,266	9%
Namibia	2,018	1%	1,010	7%
South Africa	7,181	5%	873	6%
Lesotho	1,114	1%	290	2%
DRC	14,158	10%	226	2%
Sierra Leone	812	1%	168	1%
Australia	12,999	9%	159	1%
Zimbabwe	2,108	2%	141	1%
Tanzania	417	0%	89	1%
Others	638	0%	103	1%
Totals	138,191	100%	13,574	100%

Source: Kimberley Process Certification Scheme

Source: Kimberley Process Certification Scheme

World Diamond Production by Volume 2014 – 19 Million carats

	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Russia	38.3	41.9	40.3	42.6	43.2	45.3
Botswana	24.7	20.8	20.5	23.0	24.4	23.7
Canada	12.0	11.7	13.0	23.2	23.2	18.6
DRC	15.7	16.0	15.6	18.9	16.4	14.2
Australia	9.3	13.6	14.0	17.1	14.1	13.0
Angola	8.8	9.0	9.0	9.4	8.4	9.1
South Africa	7.4	7.2	8.3	9.7	9.9	7.2
Zimbabwe	4.8	3.5	2.1	2.5	3.3	2.1
Namibia	1.9	2.1	1.7	1.9	2.4	2.0
Lesotho	0.3	0.3	0.3	1.1	1.3	1.1
Sierra Leone	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.7	0.8
Tanzania	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.4
Others	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.6
TOTAL	124.8	127.4	126.4	150.9	148.4	138.2

Source: Kimberley Process Certification Scheme

Source: Kimberley Process Certification Scheme

World Diamond Production by Value 2014 – 19 US$ M

	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Russia	3,733	4,240	3,579	4,112	3,983	4,117
Botswana	3,647	2,986	2,846	3,329	3,535	3,435
Canada	2,003	1,676	1,397	2,060	2,098	1,697
Angola	1,317	1,182	1,079	1,105	1,224	1,266
Namibia	1,156	1,214	915	1,011	1,125	1,010
South Africa	1,224	1,390	1,249	1,304	1,228	873
Lesotho	343	283	365	343	377	290
DRC	137	133	135	157	136	226
Sierra Leone	222	154	159	122	157	168
Australia	304	308	216	200	181	159
Zimbabwe	239	175	105	175	210	141
Tanzania	81	59	87	79	82	89
Others	91	82	137	127	130	103
TOTAL	14,496	13,882	12,269	14,125	14,466	13,574