Sheep fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Sheep fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 52.69 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Northern Africa, 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 Northern Africa is 52.69 million An, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered in Northern Africa peaked at 55.74 million An in 2010 and was at its lowest, 10.34 million An, in 1963.
That places Northern Africa 11th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sheep fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11.76 million An | — |
| 1962 | 11.03 million An | -6.2% |
| 1963 | 10.34 million An | -6.2% |
| 1964 | 11.17 million An | +8.1% |
| 1965 | 11.61 million An | +3.9% |
| 1966 | 12.15 million An | +4.7% |
| 1967 | 12.54 million An | +3.2% |
| 1968 | 13.14 million An | +4.8% |
| 1969 | 13.87 million An | +5.5% |
| 1970 | 14.47 million An | +4.3% |
| 1971 | 15.31 million An | +5.8% |
| 1972 | 15.61 million An | +1.9% |
| 1973 | 16.41 million An | +5.2% |
| 1974 | 16.73 million An | +2.0% |
| 1975 | 16.77 million An | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 17.11 million An | +2.0% |
| 1977 | 17.72 million An | +3.6% |
| 1978 | 18.67 million An | +5.3% |
| 1979 | 18.56 million An | -0.6% |
| 1980 | 20.17 million An | +8.7% |
| 1981 | 21.77 million An | +8.0% |
| 1982 | 20.32 million An | -6.7% |
| 1983 | 21.22 million An | +4.4% |
| 1984 | 22.13 million An | +4.3% |
| 1985 | 21.77 million An | -1.6% |
| 1986 | 20.96 million An | -3.7% |
| 1987 | 23.90 million An | +14.0% |
| 1988 | 25.54 million An | +6.9% |
| 1989 | 26.75 million An | +4.7% |
| 1990 | 26.49 million An | -1.0% |
| 1991 | 26.97 million An | +1.8% |
| 1992 | 29.18 million An | +8.2% |
| 1993 | 30.72 million An | +5.3% |
| 1994 | 30.78 million An | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 32.83 million An | +6.7% |
| 1996 | 34.73 million An | +5.8% |
| 1997 | 35.89 million An | +3.3% |
| 1998 | 38.58 million An | +7.5% |
| 1999 | 41.21 million An | +6.8% |
| 2000 | 42.58 million An | +3.3% |
| 2001 | 43.81 million An | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 43.95 million An | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 44.24 million An | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 45.12 million An | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 45.98 million An | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 51.87 million An | +12.8% |
| 2007 | 52.45 million An | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 53.62 million An | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 53.90 million An | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 55.74 million An | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 52.59 million An | -5.6% |
| 2012 | 49.17 million An | -6.5% |
| 2013 | 50.30 million An | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 50.22 million An | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 49.47 million An | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 50.33 million An | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 49.92 million An | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 49.97 million An | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 51.11 million An | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 52.78 million An | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 53.42 million An | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 52.98 million An | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 52.58 million An | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 52.69 million An | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11.96 million An | 10.34 million An | 13.87 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 16.74 million An | 14.47 million An | 18.67 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 22.45 million An | 20.17 million An | 26.75 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 32.74 million An | 26.49 million An | 41.21 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 47.75 million An | 42.58 million An | 53.90 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 50.88 million An | 49.17 million An | 55.74 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 52.89 million An | 52.58 million An | 53.42 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern Africa
- 8 Nigeria 19.69 million An compare
- 9 Sudan (former) 19.29 million An compare
- 10 Algeria 18.75 million An compare
- 11 Pakistan 15.71 million An compare
- 12 Sudan 15.35 million An compare
- 13 Ethiopia 13.58 million An compare
- 14 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 12.87 million An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Northern Africa
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 7.09 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate 2.14 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate 4.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 0.6785 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing -1.97 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual -1.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production 8.19 million t (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of goats or kids — Yield/Carcass Weight 2 kg/An (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of goats or kids — Production 40,804 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered in Northern Africa?
- Sheep fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered in Northern Africa was 52.69 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 Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 55.74 million An in 2010.
- What is the lowest sheep fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.34 million An in 1963.
- How does Northern Africa rank for sheep fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Northern Africa ranks 11th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sheep fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern Africa 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.