Sheep fat, unrendered — Production by country

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...

Countries reporting
191
Highest
131,725 t
Australia and New Zealand
Lowest
0 t
Ethiopia PDR
Median
197.08 t
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
12,702

What the numbers show

Sheep fat, unrendered — Production is currently reported for 191 countries. The highest value is 131,725 t in Australia and New Zealand; the lowest is 0 t in Ethiopia PDR.

The median across all reporting countries is 197.08 t, and the mean is 4,978 t.

Over the past decade 121 countries rose and 65 fell. The largest increase was in Belize (up 344.3%), and the largest decrease in French Guiana (down 100.0%).

Sheep fat, unrendered — Production: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Australia and New Zealand 131,725 t 2024 up 18.8% rising
2 China 113,165 t 2024 up 21.1% volatile
2 China, mainland 113,165 t 2024 up 21.1% volatile
4 Australia 103,850 t 2024 up 28.7% rising
5 India 55,032 t 2024 up 144.2% volatile
6 USSR 40,384 t 1991 up 8.7% falling
7 Türkiye 33,583 t 2024 up 113.5% rising
8 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 32,578 t 2024 down 14.5% rising
9 New Zealand 27,876 t 2024 down 7.7% falling
10 Syrian Arab Republic 26,890 t 2024 up 20.8% rising
11 Pakistan 19,971 t 2024 up 12.3% rising
12 Sudan (former) 15,428 t 2011 up 62.4% volatile
13 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 14,056 t 2024 down 10.9% rising
14 Saudi Arabia 13,358 t 2024 up 97.4% volatile
15 Spain 11,746 t 2017 down 43.4% rising
16 Uzbekistan 10,886 t 2024 up 30.7% volatile
17 Romania 10,246 t 2017 up 45.8% rising
18 Algeria 8,913 t 2024 up 23.5% volatile
19 Sudan 8,717 t 2024 up 8.5% rising
20 Russian Federation 8,555 t 2024 up 1.0% falling
21 Yemen 7,011 t 2024 up 16.6% volatile
22 Mongolia 6,030 t 2024 up 46.0% rising
23 Tunisia 6,022 t 2024 up 10.6% rising
24 Turkmenistan 5,914 t 2024 up 3.4% rising
25 Kazakhstan 5,769 t 2024 down 6.0% falling
26 Chad 5,754 t 2024 up 114.1% volatile
27 Iraq 5,338 t 2024 up 4.2% rising
28 Greece 4,952 t 2017 down 41.8% rising
29 France 4,854 t 2017 down 25.4% rising
30 Ireland 4,831 t 2017 up 2.0% rising
31 Afghanistan 4,767 t 2024 down 22.5% rising
32 Nigeria 4,557 t 2024 up 16.7% volatile
33 Jordan 4,460 t 2024 up 65.3% volatile
34 Tajikistan 4,070 t 2024 up 81.3% volatile
35 Ethiopia 3,810 t 2024 up 44.9% rising
36 Morocco 3,568 t 2024 up 7.2% rising
37 Brazil 3,506 t 2024 up 27.2% rising
38 Kyrgyzstan 3,385 t 2024 up 32.0% rising
39 Azerbaijan 3,221 t 2024 up 22.3% rising
40 United Republic of Tanzania 3,161 t 2024 up 51.0% volatile
41 Kuwait 2,939 t 2024 up 14.5% volatile
42 Indonesia 2,667 t 2024 down 0.9% volatile
43 Yugoslav SFR 2,598 t 1991 up 9.1% falling
44 Mexico 2,465 t 2024 up 18.9% rising
45 Argentina 2,445 t 2024 down 37.9% volatile
46 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2,023 t 2024 up 164.7% rising
47 Egypt 1,833 t 2024 down 26.7% rising
48 Oman 1,729 t 2024 up 21.3% volatile
49 Germany 1,622 t 2017 down 29.1% rising
50 Bahrain 1,593 t 2024 up 73.6% volatile
51 Israel 1,588 t 2024 down 8.6% volatile
52 Portugal 1,549 t 2017 down 34.8% flat
53 Italy 1,484 t 2017 down 43.7% rising
54 Serbia 1,419 t 2024 up 7.8% rising
55 Kenya 1,413 t 2024 up 38.9% rising
56 Uruguay 1,375 t 2024 down 16.7% falling
57 Lebanon 1,231 t 2024 down 33.5% falling
58 Senegal 1,100 t 2024 up 45.8% volatile
59 Peru 1,046 t 2024 down 2.3% rising
60 Burkina Faso 1,041 t 2024 up 17.8% volatile
61 Somalia 931.52 t 2024 down 32.9% rising
62 Mauritania 914.46 t 2024 up 58.5% volatile
63 Albania 865.32 t 2024 down 4.9% rising
64 Ghana 776.22 t 2024 up 42.1% volatile
65 Norway 767.93 t 2024 down 10.6% rising
66 Chile 745.46 t 2024 down 22.9% falling
67 Caribbean 670.23 t 2024 up 29.2% volatile
68 Guatemala 650.43 t 2024 up 2.7% falling
69 South Sudan 642.24 t 2024 down 33.6% falling
70 Libya 631.08 t 2024 down 8.8% rising
71 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 616.8 t 2017 down 23.6% rising
72 Canada 582.69 t 2024 up 1.4% rising
73 Serbia and Montenegro 573 t 2005 down 38.6% falling
74 Cuba 540.55 t 2024 up 27.4% volatile
75 Guinea 500.55 t 2024 up 96.9% volatile
76 Palestine 491.34 t 2022 down 19.5% falling
77 Côte d'Ivoire 479.74 t 2024 up 97.0% rising
78 Bulgaria 443.9 t 2017 down 42.5% volatile
79 Bangladesh 430.49 t 2024 up 26.5% volatile
80 Cameroon 427.84 t 2024 down 3.6% rising
81 Benin 409.59 t 2024 up 336.2% volatile
82 Armenia 394.38 t 2024 up 22.8% rising
83 Niger 337.12 t 2024 up 11.6% rising
84 Bosnia and Herzegovina 332.62 t 2024 down 27.2% flat
85 Togo 316.84 t 2024 up 74.6% volatile
86 Mali 299.42 t 2024 up 86.0% volatile
87 Namibia 260.07 t 2024 down 11.3% falling
88 Iceland 248.94 t 2024 down 21.1% falling
89 Czechia 247.27 t 2017 up 140.5% falling
90 Ukraine 243.14 t 2024 down 30.9% volatile
91 Switzerland 235.4 t 2024 down 0.1% rising
92 Croatia 225.79 t 2017 up 85.2% rising
93 United Arab Emirates 221.9 t 2024 up 23.9% volatile
94 Georgia 220 t 2024 up 7.3% falling
95 Eritrea 206.66 t 2024 up 5.8% rising
96 Qatar 197.08 t 2024 down 52.7% volatile
97 Ecuador 173.37 t 2024 up 0.7% rising
98 Austria 166.26 t 2017 up 5.6% volatile
99 Sweden 148.65 t 2017 up 14.3% rising
100 Democratic Republic of the Congo 145.72 t 2024 up 0.5% rising
101 Slovenia 139.27 t 2017 down 15.9% rising
102 Zimbabwe 137.88 t 2024 up 125.0% volatile
103 Cyprus 128.22 t 2017 up 1.5% falling
104 Angola 124.02 t 2024 up 13.3% volatile
105 Denmark 113.21 t 2017 down 11.1% rising
106 Djibouti 110.52 t 2024 up 1.7% rising
107 Belgium-Luxembourg 110 t 1999 down 32.9% rising
108 Uganda 106.4 t 2024 up 5.3% rising
109 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 92.67 t 2024 down 13.7% rising
110 Poland 92 t 2017 down 40.0% volatile
111 North Macedonia 88.87 t 2024 down 27.7% falling
112 Myanmar 84.62 t 2024 down 77.2% volatile
113 Paraguay 84.12 t 2024 down 23.2% rising
114 Nepal 82.86 t 2024 up 4.0% rising
115 Rwanda 79.12 t 2024 down 59.9% volatile
116 Belgium 70.8 t 2017 up 120.1% falling
117 Haiti 68.37 t 2024 up 91.0% volatile
118 Malawi 59.63 t 2024 up 64.9% volatile
119 Lesotho 52.23 t 2024 up 3.8% volatile
120 Hungary 52.13 t 2017 up 135.1% volatile
121 Sierra Leone 51.28 t 2024 down 6.3% rising
122 Madagascar 47.52 t 2024 up 11.8% falling
123 Zambia 46.4 t 2024 up 3.9% volatile
124 Slovakia 42.45 t 2017 up 21.0% falling
125 Finland 42 t 2017 up 82.5% falling
126 Montenegro 40.57 t 2024 up 0.3% falling
127 Lithuania 40.03 t 2017 up 151.1% volatile
128 Dominican Republic 38.71 t 2024 up 3.2% volatile
129 Republic of Moldova 38.45 t 2024 down 62.5% falling
130 Botswana 37.65 t 2024 down 40.2% rising
131 Gabon 34.42 t 2024 up 5.6% rising
132 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 33.75 t 2024 up 1.1% rising
133 Belarus 32.73 t 2024 down 10.0% volatile
134 Faroe Islands 30.99 t 2024 up 14.8% rising
135 Melanesia 30.74 t 2024 up 204.4% volatile
136 Fiji 29.59 t 2024 up 228.4% volatile
137 Guinea-Bissau 28.93 t 2024 up 1.0% volatile
138 Guyana 28.34 t 2024 up 2.2% rising
139 Latvia 28.02 t 2017 up 105.3% volatile
140 Gambia 27.14 t 2024 up 242.7% rising
141 Japan 25.75 t 2024 up 32.7% volatile
142 Estonia 24.55 t 2017 up 8.9% volatile
143 Mozambique 20.33 t 2024 up 44.5% falling
144 Burundi 20.02 t 2024 down 56.0% flat
145 Malaysia 19.43 t 2024 up 0.2% volatile
146 Liberia 17.62 t 2024 up 2.3% rising
147 Colombia 14.62 t 2024 down 1.2% volatile
148 Congo 14.24 t 2024 up 5.5% volatile
149 Malta 6.88 t 2017 up 1.8% volatile
150 Trinidad and Tobago 5.61 t 2024 up 87.6% volatile
151 Equatorial Guinea 4.95 t 2024 up 5.5% rising
152 Thailand 4.91 t 2024 up 8.4% volatile
153 Grenada 4.79 t 2024 up 6.2% volatile
154 Belize 4.31 t 2024 up 344.3% volatile
155 Sri Lanka 3.93 t 1990 down 42.9% falling
156 Eswatini 3.9 t 2024 up 8.9% falling
157 Philippines 3.5 t 2024 down 0.3% rising
158 Honduras 3.46 t 2024 up 7.1% rising
159 Comoros 3.4 t 2024 up 9.0% rising
160 Barbados 3.34 t 2024 down 9.7% falling
161 Saint Lucia 2.58 t 2024 down 0.8% rising
162 Timor-Leste 2.45 t 2024 down 54.8% volatile
163 Martinique 2.03 t 2006 down 69.1% rising
164 Brunei Darussalam 2 t 2024 up 81.8% volatile
165 Dominica 1.57 t 2024 up 9.0% rising
166 Puerto Rico 1.56 t 2024 up 8.3% rising
167 Cabo Verde 1.42 t 2024 up 67.1% volatile
168 El Salvador 1.3 t 2024 up 6.6% rising
168 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.3 t 2024 down 42.5% rising
170 Luxembourg 1.19 t 2017 down 8.5% flat
171 Guadeloupe 1.13 t 2006 up 140.4% falling
172 Bahamas 1.12 t 2024 up 5.7% volatile
173 Nicaragua 1.02 t 2023 up 3.0% rising
174 Papua New Guinea 0.86 t 2024 up 3.6% volatile
175 Bhutan 0.77 t 2024 volatile
176 Mauritius 0.66 t 2024 up 340.0% volatile
177 Costa Rica 0.53 t 2024 up 3.9% rising
178 Singapore 0.52 t 2024 down 20.0% volatile
178 Suriname 0.52 t 2024 up 4.0% flat
180 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.41 t 2024 up 46.4% volatile
181 New Caledonia 0.29 t 2024 up 16.0% volatile
182 Republic of Korea 0.23 t 2024 down 46.5% volatile
183 Antigua and Barbuda 0.19 t 2024 down 55.8% falling
184 Jamaica 0.14 t 2024 down 72.5% volatile
184 Sao Tome and Principe 0.14 t 2024 unchanged falling
186 French Polynesia 0.08 t 2024 unchanged volatile
186 Polynesia 0.08 t 2024 unchanged volatile
188 China, Hong Kong SAR 0.01 t 2024 unchanged volatile
189 French Guiana 0 t 2006 down 100.0% rising
189 Czechoslovakia 0 t 1992 down 100.0% volatile
189 Ethiopia PDR 0 t 1992 down 100.0% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Sheep fat, unrendered — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
224 places, 12,702 data points, 1961–2024
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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.