Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in South America
South America: Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 89.37 million An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
South America recorded 89.37 million An for fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 45.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered in South America peaked at 89.37 million An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 15.35 million An, in 1963.
South America ranks 11th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in South America, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15.45 million An | — |
| 1962 | 15.88 million An | +2.8% |
| 1963 | 15.35 million An | -3.3% |
| 1964 | 15.81 million An | +3.0% |
| 1965 | 16.58 million An | +4.9% |
| 1966 | 17.98 million An | +8.4% |
| 1967 | 18.44 million An | +2.5% |
| 1968 | 18.46 million An | +0.2% |
| 1969 | 19.09 million An | +3.4% |
| 1970 | 19.84 million An | +3.9% |
| 1971 | 21.09 million An | +6.3% |
| 1972 | 20.68 million An | -2.0% |
| 1973 | 20.64 million An | -0.2% |
| 1974 | 20.94 million An | +1.5% |
| 1975 | 21.88 million An | +4.5% |
| 1976 | 22.36 million An | +2.2% |
| 1977 | 23.02 million An | +3.0% |
| 1978 | 23.49 million An | +2.1% |
| 1979 | 24.23 million An | +3.1% |
| 1980 | 26.22 million An | +8.2% |
| 1981 | 26.25 million An | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 24.56 million An | -6.4% |
| 1983 | 25.32 million An | +3.1% |
| 1984 | 23.61 million An | -6.7% |
| 1985 | 24.48 million An | +3.6% |
| 1986 | 25.70 million An | +5.0% |
| 1987 | 28.36 million An | +10.3% |
| 1988 | 27.79 million An | -2.0% |
| 1989 | 26.27 million An | -5.5% |
| 1990 | 26.23 million An | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 28.28 million An | +7.8% |
| 1992 | 30.02 million An | +6.1% |
| 1993 | 32.91 million An | +9.6% |
| 1994 | 37.08 million An | +12.7% |
| 1995 | 38.64 million An | +4.2% |
| 1996 | 39.65 million An | +2.6% |
| 1997 | 41.37 million An | +4.3% |
| 1998 | 45.38 million An | +9.7% |
| 1999 | 49.40 million An | +8.9% |
| 2000 | 51.03 million An | +3.3% |
| 2001 | 51.07 million An | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 53.38 million An | +4.5% |
| 2003 | 54.19 million An | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 55.31 million An | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 47.56 million An | -14.0% |
| 2006 | 48.02 million An | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 52.85 million An | +10.0% |
| 2008 | 52.17 million An | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 53.45 million An | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 54.91 million An | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 56.97 million An | +3.8% |
| 2012 | 58.93 million An | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 59.14 million An | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 61.26 million An | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 63.81 million An | +4.2% |
| 2016 | 67.37 million An | +5.6% |
| 2017 | 68.14 million An | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 70.32 million An | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 73.01 million An | +3.8% |
| 2020 | 75.85 million An | +3.9% |
| 2021 | 81.07 million An | +6.9% |
| 2022 | 85.30 million An | +5.2% |
| 2023 | 87.24 million An | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 89.37 million An | +2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17.00 million An | 15.35 million An | 19.09 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 21.82 million An | 19.84 million An | 24.23 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 25.86 million An | 23.61 million An | 28.36 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 36.89 million An | 26.23 million An | 49.40 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 51.90 million An | 47.56 million An | 55.31 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 63.39 million An | 54.91 million An | 73.01 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 83.77 million An | 75.85 million An | 89.37 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 8 Mexico 22.44 million An compare
- 9 France 21.94 million An compare
- 10 Canada 21.43 million An compare
- 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 589,343 An compare
- 11 Philippines 20.74 million An compare
- 12 Poland 20.01 million An compare
- 13 Republic of Korea 19.03 million An compare
- 14 Malawi 16.06 million An compare
- 14 Timor-Leste 270,068 An compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered in South America?
- Fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered in South America was 89.37 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 South America?
- The highest recorded value was 89.37 million An in 2024.
- What is the lowest fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.35 million An in 1963.
- How does South America rank for fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered?
- South America ranks 11th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 45.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this South America 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.