Australia vs New Zealand: Sheep fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered

Australia
38.17 million An
in 2024
New Zealand
22.26 million An
in 2024
Australia rank
6th
New Zealand rank
7th

Sheep fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered over time

  • Australia
  • New Zealand
020.0M40.0M60.0M196119922024

How they compare

Australia currently reports 38.17 million An against 22.26 million An in New Zealand, a difference of 15.91 million An.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.7 times New Zealand's.

The two have swapped places 14 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 6th and New Zealand ranks 7th of 179 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 5 and New Zealand in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia New Zealand Difference Ahead
1960s 34.26 million An 30.84 million An 3.42 million An Australia
1970s 35.59 million An 34.29 million An 1.30 million An Australia
1980s 29.94 million An 42.37 million An 12.42 million An New Zealand
1990s 32.05 million An 32.45 million An 396,720 An New Zealand
2000s 31.25 million An 30.29 million An 959,250 An Australia
2010s 29.15 million An 24.14 million An 5.01 million An Australia
2020s 30.83 million An 21.85 million An 8.98 million An Australia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sheep fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered, Australia or New Zealand?
Australia, at 38.17 million An against 22.26 million An in New Zealand as of 2024.
What is the difference in sheep fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered between Australia and New Zealand?
15.91 million An, with Australia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and New Zealand?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Australia and New Zealand rank globally for sheep fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered?
Australia ranks 6th and New Zealand ranks 7th of 179 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sheep fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Sheep fat, unrendered — 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
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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.