Sheep fat, unrendered — Production in Western Asia
Western Asia: Sheep fat, unrendered — Production was 104,366 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep fat, unrendered — Production in Western Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, sheep fat, unrendered — production in Western Asia stood at 104,366 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.8% on the previous year and up 45.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep fat, unrendered — production in Western Asia peaked at 114,473 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 31,381 t, in 1961.
That places Western Asia 5th out of 29 groups 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 — Production in Western Asia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 31,381 t | — |
| 1962 | 31,982 t | +1.9% |
| 1963 | 32,117 t | +0.4% |
| 1964 | 32,534 t | +1.3% |
| 1965 | 33,201 t | +2.1% |
| 1966 | 33,982 t | +2.4% |
| 1967 | 32,514 t | -4.3% |
| 1968 | 33,346 t | +2.6% |
| 1969 | 34,582 t | +3.7% |
| 1970 | 35,416 t | +2.4% |
| 1971 | 36,102 t | +1.9% |
| 1972 | 35,121 t | -2.7% |
| 1973 | 34,704 t | -1.2% |
| 1974 | 35,018 t | +0.9% |
| 1975 | 36,547 t | +4.4% |
| 1976 | 34,548 t | -5.5% |
| 1977 | 38,468 t | +11.3% |
| 1978 | 40,317 t | +4.8% |
| 1979 | 36,766 t | -8.8% |
| 1980 | 38,823 t | +5.6% |
| 1981 | 43,218 t | +11.3% |
| 1982 | 44,573 t | +3.1% |
| 1983 | 46,771 t | +4.9% |
| 1984 | 47,867 t | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 47,041 t | -1.7% |
| 1986 | 48,221 t | +2.5% |
| 1987 | 49,251 t | +2.1% |
| 1988 | 52,573 t | +6.7% |
| 1989 | 52,381 t | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 51,013 t | -2.6% |
| 1991 | 41,963 t | -17.7% |
| 1992 | 42,780 t | +1.9% |
| 1993 | 42,055 t | -1.7% |
| 1994 | 47,724 t | +13.5% |
| 1995 | 45,482 t | -4.7% |
| 1996 | 46,263 t | +1.7% |
| 1997 | 48,786 t | +5.5% |
| 1998 | 51,231 t | +5.0% |
| 1999 | 53,910 t | +5.2% |
| 2000 | 54,605 t | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 62,522 t | +14.5% |
| 2002 | 55,733 t | -10.9% |
| 2003 | 60,038 t | +7.7% |
| 2004 | 59,042 t | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 62,138 t | +5.2% |
| 2006 | 62,892 t | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 67,806 t | +7.8% |
| 2008 | 65,531 t | -3.4% |
| 2009 | 67,369 t | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 62,398 t | -7.4% |
| 2011 | 68,287 t | +9.4% |
| 2012 | 71,008 t | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 70,231 t | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 71,549 t | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 68,721 t | -4.0% |
| 2016 | 70,757 t | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 71,476 t | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 75,000 t | +4.9% |
| 2019 | 77,070 t | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 89,119 t | +15.6% |
| 2021 | 93,882 t | +5.3% |
| 2022 | 100,789 t | +7.4% |
| 2023 | 114,473 t | +13.6% |
| 2024 | 104,366 t | -8.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 32,849 t | 31,381 t | 34,582 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 36,301 t | 34,548 t | 40,317 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 47,072 t | 38,823 t | 52,573 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 47,121 t | 41,963 t | 53,910 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 61,768 t | 54,605 t | 67,806 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 70,650 t | 62,398 t | 77,070 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 100,526 t | 89,119 t | 114,473 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
- 2 China 113,165 t compare
- 2 China, mainland 113,165 t compare
- 3 Türkiye 33,583 t compare
- 4 Australia 103,850 t compare
- 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 32,578 t compare
- 5 India 55,032 t compare
- 5 Syrian Arab Republic 26,890 t compare
- 6 USSR 40,384 t compare
- 7 New Zealand 27,876 t compare
- 7 United Republic of Tanzania 3,161 t compare
- 8 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2,023 t compare
- 8 Pakistan 19,971 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Western Asia
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross -4.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -10.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.6534 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production 0.8791 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate -4.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate -9.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -9.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 4.97 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield, annual -3.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production, annual 1.3 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep fat, unrendered — production in Western Asia?
- Sheep fat, unrendered — production in Western Asia was 104,366 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep fat, unrendered — production recorded in Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 114,473 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest sheep fat, unrendered — production recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 31,381 t in 1961.
- How does Western Asia rank for sheep fat, unrendered — production?
- Western Asia ranks 5th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sheep fat, unrendered — production rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 45.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Asia 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.