Sheep fat, unrendered — Production in Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands: Sheep fat, unrendered — Production was 30.99 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep fat, unrendered — Production in Faroe Islands, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, sheep fat, unrendered — production in Faroe Islands stood at 30.99 t. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 14.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep fat, unrendered — production in Faroe Islands peaked at 30.99 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0 t, in 1961.
That places Faroe Islands 125th out of 179 countries 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 — Production in Faroe Islands, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 t | — |
| 1962 | 0 t | — |
| 1963 | 0 t | — |
| 1964 | 0 t | — |
| 1965 | 0 t | — |
| 1966 | 24.73 t | — |
| 1967 | 24.24 t | -2.0% |
| 1968 | 24.19 t | -0.2% |
| 1969 | 23.43 t | -3.1% |
| 1970 | 20.32 t | -13.3% |
| 1971 | 23.26 t | +14.5% |
| 1972 | 24.78 t | +6.5% |
| 1973 | 24.81 t | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 25.51 t | +2.8% |
| 1975 | 25.36 t | -0.6% |
| 1976 | 25.06 t | -1.2% |
| 1977 | 24.76 t | -1.2% |
| 1978 | 16.66 t | -32.7% |
| 1979 | 23.44 t | +40.7% |
| 1980 | 23.44 t | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 24.36 t | +3.9% |
| 1982 | 24.59 t | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 22.09 t | -10.2% |
| 1984 | 23.52 t | +6.5% |
| 1985 | 23.73 t | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 24.06 t | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 24.71 t | +2.7% |
| 1988 | 24.83 t | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 24.83 t | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 24.83 t | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 25.2 t | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 25.32 t | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 25.59 t | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 25.59 t | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 25.59 t | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 25.59 t | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 25.59 t | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 25.59 t | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 25.59 t | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 25.59 t | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 25.59 t | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 25.59 t | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 25.59 t | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 25.59 t | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 25.59 t | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 25.28 t | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 26.01 t | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 25.91 t | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 25.91 t | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 25.91 t | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 25.91 t | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 25.91 t | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 26.99 t | +4.2% |
| 2014 | 27 t | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 27.28 t | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 27.88 t | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 28.23 t | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 28.6 t | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 28.97 t | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 29.35 t | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 29.8 t | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 30.2 t | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 30.59 t | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 30.99 t | +1.3% |
Faroe Islands compared with similar countries
- Faroe Islands's 30.99 t is below the median for high income countries, which is 157.45 t, 20% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Faroe Islands's 30.99 t is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 245.2 t, 13% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sheep fat, unrendered — Production in Faroe Islands 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | +40.7% | 16.66 t | 23.44 t |
| 1978 | -32.7% | 24.76 t | 16.66 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10.73 t | 0 t | 24.73 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 23.4 t | 16.66 t | 25.51 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 24.02 t | 22.09 t | 24.83 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 25.45 t | 24.83 t | 25.59 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 25.66 t | 25.28 t | 26.01 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 27.27 t | 25.91 t | 28.97 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 30.19 t | 29.35 t | 30.99 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Faroe Islands
More agriculture & rural data for Faroe Islands
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population 33,136 (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.1% (2025)
- Rural population 60.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 3.1% (2009)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 11,918 current US$ per person (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1607 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.1% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 16.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep fat, unrendered — production in Faroe Islands?
- Sheep fat, unrendered — production in Faroe Islands was 30.99 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep fat, unrendered — production recorded in Faroe Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 30.99 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest sheep fat, unrendered — production recorded in Faroe Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 t in 1961.
- How does Faroe Islands rank for sheep fat, unrendered — production?
- Faroe Islands ranks 125th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep fat, unrendered — production rising or falling in Faroe Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Faroe Islands 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.