Diamond Statistics

Why Diamond Statistics?

Firms operating in the diamond trade or within the jewelry industry need high quality and accurate data. Diamond statistics are part of the essential tools a business needs to better operate in this industry.

We collect, organize and make sense of diamond market data. Below are free annual diamond statistical sets relating to two key diamond activities: international trade and production.

Rough and Polished Diamond Statistics by Country

Rough and polished diamond statistics: import and export trade data by the leading diamond manufacturing and trading countries.

Belgium

Polished Diamond Exports

Year	US$	Carat	Avg P/C
2019	$9,929,964,175	4,083,926	$2,431
2018	$11,448,155,063	4,785,072	$2,392
2017	$11,398,322,159	5,008,726	$2,276
2016	$11,802,351,272	5,425,563	$2,175
2015	$13,074,401,851	5,951,648	$2,197
2014	$14,416,781,237	6,405,278	$2,251
2013	$13,881,984,317	6,738,271	$2,060
2012	$13,212,037,986	6,951,723	$1,901
2011	$14,639,966,046	8,481,451	$1,726
2010	$11,099,755,727	7,794,369	$1,424
2009	$7,855,274,752	6,596,702	$1,191
2008	$12,333,608,116	8,715,636	$1,415
2007	$10,738,912,289	9,363,659	$1,147
2006	$9,502,481,970	8,734,835	$1,088
2005	$8,879,538,886	9,356,604	$949

Polished Diamond Imports

Year	US$	Carat	Avg P/C
2019	$10,061,772,558	5,104,185	$1,971
2018	$11,450,500,289	5,742,069	$1,994
2017	$11,127,736,845	5,648,723	$1,970
2016	$11,391,582,848	6,047,449	$1,884
2015	$12,652,111,173	6,506,039	$1,945
2014	$13,816,778,561	6,888,201	$2,006
2013	$13,291,175,776	7,388,666	$1,799
2012	$12,904,592,195	7,440,174	$1,734
2011	$14,033,349,770	8,985,590	$1,562
2010	$10,316,470,354	8,096,387	$1,274
2009	$7,302,085,937	6,781,780	$1,077
2008	$12,078,441,247	9,621,945	$1,255
2007	$9,988,968,877	9,741,459	$1,025
2006	$8,994,154,113	9,281,192	$969
2005	$8,336,962,469	9,526,438	$875

Rough Diamond Exports

Year	US$	Carat	Avg P/C
2019	$9,171,545,954	104,748,882	$88
2018	$12,461,648,630	121,401,608	$103
2017	$12,607,323,292	127,844,240	$99
2016	$12,726,076,211	100,807,033	$126
2015	$11,497,883,028	96,101,390	$120
2014	$15,653,966,469	114,439,276	$137

Rough Diamond Imports

Year	US$	Carat	Avg P/C
2019	$7,953,719,004	79,075,227	$101
2018	$10,679,006,783	92,789,147	$115
2017	$10,725,096,651	95,298,096	$113
2016	$12,087,641,839	89,973,013	$134
2015	$11,126,242,432	84,000,373	$132
2014	$14,909,678,511	99,856,465	$149

Botswana

Rough Diamond Exports (own production)

Year	US$ Billion
2019	$3,042
2018	$3.625
2017	$3.479
2016	$4.023
2015	$2.606
2014	$3.968
2013	$3.394
2012	$3.065
2011	$4.285
2010	$2.783
2009	$1.857
2008	$3.198
2007	$3.267

Polished Diamond Exports

Year	US$ Million
2018	$136.70
2017	$540.70
2016	$406.90
2015	$441.50
2014	$821.30
2013	$788.60
2012	$706.60
2011	$706.00
2010	$457.00
2009	$214.90
2008	$292.50

Canada

Hong Kong

Polished Diamond Imports

Year	US$	Carat	Avg P/C
2019	$16,501,997,000	17,567,285	$939
2018	$19,000,721,000	19,071,955	$996
2017	$18,930,461,000	19,505,748	$971
2016	$17,408,030,000	18,992,177	$917
2015	$17,524,356,000	18,595,716	$942
2014	$19,592,102,000	21,033,009	$931

Polished Diamond Exports

Year	US$	Carat	Avg P/C
2019	$12,641,298,000	12,520,423	$1,010
2018	$13,672,710,000	13,907,397	$983
2017	$13,969,413,000	13,543,242	$1,031
2016	$13,354,756,000	14,117,498	$946
2015	$13,311,385,000	13,684,691	$973
2014	$13,744,285,000	14,668,277	$937

Rough Diamond Imports

Year	US$	Carat	Avg P/C
2019	$1,315,267,000	7,875,932	$167
2018	$1,964,502,000	11,395,542	$172
2017	$1,604,678,000	10,675,170	$150
2016	$1,350,306,000	10,090,830	$134
2015	$1,449,621,000	11,161,114	$130
2014	$2,178,639,000	13,794,114	$158

Rough Diamond Exports

Year	US$	Carat	Avg P/C
2019	$1,407,561,000	8,286,929	$170
2018	$2,628,738,000	11,434,373	$230
2017	$3,211,901,000	10,581,861	$304
2016	$1,889,254,000	10,574,120	$179
2015	$1,603,216,000	11,006,005	$146
2014	$2,310,881,000	14,077,012	$164

India

Polished Diamond Exports

Year	US$	Carats	Avg P/C
2019	$20,616,860,000	27,506,000	$750
2018	$23,093,940,000	34,853,000	$782
2017	$23,093,940,000	34,853,000	$663
2016	$22,617,560,000	32,666,000	$692

Polished Diamond Imports

Year	US$	Carats	Avg P/C
2019	$1,237,280,000	4,366,000	$283.39
2018	$1,419,930,000	4,449,000	$319.16
2017	$2,386,250,000	7,787,000	$306.44
2016	$2,670,570,000	7,790,000	$342.82

Rough Diamond Exports

Year	US$	Carats	Avg P/C
2019	$1,305,420,000	23,700,000	$55.08
2018	$1,287,000,000	48,081,000	$26.77
2017	$1,519,790,000	35,491,000	$42.82
2016	$1,416,770,000	31,812,000	$44.54

Rough Diamond Imports

Year	US$	Carats	Avg P/C
2019	$13,806,060,000	154,723,000	$89.23
2018	$16,868,320,000	241,307,000	$69.90
2017	$18,461,020,000	197,136,000	$93.65
2016	$16,641,230,000	146,602,000	$113.51

Israel

Polished Diamond Exports

Year	US$	Carats	Avg P/C
2018	$11,993,313,971	3,152,332	$3,805
2017	$12,278,115,723	3,215,326	$3,819
2016	$12,673,000,942	3,386,795	$3,742
2015	$15,085,905,571	3,980,582	$3,790
2014	$17,080,851,638	4,420,902	$3,864

Polished Diamond Imports

Year	US$	Carats	Avg P/C
2018	$3,366,496,071	1,736,951	$1,938
2017	$3,297,174,918	1,734,909	$1,900
2016	$3,634,160,794	1,827,863	$1,988
2015	$3,782,615,173	2,027,024	$1,866
2014	$4,788,844,095	2,472,155	$1,937

Rough Diamond Exports

Year	US$	Carats	Avg P/C
2018	$2,405,634,684	6,796,790	$354
2017	$2,395,386,751	7,299,366	$328
2016	$2,964,960,947	10,899,877	$272
2015	$2,491,179,518	8,075,705	$308
2014	$3,448,362,992	13,061,173	$264

Rough Diamond Imports

Year	US$	Carats	Avg P/C
2018	$3,157,781,688	6,378,308	$495
2017	$3,464,106,754	6,660,105	$520
2016	$3,503,724,201	9,400,147	$373
2015	$3,089,970,452	7,692,109	$402
2014	$4,493,638,805	10,613,848	$423

Japan

United States

Polished Diamond Imports

Year	US$	Carats	Avg P/C
2019	21,334,752,122	10,161,548	$2,100
2018	24,489,311,417	10,694,121	$2,290
2017	21,668,849,409	9,893,973	$2,190
2016	22,345,388,851	11,038,675	$2,024
2015	22,919,100,755	11,194,977	$2,047
2014	24,026,189,247	11,812,462	$2,034
2013	22,813,536,202	12,316,273	$1,852
2012	19,640,799,299	12,009,181	$1,635
2011	21,668,186,525	13,312,411	$1,628
2010	18,073,510,068	13,480,499	$1,341
2009	12,445,372,718	10,840,405	$1,148

Polished Diamond Exports

Year	US$	Carats	Avg P/C
2019	17,386,994,283	9,044,086	$1,922
2018	19,470,713,339	9,619,855	$2,024
2017	18,019,307,642	10,490,795	$1,718
2016	18,845,374,096	11,132,914	$1,693
2015	18,322,929,757	11,901,663	$1,540
2014	20,928,806,245	13,896,434	$1,506
2013	19,094,798,066	14,020,701	$1,362
2012	16,590,142,448	13,906,014	$1,193
2011	17,813,041,184	14,978,880	$1,189
2010	13,759,845,812	17,155,115	$802
2009	9,704,626,195	24,223,321	$401

Rough Diamond Imports

Year	US$	Carats	Avg P/C
2019	$357,467,761	931,646	$384
2018	$609,156,353	935,128	$651
2017	$1,060,430,099	586,981	$1,807
2016	$860,213,925	616,170	$1,396
2015	$304,791,547	417,885	$729
2014	$547,252,394	425,310	$1,287
2013	$533,807,967	638,072	$837
2012	$555,558,829	747,966	$743
2011	$628,975,632	707,615	$889
2010	$516,495,475	398,025	$1,298
2009	$289,203,544	699,587	$413

Rough Diamond Exports

Year	US$	Carats	Avg P/C
2019	$314,545,980	630,303	$499
2018	$477,693,514	916,195	$521
2017	$937,822,011	1,805,497	$519
2016	$602,325,499	407,433	$1,478
2015	$192,729,252	264,851	$728
2014	$367,934,056	601,447	$612
2013	$308,715,905	809,482	$381
2012	$349,989,501	521,766	$671
2011	$429,506,250	1,053,457	$408
2010	$341,126,155	1,073,374	$318
2009	$236,081,284	1,002,705	$235

Sources: AWDC, Bank of Botswana, Statistics Botswana, Canada Trade Data, Diamond Federation of Hong Kong, GJEPC, Israel’s Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Finance Japan, US Dept. of Commerce.

Rough and Polished Diamond Statistics by Company

Annual diamond statistics of production values and volume of the leading global mining companies.

ALROSA

De Beers

Rio Tinto

Petra

Gem Diamonds

Source: Company reports

Where Diamonds Are Mined

The Global Diamond Production Map for 2019

Where are diamonds mined - Global Diamond Production map 2019 - Edahn Golan

An interactive version of this map is available here.

Year	Carats (Mln)	Value (US Mln)	Avg P/C
2019	1.46	$703.5	$482
2018	1.63	$849.6	$520
2017	1.43	$762.4	$531
2016	1.49	$912.6	$611
2015	1.48	$777.0	$525
2014	1.81	$888.0	$490

Year	Rough (US Bln)	Polished (US Mln)
2019	$3.27	64.7
2018	$4.43	$90.3
2017	$4.17	$96.9
2016	$4.39	$101.6
2015	$3.41	N/A

Year	Rough (US Mln)
2019	$619
2018	$695
2017	$706
2016	$613
2015	$698
2014	$901
2013	$852
2012	$754
2011	$726