Cattle fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Uganda
Uganda: Cattle fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 1.40 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cattle fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Uganda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, cattle fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered in Uganda stood at 1.40 million An. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 5.4% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered in Uganda peaked at 1.40 million An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 391,000 An, in 1987.
That places Uganda 41st out of 190 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cattle fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Uganda, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 411,800 An | — |
| 1962 | 393,300 An | -4.5% |
| 1963 | 398,100 An | +1.2% |
| 1964 | 398,000 An | -0.0% |
| 1965 | 402,600 An | +1.2% |
| 1966 | 398,600 An | -1.0% |
| 1967 | 408,900 An | +2.6% |
| 1968 | 417,100 An | +2.0% |
| 1969 | 448,800 An | +7.6% |
| 1970 | 482,900 An | +7.6% |
| 1971 | 486,400 An | +0.7% |
| 1972 | 497,200 An | +2.2% |
| 1973 | 522,200 An | +5.0% |
| 1974 | 537,900 An | +3.0% |
| 1975 | 536,791 An | -0.2% |
| 1976 | 545,892 An | +1.7% |
| 1977 | 585,354 An | +7.2% |
| 1978 | 600,000 An | +2.5% |
| 1979 | 629,100 An | +4.9% |
| 1980 | 572,500 An | -9.0% |
| 1981 | 569,000 An | -0.6% |
| 1982 | 574,160 An | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 576,000 An | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 588,000 An | +2.1% |
| 1985 | 600,000 An | +2.0% |
| 1986 | 400,000 An | -33.3% |
| 1987 | 391,000 An | -2.2% |
| 1988 | 427,500 An | +9.3% |
| 1989 | 487,000 An | +13.9% |
| 1990 | 541,000 An | +11.1% |
| 1991 | 560,000 An | +3.5% |
| 1992 | 573,000 An | +2.3% |
| 1993 | 610,000 An | +6.5% |
| 1994 | 562,000 An | -7.9% |
| 1995 | 576,000 An | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 583,000 An | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 590,000 An | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 620,000 An | +5.1% |
| 1999 | 640,000 An | +3.2% |
| 2000 | 645,000 An | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 676,000 An | +4.8% |
| 2002 | 767,000 An | +13.5% |
| 2003 | 835,000 An | +8.9% |
| 2004 | 900,000 An | +7.8% |
| 2005 | 980,000 An | +8.9% |
| 2006 | 1.06 million An | +8.7% |
| 2007 | 1.16 million An | +9.0% |
| 2008 | 1.13 million An | -2.4% |
| 2009 | 1.17 million An | +3.3% |
| 2010 | 1.20 million An | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 1.24 million An | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 1.27 million An | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 1.34 million An | +4.8% |
| 2014 | 1.37 million An | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 1.27 million An | -7.1% |
| 2016 | 1.29 million An | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 1.24 million An | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 1.28 million An | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 1.15 million An | -10.2% |
| 2020 | 1.27 million An | +10.8% |
| 2021 | 1.34 million An | +5.6% |
| 2022 | 1.36 million An | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 1.32 million An | -2.6% |
| 2024 | 1.40 million An | +5.4% |
Uganda compared with similar countries
- Uganda's 1.40 million An is above the median for low income countries, which is 490,275 An, 2.8× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Uganda's 1.40 million An is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 281,582 An, 5.0× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cattle fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Uganda changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | -33.3% | 600,000 An | 400,000 An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 408,578 An | 393,300 An | 448,800 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 542,374 An | 482,900 An | 629,100 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 518,516 An | 391,000 An | 600,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 585,500 An | 541,000 An | 640,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 933,200 An | 645,000 An | 1.17 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.27 million An | 1.15 million An | 1.37 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.34 million An | 1.27 million An | 1.40 million An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Uganda
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 22.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2613 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 315.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.75 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6806 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 26.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 26.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered in Uganda?
- Cattle fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered in Uganda was 1.40 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 Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 1.40 million An in 2024.
- What is the lowest cattle fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 391,000 An in 1987.
- How does Uganda rank for cattle fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Uganda ranks 41st out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cattle fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda 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.