Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production in Western Africa
Western Africa: Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production was 72,052 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 72,052 t for raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 2.6% on the previous year and up 35.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production in Western Africa peaked at 72,052 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 9,402 t, in 1961.
Western Africa ranks 16th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 Western Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,402 t | — |
| 1962 | 9,652 t | +2.7% |
| 1963 | 10,219 t | +5.9% |
| 1964 | 11,000 t | +7.6% |
| 1965 | 11,465 t | +4.2% |
| 1966 | 12,375 t | +7.9% |
| 1967 | 12,818 t | +3.6% |
| 1968 | 13,586 t | +6.0% |
| 1969 | 14,403 t | +6.0% |
| 1970 | 14,793 t | +2.7% |
| 1971 | 14,296 t | -3.4% |
| 1972 | 13,611 t | -4.8% |
| 1973 | 12,700 t | -6.7% |
| 1974 | 13,043 t | +2.7% |
| 1975 | 14,744 t | +13.0% |
| 1976 | 16,584 t | +12.5% |
| 1977 | 18,175 t | +9.6% |
| 1978 | 19,919 t | +9.6% |
| 1979 | 19,873 t | -0.2% |
| 1980 | 20,751 t | +4.4% |
| 1981 | 22,049 t | +6.3% |
| 1982 | 22,126 t | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 22,348 t | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 20,501 t | -8.3% |
| 1985 | 20,999 t | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 23,022 t | +9.6% |
| 1987 | 23,114 t | +0.4% |
| 1988 | 23,996 t | +3.8% |
| 1989 | 25,599 t | +6.7% |
| 1990 | 27,194 t | +6.2% |
| 1991 | 23,736 t | -12.7% |
| 1992 | 23,388 t | -1.5% |
| 1993 | 24,108 t | +3.1% |
| 1994 | 26,535 t | +10.1% |
| 1995 | 27,593 t | +4.0% |
| 1996 | 29,030 t | +5.2% |
| 1997 | 33,126 t | +14.1% |
| 1998 | 35,718 t | +7.8% |
| 1999 | 37,929 t | +6.2% |
| 2000 | 38,529 t | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 41,713 t | +8.3% |
| 2002 | 42,220 t | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 42,709 t | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 43,440 t | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 45,866 t | +5.6% |
| 2006 | 47,358 t | +3.3% |
| 2007 | 48,022 t | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 48,404 t | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 49,928 t | +3.1% |
| 2010 | 55,774 t | +11.7% |
| 2011 | 57,428 t | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 49,585 t | -13.7% |
| 2013 | 52,587 t | +6.1% |
| 2014 | 53,137 t | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 55,664 t | +4.8% |
| 2016 | 56,302 t | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 58,323 t | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 59,718 t | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 60,672 t | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 65,500 t | +8.0% |
| 2021 | 68,772 t | +5.0% |
| 2022 | 69,272 t | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 70,206 t | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 72,052 t | +2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,658 t | 9,402 t | 14,403 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,774 t | 12,700 t | 19,919 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 22,450 t | 20,501 t | 25,599 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 28,836 t | 23,388 t | 37,929 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 44,819 t | 38,529 t | 49,928 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 55,919 t | 49,585 t | 60,672 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 69,160 t | 65,500 t | 72,052 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 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
- 18 Romania 25,614 t compare
- 19 Russian Federation 24,810 t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production in Western Africa?
- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production in Western Africa was 72,052 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 Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 72,052 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,402 t in 1961.
- How does Western Africa rank for raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production?
- Western Africa ranks 16th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western 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.