Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production was 47,867 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production in Middle Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production in Middle Africa is 47,867 t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.5% on the previous year and up 92.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production in Middle Africa peaked at 47,867 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,527 t, in 1964.
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 Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,540 t | — |
| 1962 | 2,541 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,577 t | +1.4% |
| 1964 | 2,527 t | -2.0% |
| 1965 | 2,616 t | +3.5% |
| 1966 | 2,819 t | +7.8% |
| 1967 | 2,909 t | +3.2% |
| 1968 | 2,954 t | +1.6% |
| 1969 | 3,034 t | +2.7% |
| 1970 | 3,147 t | +3.7% |
| 1971 | 3,114 t | -1.0% |
| 1972 | 3,332 t | +7.0% |
| 1973 | 2,955 t | -11.3% |
| 1974 | 3,050 t | +3.2% |
| 1975 | 3,224 t | +5.7% |
| 1976 | 3,155 t | -2.1% |
| 1977 | 3,401 t | +7.8% |
| 1978 | 3,498 t | +2.9% |
| 1979 | 3,632 t | +3.8% |
| 1980 | 3,746 t | +3.1% |
| 1981 | 3,907 t | +4.3% |
| 1982 | 4,013 t | +2.7% |
| 1983 | 4,144 t | +3.3% |
| 1984 | 4,352 t | +5.0% |
| 1985 | 4,578 t | +5.2% |
| 1986 | 5,156 t | +12.6% |
| 1987 | 5,439 t | +5.5% |
| 1988 | 5,855 t | +7.6% |
| 1989 | 6,323 t | +8.0% |
| 1990 | 6,801 t | +7.6% |
| 1991 | 7,007 t | +3.0% |
| 1992 | 7,367 t | +5.1% |
| 1993 | 7,694 t | +4.4% |
| 1994 | 8,104 t | +5.3% |
| 1995 | 8,490 t | +4.8% |
| 1996 | 8,853 t | +4.3% |
| 1997 | 9,314 t | +5.2% |
| 1998 | 9,832 t | +5.6% |
| 1999 | 10,381 t | +5.6% |
| 2000 | 10,968 t | +5.7% |
| 2001 | 11,600 t | +5.8% |
| 2002 | 12,236 t | +5.5% |
| 2003 | 12,929 t | +5.7% |
| 2004 | 13,672 t | +5.7% |
| 2005 | 14,530 t | +6.3% |
| 2006 | 15,300 t | +5.3% |
| 2007 | 16,193 t | +5.8% |
| 2008 | 16,690 t | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 17,622 t | +5.6% |
| 2010 | 19,376 t | +10.0% |
| 2011 | 20,618 t | +6.4% |
| 2012 | 20,878 t | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 23,140 t | +10.8% |
| 2014 | 24,847 t | +7.4% |
| 2015 | 26,467 t | +6.5% |
| 2016 | 28,152 t | +6.4% |
| 2017 | 29,670 t | +5.4% |
| 2018 | 31,746 t | +7.0% |
| 2019 | 34,377 t | +8.3% |
| 2020 | 36,539 t | +6.3% |
| 2021 | 39,016 t | +6.8% |
| 2022 | 43,193 t | +10.7% |
| 2023 | 46,231 t | +7.0% |
| 2024 | 47,867 t | +3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,724 t | 2,527 t | 3,034 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,251 t | 2,955 t | 3,632 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,751 t | 3,746 t | 6,323 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,384 t | 6,801 t | 10,381 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,174 t | 10,968 t | 17,622 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 25,927 t | 19,376 t | 34,377 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 42,569 t | 36,539 t | 47,867 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
- 1 China 592,771 t compare
- 1 China, mainland 592,771 t compare
- 3 Türkiye 92,644 t compare
- 3 Australia and New Zealand 285,819 t compare
- 4 Australia 203,991 t compare
- 5 India 196,200 t compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 39,188 t compare
- 6 New Zealand 81,828 t compare
- 6 Syrian Arab Republic 32,346 t compare
- 7 Sudan (former) 64,285 t compare
- 7 United Republic of Tanzania 13,080 t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production in Middle Africa?
- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production in Middle Africa was 47,867 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 Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 47,867 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,527 t in 1964.
- How does Middle Africa rank for raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production?
- Middle Africa ranks 4th out of 16 groups with data for 2024.
- Is raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 92.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Middle Africa 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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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.