Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita in Australia

Australia: Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita was 0.2128 An per person in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
0.2128 An per person
Change on year
down 2.2%
World rank
30th
of 150 countries
All-time high
0.3545 An per person
in 1973
All-time low
0.203 An per person
in 2019
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita in Australia, 1961–2024

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Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in An per person.

Analysis

The most recent figure for fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita in Australia is 0.2128 An per person, measured in 2024.

The figure is down 2.2% on the previous year and up 4.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita in Australia peaked at 0.3545 An per person in 1973 and was at its lowest, 0.203 An per person, in 2019.

Australia ranks 30th of 150 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

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

Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita in Australia, year by year

Annual values for Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita in Australia, 1961 to 2024.
Year An per person Change
1961 0.2117 An per person
1962 0.2387 An per person +12.8%
1963 0.2206 An per person -7.6%
1964 0.2064 An per person -6.4%
1965 0.2161 An per person +4.7%
1966 0.2376 An per person +10.0%
1967 0.246 An per person +3.5%
1968 0.2539 An per person +3.2%
1969 0.2699 An per person +6.3%
1970 0.2873 An per person +6.4%
1971 0.2873 An per person +0.0%
1972 0.2963 An per person +3.1%
1973 0.3545 An per person +19.7%
1974 0.3039 An per person -14.3%
1975 0.2481 An per person -18.3%
1976 0.2348 An per person -5.4%
1977 0.2451 An per person +4.4%
1978 0.2572 An per person +5.0%
1979 0.2473 An per person -3.9%
1980 0.264 An per person +6.8%
1981 0.2825 An per person +7.0%
1982 0.2673 An per person -5.4%
1983 0.2703 An per person +1.1%
1984 0.2825 An per person +4.5%
1985 0.2844 An per person +0.7%
1986 0.284 An per person -0.1%
1987 0.2912 An per person +2.5%
1988 0.2978 An per person +2.3%
1989 0.2978 An per person -0.0%
1990 0.2896 An per person -2.7%
1991 0.2815 An per person -2.8%
1992 0.2936 An per person +4.3%
1993 0.2853 An per person -2.8%
1994 0.2915 An per person +2.2%
1995 0.2843 An per person -2.5%
1996 0.2647 An per person -6.9%
1997 0.2659 An per person +0.5%
1998 0.2801 An per person +5.3%
1999 0.2677 An per person -4.4%
2000 0.2635 An per person -1.6%
2001 0.2683 An per person +1.8%
2002 0.2874 An per person +7.1%
2003 0.2902 An per person +1.0%
2004 0.2729 An per person -6.0%
2005 0.2663 An per person -2.4%
2006 0.2601 An per person -2.3%
2007 0.2558 An per person -1.7%
2008 0.2342 An per person -8.4%
2009 0.2075 An per person -11.4%
2010 0.2095 An per person +1.0%
2011 0.2087 An per person -0.4%
2012 0.208 An per person -0.4%
2013 0.2066 An per person -0.7%
2014 0.2032 An per person -1.6%
2015 0.2067 An per person +1.7%
2016 0.2067 An per person -0.0%
2017 0.2098 An per person +1.5%
2018 0.2172 An per person +3.5%
2019 0.203 An per person -6.5%
2020 0.2078 An per person +2.3%
2021 0.2168 An per person +4.3%
2022 0.209 An per person -3.6%
2023 0.2176 An per person +4.1%
2024 0.2128 An per person -2.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 0.2334 An per person 0.2064 An per person 0.2699 An per person 9
1970s 0.2762 An per person 0.2348 An per person 0.3545 An per person 10
1980s 0.2822 An per person 0.264 An per person 0.2978 An per person 10
1990s 0.2804 An per person 0.2647 An per person 0.2936 An per person 10
2000s 0.2606 An per person 0.2075 An per person 0.2902 An per person 10
2010s 0.208 An per person 0.203 An per person 0.2172 An per person 10
2020s 0.2128 An per person 0.2078 An per person 0.2176 An per person 5

Countries ranked near Australia

  1. 27 Sweden 0.2452 An per person compare
  2. 28 Latvia 0.2204 An per person compare
  3. 29 Czechia 0.2163 An per person compare
  4. 31 Naoero 0.2079 An per person compare
  5. 32 Iceland 0.2022 An per person compare
  6. 33 Kiribati 0.1975 An per person compare

See the full ranking of 151 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita in Australia?
Fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita in Australia was 0.2128 An per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita recorded in Australia?
The highest recorded value was 0.3545 An per person in 1973.
What is the lowest fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita recorded in Australia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.203 An per person in 2019.
How does Australia rank for fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita?
Australia ranks 30th out of 150 countries with data for 2024.
Is fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita rising or falling in Australia?
Over the last ten years it is up 4.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Australia data come from?
The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

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Indicator
Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita
Unit
An per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
151 places, 8,840 data points, 1961–2024
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Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.