Sheep fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Romania
Romania: Sheep fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 5.33 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Romania, 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 Romania is 5.33 million An, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.9% on the previous year and down 18.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered in Romania peaked at 8.80 million An in 1989 and was at its lowest, 3.30 million An, in 1966.
That places Romania 30th out of 179 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sheep fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Romania, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3.60 million An | — |
| 1962 | 3.70 million An | +2.8% |
| 1963 | 3.50 million An | -5.4% |
| 1964 | 3.50 million An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 3.50 million An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 3.30 million An | -5.7% |
| 1967 | 3.90 million An | +18.2% |
| 1968 | 3.70 million An | -5.1% |
| 1969 | 4.30 million An | +16.2% |
| 1970 | 5.80 million An | +34.9% |
| 1971 | 4.90 million An | -15.5% |
| 1972 | 4.60 million An | -6.1% |
| 1973 | 5.00 million An | +8.7% |
| 1974 | 5.00 million An | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 5.00 million An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 5.20 million An | +4.0% |
| 1977 | 5.90 million An | +13.5% |
| 1978 | 5.40 million An | -8.5% |
| 1979 | 6.20 million An | +14.8% |
| 1980 | 5.70 million An | -8.1% |
| 1981 | 5.00 million An | -12.3% |
| 1982 | 7.00 million An | +40.0% |
| 1983 | 7.00 million An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 7.50 million An | +7.1% |
| 1985 | 7.50 million An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 7.60 million An | +1.3% |
| 1987 | 7.80 million An | +2.6% |
| 1988 | 8.00 million An | +2.6% |
| 1989 | 8.80 million An | +10.0% |
| 1990 | 8.27 million An | -6.1% |
| 1991 | 7.27 million An | -12.0% |
| 1992 | 8.65 million An | +18.9% |
| 1993 | 8.08 million An | -6.5% |
| 1994 | 7.02 million An | -13.1% |
| 1995 | 6.87 million An | -2.2% |
| 1996 | 7.18 million An | +4.6% |
| 1997 | 6.46 million An | -10.0% |
| 1998 | 6.10 million An | -5.6% |
| 1999 | 5.41 million An | -11.2% |
| 2000 | 5.14 million An | -5.0% |
| 2001 | 4.55 million An | -11.5% |
| 2002 | 3.97 million An | -12.8% |
| 2003 | 6.12 million An | +53.9% |
| 2004 | 5.20 million An | -14.9% |
| 2005 | 5.10 million An | -1.9% |
| 2006 | 5.15 million An | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 5.54 million An | +7.6% |
| 2008 | 5.48 million An | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 6.01 million An | +9.7% |
| 2010 | 6.13 million An | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 6.26 million An | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 6.45 million An | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 6.33 million An | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 6.58 million An | +3.9% |
| 2015 | 6.52 million An | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 7.74 million An | +18.7% |
| 2017 | 6.48 million An | -16.3% |
| 2018 | 5.10 million An | -21.2% |
| 2019 | 5.13 million An | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 5.20 million An | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 5.41 million An | +4.2% |
| 2022 | 5.76 million An | +6.5% |
| 2023 | 5.67 million An | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 5.33 million An | -5.9% |
Romania compared with similar countries
- Romania's 5.33 million An is above the median for high income countries, which is 187,355 An, 28.5× the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Romania's 5.33 million An is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 340,395 An, 15.7× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sheep fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Romania changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +53.9% | 3.97 million An | 6.12 million An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.67 million An | 3.30 million An | 4.30 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 5.30 million An | 4.60 million An | 6.20 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 7.19 million An | 5.00 million An | 8.80 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 7.13 million An | 5.41 million An | 8.65 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.23 million An | 3.97 million An | 6.12 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.27 million An | 5.10 million An | 7.74 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.48 million An | 5.20 million An | 5.76 million An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Romania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 19.62 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.03 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 676.39 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1768 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4783 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered in Romania?
- Sheep fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered in Romania was 5.33 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 Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 8.80 million An in 1989.
- What is the lowest sheep fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.30 million An in 1966.
- How does Romania rank for sheep fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Romania ranks 30th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Romania 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.