Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 12,765 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered in Sri Lanka stood at 12,765 An.
The figure is up 1.6% on the previous year and down 46.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered in Sri Lanka peaked at 32,736 An in 2021 and was at its lowest, 11,566 An, in 1961.
That places Sri Lanka 146th out of 172 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,566 An | — |
| 1962 | 16,101 An | +39.2% |
| 1963 | 13,406 An | -16.7% |
| 1964 | 14,505 An | +8.2% |
| 1965 | 13,735 An | -5.3% |
| 1966 | 17,162 An | +25.0% |
| 1967 | 19,954 An | +16.3% |
| 1968 | 18,612 An | -6.7% |
| 1969 | 18,452 An | -0.9% |
| 1970 | 18,499 An | +0.3% |
| 1971 | 22,188 An | +19.9% |
| 1972 | 20,524 An | -7.5% |
| 1973 | 16,859 An | -17.9% |
| 1974 | 15,481 An | -8.2% |
| 1975 | 12,881 An | -16.8% |
| 1976 | 13,236 An | +2.8% |
| 1977 | 19,007 An | +43.6% |
| 1978 | 18,426 An | -3.1% |
| 1979 | 23,021 An | +24.9% |
| 1980 | 31,508 An | +36.9% |
| 1981 | 24,389 An | -22.6% |
| 1982 | 21,551 An | -11.6% |
| 1983 | 17,303 An | -19.7% |
| 1984 | 19,284 An | +11.4% |
| 1985 | 17,232 An | -10.6% |
| 1986 | 15,478 An | -10.2% |
| 1987 | 20,003 An | +29.2% |
| 1988 | 20,814 An | +4.1% |
| 1989 | 19,371 An | -6.9% |
| 1990 | 22,913 An | +18.3% |
| 1991 | 30,604 An | +33.6% |
| 1992 | 28,100 An | -8.2% |
| 1993 | 22,500 An | -19.9% |
| 1994 | 27,535 An | +22.4% |
| 1995 | 32,191 An | +16.9% |
| 1996 | 29,534 An | -8.3% |
| 1997 | 29,691 An | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 26,392 An | -11.1% |
| 1999 | 22,722 An | -13.9% |
| 2000 | 25,565 An | +12.5% |
| 2001 | 26,865 An | +5.1% |
| 2002 | 25,628 An | -4.6% |
| 2003 | 29,750 An | +16.1% |
| 2004 | 29,240 An | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 30,250 An | +3.5% |
| 2006 | 31,650 An | +4.6% |
| 2007 | 31,860 An | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 21,480 An | -32.6% |
| 2009 | 22,270 An | +3.7% |
| 2010 | 19,540 An | -12.3% |
| 2011 | 25,441 An | +30.2% |
| 2012 | 30,159 An | +18.5% |
| 2013 | 29,610 An | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 23,764 An | -19.7% |
| 2015 | 23,442 An | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 21,183 An | -9.6% |
| 2017 | 18,345 An | -13.4% |
| 2018 | 19,077 An | +4.0% |
| 2019 | 18,074 An | -5.3% |
| 2020 | 21,364 An | +18.2% |
| 2021 | 32,736 An | +53.2% |
| 2022 | 17,862 An | -45.4% |
| 2023 | 12,570 An | -29.6% |
| 2024 | 12,765 An | +1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,944 An | 11,566 An | 19,954 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 18,012 An | 12,881 An | 23,021 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 20,693 An | 15,478 An | 31,508 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 27,218 An | 22,500 An | 32,191 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 27,456 An | 21,480 An | 31,860 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,864 An | 18,074 An | 30,159 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,459 An | 12,570 An | 32,736 An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered in Sri Lanka?
- Fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered in Sri Lanka was 12,765 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 Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 32,736 An in 2021.
- What is the lowest fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,566 An in 1961.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Sri Lanka ranks 146th out of 172 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 46.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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.