Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 10.54 million An in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
10.54 million An
Change on year
up 2.7%
World rank
21st
of 172 countries
All-time high
16.09 million An
in 1998
All-time low
9.03 million An
in 2009
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1961–2024

05.0M10.0M15.0M196119922024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.

Analysis

In 2024, fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland stood at 10.54 million An.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.7% on the previous year and up 0.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland peaked at 16.09 million An in 1998 and was at its lowest, 9.03 million An, in 2009.

That places United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 21st out of 172 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.

Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, year by year

Annual values for Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1961 to 2024.
Year An Change
1961 10.74 million An
1962 12.10 million An +12.6%
1963 12.22 million An +1.0%
1964 12.82 million An +4.9%
1965 14.34 million An +11.9%
1966 13.51 million An -5.8%
1967 12.35 million An -8.6%
1968 12.99 million An +5.2%
1969 14.04 million An +8.1%
1970 14.40 million An +2.6%
1971 15.68 million An +8.8%
1972 15.45 million An -1.4%
1973 15.14 million An -2.0%
1974 15.32 million An +1.2%
1975 12.84 million An -16.2%
1976 13.36 million An +4.1%
1977 14.19 million An +6.2%
1978 13.79 million An -2.9%
1979 14.72 million An +6.7%
1980 14.62 million An -0.6%
1981 14.58 million An -0.3%
1982 15.05 million An +3.2%
1983 15.99 million An +6.2%
1984 14.94 million An -6.6%
1985 15.31 million An +2.5%
1986 15.61 million An +1.9%
1987 15.81 million An +1.3%
1988 15.78 million An -0.1%
1989 14.51 million An -8.0%
1990 13.88 million An -4.4%
1991 14.09 million An +1.5%
1992 14.65 million An +4.0%
1993 14.82 million An +1.2%
1994 15.32 million An +3.3%
1995 14.69 million An -4.1%
1996 14.29 million An -2.7%
1997 15.50 million An +8.4%
1998 16.09 million An +3.8%
1999 14.73 million An -8.5%
2000 12.69 million An -13.8%
2001 10.63 million An -16.3%
2002 10.57 million An -0.5%
2003 9.37 million An -11.4%
2004 9.21 million An -1.8%
2005 9.17 million An -0.4%
2006 9.10 million An -0.8%
2007 9.48 million An +4.3%
2008 9.43 million An -0.6%
2009 9.03 million An -4.2%
2010 9.45 million An +4.7%
2011 10.06 million An +6.4%
2012 10.30 million An +2.4%
2013 10.30 million An +0.0%
2014 10.47 million An +1.6%
2015 10.87 million An +3.8%
2016 10.99 million An +1.1%
2017 10.66 million An -3.0%
2018 10.94 million An +2.6%
2019 11.11 million An +1.5%
2020 11.16 million An +0.5%
2021 11.52 million An +3.2%
2022 11.42 million An -0.8%
2023 10.26 million An -10.2%
2024 10.54 million An +2.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 12.79 million An 10.74 million An 14.34 million An 9
1970s 14.49 million An 12.84 million An 15.68 million An 10
1980s 15.22 million An 14.51 million An 15.99 million An 10
1990s 14.80 million An 13.88 million An 16.09 million An 10
2000s 9.87 million An 9.03 million An 12.69 million An 10
2010s 10.52 million An 9.45 million An 11.11 million An 10
2020s 10.98 million An 10.26 million An 11.52 million An 5

Countries ranked near United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

  1. 18 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0 An compare
  2. 18 Thailand 12.46 million An compare
  3. 18 Türkiye 0 An compare
  4. 19 Yugoslav SFR 10.89 million An compare
  5. 20 Belgium-Luxembourg 10.64 million An compare
  6. 22 Italy 10.09 million An compare
  7. 23 India 9.40 million An compare
  8. 24 Belgium 9.40 million An compare
  9. 24 Caribbean 1.91 million An compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
Fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was 10.54 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
The highest recorded value was 16.09 million An in 1998.
What is the lowest fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
The lowest recorded value was 9.03 million An in 2009.
How does United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank for fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered?
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 21st out of 172 countries with data for 2024.
Is fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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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Indicator
Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered
Unit
An
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
220 places, 12,831 data points, 1961–2024
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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.