Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in China, mainland
China, mainland: Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 702.56 million An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in China, mainland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered in China, mainland is 702.56 million An, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 3.3% on the previous year and down 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered in China, mainland peaked at 735.10 million An in 2014 and was at its lowest, 33.00 million An, in 1961.
China, mainland ranks 2nd of 172 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in China, mainland, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 33.00 million An | — |
| 1962 | 43.00 million An | +30.3% |
| 1963 | 78.00 million An | +81.4% |
| 1964 | 105.00 million An | +34.6% |
| 1965 | 121.67 million An | +15.9% |
| 1966 | 131.87 million An | +8.4% |
| 1967 | 133.78 million An | +1.4% |
| 1968 | 131.14 million An | -2.0% |
| 1969 | 126.20 million An | -3.8% |
| 1970 | 125.93 million An | -0.2% |
| 1971 | 147.98 million An | +17.5% |
| 1972 | 165.98 million An | +12.2% |
| 1973 | 166.84 million An | +0.5% |
| 1974 | 162.44 million An | -2.6% |
| 1975 | 162.30 million An | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 166.50 million An | +2.6% |
| 1977 | 167.87 million An | +0.8% |
| 1978 | 161.10 million An | -4.0% |
| 1979 | 187.68 million An | +16.5% |
| 1980 | 198.61 million An | +5.8% |
| 1981 | 194.95 million An | -1.8% |
| 1982 | 200.63 million An | +2.9% |
| 1983 | 206.61 million An | +3.0% |
| 1984 | 220.47 million An | +6.7% |
| 1985 | 238.75 million An | +8.3% |
| 1986 | 257.21 million An | +7.7% |
| 1987 | 261.77 million An | +1.8% |
| 1988 | 272.95 million An | +4.3% |
| 1989 | 287.33 million An | +5.3% |
| 1990 | 303.71 million An | +5.7% |
| 1991 | 319.10 million An | +5.1% |
| 1992 | 337.63 million An | +5.8% |
| 1993 | 351.76 million An | +4.2% |
| 1994 | 377.61 million An | +7.3% |
| 1995 | 389.57 million An | +3.2% |
| 1996 | 387.52 million An | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 399.12 million An | +3.0% |
| 1998 | 427.25 million An | +7.0% |
| 1999 | 448.76 million An | +5.0% |
| 2000 | 466.76 million An | +4.0% |
| 2001 | 472.38 million An | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 483.77 million An | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 510.50 million An | +5.5% |
| 2004 | 518.93 million An | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 540.23 million An | +4.1% |
| 2006 | 559.68 million An | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 565.08 million An | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 591.86 million An | +4.7% |
| 2009 | 614.40 million An | +3.8% |
| 2010 | 666.86 million An | +8.5% |
| 2011 | 663.62 million An | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 697.89 million An | +5.2% |
| 2013 | 715.57 million An | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 735.10 million An | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 724.16 million An | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 700.74 million An | -3.2% |
| 2017 | 702.02 million An | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 693.82 million An | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 544.19 million An | -21.6% |
| 2020 | 527.04 million An | -3.2% |
| 2021 | 671.28 million An | +27.4% |
| 2022 | 699.95 million An | +4.3% |
| 2023 | 726.62 million An | +3.8% |
| 2024 | 702.56 million An | -3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 100.41 million An | 33.00 million An | 133.78 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 161.46 million An | 125.93 million An | 187.68 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 233.93 million An | 194.95 million An | 287.33 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 374.20 million An | 303.71 million An | 448.76 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 532.36 million An | 466.76 million An | 614.40 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 684.40 million An | 544.19 million An | 735.10 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 665.49 million An | 527.04 million An | 726.62 million An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered in China, mainland?
- Fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered in China, mainland was 702.56 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in China, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 735.10 million An in 2014.
- What is the lowest fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 33.00 million An in 1961.
- How does China, mainland rank for fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered?
- China, mainland ranks 2nd out of 172 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China, mainland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.