Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in New Zealand
New Zealand: Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 574,843 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in New Zealand, 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 New Zealand is 574,843 An, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 7.7% on the previous year and down 14.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered in New Zealand peaked at 1.00 million An in 1964 and was at its lowest, 527,411 An, in 2018.
New Zealand ranks 76th of 172 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 837,336 An | — |
| 1962 | 849,835 An | +1.5% |
| 1963 | 921,280 An | +8.4% |
| 1964 | 1.00 million An | +8.8% |
| 1965 | 949,385 An | -5.2% |
| 1966 | 838,620 An | -11.7% |
| 1967 | 770,000 An | -8.2% |
| 1968 | 800,000 An | +3.9% |
| 1969 | 770,000 An | -3.8% |
| 1970 | 808,000 An | +4.9% |
| 1971 | 902,000 An | +11.6% |
| 1972 | 879,000 An | -2.5% |
| 1973 | 751,000 An | -14.6% |
| 1974 | 745,000 An | -0.8% |
| 1975 | 720,000 An | -3.4% |
| 1976 | 722,000 An | +0.3% |
| 1977 | 826,000 An | +14.4% |
| 1978 | 802,000 An | -2.9% |
| 1979 | 728,000 An | -9.2% |
| 1980 | 718,000 An | -1.4% |
| 1981 | 713,500 An | -0.6% |
| 1982 | 716,000 An | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 719,715 An | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 767,769 An | +6.7% |
| 1985 | 849,000 An | +10.6% |
| 1986 | 843,000 An | -0.7% |
| 1987 | 774,100 An | -8.2% |
| 1988 | 799,465 An | +3.3% |
| 1989 | 798,565 An | -0.1% |
| 1990 | 766,436 An | -4.0% |
| 1991 | 739,442 An | -3.5% |
| 1992 | 791,612 An | +7.1% |
| 1993 | 820,765 An | +3.7% |
| 1994 | 816,118 An | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 843,564 An | +3.4% |
| 1996 | 830,617 An | -1.5% |
| 1997 | 770,877 An | -7.2% |
| 1998 | 775,881 An | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 776,797 An | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 723,876 An | -6.8% |
| 2001 | 701,730 An | -3.1% |
| 2002 | 697,881 An | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 734,579 An | +5.3% |
| 2004 | 780,069 An | +6.2% |
| 2005 | 768,860 An | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 764,043 An | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 737,939 An | -3.4% |
| 2008 | 763,212 An | +3.4% |
| 2009 | 699,400 An | -8.4% |
| 2010 | 688,907 An | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 722,041 An | +4.8% |
| 2012 | 729,319 An | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 682,215 An | -6.5% |
| 2014 | 675,751 An | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 638,586 An | -5.5% |
| 2016 | 617,734 An | -3.3% |
| 2017 | 657,084 An | +6.4% |
| 2018 | 527,411 An | -19.7% |
| 2019 | 622,754 An | +18.1% |
| 2020 | 637,535 An | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 633,530 An | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 631,084 An | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 622,689 An | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 574,843 An | -7.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 859,822 An | 770,000 An | 1.00 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 788,300 An | 720,000 An | 902,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 769,911 An | 713,500 An | 849,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 793,211 An | 739,442 An | 843,564 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 737,159 An | 697,881 An | 780,069 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 656,180 An | 527,411 An | 729,319 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 619,936 An | 574,843 An | 637,535 An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered in New Zealand?
- Fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered in New Zealand was 574,843 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 New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 1.00 million An in 1964.
- What is the lowest fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 527,411 An in 2018.
- How does New Zealand rank for fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered?
- New Zealand ranks 76th out of 172 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this New Zealand 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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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.