Cattle fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in France
France: Cattle fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 3.99 million An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cattle fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in France, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cattle fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered in France is 3.99 million An, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.3% on the previous year and down 14.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered in France peaked at 8.73 million An in 1968 and was at its lowest, 3.99 million An, in 2024.
France ranks 15th of 190 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cattle fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in France, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7.92 million An | — |
| 1962 | 8.31 million An | +4.8% |
| 1963 | 8.06 million An | -2.9% |
| 1964 | 7.40 million An | -8.2% |
| 1965 | 7.41 million An | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 8.16 million An | +10.2% |
| 1967 | 8.66 million An | +6.1% |
| 1968 | 8.73 million An | +0.8% |
| 1969 | 8.18 million An | -6.2% |
| 1970 | 8.10 million An | -1.0% |
| 1971 | 8.12 million An | +0.3% |
| 1972 | 7.04 million An | -13.3% |
| 1973 | 6.72 million An | -4.5% |
| 1974 | 8.16 million An | +21.4% |
| 1975 | 8.66 million An | +6.1% |
| 1976 | 8.73 million An | +0.8% |
| 1977 | 8.18 million An | -6.2% |
| 1978 | 7.50 million An | -8.4% |
| 1979 | 7.96 million An | +6.2% |
| 1980 | 7.85 million An | -1.4% |
| 1981 | 7.71 million An | -1.8% |
| 1982 | 7.47 million An | -3.0% |
| 1983 | 7.64 million An | +2.2% |
| 1984 | 8.25 million An | +8.0% |
| 1985 | 7.85 million An | -4.9% |
| 1986 | 7.78 million An | -0.9% |
| 1987 | 7.88 million An | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 7.52 million An | -4.7% |
| 1989 | 6.54 million An | -12.9% |
| 1990 | 6.67 million An | +2.0% |
| 1991 | 7.01 million An | +5.1% |
| 1992 | 6.91 million An | -1.5% |
| 1993 | 6.24 million An | -9.7% |
| 1994 | 5.96 million An | -4.5% |
| 1995 | 6.01 million An | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 6.16 million An | +2.5% |
| 1997 | 6.18 million An | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 5.87 million An | -5.1% |
| 1999 | 5.72 million An | -2.5% |
| 2000 | 5.48 million An | -4.3% |
| 2001 | 5.81 million An | +6.1% |
| 2002 | 6.00 million An | +3.3% |
| 2003 | 5.90 million An | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 5.62 million An | -4.8% |
| 2005 | 5.42 million An | -3.6% |
| 2006 | 5.21 million An | -3.8% |
| 2007 | 5.14 million An | -1.3% |
| 2008 | 5.11 million An | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 5.16 million An | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 5.16 million An | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 5.19 million An | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 4.95 million An | -4.6% |
| 2013 | 4.66 million An | -5.9% |
| 2014 | 4.64 million An | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 4.69 million An | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 4.73 million An | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 4.66 million An | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 4.63 million An | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 4.55 million An | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 4.49 million An | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 4.46 million An | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 4.26 million An | -4.4% |
| 2023 | 4.04 million An | -5.2% |
| 2024 | 3.99 million An | -1.3% |
France compared with similar countries
- France's 3.99 million An is above the median for high income countries, which is 148,640 An, 26.8× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- France's 3.99 million An is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 363,767 An, 11.0× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8.09 million An | 7.40 million An | 8.73 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 7.92 million An | 6.72 million An | 8.73 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 7.65 million An | 6.54 million An | 8.25 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 6.27 million An | 5.72 million An | 7.01 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.49 million An | 5.11 million An | 6.00 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.78 million An | 4.55 million An | 5.19 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.25 million An | 3.99 million An | 4.49 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near France
- 12 Syrian Arab Republic 343,846 An compare
- 12 Uzbekistan 6.04 million An compare
- 13 Democratic Republic of the Congo 182,882 An compare
- 13 New Zealand 4.68 million An compare
- 14 Chad 4.34 million An compare
- 14 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 135,659 An compare
- 15 Melanesia 67,279 An compare
- 16 Ethiopia 3.95 million An compare
- 16 Republic of Moldova 17,988 An compare
- 17 Canada 3.41 million An compare
- 17 Timor-Leste 13,342 An compare
- 18 Sudan 3.36 million An compare
- 18 Polynesia 11,302 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for France
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 14.99 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.014 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 687.36 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.033 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2115 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered in France?
- Cattle fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered in France was 3.99 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cattle fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 8.73 million An in 1968.
- What is the lowest cattle fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.99 million An in 2024.
- How does France rank for cattle fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered?
- France ranks 15th out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cattle fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this France data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cattle fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.