Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in France
France: Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 3.50 million An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in France, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
France recorded 3.50 million An for raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 6.3% on the previous year and down 41.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — producing animals/slaughtered in France peaked at 10.04 million An in 1982 and was at its lowest, 3.50 million An, in 2024.
France ranks 36th of 179 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
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 France, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5.35 million An | — |
| 1962 | 5.33 million An | -0.3% |
| 1963 | 4.84 million An | -9.2% |
| 1964 | 5.00 million An | +3.3% |
| 1965 | 5.40 million An | +8.0% |
| 1966 | 5.81 million An | +7.7% |
| 1967 | 6.00 million An | +3.2% |
| 1968 | 5.85 million An | -2.5% |
| 1969 | 5.70 million An | -2.6% |
| 1970 | 6.05 million An | +6.1% |
| 1971 | 6.70 million An | +10.7% |
| 1972 | 6.69 million An | -0.1% |
| 1973 | 6.66 million An | -0.4% |
| 1974 | 6.40 million An | -3.9% |
| 1975 | 6.28 million An | -2.0% |
| 1976 | 7.08 million An | +12.9% |
| 1977 | 7.35 million An | +3.7% |
| 1978 | 7.58 million An | +3.1% |
| 1979 | 8.17 million An | +7.8% |
| 1980 | 9.34 million An | +14.4% |
| 1981 | 9.54 million An | +2.1% |
| 1982 | 10.04 million An | +5.2% |
| 1983 | 9.65 million An | -3.8% |
| 1984 | 9.59 million An | -0.7% |
| 1985 | 9.72 million An | +1.4% |
| 1986 | 9.48 million An | -2.5% |
| 1987 | 9.43 million An | -0.6% |
| 1988 | 9.24 million An | -1.9% |
| 1989 | 9.32 million An | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 9.96 million An | +6.9% |
| 1991 | 9.22 million An | -7.4% |
| 1992 | 8.86 million An | -4.0% |
| 1993 | 8.77 million An | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 8.57 million An | -2.3% |
| 1995 | 8.52 million An | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 8.48 million An | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 8.21 million An | -3.3% |
| 1998 | 8.12 million An | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 8.08 million An | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 8.10 million An | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 8.02 million An | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 7.82 million An | -2.5% |
| 2003 | 7.77 million An | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 7.67 million An | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 7.64 million An | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 7.49 million An | -1.9% |
| 2007 | 7.29 million An | -2.7% |
| 2008 | 7.01 million An | -3.9% |
| 2009 | 6.76 million An | -3.6% |
| 2010 | 6.51 million An | -3.6% |
| 2011 | 6.29 million An | -3.5% |
| 2012 | 6.24 million An | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 6.10 million An | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 6.02 million An | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 5.88 million An | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 5.67 million An | -3.6% |
| 2017 | 5.46 million An | -3.7% |
| 2018 | 4.22 million An | -22.8% |
| 2019 | 4.18 million An | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 4.14 million An | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 4.20 million An | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 4.06 million An | -3.4% |
| 2023 | 3.73 million An | -8.0% |
| 2024 | 3.50 million An | -6.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.48 million An | 4.84 million An | 6.00 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 6.90 million An | 6.05 million An | 8.17 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 9.53 million An | 9.24 million An | 10.04 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 8.68 million An | 8.08 million An | 9.96 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.56 million An | 6.76 million An | 8.10 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.66 million An | 4.18 million An | 6.51 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.92 million An | 3.50 million An | 4.20 million An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for France
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 14.99 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.014 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 687.36 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.033 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2115 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — producing animals/slaughtered in France?
- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — producing animals/slaughtered in France was 3.50 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 France?
- The highest recorded value was 10.04 million An in 1982.
- What is the lowest raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.50 million An in 2024.
- How does France rank for raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — producing animals/slaughtered?
- France ranks 36th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is down 41.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this France 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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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.