Cattle fat, unrendered — Production in Americas

Americas: Cattle fat, unrendered — Production was 1.62 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
1.62 million t
Change on year
up 2.0%
Rank
2nd
of 33 groups
All-time high
1.62 million t
in 2024
All-time low
757,017 t
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Cattle fat, unrendered — Production in Americas, 1961–2024

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

Americas recorded 1.62 million t for cattle fat, unrendered — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 8.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, cattle fat, unrendered — production in Americas peaked at 1.62 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 757,017 t, in 1961.

Americas ranks 2nd of 33 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 878,435 t 757,017 t 1.01 million t 9
1970s 1.06 million t 956,237 t 1.19 million t 10
1980s 1.14 million t 1.07 million t 1.21 million t 10
1990s 1.25 million t 1.18 million t 1.35 million t 10
2000s 1.41 million t 1.37 million t 1.46 million t 10
2010s 1.45 million t 1.39 million t 1.55 million t 10
2020s 1.57 million t 1.53 million t 1.62 million t 5

Countries ranked near Americas

  1. 1 USSR 403,000 t compare
  2. 2 China 343,407 t compare
  3. 3 China, mainland 342,800 t compare
  4. 4 Brazil 334,288 t compare
  5. 5 Argentina 250,186 t compare

See the full ranking of 239 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is cattle fat, unrendered — production in Americas?
Cattle fat, unrendered — production in Americas was 1.62 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest cattle fat, unrendered — production recorded in Americas?
The highest recorded value was 1.62 million t in 2024.
What is the lowest cattle fat, unrendered — production recorded in Americas?
The lowest recorded value was 757,017 t in 1961.
How does Americas rank for cattle fat, unrendered — production?
Americas ranks 2nd out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
Is cattle fat, unrendered — production rising or falling in Americas?
Over the last ten years it is up 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Americas data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cattle fat, unrendered — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Cattle fat, unrendered — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
239 places, 13,630 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.