Fat of pigs — Production by country
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...
What the numbers show
Fat of pigs — Production is currently reported for 172 countries. The highest value is 3.41 million t in China (People’s Republic of); the lowest is 0 t in Ethiopia PDR.
The median across all reporting countries is 1,171 t, and the mean is 69,540 t.
Over the past decade 84 countries rose and 86 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 533.8%), and the largest decrease in Ethiopia PDR (down 100.0%).
Fat of pigs — Production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China (People’s Republic of) | 3.41 million t | 2024 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 2 | China, mainland | 3.35 million t | 2024 | up 0.6% | volatile |
| 3 | Germany | 929,512 t | 2017 | up 10.4% | volatile |
| 4 | Brazil | 635,412 t | 2024 | up 67.8% | volatile |
| 5 | USSR | 375,000 t | 1991 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 6 | Poland | 343,217 t | 2017 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 7 | Russian Federation | 331,668 t | 2024 | up 66.2% | rising |
| 8 | Philippines | 193,940 t | 2024 | down 16.4% | volatile |
| 9 | Canada | 183,138 t | 2024 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 10 | Japan | 151,905 t | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 11 | Argentina | 139,252 t | 2024 | up 77.8% | volatile |
| 12 | Spain | 136,038 t | 2017 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 13 | Mexico | 132,017 t | 2024 | up 45.9% | rising |
| 14 | Romania | 131,637 t | 2017 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 15 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 116,454 t | 2017 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 16 | Republic of Korea | 98,311 t | 2024 | up 21.2% | volatile |
| 17 | Denmark | 91,943 t | 2017 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 18 | Belgium | 79,334 t | 2017 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 19 | France | 75,454 t | 2017 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 20 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 72,400 t | 1999 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 21 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 60,682 t | 2024 | up 11.3% | flat |
| 22 | Italy | 59,421 t | 2017 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 23 | China, Taiwan Province of | 56,177 t | 2024 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 24 | Portugal | 42,261 t | 2017 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 25 | Ukraine | 41,431 t | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 26 | Thailand | 38,144 t | 2024 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 27 | Colombia | 35,746 t | 2024 | up 123.4% | volatile |
| 28 | Serbia and Montenegro | 34,671 t | 2005 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 29 | Czechia | 27,921 t | 2017 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 30 | Austria | 26,994 t | 2017 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 31 | Malawi | 26,704 t | 2024 | up 328.4% | volatile |
| 32 | India | 26,541 t | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 33 | Belarus | 26,524 t | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 34 | Ecuador | 26,418 t | 2024 | up 40.8% | volatile |
| 35 | Chile | 26,096 t | 2024 | up 12.6% | volatile |
| 36 | Hungary | 24,637 t | 2017 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 37 | Myanmar | 24,265 t | 2024 | down 59.8% | volatile |
| 37 | Cook Islands | 20.77 t | 2024 | down 43.9% | rising |
| 38 | Australia and New Zealand | 21,661 t | 2024 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 38 | Niue | 4.58 t | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 39 | Serbia | 21,593 t | 2024 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 40 | Nigeria | 21,444 t | 2024 | up 52.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Ireland | 20,398 t | 2017 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 42 | Australia | 20,164 t | 2024 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 43 | Burkina Faso | 19,801 t | 2024 | down 34.8% | volatile |
| 44 | Indonesia | 17,670 t | 2024 | down 46.9% | rising |
| 45 | Uganda | 17,229 t | 2024 | up 77.1% | volatile |
| 46 | Peru | 16,400 t | 2024 | up 54.8% | rising |
| 47 | Malaysia | 14,669 t | 2024 | down 37.3% | rising |
| 48 | Yugoslav SFR | 14,000 t | 1991 | down 13.8% | rising |
| 49 | Sweden | 12,191 t | 2017 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 50 | Switzerland | 10,907 t | 2024 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 51 | Mozambique | 9,515 t | 2024 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 52 | Cambodia | 8,162 t | 2024 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 53 | Bulgaria | 7,969 t | 2017 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 54 | Angola | 7,470 t | 2024 | up 56.3% | volatile |
| 55 | Czechoslovakia | 7,200 t | 1992 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 56 | Dominican Republic | 7,075 t | 2024 | down 11.5% | volatile |
| 57 | Slovak Republic | 6,815 t | 2017 | down 49.1% | falling |
| 58 | Papua New Guinea | 5,190 t | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 59 | Norway | 4,955 t | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 60 | Kazakhstan | 4,860 t | 2024 | down 49.7% | falling |
| 61 | Paraguay | 4,479 t | 2024 | up 111.5% | volatile |
| 62 | Greece | 4,375 t | 2017 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 63 | Lithuania | 4,232 t | 2017 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 64 | Cameroon | 4,119 t | 2024 | up 24.0% | volatile |
| 65 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 3,923 t | 2024 | down 17.7% | flat |
| 66 | Croatia | 3,800 t | 2017 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 67 | Finland | 3,632 t | 2017 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 68 | Haiti | 3,198 t | 2024 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 69 | Costa Rica | 3,056 t | 2024 | up 17.3% | volatile |
| 70 | Ghana | 2,918 t | 2024 | up 43.4% | volatile |
| 71 | Zambia | 2,708 t | 2024 | up 10.2% | volatile |
| 72 | Guatemala | 2,372 t | 2024 | down 2.5% | volatile |
| 73 | Panama | 2,368 t | 2024 | down 8.1% | volatile |
| 74 | Kenya | 2,129 t | 2024 | up 92.9% | volatile |
| 75 | Central African Republic | 1,862 t | 2024 | up 15.5% | volatile |
| 76 | Slovenia | 1,843 t | 2017 | down 45.2% | falling |
| 77 | Georgia | 1,743 t | 2024 | up 76.3% | falling |
| 78 | Burundi | 1,646 t | 2024 | up 107.3% | volatile |
| 79 | Armenia | 1,601 t | 2024 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 80 | Senegal | 1,555 t | 2024 | up 37.5% | volatile |
| 81 | Estonia | 1,516 t | 2017 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 82 | Togo | 1,515 t | 2024 | up 42.7% | volatile |
| 83 | New Zealand | 1,496 t | 2024 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 84 | Cyprus | 1,399 t | 2017 | down 21.5% | volatile |
| 85 | Cuba | 1,262 t | 2024 | down 91.4% | volatile |
| 86 | Latvia | 1,207 t | 2017 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 87 | Benin | 1,136 t | 2024 | up 129.4% | rising |
| 88 | Uruguay | 1,092 t | 2024 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 89 | Nicaragua | 1,014 t | 2023 | up 62.0% | falling |
| 90 | Jamaica | 996.76 t | 2024 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 91 | Luxembourg | 983.06 t | 2017 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 92 | South Africa | 962.18 t | 2024 | up 55.9% | volatile |
| 93 | Zimbabwe | 927.43 t | 2024 | up 72.3% | rising |
| 94 | Nepal | 783.66 t | 2024 | up 103.3% | volatile |
| 95 | Israel | 731.69 t | 2024 | down 29.3% | rising |
| 96 | Puerto Rico | 683.79 t | 2024 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 97 | Liberia | 577.89 t | 2024 | down 6.1% | volatile |
| 98 | North Macedonia | 541.37 t | 2024 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 99 | El Salvador | 540.46 t | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 100 | Honduras | 532.58 t | 2024 | down 44.6% | rising |
| 101 | Rwanda | 476.93 t | 2024 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 102 | Madagascar | 445.33 t | 2024 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 103 | Iceland | 444.47 t | 2024 | up 4.4% | volatile |
| 104 | Namibia | 418.15 t | 2024 | down 4.5% | volatile |
| 105 | Albania | 397.67 t | 2024 | down 49.9% | rising |
| 106 | Solomon Islands | 389.23 t | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 107 | Singapore | 370.94 t | 2024 | down 62.7% | volatile |
| 108 | China, Macao SAR | 357.99 t | 2024 | down 37.7% | rising |
| 109 | Montenegro | 355.41 t | 2024 | up 76.7% | rising |
| 110 | Kyrgyzstan | 331.91 t | 2024 | down 62.0% | falling |
| 111 | Suriname | 290.95 t | 2024 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 112 | Réunion | 290 t | 2006 | up 25.5% | volatile |
| 113 | Guinea-Bissau | 275.03 t | 2024 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 114 | Belize | 271.6 t | 2024 | up 71.0% | rising |
| 115 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 249.36 t | 2024 | down 43.5% | flat |
| 116 | Fiji | 228.99 t | 2024 | up 46.1% | rising |
| 117 | Guinea | 218.67 t | 2024 | up 124.2% | volatile |
| 118 | Gabon | 195.64 t | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 119 | Chad | 189.49 t | 2024 | down 4.6% | volatile |
| 120 | Ethiopia | 185.17 t | 2024 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 121 | Trinidad and Tobago | 185.07 t | 2024 | down 46.1% | flat |
| 122 | Tonga | 185 t | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 123 | Malta | 184.71 t | 2017 | down 41.3% | rising |
| 124 | Barbados | 179.82 t | 2024 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 125 | Uzbekistan | 151.03 t | 2024 | down 94.9% | volatile |
| 126 | Niger | 149.58 t | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 127 | Bhutan | 117.91 t | 2024 | up 300.9% | rising |
| 128 | Guyana | 114.02 t | 2024 | up 294.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Vanuatu | 111.53 t | 2024 | down 20.4% | rising |
| 130 | Eswatini | 106.88 t | 2024 | up 55.2% | rising |
| 131 | Sierra Leone | 101.59 t | 2024 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 132 | Martinique | 98.3 t | 2006 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 133 | New Caledonia | 95.23 t | 2024 | up 5.7% | volatile |
| 134 | Congo | 86.41 t | 2024 | down 35.8% | rising |
| 135 | Egypt | 82.48 t | 2024 | up 43.1% | volatile |
| 136 | Samoa | 80.74 t | 2024 | down 49.9% | rising |
| 137 | Guadeloupe | 79.77 t | 2006 | up 16.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Lebanon | 69.43 t | 2024 | down 7.4% | volatile |
| 139 | Lesotho | 69.02 t | 2024 | down 57.4% | volatile |
| 140 | Gambia | 68.75 t | 2024 | up 272.6% | rising |
| 141 | Sao Tome and Principe | 65.48 t | 2024 | up 124.6% | volatile |
| 142 | Kiribati | 54.32 t | 2024 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 143 | Grenada | 46.98 t | 2024 | up 67.4% | volatile |
| 144 | Botswana | 38.03 t | 2024 | up 66.1% | rising |
| 145 | Mali | 37.71 t | 2024 | up 533.8% | volatile |
| 146 | Morocco | 36.69 t | 2024 | down 2.4% | volatile |
| 147 | French Polynesia | 34.54 t | 2024 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 148 | Azerbaijan | 33.31 t | 2024 | down 30.6% | volatile |
| 149 | French Guiana | 33 t | 2006 | down 59.8% | volatile |
| 150 | Mauritius | 32.44 t | 2024 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 151 | Bahamas | 29.02 t | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 152 | Dominica | 28.09 t | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 153 | Seychelles | 27.39 t | 2024 | up 46.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Mongolia | 25.84 t | 2024 | down 64.4% | volatile |
| 155 | Sri Lanka | 22.76 t | 2024 | down 46.3% | rising |
| 156 | Algeria | 22.54 t | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 157 | Turkmenistan | 20.43 t | 2024 | up 2.3% | volatile |
| 158 | Equatorial Guinea | 16.55 t | 2024 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 159 | Saint Lucia | 15.12 t | 2024 | up 98.2% | rising |
| 160 | Tuvalu | 10.91 t | 2024 | up 7.2% | volatile |
| 161 | Somalia | 9.92 t | 2024 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 162 | Tunisia | 7.46 t | 2024 | down 32.5% | rising |
| 163 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 5.07 t | 2024 | down 81.8% | rising |
| 164 | Nauru | 4.97 t | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 165 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3.85 t | 2024 | down 26.5% | rising |
| 166 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.94 t | 2024 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 167 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.93 t | 2024 | down 57.9% | volatile |
| 168 | Tajikistan | 0.26 t | 2024 | down 64.9% | volatile |
| 169 | Mauritania | 0 t | 1990 | — | volatile |
| 169 | Ethiopia PDR | 0 t | 1992 | down 100.0% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 11.37 million t
- Americas 4.61 million t
- Northern America 3.56 million t
- United States of America 3.37 million t
- European Union (27) 1.87 million t
- Western Europe 1.02 million t
- Northern Europe 189,617 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 184,718 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 108,874 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 104,019 t
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.