Fat of pigs — Production in Western Europe
Western Europe: Fat of pigs — Production was 1.02 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fat of pigs — Production in Western Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Western Europe recorded 1.02 million t for fat of pigs — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% on the previous year and down 18.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fat of pigs — production in Western Europe peaked at 1.26 million t in 2011 and was at its lowest, 272,310 t, in 1961.
Western Europe ranks 8th of 29 groups 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 Western Europe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 272,310 t | — |
| 1962 | 280,703 t | +3.1% |
| 1963 | 279,477 t | -0.4% |
| 1964 | 299,828 t | +7.3% |
| 1965 | 299,130 t | -0.2% |
| 1966 | 311,331 t | +4.1% |
| 1967 | 337,041 t | +8.3% |
| 1968 | 356,123 t | +5.7% |
| 1969 | 356,675 t | +0.2% |
| 1970 | 373,035 t | +4.6% |
| 1971 | 400,145 t | +7.3% |
| 1972 | 398,333 t | -0.5% |
| 1973 | 402,150 t | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 424,277 t | +5.5% |
| 1975 | 419,208 t | -1.2% |
| 1976 | 429,901 t | +2.6% |
| 1977 | 444,608 t | +3.4% |
| 1978 | 448,359 t | +0.8% |
| 1979 | 455,671 t | +1.6% |
| 1980 | 463,576 t | +1.7% |
| 1981 | 496,298 t | +7.1% |
| 1982 | 492,942 t | -0.7% |
| 1983 | 502,001 t | +1.8% |
| 1984 | 514,150 t | +2.4% |
| 1985 | 523,774 t | +1.9% |
| 1986 | 530,682 t | +1.3% |
| 1987 | 541,208 t | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 557,043 t | +2.9% |
| 1989 | 542,940 t | -2.5% |
| 1990 | 535,120 t | -1.4% |
| 1991 | 940,122 t | +75.7% |
| 1992 | 908,656 t | -3.3% |
| 1993 | 941,338 t | +3.6% |
| 1994 | 929,104 t | -1.3% |
| 1995 | 928,038 t | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 934,795 t | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 902,090 t | -3.5% |
| 1998 | 984,411 t | +9.1% |
| 1999 | 1.02 million t | +4.0% |
| 2000 | 1.00 million t | -2.1% |
| 2001 | 1.00 million t | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 1.01 million t | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 1.02 million t | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 1.03 million t | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 1.06 million t | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 1.08 million t | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 1.14 million t | +5.8% |
| 2008 | 1.17 million t | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 1.19 million t | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 1.24 million t | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 1.26 million t | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 1.23 million t | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 1.24 million t | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 1.24 million t | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 1.26 million t | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 1.26 million t | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 1.24 million t | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 1.22 million t | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 1.21 million t | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 1.20 million t | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 1.18 million t | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 1.09 million t | -8.0% |
| 2023 | 1.01 million t | -7.2% |
| 2024 | 1.02 million t | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 310,291 t | 272,310 t | 356,675 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 419,569 t | 373,035 t | 455,671 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 516,461 t | 463,576 t | 557,043 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 902,744 t | 535,120 t | 1.02 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.07 million t | 1.00 million t | 1.19 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.24 million t | 1.21 million t | 1.26 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.10 million t | 1.01 million t | 1.20 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
More agriculture & rural data for Western Europe
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 1.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 2.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.7159 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate -0.437 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing -0.2961 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 0.487 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Production, annual growth rate 5.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate 7.8 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing -0.2961 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 0.9364 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fat of pigs — production in Western Europe?
- Fat of pigs — production in Western Europe was 1.02 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fat of pigs — production recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 1.26 million t in 2011.
- What is the lowest fat of pigs — production recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 272,310 t in 1961.
- How does Western Europe rank for fat of pigs — production?
- Western Europe ranks 8th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is fat of pigs — production rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Europe 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.