Cattle fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Cattle fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 3.68 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cattle fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Southern Africa, 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 Southern Africa is 3.68 million An, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.1% on the previous year and down 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered in Southern Africa peaked at 4.12 million An in 2016 and was at its lowest, 2.41 million An, in 1968.
That places Southern Africa 26th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cattle fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2.42 million An | — |
| 1962 | 2.49 million An | +3.1% |
| 1963 | 2.55 million An | +2.2% |
| 1964 | 2.71 million An | +6.6% |
| 1965 | 2.80 million An | +3.1% |
| 1966 | 2.84 million An | +1.4% |
| 1967 | 2.55 million An | -10.3% |
| 1968 | 2.41 million An | -5.2% |
| 1969 | 2.42 million An | +0.2% |
| 1970 | 2.46 million An | +1.7% |
| 1971 | 2.66 million An | +8.1% |
| 1972 | 2.87 million An | +8.0% |
| 1973 | 3.10 million An | +8.1% |
| 1974 | 3.02 million An | -2.7% |
| 1975 | 2.68 million An | -11.1% |
| 1976 | 3.03 million An | +12.9% |
| 1977 | 3.16 million An | +4.2% |
| 1978 | 3.43 million An | +8.5% |
| 1979 | 3.92 million An | +14.2% |
| 1980 | 3.52 million An | -10.1% |
| 1981 | 3.07 million An | -12.8% |
| 1982 | 3.21 million An | +4.6% |
| 1983 | 3.46 million An | +7.7% |
| 1984 | 3.56 million An | +3.0% |
| 1985 | 3.51 million An | -1.4% |
| 1986 | 3.36 million An | -4.2% |
| 1987 | 3.28 million An | -2.5% |
| 1988 | 2.80 million An | -14.6% |
| 1989 | 2.81 million An | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 3.15 million An | +12.2% |
| 1991 | 3.44 million An | +9.1% |
| 1992 | 3.63 million An | +5.5% |
| 1993 | 3.63 million An | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 3.21 million An | -11.6% |
| 1995 | 2.72 million An | -15.2% |
| 1996 | 2.75 million An | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 2.58 million An | -6.1% |
| 1998 | 2.59 million An | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 2.69 million An | +3.9% |
| 2000 | 3.23 million An | +20.0% |
| 2001 | 2.70 million An | -16.4% |
| 2002 | 2.97 million An | +10.0% |
| 2003 | 2.97 million An | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 3.12 million An | +5.3% |
| 2005 | 3.21 million An | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 3.46 million An | +7.7% |
| 2007 | 3.50 million An | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 3.32 million An | -5.1% |
| 2009 | 3.30 million An | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 3.36 million An | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 3.38 million An | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 3.36 million An | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 3.63 million An | +7.9% |
| 2014 | 3.87 million An | +6.6% |
| 2015 | 4.06 million An | +4.9% |
| 2016 | 4.12 million An | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 3.99 million An | -3.2% |
| 2018 | 3.79 million An | -5.0% |
| 2019 | 3.58 million An | -5.6% |
| 2020 | 3.73 million An | +4.2% |
| 2021 | 3.75 million An | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 3.74 million An | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 3.72 million An | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 3.68 million An | -1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.58 million An | 2.41 million An | 2.84 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 3.03 million An | 2.46 million An | 3.92 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.26 million An | 2.80 million An | 3.56 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.04 million An | 2.58 million An | 3.63 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.18 million An | 2.70 million An | 3.50 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.71 million An | 3.36 million An | 4.12 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.72 million An | 3.68 million An | 3.75 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
- 23 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2.85 million An compare
- 24 Sudan (former) 2.84 million An compare
- 25 Bangladesh 2.81 million An compare
- 26 Zimbabwe 2.74 million An compare
- 27 Italy 2.61 million An compare
- 28 Spain 2.48 million An compare
- 29 Kazakhstan 2.44 million An compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered in Southern Africa?
- Cattle fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered in Southern Africa was 3.68 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 Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 4.12 million An in 2016.
- What is the lowest cattle fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.41 million An in 1968.
- How does Southern Africa rank for cattle fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Southern Africa ranks 26th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cattle fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Africa 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.