Sheep fat, unrendered — Production in Australia
Australia: Sheep fat, unrendered — Production was 103,850 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep fat, unrendered — Production in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sheep fat, unrendered — production in Australia is 103,850 t, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 9.5% on the previous year and up 28.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep fat, unrendered — production in Australia peaked at 107,109 t in 1972 and was at its lowest, 52,065 t, in 1984.
That places Australia 4th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 68,709 t | 65,355 t | 76,130 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 71,529 t | 52,357 t | 107,109 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 60,929 t | 52,065 t | 65,641 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 70,127 t | 63,440 t | 74,915 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 71,635 t | 62,832 t | 80,080 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 73,677 t | 57,860 t | 82,494 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 85,221 t | 73,672 t | 103,850 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
More agriculture & rural data for Australia
- Agriculture share gdp 2.27 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.27 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2025)
- Rural population 12.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.6% (2025)
- Rural population 3.39 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.3% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 40.76 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 368,735 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep fat, unrendered — production in Australia?
- Sheep fat, unrendered — production in Australia was 103,850 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep fat, unrendered — production recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 107,109 t in 1972.
- What is the lowest sheep fat, unrendered — production recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 52,065 t in 1984.
- How does Australia rank for sheep fat, unrendered — production?
- Australia ranks 4th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep fat, unrendered — production rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sheep fat, unrendered — Production. 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.