Australia and New Zealand vs China, mainland: Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered

Australia and New Zealand
60.44 million An
in 2024
China, mainland
199.56 million An
in 2024
Australia and New Zealand rank
4th
China, mainland rank
2nd

Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered over time

  • Australia and New Zealand
  • China, mainland
050.0M100.0M150.0M200.0M196119922024

How they compare

China, mainland currently reports 199.56 million An against 60.44 million An in Australia and New Zealand, a difference of 139.12 million An.

That makes China, mainland's figure about 3.3 times Australia and New Zealand's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Australia and New Zealand ahead.

Australia and New Zealand ranks 4th and China, mainland ranks 2nd of 179 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Australia and New Zealand averaged higher in 3 and China, mainland in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia and New Zealand China, mainland Difference Ahead
1960s 65.10 million An 8.36 million An 56.74 million An Australia and New Zealand
1970s 69.88 million An 14.62 million An 55.27 million An Australia and New Zealand
1980s 72.31 million An 28.04 million An 44.27 million An Australia and New Zealand
1990s 64.50 million An 68.39 million An 3.88 million An China, mainland
2000s 61.55 million An 119.41 million An 57.86 million An China, mainland
2010s 53.28 million An 141.74 million An 88.45 million An China, mainland
2020s 52.68 million An 196.49 million An 143.80 million An China, mainland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — producing animals/slaughtered, Australia and New Zealand or China, mainland?
China, mainland, at 199.56 million An against 60.44 million An in Australia and New Zealand as of 2024.
What is the difference in raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — producing animals/slaughtered between Australia and New Zealand and China, mainland?
139.12 million An, with China, mainland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and New Zealand and China, mainland?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Australia and New Zealand and China, mainland rank globally for raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — producing animals/slaughtered?
Australia and New Zealand ranks 4th and China, mainland ranks 2nd of 179 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered
Unit
An
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
224 places, 12,899 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.