Raw hides and skins of buffaloes — Production in Southern Asia

Southern Asia: Raw hides and skins of buffaloes — Production was 1.20 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)
1.20 million t
Change on year
up 2.7%
Rank
2nd
of 18 groups
All-time high
1.20 million t
in 2024
All-time low
141,925 t
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Raw hides and skins of buffaloes — Production in Southern Asia, 1961–2024

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

Analysis

In 2024, raw hides and skins of buffaloes — production in Southern Asia stood at 1.20 million t. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.

The figure is up 2.7% on the previous year and up 15.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, raw hides and skins of buffaloes — production in Southern Asia peaked at 1.20 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 141,925 t, in 1961.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Raw hides and skins of buffaloes — Production in Southern Asia, year by year

Annual values for Raw hides and skins of buffaloes — Production in Southern Asia, 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 141,925 t
1962 144,925 t +2.1%
1963 145,017 t +0.1%
1964 150,615 t +3.9%
1965 153,308 t +1.8%
1966 155,831 t +1.6%
1967 160,062 t +2.7%
1968 165,019 t +3.1%
1969 167,694 t +1.6%
1970 171,784 t +2.4%
1971 176,431 t +2.7%
1972 179,072 t +1.5%
1973 182,488 t +1.9%
1974 187,802 t +2.9%
1975 191,689 t +2.1%
1976 195,685 t +2.1%
1977 201,168 t +2.8%
1978 205,582 t +2.2%
1979 210,187 t +2.2%
1980 217,564 t +3.5%
1981 226,423 t +4.1%
1982 250,692 t +10.7%
1983 250,736 t +0.0%
1984 255,927 t +2.1%
1985 271,961 t +6.3%
1986 285,326 t +4.9%
1987 284,671 t -0.2%
1988 292,028 t +2.6%
1989 299,530 t +2.6%
1990 308,347 t +2.9%
1991 394,963 t +28.1%
1992 381,091 t -3.5%
1993 288,641 t -24.3%
1994 310,481 t +7.6%
1995 331,408 t +6.7%
1996 272,376 t -17.8%
1997 324,948 t +19.3%
1998 382,450 t +17.7%
1999 406,433 t +6.3%
2000 425,045 t +4.6%
2001 462,088 t +8.7%
2002 499,001 t +8.0%
2003 534,992 t +7.2%
2004 584,020 t +9.2%
2005 599,236 t +2.6%
2006 668,443 t +11.5%
2007 681,254 t +1.9%
2008 731,173 t +7.3%
2009 790,235 t +8.1%
2010 832,574 t +5.4%
2011 878,036 t +5.5%
2012 922,409 t +5.1%
2013 992,468 t +7.6%
2014 1.04 million t +4.9%
2015 1.06 million t +1.9%
2016 1.08 million t +2.2%
2017 1.10 million t +1.6%
2018 1.11 million t +0.6%
2019 1.12 million t +1.0%
2020 1.01 million t -9.6%
2021 1.11 million t +9.9%
2022 1.15 million t +3.6%
2023 1.17 million t +1.5%
2024 1.20 million t +2.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 153,822 t 141,925 t 167,694 t 9
1970s 190,189 t 171,784 t 210,187 t 10
1980s 263,486 t 217,564 t 299,530 t 10
1990s 340,114 t 272,376 t 406,433 t 10
2000s 597,549 t 425,045 t 790,235 t 10
2010s 1.01 million t 832,574 t 1.12 million t 10
2020s 1.13 million t 1.01 million t 1.20 million t 5

Countries ranked near Southern Asia

  1. 1 India 1.01 million t compare
  2. 2 China 225,133 t compare
  3. 3 China, mainland 225,070 t compare
  4. 3 Viet Nam 12,815 t compare
  5. 4 Pakistan 165,068 t compare
  6. 4 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 6,666 t compare
  7. 5 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3,216 t compare
  8. 5 Nepal 23,230 t compare

See the full ranking of 54 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is raw hides and skins of buffaloes — production in Southern Asia?
Raw hides and skins of buffaloes — production in Southern Asia was 1.20 million 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 Southern Asia?
The highest recorded value was 1.20 million t in 2024.
What is the lowest raw hides and skins of buffaloes — production recorded in Southern Asia?
The lowest recorded value was 141,925 t in 1961.
How does Southern Asia rank for raw hides and skins of buffaloes — production?
Southern Asia ranks 2nd out of 18 groups with data for 2024.
Is raw hides and skins of buffaloes — production rising or falling in Southern Asia?
Over the last ten years it is up 15.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Southern Asia 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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Indicator
Raw hides and skins of buffaloes — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
54 places, 2,978 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.