Sheep fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Sheep fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 60.44 million An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sheep fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sheep fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered in Australia and New Zealand is 60.44 million An, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.4% on the previous year and up 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 89.31 million An in 1972 and was at its lowest, 46.88 million An, in 2011.
Australia and New Zealand ranks 4th of 179 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sheep fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 59.87 million An | — |
| 1962 | 62.81 million An | +4.9% |
| 1963 | 62.34 million An | -0.7% |
| 1964 | 63.40 million An | +1.7% |
| 1965 | 63.38 million An | -0.0% |
| 1966 | 63.82 million An | +0.7% |
| 1967 | 64.24 million An | +0.7% |
| 1968 | 73.70 million An | +14.7% |
| 1969 | 72.29 million An | -1.9% |
| 1970 | 78.67 million An | +8.8% |
| 1971 | 81.70 million An | +3.8% |
| 1972 | 89.31 million An | +9.3% |
| 1973 | 78.14 million An | -12.5% |
| 1974 | 57.01 million An | -27.0% |
| 1975 | 61.23 million An | +7.4% |
| 1976 | 65.39 million An | +6.8% |
| 1977 | 63.93 million An | -2.2% |
| 1978 | 63.20 million An | -1.1% |
| 1979 | 60.25 million An | -4.7% |
| 1980 | 66.60 million An | +10.5% |
| 1981 | 73.34 million An | +10.1% |
| 1982 | 69.34 million An | -5.5% |
| 1983 | 75.21 million An | +8.5% |
| 1984 | 69.08 million An | -8.1% |
| 1985 | 78.72 million An | +14.0% |
| 1986 | 73.44 million An | -6.7% |
| 1987 | 74.66 million An | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 72.30 million An | -3.2% |
| 1989 | 70.37 million An | -2.7% |
| 1990 | 66.96 million An | -4.9% |
| 1991 | 67.80 million An | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 71.69 million An | +5.7% |
| 1993 | 62.61 million An | -12.7% |
| 1994 | 64.75 million An | +3.4% |
| 1995 | 66.11 million An | +2.1% |
| 1996 | 59.66 million An | -9.8% |
| 1997 | 60.82 million An | +1.9% |
| 1998 | 63.84 million An | +5.0% |
| 1999 | 60.79 million An | -4.8% |
| 2000 | 64.00 million An | +5.3% |
| 2001 | 67.36 million An | +5.3% |
| 2002 | 61.01 million An | -9.4% |
| 2003 | 61.13 million An | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 55.21 million An | -9.7% |
| 2005 | 57.60 million An | +4.3% |
| 2006 | 60.22 million An | +4.5% |
| 2007 | 65.65 million An | +9.0% |
| 2008 | 64.99 million An | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 58.31 million An | -10.3% |
| 2010 | 51.00 million An | -12.5% |
| 2011 | 46.88 million An | -8.1% |
| 2012 | 48.13 million An | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 55.45 million An | +15.2% |
| 2014 | 57.33 million An | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 57.23 million An | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 56.03 million An | -2.1% |
| 2017 | 51.83 million An | -7.5% |
| 2018 | 55.79 million An | +7.6% |
| 2019 | 53.17 million An | -4.7% |
| 2020 | 49.49 million An | -6.9% |
| 2021 | 48.43 million An | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 49.29 million An | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 55.77 million An | +13.1% |
| 2024 | 60.44 million An | +8.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 65.10 million An | 59.87 million An | 73.70 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 69.88 million An | 57.01 million An | 89.31 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 72.31 million An | 66.60 million An | 78.72 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 64.50 million An | 59.66 million An | 71.69 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 61.55 million An | 55.21 million An | 67.36 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 53.28 million An | 46.88 million An | 57.33 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 52.68 million An | 48.43 million An | 60.44 million An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered in Australia and New Zealand?
- Sheep fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered in Australia and New Zealand was 60.44 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 89.31 million An in 1972.
- What is the lowest sheep fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 46.88 million An in 2011.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for sheep fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 4th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sheep fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.