Cattle fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Northern America
Northern America: Cattle fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 35.57 million An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cattle fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Northern America, 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 Northern America is 35.57 million An, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 3.3% on the previous year and up 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered in Northern America peaked at 54.21 million An in 1976 and was at its lowest, 32.23 million An, in 2015.
That places Northern America 10th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cattle fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Northern America, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 38.15 million An | — |
| 1962 | 38.43 million An | +0.7% |
| 1963 | 39.00 million An | +1.5% |
| 1964 | 43.43 million An | +11.4% |
| 1965 | 45.63 million An | +5.1% |
| 1966 | 45.44 million An | -0.4% |
| 1967 | 44.75 million An | -1.5% |
| 1968 | 45.48 million An | +1.6% |
| 1969 | 44.66 million An | -1.8% |
| 1970 | 43.58 million An | -2.4% |
| 1971 | 43.94 million An | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 43.37 million An | -1.3% |
| 1973 | 40.36 million An | -7.0% |
| 1974 | 44.78 million An | +11.0% |
| 1975 | 52.07 million An | +16.3% |
| 1976 | 54.21 million An | +4.1% |
| 1977 | 53.42 million An | -1.4% |
| 1978 | 49.04 million An | -8.2% |
| 1979 | 40.90 million An | -16.6% |
| 1980 | 40.85 million An | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 42.40 million An | +3.8% |
| 1982 | 43.64 million An | +2.9% |
| 1983 | 44.46 million An | +1.9% |
| 1984 | 45.49 million An | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 44.28 million An | -2.6% |
| 1986 | 45.15 million An | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 42.50 million An | -5.9% |
| 1988 | 41.47 million An | -2.4% |
| 1989 | 39.95 million An | -3.7% |
| 1990 | 38.63 million An | -3.3% |
| 1991 | 37.52 million An | -2.9% |
| 1992 | 37.72 million An | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 37.78 million An | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 38.76 million An | +2.6% |
| 1995 | 40.44 million An | +4.3% |
| 1996 | 42.08 million An | +4.1% |
| 1997 | 41.74 million An | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 40.89 million An | -2.0% |
| 1999 | 41.58 million An | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 41.42 million An | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 40.38 million An | -2.5% |
| 2002 | 40.81 million An | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 40.20 million An | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 38.20 million An | -5.0% |
| 2005 | 37.79 million An | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 38.75 million An | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 39.03 million An | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 39.34 million An | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 38.15 million An | -3.0% |
| 2010 | 39.03 million An | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 39.13 million An | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 37.82 million An | -3.3% |
| 2013 | 37.26 million An | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 34.02 million An | -8.7% |
| 2015 | 32.23 million An | -5.3% |
| 2016 | 34.28 million An | +6.4% |
| 2017 | 36.11 million An | +5.3% |
| 2018 | 37.17 million An | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 37.87 million An | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 36.91 million An | -2.5% |
| 2021 | 38.07 million An | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 38.46 million An | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 36.79 million An | -4.4% |
| 2024 | 35.57 million An | -3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 42.78 million An | 38.15 million An | 45.63 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 46.57 million An | 40.36 million An | 54.21 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 43.02 million An | 39.95 million An | 45.49 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 39.71 million An | 37.52 million An | 42.08 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 39.41 million An | 37.79 million An | 41.42 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 36.49 million An | 32.23 million An | 39.13 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 37.16 million An | 35.57 million An | 38.46 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
- 7 Pakistan 10.50 million An compare
- 8 India 10.30 million An compare
- 9 Mexico 8.92 million An compare
- 10 Australia 8.69 million An compare
- 11 Russian Federation 7.54 million An compare
- 12 Uzbekistan 6.04 million An compare
- 13 New Zealand 4.68 million An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Northern America
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate -12.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Production 24.14 million t (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Laying 411,780 1000 An (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Area harvested 1.13 million ha (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Yield 20,080 kg/ha (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Production 22.70 million t (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Yield/Carcass Weight 2,271 g/An (2024)
- Meat, Total — Production 52.99 million t (2024)
- Milk, Total — Production 112.44 million t (2024)
- Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight 10,649 kg/An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered in Northern America?
- Cattle fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered in Northern America was 35.57 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 Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 54.21 million An in 1976.
- What is the lowest cattle fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 32.23 million An in 2015.
- How does Northern America rank for cattle fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Northern America ranks 10th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cattle fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern America 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.