Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 223.89 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in European Union (27), 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 European Union (27) is 223.89 million An, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and down 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered in European Union (27) peaked at 251.91 million An in 2021 and was at its lowest, 101.31 million An, in 1961.
That places European Union (27) 5th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in European Union (27), year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 101.31 million An | — |
| 1962 | 104.48 million An | +3.1% |
| 1963 | 101.44 million An | -2.9% |
| 1964 | 106.22 million An | +4.7% |
| 1965 | 115.69 million An | +8.9% |
| 1966 | 117.09 million An | +1.2% |
| 1967 | 122.30 million An | +4.4% |
| 1968 | 129.00 million An | +5.5% |
| 1969 | 127.55 million An | -1.1% |
| 1970 | 133.69 million An | +4.8% |
| 1971 | 143.45 million An | +7.3% |
| 1972 | 150.34 million An | +4.8% |
| 1973 | 155.00 million An | +3.1% |
| 1974 | 164.00 million An | +5.8% |
| 1975 | 165.80 million An | +1.1% |
| 1976 | 165.39 million An | -0.3% |
| 1977 | 170.52 million An | +3.1% |
| 1978 | 182.81 million An | +7.2% |
| 1979 | 191.55 million An | +4.8% |
| 1980 | 196.71 million An | +2.7% |
| 1981 | 196.52 million An | -0.1% |
| 1982 | 196.32 million An | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 198.87 million An | +1.3% |
| 1984 | 203.90 million An | +2.5% |
| 1985 | 205.39 million An | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 210.73 million An | +2.6% |
| 1987 | 215.34 million An | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 219.37 million An | +1.9% |
| 1989 | 216.67 million An | -1.2% |
| 1990 | 217.21 million An | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 214.36 million An | -1.3% |
| 1992 | 217.37 million An | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 234.49 million An | +7.9% |
| 1994 | 230.12 million An | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 226.28 million An | -1.7% |
| 1996 | 231.29 million An | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 224.11 million An | -3.1% |
| 1998 | 239.23 million An | +6.7% |
| 1999 | 245.99 million An | +2.8% |
| 2000 | 237.43 million An | -3.5% |
| 2001 | 233.67 million An | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 237.95 million An | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 241.75 million An | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 238.37 million An | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 238.18 million An | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 241.56 million An | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 249.46 million An | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 247.55 million An | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 242.65 million An | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 247.34 million An | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 250.50 million An | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 243.32 million An | -2.9% |
| 2013 | 240.69 million An | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 242.60 million An | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 247.40 million An | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 251.13 million An | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 248.46 million An | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 250.92 million An | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 247.51 million An | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 247.31 million An | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 251.91 million An | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 239.03 million An | -5.1% |
| 2023 | 221.92 million An | -7.2% |
| 2024 | 223.89 million An | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 113.90 million An | 101.31 million An | 129.00 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 162.26 million An | 133.69 million An | 191.55 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 205.98 million An | 196.32 million An | 219.37 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 228.04 million An | 214.36 million An | 245.99 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 240.86 million An | 233.67 million An | 249.46 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 246.99 million An | 240.69 million An | 251.13 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 236.81 million An | 221.92 million An | 251.91 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near European Union (27)
- 2 China, mainland 702.56 million An compare
- 2 Viet Nam 56.45 million An compare
- 3 USSR 75.00 million An compare
- 4 Brazil 58.18 million An compare
- 5 Spain 53.90 million An compare
- 6 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3.87 million An compare
- 6 Russian Federation 48.57 million An compare
- 7 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 2.31 million An compare
- 7 Germany 44.65 million An compare
- 8 Mexico 22.44 million An compare
- 8 Melanesia 2.18 million An compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered in European Union (27)?
- Fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered in European Union (27) was 223.89 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 European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 251.91 million An in 2021.
- What is the lowest fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 101.31 million An in 1961.
- How does European Union (27) rank for fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered?
- European Union (27) ranks 5th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this European Union (27) 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.