Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Australia
Australia: Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 38.17 million An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — producing animals/slaughtered in Australia stood at 38.17 million An.
The figure is up 10.1% on the previous year and up 18.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — producing animals/slaughtered in Australia peaked at 52.86 million An in 1972 and was at its lowest, 23.11 million An, in 2011.
Australia ranks 6th of 179 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Australia, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 32.60 million An | — |
| 1962 | 33.29 million An | +2.1% |
| 1963 | 33.81 million An | +1.6% |
| 1964 | 33.35 million An | -1.4% |
| 1965 | 33.47 million An | +0.4% |
| 1966 | 34.56 million An | +3.3% |
| 1967 | 32.50 million An | -6.0% |
| 1968 | 38.01 million An | +17.0% |
| 1969 | 36.71 million An | -3.4% |
| 1970 | 42.21 million An | +15.0% |
| 1971 | 45.40 million An | +7.5% |
| 1972 | 52.86 million An | +16.4% |
| 1973 | 41.13 million An | -22.2% |
| 1974 | 25.26 million An | -38.6% |
| 1975 | 28.70 million An | +13.7% |
| 1976 | 32.84 million An | +14.4% |
| 1977 | 31.61 million An | -3.7% |
| 1978 | 29.11 million An | -7.9% |
| 1979 | 26.79 million An | -8.0% |
| 1980 | 30.45 million An | +13.6% |
| 1981 | 31.90 million An | +4.8% |
| 1982 | 28.20 million An | -11.6% |
| 1983 | 29.98 million An | +6.3% |
| 1984 | 25.48 million An | -15.0% |
| 1985 | 28.02 million An | +10.0% |
| 1986 | 32.06 million An | +14.4% |
| 1987 | 32.38 million An | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 32.14 million An | -0.7% |
| 1989 | 28.81 million An | -10.4% |
| 1990 | 32.88 million An | +14.1% |
| 1991 | 34.58 million An | +5.2% |
| 1992 | 34.54 million An | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 32.96 million An | -4.6% |
| 1994 | 32.87 million An | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 32.79 million An | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 28.80 million An | -12.2% |
| 1997 | 28.92 million An | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 30.98 million An | +7.1% |
| 1999 | 31.21 million An | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 33.14 million An | +6.2% |
| 2001 | 35.26 million An | +6.4% |
| 2002 | 31.84 million An | -9.7% |
| 2003 | 30.53 million An | -4.1% |
| 2004 | 26.98 million An | -11.6% |
| 2005 | 28.77 million An | +6.6% |
| 2006 | 30.50 million An | +6.0% |
| 2007 | 33.43 million An | +9.6% |
| 2008 | 31.42 million An | -6.0% |
| 2009 | 30.67 million An | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 25.66 million An | -16.3% |
| 2011 | 23.11 million An | -9.9% |
| 2012 | 24.79 million An | +7.3% |
| 2013 | 30.43 million An | +22.7% |
| 2014 | 32.19 million An | +5.8% |
| 2015 | 31.89 million An | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 31.26 million An | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 28.90 million An | -7.6% |
| 2018 | 32.25 million An | +11.6% |
| 2019 | 30.97 million An | -4.0% |
| 2020 | 26.56 million An | -14.2% |
| 2021 | 26.59 million An | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 28.14 million An | +5.8% |
| 2023 | 34.68 million An | +23.3% |
| 2024 | 38.17 million An | +10.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 34.26 million An | 32.50 million An | 38.01 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 35.59 million An | 25.26 million An | 52.86 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 29.94 million An | 25.48 million An | 32.38 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 32.05 million An | 28.80 million An | 34.58 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 31.25 million An | 26.98 million An | 35.26 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 29.15 million An | 23.11 million An | 32.25 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 30.83 million An | 26.56 million An | 38.17 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 3 India 89.84 million An compare
- 3 Türkiye 22.57 million An compare
- 4 Australia and New Zealand 60.44 million An compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 12.38 million An compare
- 5 USSR 57.69 million An compare
- 6 Syrian Arab Republic 3.90 million An compare
- 7 New Zealand 22.26 million An compare
- 7 United Republic of Tanzania 2.48 million An compare
- 8 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.39 million An compare
- 8 Nigeria 19.69 million An compare
- 9 Sudan (former) 19.29 million An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Australia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0227 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,476 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5855 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1228 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — producing animals/slaughtered in Australia?
- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — producing animals/slaughtered in Australia was 38.17 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 52.86 million An in 1972.
- What is the lowest raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.11 million An in 2011.
- How does Australia rank for raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Australia ranks 6th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.