Sheep fat, unrendered — Production in Western Europe
Western Europe: Sheep fat, unrendered — Production was 5,955 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep fat, unrendered — Production in Western Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Western Europe recorded 5,955 t for sheep fat, unrendered — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.7% on the previous year and down 25.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep fat, unrendered — production in Western Europe peaked at 12,857 t in 1990 and was at its lowest, 4,871 t, in 1969.
Western Europe ranks 21st of 29 groups on this measure, 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 Western Europe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,537 t | — |
| 1962 | 5,382 t | -2.8% |
| 1963 | 5,237 t | -2.7% |
| 1964 | 5,012 t | -4.3% |
| 1965 | 5,153 t | +2.8% |
| 1966 | 5,947 t | +15.4% |
| 1967 | 5,728 t | -3.7% |
| 1968 | 5,735 t | +0.1% |
| 1969 | 4,871 t | -15.1% |
| 1970 | 5,964 t | +22.4% |
| 1971 | 6,025 t | +1.0% |
| 1972 | 6,033 t | +0.1% |
| 1973 | 6,075 t | +0.7% |
| 1974 | 6,639 t | +9.3% |
| 1975 | 7,115 t | +7.2% |
| 1976 | 10,360 t | +45.6% |
| 1977 | 10,124 t | -2.3% |
| 1978 | 10,395 t | +2.7% |
| 1979 | 11,212 t | +7.9% |
| 1980 | 12,091 t | +7.8% |
| 1981 | 11,786 t | -2.5% |
| 1982 | 12,114 t | +2.8% |
| 1983 | 11,689 t | -3.5% |
| 1984 | 11,695 t | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 11,828 t | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 11,474 t | -3.0% |
| 1987 | 11,795 t | +2.8% |
| 1988 | 11,268 t | -4.5% |
| 1989 | 11,363 t | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 12,857 t | +13.1% |
| 1991 | 12,050 t | -6.3% |
| 1992 | 11,438 t | -5.1% |
| 1993 | 11,126 t | -2.7% |
| 1994 | 10,803 t | -2.9% |
| 1995 | 10,769 t | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 10,956 t | +1.7% |
| 1997 | 10,740 t | -2.0% |
| 1998 | 10,717 t | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 10,718 t | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 11,042 t | +3.0% |
| 2001 | 10,997 t | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 10,540 t | -4.2% |
| 2003 | 10,487 t | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 10,574 t | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 10,536 t | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 10,249 t | -2.7% |
| 2007 | 10,050 t | -1.9% |
| 2008 | 9,407 t | -6.4% |
| 2009 | 9,198 t | -2.2% |
| 2010 | 8,848 t | -3.8% |
| 2011 | 8,739 t | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 8,469 t | -3.1% |
| 2013 | 8,150 t | -3.8% |
| 2014 | 8,004 t | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 7,980 t | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 7,778 t | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 7,573 t | -2.6% |
| 2018 | 6,790 t | -10.3% |
| 2019 | 6,898 t | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 7,225 t | +4.7% |
| 2021 | 6,941 t | -3.9% |
| 2022 | 6,721 t | -3.2% |
| 2023 | 6,455 t | -4.0% |
| 2024 | 5,955 t | -7.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,400 t | 4,871 t | 5,947 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,994 t | 5,964 t | 11,212 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,710 t | 11,268 t | 12,114 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,217 t | 10,717 t | 12,857 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,308 t | 9,198 t | 11,042 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,923 t | 6,790 t | 8,848 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,659 t | 5,955 t | 7,225 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep fat, unrendered — production in Western Europe?
- Sheep fat, unrendered — production in Western Europe was 5,955 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep fat, unrendered — production recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 12,857 t in 1990.
- What is the lowest sheep fat, unrendered — production recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,871 t in 1969.
- How does Western Europe rank for sheep fat, unrendered — production?
- Western Europe ranks 21st out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sheep fat, unrendered — production rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Europe 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.