Fat of pigs — Production in Southern Africa

Southern Africa: Fat of pigs — Production was 1,594 t in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
1,594 t
Change on year
up 1.5%
Rank
26th
of 29 groups
All-time high
1,595 t
in 2022
All-time low
390.51 t
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Fat of pigs — Production in Southern Africa, 1961–2024

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

Analysis

Southern Africa recorded 1,594 t for fat of pigs — production in 2024.

That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and up 21.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, fat of pigs — production in Southern Africa peaked at 1,595 t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 390.51 t, in 1961.

Southern Africa ranks 26th of 29 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

Fat of pigs — Production in Southern Africa, year by year

Annual values for Fat of pigs — Production in Southern Africa, 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 390.51 t
1962 405.48 t +3.8%
1963 405.93 t +0.1%
1964 429.35 t +5.8%
1965 434.47 t +1.2%
1966 450.43 t +3.7%
1967 487.69 t +8.3%
1968 487.9 t +0.0%
1969 528.69 t +8.4%
1970 523.36 t -1.0%
1971 541.44 t +3.5%
1972 593.2 t +9.6%
1973 637.15 t +7.4%
1974 633.1 t -0.6%
1975 646.04 t +2.0%
1976 671.07 t +3.9%
1977 687.73 t +2.5%
1978 667.05 t -3.0%
1979 654.54 t -1.9%
1980 653.36 t -0.2%
1981 641.34 t -1.8%
1982 704.84 t +9.9%
1983 713.65 t +1.2%
1984 711.36 t -0.3%
1985 715.2 t +0.5%
1986 776.7 t +8.6%
1987 806.85 t +3.9%
1988 857.37 t +6.3%
1989 897.02 t +4.6%
1990 874.58 t -2.5%
1991 623.19 t -28.7%
1992 588.82 t -5.5%
1993 570.46 t -3.1%
1994 546.65 t -4.2%
1995 571.35 t +4.5%
1996 588.95 t +3.1%
1997 570.93 t -3.1%
1998 552.12 t -3.3%
1999 583.52 t +5.7%
2000 619.49 t +6.2%
2001 605.73 t -2.2%
2002 607.01 t +0.2%
2003 689.99 t +13.7%
2004 784.08 t +13.6%
2005 839.18 t +7.0%
2006 1,007 t +20.0%
2007 951.39 t -5.5%
2008 951.38 t -0.0%
2009 946.15 t -0.5%
2010 992.93 t +4.9%
2011 1,050 t +5.7%
2012 1,060 t +1.0%
2013 1,044 t -1.6%
2014 1,308 t +25.3%
2015 1,237 t -5.5%
2016 1,311 t +6.0%
2017 1,192 t -9.1%
2018 1,324 t +11.1%
2019 1,432 t +8.1%
2020 1,576 t +10.1%
2021 1,546 t -1.9%
2022 1,595 t +3.2%
2023 1,570 t -1.5%
2024 1,594 t +1.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 446.72 t 390.51 t 528.69 t 9
1970s 625.47 t 523.36 t 687.73 t 10
1980s 747.77 t 641.34 t 897.02 t 10
1990s 607.06 t 546.65 t 874.58 t 10
2000s 800.12 t 605.73 t 1,007 t 10
2010s 1,195 t 992.93 t 1,432 t 10
2020s 1,576 t 1,546 t 1,595 t 5

Countries ranked near Southern Africa

  1. 23 China, Taiwan Province of 56,177 t compare
  2. 24 Portugal 42,261 t compare
  3. 25 Ukraine 41,431 t compare
  4. 26 Thailand 38,144 t compare
  5. 27 Colombia 35,746 t compare
  6. 28 Cabo Verde 172.02 t compare
  7. 28 Serbia and Montenegro 34,671 t compare
  8. 29 Czechia 27,921 t compare

See the full ranking of 220 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is fat of pigs — production in Southern Africa?
Fat of pigs — production in Southern Africa was 1,594 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest fat of pigs — production recorded in Southern Africa?
The highest recorded value was 1,595 t in 2022.
What is the lowest fat of pigs — production recorded in Southern Africa?
The lowest recorded value was 390.51 t in 1961.
How does Southern Africa rank for fat of pigs — production?
Southern Africa ranks 26th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is fat of pigs — production rising or falling in Southern Africa?
Over the last ten years it is up 21.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Southern Africa 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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Indicator
Fat of pigs — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
220 places, 12,613 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.