Fat of pigs — Production in Italy
Italy: Fat of pigs — Production was 59,421 t in 2017. ▲ Rising
Fat of pigs — Production in Italy, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fat of pigs — production in Italy is 59,421 t, measured in 2017.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.0% on the previous year and down 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fat of pigs — production in Italy peaked at 67,767 t in 2010 and was at its lowest, 9,400 t, in 1963.
That places Italy 22nd 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 Italy, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,900 t | — |
| 1962 | 9,900 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 9,400 t | -5.1% |
| 1964 | 11,800 t | +25.5% |
| 1965 | 12,000 t | +1.7% |
| 1966 | 10,900 t | -9.2% |
| 1967 | 11,500 t | +5.5% |
| 1968 | 13,500 t | +17.4% |
| 1969 | 13,335 t | -1.2% |
| 1970 | 14,830 t | +11.2% |
| 1971 | 16,100 t | +8.6% |
| 1972 | 16,642 t | +3.4% |
| 1973 | 17,230 t | +3.5% |
| 1974 | 18,500 t | +7.4% |
| 1975 | 19,700 t | +6.5% |
| 1976 | 20,400 t | +3.6% |
| 1977 | 22,600 t | +10.8% |
| 1978 | 24,160 t | +6.9% |
| 1979 | 25,840 t | +7.0% |
| 1980 | 27,140 t | +5.0% |
| 1981 | 44,793 t | +65.0% |
| 1982 | 44,884 t | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 47,227 t | +5.2% |
| 1984 | 49,340 t | +4.5% |
| 1985 | 48,077 t | -2.6% |
| 1986 | 47,483 t | -1.2% |
| 1987 | 49,847 t | +5.0% |
| 1988 | 51,405 t | +3.1% |
| 1989 | 52,467 t | +2.1% |
| 1990 | 53,997 t | +2.9% |
| 1991 | 53,987 t | -0.0% |
| 1992 | 54,343 t | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 55,548 t | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 55,463 t | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 54,504 t | -1.7% |
| 1996 | 57,126 t | +4.8% |
| 1997 | 56,539 t | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 57,203 t | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 59,613 t | +4.2% |
| 2000 | 59,889 t | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 61,150 t | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 62,214 t | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 64,401 t | +3.5% |
| 2004 | 64,401 t | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 61,357 t | -4.7% |
| 2006 | 63,159 t | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 64,943 t | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 65,054 t | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 65,945 t | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 67,767 t | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 64,886 t | -4.3% |
| 2012 | 66,869 t | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 66,934 t | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 53,785 t | -19.6% |
| 2015 | 60,412 t | +12.3% |
| 2016 | 62,547 t | +3.5% |
| 2017 | 59,421 t | -5.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,359 t | 9,400 t | 13,500 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 19,600 t | 14,830 t | 25,840 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 46,266 t | 27,140 t | 52,467 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 55,832 t | 53,987 t | 59,613 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 63,251 t | 59,889 t | 65,945 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 62,828 t | 53,785 t | 67,767 t | 8 |
Countries ranked near Italy
- 19 France 75,454 t compare
- 20 Belgium-Luxembourg 72,400 t compare
- 21 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 60,682 t compare
- 23 China, Taiwan Province of 56,177 t compare
- 24 Portugal 42,261 t compare
- 25 Ukraine 41,431 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 2.07 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.07 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fat of pigs — production in Italy?
- Fat of pigs — production in Italy was 59,421 t in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fat of pigs — production recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 67,767 t in 2010.
- What is the lowest fat of pigs — production recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,400 t in 1963.
- How does Italy rank for fat of pigs — production?
- Italy ranks 22nd out of 172 countries with data for 2017.
- Is fat of pigs — production rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy 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.