- Number of Indians employed in the diamond industry in 1967: 12,000
- Estimated number currently employed: 1,000,000
- Number of diamonds set in jewellery worldwide that are polished and cut in India, today: 11 out of 12
- Average annual wage of a diamond cutter in Surat, India: US$3,000
- Number of Indian diamond industry billionaires in 2006: 6
- Percentage of jewellery preference by upper-class Indian women for diamonds and gold, respectively, in 1992: 10, 67
- Percentage of jewellery preference by the same group for diamonds and gold in 2002: 43, 34
Sources: 1 World Diamond Council, diamondfacts.org / Israeli Diamond Institute; 2 Natural Resources Canada; 3 Time Magazine; 4 Business World India Magazine; 5 World Federation of Diamond Bourses