Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production in Western Europe
Western Europe: Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production was 20,047 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production in Western Europe, 1961–2024
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 Western Europe stood at 20,047 t. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 7.7% on the previous year and down 20.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production in Western Europe peaked at 40,442 t in 1990 and was at its lowest, 20,047 t, in 2024.
Western Europe ranks 22nd of 29 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 23,730 t | — |
| 1962 | 22,589 t | -4.8% |
| 1963 | 21,517 t | -4.7% |
| 1964 | 20,583 t | -4.3% |
| 1965 | 21,631 t | +5.1% |
| 1966 | 21,188 t | -2.0% |
| 1967 | 20,283 t | -4.3% |
| 1968 | 20,736 t | +2.2% |
| 1969 | 21,156 t | +2.0% |
| 1970 | 20,295 t | -4.1% |
| 1971 | 21,641 t | +6.6% |
| 1972 | 21,355 t | -1.3% |
| 1973 | 20,471 t | -4.1% |
| 1974 | 23,818 t | +16.4% |
| 1975 | 26,059 t | +9.4% |
| 1976 | 31,657 t | +21.5% |
| 1977 | 30,934 t | -2.3% |
| 1978 | 31,659 t | +2.3% |
| 1979 | 34,270 t | +8.2% |
| 1980 | 36,807 t | +7.4% |
| 1981 | 35,462 t | -3.7% |
| 1982 | 35,968 t | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 35,210 t | -2.1% |
| 1984 | 37,417 t | +6.3% |
| 1985 | 37,443 t | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 32,311 t | -13.7% |
| 1987 | 35,838 t | +10.9% |
| 1988 | 33,717 t | -5.9% |
| 1989 | 37,809 t | +12.1% |
| 1990 | 40,442 t | +7.0% |
| 1991 | 38,152 t | -5.7% |
| 1992 | 35,610 t | -6.7% |
| 1993 | 34,236 t | -3.9% |
| 1994 | 33,587 t | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 33,598 t | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 34,404 t | +2.4% |
| 1997 | 33,757 t | -1.9% |
| 1998 | 33,745 t | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 33,696 t | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 35,197 t | +4.5% |
| 2001 | 35,159 t | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 33,112 t | -5.8% |
| 2003 | 33,079 t | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 33,592 t | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 33,413 t | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 31,924 t | -4.5% |
| 2007 | 31,295 t | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 29,186 t | -6.7% |
| 2009 | 28,523 t | -2.3% |
| 2010 | 27,962 t | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 27,858 t | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 26,778 t | -3.9% |
| 2013 | 25,717 t | -4.0% |
| 2014 | 25,164 t | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 25,170 t | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 24,694 t | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 24,139 t | -2.2% |
| 2018 | 22,624 t | -6.3% |
| 2019 | 23,136 t | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 24,555 t | +6.1% |
| 2021 | 23,202 t | -5.5% |
| 2022 | 22,362 t | -3.6% |
| 2023 | 21,719 t | -2.9% |
| 2024 | 20,047 t | -7.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21,490 t | 20,283 t | 23,730 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 26,216 t | 20,295 t | 34,270 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 35,798 t | 32,311 t | 37,809 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 35,123 t | 33,587 t | 40,442 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 32,448 t | 28,523 t | 35,197 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 25,324 t | 22,624 t | 27,962 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 22,377 t | 20,047 t | 24,555 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
- 19 Russian Federation 24,810 t compare
- 20 South Africa 24,343 t compare
- 21 Brazil 19,385 t compare
- 22 Morocco 18,389 t compare
- 23 Kazakhstan 17,308 t compare
- 24 Turkmenistan 16,617 t compare
- 25 Ethiopia PDR 14,958 t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production in Western Europe?
- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production in Western Europe was 20,047 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 40,442 t in 1990.
- What is the lowest raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 20,047 t in 2024.
- How does Western Europe rank for raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production?
- Western Europe ranks 22nd out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Europe 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.