Fat of pigs — Production in France
France: Fat of pigs — Production was 75,454 t in 2017. ▲ Rising
Fat of pigs — Production in France, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
France recorded 75,454 t for fat of pigs — production in 2017.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.1% on the previous year and up 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fat of pigs — production in France peaked at 82,673 t in 1999 and was at its lowest, 41,740 t, in 1961.
That places France 19th out of 172 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.
Fat of pigs — Production in France, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 41,740 t | — |
| 1962 | 44,797 t | +7.3% |
| 1963 | 42,689 t | -4.7% |
| 1964 | 43,216 t | +1.2% |
| 1965 | 46,378 t | +7.3% |
| 1966 | 45,711 t | -1.4% |
| 1967 | 48,276 t | +5.6% |
| 1968 | 49,224 t | +2.0% |
| 1969 | 45,570 t | -7.4% |
| 1970 | 48,311 t | +6.0% |
| 1971 | 52,386 t | +8.4% |
| 1972 | 53,862 t | +2.8% |
| 1973 | 53,651 t | -0.4% |
| 1974 | 54,319 t | +1.2% |
| 1975 | 55,760 t | +2.7% |
| 1976 | 56,708 t | +1.7% |
| 1977 | 57,903 t | +2.1% |
| 1978 | 60,678 t | +4.8% |
| 1979 | 63,349 t | +4.4% |
| 1980 | 63,349 t | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 60,432 t | -4.6% |
| 1982 | 58,851 t | -2.6% |
| 1983 | 58,886 t | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 59,168 t | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 58,395 t | -1.3% |
| 1986 | 58,922 t | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 60,749 t | +3.1% |
| 1988 | 65,070 t | +7.1% |
| 1989 | 64,789 t | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 60,671 t | -6.4% |
| 1991 | 62,284 t | +2.7% |
| 1992 | 66,862 t | +7.4% |
| 1993 | 71,461 t | +6.9% |
| 1994 | 74,360 t | +4.1% |
| 1995 | 75,330 t | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 75,927 t | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 77,965 t | +2.7% |
| 1998 | 81,795 t | +4.9% |
| 1999 | 82,673 t | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 81,232 t | -1.7% |
| 2001 | 81,345 t | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 82,427 t | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 82,181 t | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 80,550 t | -2.0% |
| 2005 | 79,897 t | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 70,649 t | -11.6% |
| 2007 | 71,366 t | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 79,901 t | +12.0% |
| 2009 | 79,461 t | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 79,219 t | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 77,908 t | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 75,950 t | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 74,858 t | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 74,498 t | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 75,486 t | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 76,258 t | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 75,454 t | -1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 45,289 t | 41,740 t | 49,224 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 55,693 t | 48,311 t | 63,349 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 60,861 t | 58,395 t | 65,070 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 72,933 t | 60,671 t | 82,673 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 78,901 t | 70,649 t | 82,427 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 76,204 t | 74,498 t | 79,219 t | 8 |
Countries ranked near France
- 16 Republic of Korea 98,311 t compare
- 17 Denmark 91,943 t compare
- 18 Belgium 79,334 t compare
- 20 Belgium-Luxembourg 72,400 t compare
- 21 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 60,682 t compare
- 22 Italy 59,421 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for France
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 14.99 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.014 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 687.36 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.033 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2115 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 1.4 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.4 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fat of pigs — production in France?
- Fat of pigs — production in France was 75,454 t in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fat of pigs — production recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 82,673 t in 1999.
- What is the lowest fat of pigs — production recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 41,740 t in 1961.
- How does France rank for fat of pigs — production?
- France ranks 19th out of 172 countries with data for 2017.
- Is fat of pigs — production rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this France 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.