Fat of pigs — Production in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Fat of pigs — Production was 21,661 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fat of pigs — Production in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fat of pigs — production in Australia and New Zealand is 21,661 t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 25.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fat of pigs — production in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 21,661 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6,144 t, in 1961.
Australia and New Zealand ranks 38th of 172 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fat of pigs — Production in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,144 t | — |
| 1962 | 6,699 t | +9.0% |
| 1963 | 6,523 t | -2.6% |
| 1964 | 6,543 t | +0.3% |
| 1965 | 6,853 t | +4.7% |
| 1966 | 7,182 t | +4.8% |
| 1967 | 7,396 t | +3.0% |
| 1968 | 7,752 t | +4.8% |
| 1969 | 8,282 t | +6.8% |
| 1970 | 8,884 t | +7.3% |
| 1971 | 9,372 t | +5.5% |
| 1972 | 9,783 t | +4.4% |
| 1973 | 11,396 t | +16.5% |
| 1974 | 10,287 t | -9.7% |
| 1975 | 8,738 t | -15.1% |
| 1976 | 8,634 t | -1.2% |
| 1977 | 9,340 t | +8.2% |
| 1978 | 9,911 t | +6.1% |
| 1979 | 9,801 t | -1.1% |
| 1980 | 10,656 t | +8.7% |
| 1981 | 11,159 t | +4.7% |
| 1982 | 11,238 t | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 11,681 t | +3.9% |
| 1984 | 12,404 t | +6.2% |
| 1985 | 12,879 t | +3.8% |
| 1986 | 13,330 t | +3.5% |
| 1987 | 13,725 t | +3.0% |
| 1988 | 14,366 t | +4.7% |
| 1989 | 14,834 t | +3.3% |
| 1990 | 15,152 t | +2.1% |
| 1991 | 14,908 t | -1.6% |
| 1992 | 16,056 t | +7.7% |
| 1993 | 15,828 t | -1.4% |
| 1994 | 16,515 t | +4.3% |
| 1995 | 16,891 t | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 16,148 t | -4.4% |
| 1997 | 16,478 t | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 17,560 t | +6.6% |
| 1999 | 17,267 t | -1.7% |
| 2000 | 17,282 t | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 17,895 t | +3.5% |
| 2002 | 19,068 t | +6.6% |
| 2003 | 19,624 t | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 18,759 t | -4.4% |
| 2005 | 18,567 t | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 18,245 t | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 18,299 t | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 16,656 t | -9.0% |
| 2009 | 15,581 t | -6.5% |
| 2010 | 16,202 t | +4.0% |
| 2011 | 16,541 t | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 16,901 t | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 17,127 t | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 17,248 t | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 17,555 t | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 17,768 t | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 18,708 t | +5.3% |
| 2018 | 19,859 t | +6.2% |
| 2019 | 18,710 t | -5.8% |
| 2020 | 19,593 t | +4.7% |
| 2021 | 20,622 t | +5.3% |
| 2022 | 20,324 t | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 21,622 t | +6.4% |
| 2024 | 21,661 t | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,041 t | 6,144 t | 8,282 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,615 t | 8,634 t | 11,396 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,627 t | 10,656 t | 14,834 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,280 t | 14,908 t | 17,560 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,998 t | 15,581 t | 19,624 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,662 t | 16,202 t | 19,859 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,764 t | 19,593 t | 21,661 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is fat of pigs — production in Australia and New Zealand?
- Fat of pigs — production in Australia and New Zealand was 21,661 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fat of pigs — production recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 21,661 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest fat of pigs — production recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,144 t in 1961.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for fat of pigs — production?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 38th out of 172 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fat of pigs — production rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Fat of pigs — Production. 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.