Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production was 86,498 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production in European Union (27), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
European Union (27) recorded 86,498 t for raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 8.4% on the previous year and down 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production in European Union (27) peaked at 191,151 t in 1990 and was at its lowest, 86,498 t, in 2024.
That places European Union (27) 14th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production in European Union (27), year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 121,313 t | — |
| 1962 | 131,580 t | +8.5% |
| 1963 | 123,457 t | -6.2% |
| 1964 | 127,628 t | +3.4% |
| 1965 | 126,627 t | -0.8% |
| 1966 | 129,655 t | +2.4% |
| 1967 | 133,534 t | +3.0% |
| 1968 | 134,253 t | +0.5% |
| 1969 | 140,000 t | +4.3% |
| 1970 | 144,480 t | +3.2% |
| 1971 | 144,082 t | -0.3% |
| 1972 | 141,862 t | -1.5% |
| 1973 | 146,143 t | +3.0% |
| 1974 | 156,824 t | +7.3% |
| 1975 | 151,669 t | -3.3% |
| 1976 | 159,171 t | +4.9% |
| 1977 | 156,611 t | -1.6% |
| 1978 | 160,504 t | +2.5% |
| 1979 | 159,121 t | -0.9% |
| 1980 | 163,174 t | +2.5% |
| 1981 | 161,208 t | -1.2% |
| 1982 | 155,353 t | -3.6% |
| 1983 | 162,531 t | +4.6% |
| 1984 | 172,238 t | +6.0% |
| 1985 | 177,155 t | +2.9% |
| 1986 | 168,426 t | -4.9% |
| 1987 | 173,379 t | +2.9% |
| 1988 | 166,084 t | -4.2% |
| 1989 | 179,335 t | +8.0% |
| 1990 | 191,151 t | +6.6% |
| 1991 | 190,046 t | -0.6% |
| 1992 | 182,501 t | -4.0% |
| 1993 | 175,957 t | -3.6% |
| 1994 | 163,061 t | -7.3% |
| 1995 | 159,143 t | -2.4% |
| 1996 | 162,196 t | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 154,130 t | -5.0% |
| 1998 | 154,656 t | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 156,710 t | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 156,424 t | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 139,444 t | -10.9% |
| 2002 | 136,120 t | -2.4% |
| 2003 | 137,815 t | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 140,898 t | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 135,340 t | -3.9% |
| 2006 | 130,967 t | -3.2% |
| 2007 | 130,387 t | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 120,383 t | -7.7% |
| 2009 | 119,950 t | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 117,255 t | -2.2% |
| 2011 | 116,032 t | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 117,565 t | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 112,680 t | -4.2% |
| 2014 | 103,869 t | -7.8% |
| 2015 | 106,092 t | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 107,763 t | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 106,215 t | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 98,145 t | -7.6% |
| 2019 | 98,895 t | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 97,415 t | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 99,118 t | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 99,141 t | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 94,397 t | -4.8% |
| 2024 | 86,498 t | -8.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 129,783 t | 121,313 t | 140,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 152,047 t | 141,862 t | 160,504 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 167,888 t | 155,353 t | 179,335 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 168,955 t | 154,130 t | 191,151 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 134,773 t | 119,950 t | 156,424 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 108,451 t | 98,145 t | 117,565 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 95,314 t | 86,498 t | 99,141 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near European Union (27)
- 11 Chad 43,154 t compare
- 11 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 506.14 t compare
- 12 Republic of Moldova 320.45 t compare
- 12 Sudan 40,863 t compare
- 13 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 204.77 t compare
- 13 Mongolia 38,082 t compare
- 14 Ethiopia 32,659 t compare
- 14 Melanesia 124.71 t compare
- 15 Timor-Leste 9.82 t compare
- 15 Uzbekistan 30,845 t compare
- 16 Nigeria 29,621 t compare
- 16 Polynesia 0.51 t compare
- 17 Saudi Arabia 28,720 t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production in European Union (27)?
- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production in European Union (27) was 86,498 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production recorded in European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 191,151 t in 1990.
- What is the lowest raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 86,498 t in 2024.
- How does European Union (27) rank for raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production?
- European Union (27) ranks 14th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this European Union (27) 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 — Production. 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.