Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production in Northern America

Northern America: Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production was 9,136 t in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
9,136 t
Change on year
up 1.4%
Rank
25th
of 29 groups
All-time high
42,373 t
in 1961
All-time low
9,004 t
in 2022
Years of data
64
1961–2024

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

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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 Northern America stood at 9,136 t.

That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and down 10.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production in Northern America peaked at 42,373 t in 1961 and was at its lowest, 9,004 t, in 2022.

That places Northern America 25th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.

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 Northern America, year by year

Annual values for Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production in Northern America, 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 42,373 t
1962 41,086 t -3.0%
1963 39,188 t -4.6%
1964 36,495 t -6.9%
1965 32,999 t -9.6%
1966 32,730 t -0.8%
1967 32,554 t -0.5%
1968 30,267 t -7.0%
1969 27,642 t -8.7%
1970 27,653 t +0.0%
1971 27,907 t +0.9%
1972 27,381 t -1.9%
1973 26,081 t -4.7%
1974 23,500 t -9.9%
1975 20,889 t -11.1%
1976 18,862 t -9.7%
1977 17,720 t -6.1%
1978 15,596 t -12.0%
1979 14,813 t -5.0%
1980 16,090 t +8.6%
1981 17,226 t +7.1%
1982 18,716 t +8.7%
1983 19,346 t +3.4%
1984 19,600 t +1.3%
1985 18,399 t -6.1%
1986 17,470 t -5.0%
1987 16,336 t -6.5%
1988 17,367 t +6.3%
1989 18,013 t +3.7%
1990 18,835 t +4.6%
1991 18,996 t +0.9%
1992 18,391 t -3.2%
1993 17,806 t -3.2%
1994 16,352 t -8.2%
1995 15,304 t -6.4%
1996 14,440 t -5.6%
1997 13,999 t -3.1%
1998 13,624 t -2.7%
1999 13,590 t -0.2%
2000 13,068 t -3.8%
2001 12,789 t -2.1%
2002 12,839 t +0.4%
2003 12,025 t -6.3%
2004 11,890 t -1.1%
2005 11,516 t -3.2%
2006 11,346 t -1.5%
2007 11,169 t -1.6%
2008 10,995 t -1.6%
2009 10,817 t -1.6%
2010 10,415 t -3.7%
2011 9,912 t -4.8%
2012 10,075 t +1.6%
2013 10,180 t +1.0%
2014 10,153 t -0.3%
2015 9,900 t -2.5%
2016 9,833 t -0.7%
2017 9,541 t -3.0%
2018 9,921 t +4.0%
2019 9,750 t -1.7%
2020 9,295 t -4.7%
2021 9,283 t -0.1%
2022 9,004 t -3.0%
2023 9,006 t +0.0%
2024 9,136 t +1.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 35,037 t 27,642 t 42,373 t 9
1970s 22,040 t 14,813 t 27,907 t 10
1980s 17,856 t 16,090 t 19,600 t 10
1990s 16,134 t 13,590 t 18,996 t 10
2000s 11,846 t 10,817 t 13,068 t 10
2010s 9,968 t 9,541 t 10,415 t 10
2020s 9,145 t 9,004 t 9,295 t 5

Countries ranked near Northern America

  1. 22 Morocco 18,389 t compare
  2. 23 Kazakhstan 17,308 t compare
  3. 24 Turkmenistan 16,617 t compare
  4. 25 Ethiopia PDR 14,958 t compare
  5. 26 Kyrgyzstan 14,433 t compare
  6. 27 Yemen 13,883 t compare
  7. 28 Côte d'Ivoire 3,838 t compare
  8. 28 Ireland 13,420 t compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production in Northern America?
Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production in Northern America was 9,136 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 Northern America?
The highest recorded value was 42,373 t in 1961.
What is the lowest raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production recorded in Northern America?
The lowest recorded value was 9,004 t in 2022.
How does Northern America rank for raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production?
Northern America ranks 25th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production rising or falling in Northern America?
Over the last ten years it is down 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Northern America 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.