China vs World: Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered

China
711.39 million An
in 2024
World
1.49 billion An
in 2024
China rank
1st
World rank
1st

Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered over time

  • China
  • World
0500.0M1.0B1.5B196119922024

How they compare

World currently reports 1.49 billion An against 711.39 million An in China, a difference of 782.41 million An.

That makes World's figure about 2.1 times China's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, World has been ahead every year.

China ranks 1st and World ranks 1st of 172 countries.

World has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade China World Difference Ahead
1960s 105.47 million An 471.17 million An 365.70 million An World
1970s 170.13 million An 627.49 million An 457.36 million An World
1980s 247.32 million An 810.70 million An 563.37 million An World
1990s 389.52 million An 984.00 million An 594.48 million An World
2000s 544.03 million An 1.19 billion An 649.43 million An World
2010s 694.42 million An 1.43 billion An 736.43 million An World
2020s 674.73 million An 1.46 billion An 784.42 million An World

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered, China or World?
World, at 1.49 billion An against 711.39 million An in China as of 2024.
What is the difference in fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered between China and World?
782.41 million An, with World ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China and World?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do China and World rank globally for fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered?
China ranks 1st and World ranks 1st of 172 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered
Unit
An
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
220 places, 12,831 data points, 1961–2024
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.