Cattle fat, unrendered — Production in South America
South America: Cattle fat, unrendered — Production was 713,394 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cattle fat, unrendered — Production in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
South America recorded 713,394 t for cattle fat, unrendered — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.9% on the previous year and up 9.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle fat, unrendered — production in South America peaked at 713,394 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 257,187 t, in 1965.
South America ranks 5th of 29 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cattle fat, unrendered — Production in South America, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 259,378 t | — |
| 1962 | 278,515 t | +7.4% |
| 1963 | 298,654 t | +7.2% |
| 1964 | 261,000 t | -12.6% |
| 1965 | 257,187 t | -1.5% |
| 1966 | 278,419 t | +8.3% |
| 1967 | 296,765 t | +6.6% |
| 1968 | 312,246 t | +5.2% |
| 1969 | 343,770 t | +10.1% |
| 1970 | 328,005 t | -4.6% |
| 1971 | 272,608 t | -16.9% |
| 1972 | 295,718 t | +8.5% |
| 1973 | 295,260 t | -0.2% |
| 1974 | 297,166 t | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 326,833 t | +10.0% |
| 1976 | 368,775 t | +12.8% |
| 1977 | 375,921 t | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 402,713 t | +7.1% |
| 1979 | 391,285 t | -2.8% |
| 1980 | 388,155 t | -0.8% |
| 1981 | 405,385 t | +4.4% |
| 1982 | 376,312 t | -7.2% |
| 1983 | 378,325 t | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 383,445 t | +1.4% |
| 1985 | 410,881 t | +7.2% |
| 1986 | 426,441 t | +3.8% |
| 1987 | 390,398 t | -8.5% |
| 1988 | 405,277 t | +3.8% |
| 1989 | 421,726 t | +4.1% |
| 1990 | 456,574 t | +8.3% |
| 1991 | 460,331 t | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 454,083 t | -1.4% |
| 1993 | 460,375 t | +1.4% |
| 1994 | 471,500 t | +2.4% |
| 1995 | 484,130 t | +2.7% |
| 1996 | 507,009 t | +4.7% |
| 1997 | 507,333 t | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 484,212 t | -4.6% |
| 1999 | 521,798 t | +7.8% |
| 2000 | 530,278 t | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 509,316 t | -4.0% |
| 2002 | 527,805 t | +3.6% |
| 2003 | 543,115 t | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 594,436 t | +9.4% |
| 2005 | 566,421 t | -4.7% |
| 2006 | 586,155 t | +3.5% |
| 2007 | 601,667 t | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 583,546 t | -3.0% |
| 2009 | 597,930 t | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 550,624 t | -7.9% |
| 2011 | 534,719 t | -2.9% |
| 2012 | 565,669 t | +5.8% |
| 2013 | 612,791 t | +8.3% |
| 2014 | 652,433 t | +6.5% |
| 2015 | 600,561 t | -8.0% |
| 2016 | 576,321 t | -4.0% |
| 2017 | 609,356 t | +5.7% |
| 2018 | 633,779 t | +4.0% |
| 2019 | 643,978 t | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 627,546 t | -2.6% |
| 2021 | 603,394 t | -3.8% |
| 2022 | 639,642 t | +6.0% |
| 2023 | 680,057 t | +6.3% |
| 2024 | 713,394 t | +4.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 287,326 t | 257,187 t | 343,770 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 335,428 t | 272,608 t | 402,713 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 398,634 t | 376,312 t | 426,441 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 480,734 t | 454,083 t | 521,798 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 564,067 t | 509,316 t | 601,667 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 598,023 t | 534,719 t | 652,433 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 652,807 t | 603,394 t | 713,394 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 2 China (People’s Republic of) 343,407 t compare
- 3 China, mainland 342,800 t compare
- 4 Brazil 334,288 t compare
- 5 Argentina 250,186 t compare
- 6 Australia and New Zealand 217,701 t compare
- 7 Australia 155,386 t compare
- 8 Pakistan 103,214 t compare
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- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 6.51 million An (2024)
- Potatoes — Yield 20,445 kg/ha (2024)
- Potatoes — Production 18.81 million t (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight 29 kg/An (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 15.37 million An (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production 254,037 t (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 17 kg/An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle fat, unrendered — production in South America?
- Cattle fat, unrendered — production in South America was 713,394 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cattle fat, unrendered — production recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 713,394 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest cattle fat, unrendered — production recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 257,187 t in 1965.
- How does South America rank for cattle fat, unrendered — production?
- South America ranks 5th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cattle fat, unrendered — production rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South America 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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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.