Sheep fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Iceland
Iceland: Sheep fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 446,696 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sheep fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Iceland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, sheep fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered in Iceland stood at 446,696 An. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.7% on the previous year and down 24.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered in Iceland peaked at 1.12 million An in 1979 and was at its lowest, 446,696 An, in 2024.
That places Iceland 86th out of 191 countries 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 873,192 An | 754,800 An | 959,680 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 930,068 An | 728,411 An | 1.12 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 854,254 An | 645,370 An | 1.02 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 558,678 An | 515,302 An | 624,774 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 551,408 An | 536,351 An | 592,671 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 588,109 An | 555,265 An | 615,762 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 490,894 An | 446,696 An | 534,774 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Iceland
- Agriculture share gdp 3.65 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 3.65 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2025)
- Rural population 5.8% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.9% (2025)
- Rural population 22,689 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.41 billion current US$ (2025)
- Tomatoes — Production 1,362 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered in Iceland?
- Sheep fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered in Iceland was 446,696 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 Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 1.12 million An in 1979.
- What is the lowest sheep fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 446,696 An in 2024.
- How does Iceland rank for sheep fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Iceland ranks 86th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Iceland 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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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.