Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production in Melanesia

Melanesia: Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production was 124.71 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)
124.71 t
Change on year
up 11.6%
World rank
14th
of 16 countries
All-time high
124.71 t
in 2024
All-time low
2 t
in 1965
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production in Melanesia, 1961–2024

0255075100125196119922024

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

Analysis

In 2024, raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production in Melanesia stood at 124.71 t. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.6% on the previous year and up 196.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production in Melanesia peaked at 124.71 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2 t, in 1965.

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

Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production in Melanesia, year by year

Annual values for Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production in Melanesia, 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 2.48 t
1962 2.23 t -10.1%
1963 2.22 t -0.4%
1964 2.05 t -7.7%
1965 2 t -2.4%
1966 2.31 t +15.5%
1967 2.25 t -2.6%
1968 2.25 t +0.0%
1969 2.25 t +0.0%
1970 2.18 t -3.1%
1971 2.87 t +31.7%
1972 2.19 t -23.7%
1973 2.81 t +28.3%
1974 2.88 t +2.5%
1975 3.25 t +12.8%
1976 6.1 t +87.7%
1977 4.66 t -23.6%
1978 5.35 t +14.8%
1979 5.8 t +8.4%
1980 5.02 t -13.4%
1981 4.91 t -2.2%
1982 4.19 t -14.7%
1983 3.48 t -16.9%
1984 3.52 t +1.1%
1985 4.73 t +34.4%
1986 4.53 t -4.2%
1987 4.47 t -1.3%
1988 4.78 t +6.9%
1989 4.97 t +4.0%
1990 6.1 t +22.7%
1991 6.51 t +6.7%
1992 6.63 t +1.8%
1993 10.49 t +58.2%
1994 8.7 t -17.1%
1995 11.24 t +29.2%
1996 9.81 t -12.7%
1997 10.58 t +7.8%
1998 9.96 t -5.9%
1999 9.93 t -0.3%
2000 10.94 t +10.2%
2001 11.12 t +1.6%
2002 11.05 t -0.6%
2003 9.81 t -11.2%
2004 9.22 t -6.0%
2005 9.19 t -0.3%
2006 10.18 t +10.8%
2007 10.39 t +2.1%
2008 10.88 t +4.7%
2009 21.6 t +98.5%
2010 17.75 t -17.8%
2011 27.54 t +55.2%
2012 38.34 t +39.2%
2013 42.67 t +11.3%
2014 42.11 t -1.3%
2015 20.72 t -50.8%
2016 20.73 t +0.0%
2017 21.46 t +3.5%
2018 28.25 t +31.6%
2019 23.78 t -15.8%
2020 30.07 t +26.5%
2021 33.26 t +10.6%
2022 44.18 t +32.8%
2023 111.79 t +153.0%
2024 124.71 t +11.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 2.23 t 2 t 2.48 t 9
1970s 3.81 t 2.18 t 6.1 t 10
1980s 4.46 t 3.48 t 5.02 t 10
1990s 9 t 6.1 t 11.24 t 10
2000s 11.44 t 9.19 t 21.6 t 10
2010s 28.34 t 17.75 t 42.67 t 10
2020s 68.8 t 30.07 t 124.71 t 5

Countries ranked near Melanesia

  1. 11 Chad 43,154 t compare
  2. 11 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 506.14 t compare
  3. 12 Republic of Moldova 320.45 t compare
  4. 12 Sudan 40,863 t compare
  5. 13 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 204.77 t compare
  6. 13 Mongolia 38,082 t compare
  7. 14 Ethiopia 32,659 t compare
  8. 15 Timor-Leste 9.82 t compare
  9. 15 Uzbekistan 30,845 t compare
  10. 16 Nigeria 29,621 t compare
  11. 16 Polynesia 0.51 t compare
  12. 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 Melanesia?
Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production in Melanesia was 124.71 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 Melanesia?
The highest recorded value was 124.71 t in 2024.
What is the lowest raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production recorded in Melanesia?
The lowest recorded value was 2 t in 1965.
How does Melanesia rank for raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production?
Melanesia ranks 14th out of 16 countries with data for 2024.
Is raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production rising or falling in Melanesia?
Over the last ten years it is up 196.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Melanesia 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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Indicator
Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
224 places, 12,702 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.