Cattle fat, unrendered — Production in Western Africa
Western Africa: Cattle fat, unrendered — Production was 25,009 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cattle fat, unrendered — Production in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cattle fat, unrendered — production in Western Africa is 25,009 t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle fat, unrendered — production in Western Africa peaked at 25,189 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 8,689 t, in 1962.
Western Africa ranks 25th of 29 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cattle fat, unrendered — Production in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,948 t | — |
| 1962 | 8,689 t | -2.9% |
| 1963 | 9,130 t | +5.1% |
| 1964 | 10,036 t | +9.9% |
| 1965 | 10,576 t | +5.4% |
| 1966 | 10,694 t | +1.1% |
| 1967 | 11,140 t | +4.2% |
| 1968 | 11,302 t | +1.5% |
| 1969 | 12,378 t | +9.5% |
| 1970 | 12,248 t | -1.1% |
| 1971 | 12,129 t | -1.0% |
| 1972 | 11,102 t | -8.5% |
| 1973 | 12,209 t | +10.0% |
| 1974 | 12,001 t | -1.7% |
| 1975 | 11,027 t | -8.1% |
| 1976 | 12,828 t | +16.3% |
| 1977 | 12,688 t | -1.1% |
| 1978 | 13,662 t | +7.7% |
| 1979 | 14,334 t | +4.9% |
| 1980 | 17,593 t | +22.7% |
| 1981 | 16,926 t | -3.8% |
| 1982 | 17,872 t | +5.6% |
| 1983 | 19,515 t | +9.2% |
| 1984 | 20,237 t | +3.7% |
| 1985 | 20,499 t | +1.3% |
| 1986 | 15,527 t | -24.3% |
| 1987 | 15,263 t | -1.7% |
| 1988 | 14,695 t | -3.7% |
| 1989 | 14,488 t | -1.4% |
| 1990 | 14,880 t | +2.7% |
| 1991 | 14,651 t | -1.5% |
| 1992 | 15,183 t | +3.6% |
| 1993 | 16,185 t | +6.6% |
| 1994 | 17,028 t | +5.2% |
| 1995 | 16,910 t | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 18,266 t | +8.0% |
| 1997 | 18,832 t | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 19,229 t | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 19,508 t | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 17,624 t | -9.7% |
| 2001 | 18,633 t | +5.7% |
| 2002 | 19,823 t | +6.4% |
| 2003 | 19,001 t | -4.1% |
| 2004 | 19,782 t | +4.1% |
| 2005 | 19,804 t | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 18,874 t | -4.7% |
| 2007 | 20,430 t | +8.2% |
| 2008 | 20,740 t | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 21,251 t | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 21,323 t | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 22,665 t | +6.3% |
| 2012 | 21,572 t | -4.8% |
| 2013 | 23,906 t | +10.8% |
| 2014 | 23,746 t | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 24,206 t | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 21,756 t | -10.1% |
| 2017 | 22,330 t | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 22,914 t | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 24,415 t | +6.6% |
| 2020 | 23,706 t | -2.9% |
| 2021 | 23,894 t | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 24,692 t | +3.3% |
| 2023 | 25,189 t | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 25,009 t | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,322 t | 8,689 t | 12,378 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,423 t | 11,027 t | 14,334 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 17,262 t | 14,488 t | 20,499 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 17,067 t | 14,651 t | 19,508 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 19,596 t | 17,624 t | 21,251 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,883 t | 21,323 t | 24,415 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,498 t | 23,706 t | 25,189 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 22 South Africa 36,064 t compare
- 23 Uzbekistan 34,638 t compare
- 24 Uruguay 33,340 t compare
- 25 Belgium 23,461 t compare
- 26 Zimbabwe 21,578 t compare
- 27 Colombia 20,904 t compare
- 28 Belgium-Luxembourg 20,700 t compare
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- Fruit Primary — Area harvested 4.79 million ha (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Laying 259,970 1000 An (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle fat, unrendered — production in Western Africa?
- Cattle fat, unrendered — production in Western Africa was 25,009 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cattle fat, unrendered — production recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 25,189 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest cattle fat, unrendered — production recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,689 t in 1962.
- How does Western Africa rank for cattle fat, unrendered — production?
- Western Africa ranks 25th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cattle fat, unrendered — production rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Africa 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.