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...
What the numbers show
Sheep fat, unrendered — Production is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 131,725 t in Australia and New Zealand; the lowest is 0 t in Réunion.
The median across all reporting countries is 185.23 t, and the mean is 4,914 t.
Over the past decade 122 countries rose and 66 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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 3 | Türkiye | 33,583 t | 2024 | up 113.5% | rising |
| 4 | Australia | 103,850 t | 2024 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 4 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 32,578 t | 2024 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 5 | India | 55,032 t | 2024 | up 144.2% | volatile |
| 5 | Syrian Arab Republic | 26,890 t | 2024 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 6 | USSR | 40,384 t | 1991 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 7 | New Zealand | 27,876 t | 2024 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 7 | United Republic of Tanzania | 3,161 t | 2024 | up 51.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Pakistan | 19,971 t | 2024 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 8 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 2,023 t | 2024 | up 164.7% | rising |
| 9 | Sudan (former) | 15,428 t | 2011 | up 62.4% | volatile |
| 10 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 14,056 t | 2024 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 10 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 145.72 t | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 11 | Saudi Arabia | 13,358 t | 2024 | up 97.4% | volatile |
| 11 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 92.67 t | 2024 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 12 | Spain | 11,746 t | 2017 | down 43.4% | rising |
| 12 | Republic of Moldova | 38.45 t | 2024 | down 62.5% | falling |
| 13 | Uzbekistan | 10,886 t | 2024 | up 30.7% | volatile |
| 13 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 33.75 t | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 14 | Romania | 10,246 t | 2017 | up 45.8% | rising |
| 14 | Melanesia | 30.74 t | 2024 | up 204.4% | volatile |
| 15 | Algeria | 8,913 t | 2024 | up 23.5% | volatile |
| 15 | Timor-Leste | 2.45 t | 2024 | down 54.8% | volatile |
| 16 | Sudan | 8,717 t | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 16 | Polynesia | 0.08 t | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 17 | Russian Federation | 8,555 t | 2024 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 18 | Yemen | 7,011 t | 2024 | up 16.6% | volatile |
| 19 | Mongolia | 6,030 t | 2024 | up 46.0% | rising |
| 20 | Tunisia | 6,022 t | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 21 | Turkmenistan | 5,914 t | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 22 | Kazakhstan | 5,769 t | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 23 | Chad | 5,754 t | 2024 | up 114.1% | volatile |
| 24 | Iraq | 5,338 t | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 25 | Greece | 4,952 t | 2017 | down 41.8% | rising |
| 26 | France | 4,854 t | 2017 | down 25.4% | rising |
| 27 | Ireland | 4,831 t | 2017 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 27 | Caribbean | 670.23 t | 2024 | up 29.2% | volatile |
| 28 | Afghanistan | 4,767 t | 2024 | down 22.5% | rising |
| 28 | Côte d'Ivoire | 479.74 t | 2024 | up 97.0% | rising |
| 29 | Nigeria | 4,557 t | 2024 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 29 | Cabo Verde | 1.42 t | 2024 | up 67.1% | volatile |
| 30 | Jordan | 4,460 t | 2024 | up 65.3% | volatile |
| 31 | Tajikistan | 4,070 t | 2024 | up 81.3% | volatile |
| 32 | Ethiopia | 3,810 t | 2024 | up 44.9% | rising |
| 33 | Morocco | 3,568 t | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 34 | Brazil | 3,506 t | 2024 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 35 | Kyrgyzstan | 3,385 t | 2024 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 36 | Azerbaijan | 3,221 t | 2024 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 37 | Kuwait | 2,939 t | 2024 | up 14.5% | volatile |
| 38 | Indonesia | 2,667 t | 2024 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 39 | Yugoslav SFR | 2,598 t | 1991 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 40 | Mexico | 2,465 t | 2024 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 41 | Argentina | 2,445 t | 2024 | down 37.9% | volatile |
| 42 | South Africa | 2,400 t | 2024 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 43 | Egypt | 1,833 t | 2024 | down 26.7% | rising |
| 44 | Oman | 1,729 t | 2024 | up 21.3% | volatile |
| 45 | Germany | 1,622 t | 2017 | down 29.1% | rising |
| 46 | Bahrain | 1,593 t | 2024 | up 73.6% | volatile |
| 47 | Israel | 1,588 t | 2024 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 48 | Portugal | 1,549 t | 2017 | down 34.8% | flat |
| 49 | Italy | 1,484 t | 2017 | down 43.7% | rising |
| 50 | Serbia | 1,419 t | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 51 | Kenya | 1,413 t | 2024 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 52 | Uruguay | 1,375 t | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 53 | Lebanon | 1,231 t | 2024 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 54 | Senegal | 1,100 t | 2024 | up 45.8% | volatile |
| 55 | Peru | 1,046 t | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 56 | Burkina Faso | 1,041 t | 2024 | up 17.8% | volatile |
| 57 | Somalia | 931.52 t | 2024 | down 32.9% | rising |
| 58 | Mauritania | 914.46 t | 2024 | up 58.5% | volatile |
| 59 | Albania | 865.32 t | 2024 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 60 | Ghana | 776.22 t | 2024 | up 42.1% | volatile |
| 61 | Norway | 767.93 t | 2024 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 62 | Chile | 745.46 t | 2024 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 63 | Guatemala | 650.43 t | 2024 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 64 | South Sudan | 642.24 t | 2024 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 65 | Libya | 631.08 t | 2024 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 66 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 616.8 t | 2017 | down 23.6% | rising |
| 67 | Canada | 582.69 t | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 68 | Serbia and Montenegro | 573 t | 2005 | down 38.6% | falling |
| 69 | Cuba | 540.55 t | 2024 | up 27.4% | volatile |
| 70 | Guinea | 500.55 t | 2024 | up 96.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Palestine | 491.34 t | 2022 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 72 | Bulgaria | 443.9 t | 2017 | down 42.5% | volatile |
| 73 | Bangladesh | 430.49 t | 2024 | up 26.5% | volatile |
| 74 | Cameroon | 427.84 t | 2024 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 75 | Benin | 409.59 t | 2024 | up 336.2% | volatile |
| 76 | Armenia | 394.38 t | 2024 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 77 | Niger | 337.12 t | 2024 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 78 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 332.62 t | 2024 | down 27.2% | flat |
| 79 | Togo | 316.84 t | 2024 | up 74.6% | volatile |
| 80 | Mali | 299.42 t | 2024 | up 86.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Namibia | 260.07 t | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 82 | Iceland | 248.94 t | 2024 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 83 | Czechia | 247.27 t | 2017 | up 140.5% | falling |
| 84 | Ukraine | 243.14 t | 2024 | down 30.9% | volatile |
| 85 | Switzerland | 235.4 t | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 86 | Croatia | 225.79 t | 2017 | up 85.2% | rising |
| 87 | United Arab Emirates | 221.9 t | 2024 | up 23.9% | volatile |
| 88 | Georgia | 220 t | 2024 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 89 | Eritrea | 206.66 t | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 90 | Qatar | 197.08 t | 2024 | down 52.7% | volatile |
| 91 | Ecuador | 173.37 t | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 92 | Austria | 166.26 t | 2017 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 93 | Sweden | 148.65 t | 2017 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 94 | Slovenia | 139.27 t | 2017 | down 15.9% | rising |
| 95 | Zimbabwe | 137.88 t | 2024 | up 125.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Cyprus | 128.22 t | 2017 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 97 | Angola | 124.02 t | 2024 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 98 | Denmark | 113.21 t | 2017 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 99 | Djibouti | 110.52 t | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 100 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 110 t | 1999 | down 32.9% | rising |
| 101 | Uganda | 106.4 t | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 102 | Poland | 92 t | 2017 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Central African Republic | 88.87 t | 2024 | up 14.4% | volatile |
| 103 | North Macedonia | 88.87 t | 2024 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 105 | Myanmar | 84.62 t | 2024 | down 77.2% | volatile |
| 106 | Paraguay | 84.12 t | 2024 | down 23.2% | rising |
| 107 | Nepal | 82.86 t | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 108 | Rwanda | 79.12 t | 2024 | down 59.9% | volatile |
| 109 | Belgium | 70.8 t | 2017 | up 120.1% | falling |
| 110 | Haiti | 68.37 t | 2024 | up 91.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Malawi | 59.63 t | 2024 | up 64.9% | volatile |
| 112 | Lesotho | 52.23 t | 2024 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 113 | Hungary | 52.13 t | 2017 | up 135.1% | volatile |
| 114 | Sierra Leone | 51.28 t | 2024 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 115 | Madagascar | 47.52 t | 2024 | up 11.8% | falling |
| 116 | Zambia | 46.4 t | 2024 | up 3.9% | volatile |
| 117 | Slovakia | 42.45 t | 2017 | up 21.0% | falling |
| 118 | Finland | 42 t | 2017 | up 82.5% | falling |
| 119 | Montenegro | 40.57 t | 2024 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 120 | Lithuania | 40.03 t | 2017 | up 151.1% | volatile |
| 121 | Dominican Republic | 38.71 t | 2024 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 122 | Botswana | 37.65 t | 2024 | down 40.2% | rising |
| 123 | Gabon | 34.42 t | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 124 | Belarus | 32.73 t | 2024 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Faroe Islands | 30.99 t | 2024 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 126 | Fiji | 29.59 t | 2024 | up 228.4% | volatile |
| 127 | Guinea-Bissau | 28.93 t | 2024 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Guyana | 28.34 t | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 129 | Latvia | 28.02 t | 2017 | up 105.3% | volatile |
| 130 | Gambia | 27.14 t | 2024 | up 242.7% | rising |
| 131 | Japan | 25.75 t | 2024 | up 32.7% | volatile |
| 132 | Estonia | 24.55 t | 2017 | up 8.9% | volatile |
| 133 | Mozambique | 20.33 t | 2024 | up 44.5% | falling |
| 134 | Burundi | 20.02 t | 2024 | down 56.0% | flat |
| 135 | Malaysia | 19.43 t | 2024 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 136 | Liberia | 17.62 t | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 137 | Colombia | 14.62 t | 2024 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 138 | Congo | 14.24 t | 2024 | up 5.5% | volatile |
| 139 | Malta | 6.88 t | 2017 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 140 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5.61 t | 2024 | up 87.6% | volatile |
| 141 | Equatorial Guinea | 4.95 t | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 142 | Thailand | 4.91 t | 2024 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 143 | Grenada | 4.79 t | 2024 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 144 | Belize | 4.31 t | 2024 | up 344.3% | volatile |
| 145 | Sri Lanka | 3.93 t | 1990 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 146 | Eswatini | 3.9 t | 2024 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 147 | Philippines | 3.5 t | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 148 | Honduras | 3.46 t | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 149 | Comoros | 3.4 t | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 150 | Barbados | 3.34 t | 2024 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 151 | Saint Lucia | 2.58 t | 2024 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 152 | Martinique | 2.03 t | 2006 | down 69.1% | rising |
| 153 | Brunei Darussalam | 2 t | 2024 | up 81.8% | volatile |
| 154 | Dominica | 1.57 t | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 155 | Puerto Rico | 1.56 t | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 156 | El Salvador | 1.3 t | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 156 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.3 t | 2024 | down 42.5% | rising |
| 158 | Luxembourg | 1.19 t | 2017 | down 8.5% | flat |
| 159 | Guadeloupe | 1.13 t | 2006 | up 140.4% | falling |
| 160 | Bahamas | 1.12 t | 2024 | up 5.7% | volatile |
| 161 | Nicaragua | 1.02 t | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 162 | Papua New Guinea | 0.86 t | 2024 | up 3.6% | volatile |
| 163 | Bhutan | 0.77 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 164 | Mauritius | 0.66 t | 2024 | up 340.0% | volatile |
| 165 | Costa Rica | 0.53 t | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 166 | Singapore | 0.52 t | 2024 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 166 | Suriname | 0.52 t | 2024 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 168 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.41 t | 2024 | up 46.4% | volatile |
| 169 | New Caledonia | 0.29 t | 2024 | up 16.0% | volatile |
| 170 | Republic of Korea | 0.23 t | 2024 | down 46.5% | volatile |
| 171 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.19 t | 2024 | down 55.8% | falling |
| 172 | Jamaica | 0.14 t | 2024 | down 72.5% | volatile |
| 172 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.14 t | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 174 | French Polynesia | 0.08 t | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 175 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.01 t | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 176 | French Guiana | 0 t | 2006 | down 100.0% | rising |
| 176 | Czechoslovakia | 0 t | 1992 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 176 | Ethiopia PDR | 0 t | 1992 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 176 | Réunion | 0 t | 2006 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 641,601 t
- Asia 369,293 t
- Oceania 131,756 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 41,619 t
- Eastern Asia 119,255 t
- Southern Asia 112,862 t
- Western Asia 104,366 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 88,080 t
- Middle Africa 6,594 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 87,476 t
- Europe 62,344 t
- Africa 60,687 t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 771.74 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 59,272 t
- European Union (27) 35,484 t
- Central Asia 30,026 t
- Northern Africa 29,684 t
- Northern Europe 19,918 t
- Southern Europe 19,564 t
- Americas 17,521 t
- Eastern Europe 16,907 t
- South America 11,534 t
- Western Africa 10,858 t
- Eastern Africa 10,797 t
- Western Europe 5,955 t
- Central America 3,126 t
- South-Eastern Asia 2,784 t
- Southern Africa 2,754 t
- Northern America 2,191 t
- United States of America 1,609 t
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.