Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production in South America
South America: Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production was 61,103 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production in South America, 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 South America is 61,103 t, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.6% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production in South America peaked at 105,018 t in 1968 and was at its lowest, 54,790 t, in 2008.
That places South America 18th 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 South America, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 86,200 t | — |
| 1962 | 86,634 t | +0.5% |
| 1963 | 80,698 t | -6.9% |
| 1964 | 75,248 t | -6.8% |
| 1965 | 86,286 t | +14.7% |
| 1966 | 95,619 t | +10.8% |
| 1967 | 98,270 t | +2.8% |
| 1968 | 105,018 t | +6.9% |
| 1969 | 98,643 t | -6.1% |
| 1970 | 98,905 t | +0.3% |
| 1971 | 96,969 t | -2.0% |
| 1972 | 79,634 t | -17.9% |
| 1973 | 73,748 t | -7.4% |
| 1974 | 71,287 t | -3.3% |
| 1975 | 74,413 t | +4.4% |
| 1976 | 74,820 t | +0.5% |
| 1977 | 75,438 t | +0.8% |
| 1978 | 72,695 t | -3.6% |
| 1979 | 72,382 t | -0.4% |
| 1980 | 66,173 t | -8.6% |
| 1981 | 69,879 t | +5.6% |
| 1982 | 69,468 t | -0.6% |
| 1983 | 69,117 t | -0.5% |
| 1984 | 66,276 t | -4.1% |
| 1985 | 64,785 t | -2.2% |
| 1986 | 68,259 t | +5.4% |
| 1987 | 67,906 t | -0.5% |
| 1988 | 68,257 t | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 69,189 t | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 71,996 t | +4.1% |
| 1991 | 69,725 t | -3.2% |
| 1992 | 64,630 t | -7.3% |
| 1993 | 64,649 t | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 71,331 t | +10.3% |
| 1995 | 67,749 t | -5.0% |
| 1996 | 62,106 t | -8.3% |
| 1997 | 60,533 t | -2.5% |
| 1998 | 56,769 t | -6.2% |
| 1999 | 58,631 t | +3.3% |
| 2000 | 60,450 t | +3.1% |
| 2001 | 70,666 t | +16.9% |
| 2002 | 55,750 t | -21.1% |
| 2003 | 56,059 t | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 55,439 t | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 56,529 t | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 56,070 t | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 54,902 t | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 54,790 t | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 55,048 t | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 62,063 t | +12.7% |
| 2011 | 60,273 t | -2.9% |
| 2012 | 57,980 t | -3.8% |
| 2013 | 58,758 t | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 59,319 t | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 57,250 t | -3.5% |
| 2016 | 56,655 t | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 57,438 t | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 59,534 t | +3.7% |
| 2019 | 62,513 t | +5.0% |
| 2020 | 64,132 t | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 62,362 t | -2.8% |
| 2022 | 62,228 t | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 62,105 t | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 61,103 t | -1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 90,291 t | 75,248 t | 105,018 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 79,029 t | 71,287 t | 98,905 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 67,931 t | 64,785 t | 69,879 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 64,812 t | 56,769 t | 71,996 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 57,570 t | 54,790 t | 70,666 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 59,178 t | 56,655 t | 62,513 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 62,386 t | 61,103 t | 64,132 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 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
- 18 Romania 25,614 t compare
- 19 Russian Federation 24,810 t compare
- 20 South Africa 24,343 t compare
- 21 Brazil 19,385 t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production in South America?
- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production in South America was 61,103 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 South America?
- The highest recorded value was 105,018 t in 1968.
- What is the lowest raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 54,790 t in 2008.
- How does South America rank for raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production?
- South America ranks 18th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this South 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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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.