Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production by country
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...
What the numbers show
Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production is currently reported for 183 countries. The highest value is 592,771 t in China; the lowest is 0 t in USSR.
The median across all reporting countries is 777.36 t, and the mean is 16,711 t.
Over the past decade 115 countries rose and 64 fell. The largest increase was in Mauritius (up 353.2%), and the largest decrease in USSR (down 100.0%).
Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 592,771 t | 2024 | up 21.1% | volatile |
| 1 | China, mainland | 592,771 t | 2024 | up 21.1% | volatile |
| 3 | Australia and New Zealand | 285,819 t | 2024 | up 15.6% | flat |
| 3 | Türkiye | 92,644 t | 2024 | up 113.5% | rising |
| 4 | Australia | 203,991 t | 2024 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 5 | India | 196,200 t | 2024 | up 144.2% | volatile |
| 6 | New Zealand | 81,828 t | 2024 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 7 | Sudan (former) | 64,285 t | 2011 | up 35.3% | volatile |
| 8 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 57,265 t | 2024 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 9 | Algeria | 57,189 t | 2024 | up 23.5% | volatile |
| 10 | Pakistan | 56,328 t | 2024 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 10 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 823.62 t | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 11 | Chad | 43,154 t | 2024 | up 114.1% | volatile |
| 12 | Sudan | 40,863 t | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 13 | Mongolia | 38,082 t | 2024 | up 46.0% | rising |
| 14 | Ethiopia | 32,659 t | 2024 | up 44.9% | rising |
| 15 | Uzbekistan | 30,845 t | 2024 | up 30.7% | volatile |
| 15 | Timor-Leste | 9.82 t | 2024 | down 54.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Nigeria | 29,621 t | 2024 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 17 | Saudi Arabia | 28,720 t | 2024 | up 97.4% | volatile |
| 18 | Romania | 25,614 t | 2017 | up 45.8% | rising |
| 19 | Russian Federation | 24,810 t | 2024 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 20 | South Africa | 24,343 t | 2024 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 21 | Brazil | 19,385 t | 2024 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 22 | Morocco | 18,389 t | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 23 | Kazakhstan | 17,308 t | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 24 | Turkmenistan | 16,617 t | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 25 | Ethiopia PDR | 14,958 t | 1992 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 26 | Kyrgyzstan | 14,433 t | 2024 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 27 | Yemen | 13,883 t | 2024 | up 16.6% | volatile |
| 28 | Ireland | 13,420 t | 2017 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 29 | Afghanistan | 13,419 t | 2024 | down 22.5% | rising |
| 29 | Cabo Verde | 10.62 t | 2024 | up 67.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Mexico | 12,017 t | 2024 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 31 | Peru | 11,956 t | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 32 | Tajikistan | 11,804 t | 2024 | up 81.3% | volatile |
| 33 | Spain | 11,746 t | 2017 | down 43.4% | falling |
| 34 | France | 11,528 t | 2017 | down 25.4% | rising |
| 35 | Argentina | 11,463 t | 2024 | down 37.9% | volatile |
| 36 | Kuwait | 11,376 t | 2024 | up 14.5% | volatile |
| 37 | Kenya | 11,306 t | 2024 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 38 | Greece | 11,004 t | 2017 | down 41.8% | rising |
| 39 | Tunisia | 10,036 t | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 40 | Senegal | 10,003 t | 2024 | up 45.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Azerbaijan | 9,484 t | 2024 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 42 | Indonesia | 9,196 t | 2024 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 43 | Iraq | 8,863 t | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 44 | Germany | 7,139 t | 2017 | down 29.1% | rising |
| 45 | Italy | 7,125 t | 2017 | down 43.7% | falling |
| 46 | Egypt | 6,844 t | 2024 | down 26.7% | rising |
| 47 | Libya | 6,311 t | 2024 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 48 | Norway | 6,239 t | 2024 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 49 | Mauritania | 6,127 t | 2024 | up 58.5% | volatile |
| 50 | Somalia | 5,962 t | 2024 | down 32.9% | rising |
| 51 | Burkina Faso | 5,677 t | 2024 | up 17.8% | volatile |
| 52 | Serbia | 5,676 t | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 53 | Israel | 4,765 t | 2024 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 54 | Ghana | 4,546 t | 2024 | up 42.1% | volatile |
| 55 | Bahrain | 4,438 t | 2024 | up 73.6% | volatile |
| 56 | Albania | 4,327 t | 2024 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 57 | Yugoslav SFR | 4,200 t | 1991 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 58 | Uruguay | 4,165 t | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 59 | Cuba | 3,604 t | 2024 | up 27.4% | volatile |
| 60 | Bulgaria | 3,593 t | 2017 | down 42.5% | volatile |
| 61 | Jordan | 3,579 t | 2024 | up 65.3% | volatile |
| 62 | Serbia and Montenegro | 3,438 t | 2005 | down 38.6% | falling |
| 63 | Portugal | 3,161 t | 2017 | down 34.8% | flat |
| 64 | Sweden | 3,087 t | 2017 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 65 | Cameroon | 2,732 t | 2024 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 66 | South Sudan | 2,569 t | 2024 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 67 | Guinea | 2,503 t | 2024 | up 96.9% | volatile |
| 68 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 2,467 t | 2017 | down 23.6% | rising |
| 69 | Benin | 2,458 t | 2024 | up 336.1% | volatile |
| 70 | Canada | 2,434 t | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 71 | Niger | 2,326 t | 2024 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 72 | Oman | 2,305 t | 2024 | up 21.3% | volatile |
| 73 | Ukraine | 2,288 t | 2024 | down 30.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Mali | 1,996 t | 2024 | up 86.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Chile | 1,969 t | 2024 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 76 | Palestine, State of | 1,965 t | 2022 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 77 | Togo | 1,946 t | 2024 | up 74.6% | volatile |
| 78 | Iceland | 1,660 t | 2024 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 79 | Croatia | 1,505 t | 2017 | up 85.2% | rising |
| 80 | Armenia | 1,504 t | 2024 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 81 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 1,300 t | 1999 | down 35.0% | rising |
| 82 | Namibia | 1,282 t | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 83 | Austria | 1,279 t | 2017 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Bangladesh | 1,224 t | 2024 | up 26.5% | volatile |
| 85 | Georgia | 941.11 t | 2024 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 86 | Lebanon | 902.68 t | 2024 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 87 | Switzerland | 863.12 t | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 88 | Uganda | 831.89 t | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 89 | Belgium | 826 t | 2017 | up 120.1% | falling |
| 90 | Qatar | 777.36 t | 2024 | down 52.7% | volatile |
| 91 | United Arab Emirates | 736.71 t | 2024 | up 23.9% | volatile |
| 92 | Cyprus | 705.21 t | 2017 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 93 | Zimbabwe | 699.24 t | 2024 | up 124.9% | volatile |
| 94 | Eritrea | 693.77 t | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 95 | North Macedonia | 676.76 t | 2024 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 96 | Angola | 630.42 t | 2024 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 97 | Ecuador | 577.9 t | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 98 | Rwanda | 558.49 t | 2024 | down 59.9% | volatile |
| 99 | Czechoslovakia | 504 t | 1992 | down 18.1% | rising |
| 100 | Denmark | 452.86 t | 2017 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 101 | Haiti | 442.38 t | 2024 | up 91.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Myanmar | 440 t | 2024 | down 77.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Djibouti | 437.46 t | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 104 | Nepal | 392.2 t | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 105 | Malaysia | 388.65 t | 2024 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 106 | Paraguay | 358.6 t | 2024 | down 23.2% | rising |
| 107 | Hungary | 358.42 t | 2017 | up 135.2% | volatile |
| 108 | Sierra Leone | 341.84 t | 2024 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 109 | Guatemala | 337.41 t | 2024 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 110 | Guinea-Bissau | 315.58 t | 2024 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Malawi | 313.08 t | 2024 | up 64.9% | volatile |
| 112 | Dominican Republic | 263.21 t | 2024 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 113 | Central African Republic | 261.39 t | 2024 | up 14.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Liberia | 246.63 t | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 115 | Madagascar | 237.62 t | 2024 | up 11.8% | falling |
| 116 | Belarus | 225 t | 2024 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Poland | 220 t | 2017 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 201.65 t | 2024 | down 27.2% | flat |
| 119 | Slovakia | 196.6 t | 2017 | up 21.0% | falling |
| 120 | Gabon | 181.17 t | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 121 | Montenegro | 162.26 t | 2024 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 122 | Zambia | 160.48 t | 2024 | up 3.9% | volatile |
| 123 | Lithuania | 151.53 t | 2017 | up 151.1% | volatile |
| 124 | Slovenia | 151.38 t | 2017 | down 15.9% | rising |
| 125 | Latvia | 144.51 t | 2017 | up 105.2% | volatile |
| 126 | Mozambique | 143.52 t | 2024 | up 44.6% | falling |
| 127 | Botswana | 138.56 t | 2024 | down 40.2% | rising |
| 128 | Guyana | 136.03 t | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 129 | Lesotho | 133.14 t | 2024 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 130 | Faroe Islands | 123.97 t | 2024 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 131 | Fiji | 118.37 t | 2024 | up 228.3% | volatile |
| 132 | Czechia | 115.39 t | 2017 | up 140.5% | falling |
| 133 | Burundi | 110.1 t | 2024 | down 56.0% | flat |
| 134 | Finland | 105 t | 2017 | up 82.4% | falling |
| 135 | Gambia | 96.5 t | 2024 | up 242.7% | rising |
| 136 | Colombia | 94 t | 2024 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 137 | Estonia | 76.36 t | 2017 | up 8.9% | volatile |
| 138 | Congo | 55.95 t | 2024 | up 5.5% | volatile |
| 139 | Japan | 39.3 t | 2024 | up 32.7% | volatile |
| 140 | Malta | 28.86 t | 2017 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 141 | Eswatini | 28.75 t | 2024 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 142 | Equatorial Guinea | 28.01 t | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 143 | Philippines | 25.65 t | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 144 | Thailand | 24.86 t | 2024 | up 8.2% | volatile |
| 145 | Belize | 23.96 t | 2024 | up 346.2% | volatile |
| 146 | Grenada | 23.94 t | 2024 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 147 | Barbados | 21.58 t | 2024 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 148 | Trinidad and Tobago | 21.12 t | 2024 | up 87.9% | volatile |
| 149 | Comoros | 20.02 t | 2024 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 150 | Saint Lucia | 17.85 t | 2024 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 151 | Honduras | 16.88 t | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 152 | Sri Lanka | 16 t | 1990 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 153 | Luxembourg | 13.86 t | 2017 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 154 | Puerto Rico | 10.89 t | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 155 | Martinique | 10 t | 2006 | down 69.2% | rising |
| 156 | Mauritius | 9.11 t | 2024 | up 353.2% | volatile |
| 157 | Brunei Darussalam | 8.02 t | 2024 | up 82.3% | volatile |
| 158 | Guadeloupe | 7.52 t | 2006 | up 140.3% | falling |
| 159 | Bahamas | 6.61 t | 2024 | up 6.3% | volatile |
| 160 | Bhutan | 6.43 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 161 | El Salvador | 6.33 t | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 162 | Nicaragua | 5.91 t | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 163 | Dominica | 5.8 t | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 164 | Papua New Guinea | 5.45 t | 2024 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 165 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.45 t | 2024 | down 42.3% | rising |
| 166 | Costa Rica | 3.19 t | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 167 | Suriname | 3.11 t | 2024 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 168 | Singapore | 2.59 t | 2024 | down 20.6% | volatile |
| 169 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.5 t | 2024 | up 43.7% | volatile |
| 170 | Réunion | 2 t | 2006 | unchanged | volatile |
| 171 | Republic of Korea | 1.15 t | 2024 | down 46.3% | volatile |
| 172 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.1 t | 2024 | down 56.0% | falling |
| 173 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.04 t | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 174 | French Guiana | 1 t | 2006 | down 75.0% | rising |
| 175 | New Caledonia | 0.88 t | 2024 | up 12.8% | volatile |
| 176 | Jamaica | 0.73 t | 2024 | down 72.1% | volatile |
| 177 | French Polynesia | 0.51 t | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 178 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.04 t | 2024 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 179 | USSR | 0 t | 1991 | down 100.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 2.18 million t
- Asia 1.26 million t
- Eastern Asia 631,098 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 207,489 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 373,988 t
- Africa 355,267 t
- Middle Africa 47,867 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 309,017 t
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 39,188 t
- Southern Asia 306,758 t
- Syrian Arab Republic 32,346 t
- Oceania 285,944 t
- United Republic of Tanzania 13,080 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 257,354 t
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 10,489 t
- Western Asia 218,965 t
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 5,083 t
- Europe 190,812 t
- Northern Africa 139,633 t
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 506.14 t
- Central Asia 91,006 t
- Republic of Moldova 320.45 t
- Americas 87,075 t
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 204.77 t
- European Union (27) 86,498 t
- Melanesia 124.71 t
- Northern Europe 81,138 t
- Western Africa 72,052 t
- Polynesia 0.51 t
- Eastern Africa 69,790 t
- South America 61,103 t
- Eastern Europe 49,927 t
- Southern Europe 39,700 t
- Southern Africa 25,925 t
- Western Europe 20,047 t
- Central America 12,410 t
- South-Eastern Asia 10,096 t
- Northern America 9,136 t
- United States of America 6,703 t
- Caribbean 4,426 t
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.