Raw hides and skins of buffaloes — Production in Bhutan
Bhutan: Raw hides and skins of buffaloes — Production was 28.16 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Raw hides and skins of buffaloes — Production in Bhutan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, raw hides and skins of buffaloes — production in Bhutan stood at 28.16 t.
The figure is up 6.4% on the previous year and up 21.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw hides and skins of buffaloes — production in Bhutan peaked at 157.8 t in 2012 and was at its lowest, 3.4 t, in 1992.
That places Bhutan 22nd out of 26 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Raw hides and skins of buffaloes — Production in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8.5 t | — |
| 1962 | 8.5 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 9.35 t | +10.0% |
| 1964 | 11.05 t | +18.2% |
| 1965 | 11.56 t | +4.6% |
| 1966 | 11.56 t | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 11.73 t | +1.5% |
| 1968 | 11.9 t | +1.4% |
| 1969 | 11.9 t | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 12.24 t | +2.9% |
| 1971 | 12.24 t | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 12.92 t | +5.6% |
| 1973 | 12.75 t | -1.3% |
| 1974 | 12.75 t | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 13.26 t | +4.0% |
| 1976 | 13.6 t | +2.6% |
| 1977 | 13.6 t | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 13.94 t | +2.5% |
| 1979 | 14.11 t | +1.2% |
| 1980 | 14.45 t | +2.4% |
| 1981 | 14.79 t | +2.4% |
| 1982 | 14.79 t | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 14.96 t | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 14.79 t | -1.1% |
| 1985 | 14.79 t | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 14.62 t | -1.1% |
| 1987 | 14.45 t | -1.2% |
| 1988 | 14.11 t | -2.4% |
| 1989 | 13.94 t | -1.2% |
| 1990 | 13.6 t | -2.4% |
| 1991 | 8.84 t | -35.0% |
| 1992 | 3.4 t | -61.5% |
| 1993 | 5.1 t | +50.0% |
| 1994 | 5.95 t | +16.7% |
| 1995 | 5.1 t | -14.3% |
| 1996 | 10.2 t | +100.0% |
| 1997 | 10.88 t | +6.7% |
| 1998 | 9.18 t | -15.6% |
| 1999 | 8.16 t | -11.1% |
| 2000 | 7.48 t | -8.3% |
| 2001 | 6.8 t | -9.1% |
| 2002 | 6.12 t | -10.0% |
| 2003 | 6.46 t | +5.6% |
| 2004 | 6.46 t | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 6.46 t | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 28.6 t | +342.7% |
| 2007 | 23.4 t | -18.2% |
| 2008 | 28.6 t | +22.2% |
| 2009 | 25 t | -12.6% |
| 2010 | 40.4 t | +61.6% |
| 2011 | 25 t | -38.1% |
| 2012 | 157.8 t | +531.2% |
| 2013 | 29.6 t | -81.2% |
| 2014 | 23.2 t | -21.6% |
| 2015 | 17.4 t | -25.0% |
| 2016 | 16.6 t | -4.6% |
| 2017 | 26.8 t | +61.4% |
| 2018 | 38.4 t | +43.3% |
| 2019 | 23.8 t | -38.0% |
| 2020 | 21.4 t | -10.1% |
| 2021 | 32.2 t | +50.5% |
| 2022 | 25.8 t | -19.9% |
| 2023 | 26.47 t | +2.6% |
| 2024 | 28.16 t | +6.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10.67 t | 8.5 t | 11.9 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 13.14 t | 12.24 t | 14.11 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 14.57 t | 13.94 t | 14.96 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 8.04 t | 3.4 t | 13.6 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 14.54 t | 6.12 t | 28.6 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 39.9 t | 16.6 t | 157.8 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.81 t | 21.4 t | 32.2 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
- 19 China, Taiwan Province of 62.23 t compare
- 20 Brunei Darussalam 56.8 t compare
- 21 Bulgaria 36.2 t compare
- 23 Trinidad and Tobago 1.69 t compare
- 24 China, Macao SAR 0.78 t compare
- 25 Germany 0 t
- 25 Singapore 0 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Bhutan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1368 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 614.64 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.8653 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5657 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 13.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 13.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is raw hides and skins of buffaloes — production in Bhutan?
- Raw hides and skins of buffaloes — production in Bhutan was 28.16 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest raw hides and skins of buffaloes — production recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 157.8 t in 2012.
- What is the lowest raw hides and skins of buffaloes — production recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.4 t in 1992.
- How does Bhutan rank for raw hides and skins of buffaloes — production?
- Bhutan ranks 22nd out of 26 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw hides and skins of buffaloes — production rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Bhutan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Raw hides and skins of buffaloes — 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.