Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — Other uses (non-food) by country
Commodity balances (CB) present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's non-food supply during a specified reference period.
What the numbers show
Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — Other uses (non-food) is currently reported for 112 countries. The highest value is 620,812 t in China; the lowest is 0 t in Thailand.
The median across all reporting countries is 1,078 t, and the mean is 20,813 t.
Over the past decade 44 countries rose and 67 fell. The largest increase was in Mauritius (up 34,730.3%), and the largest decrease in Germany (down 100.0%).
Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — Other uses: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 620,812 t | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 1 | China, mainland | 620,812 t | 2023 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 2 | Türkiye | 83,250 t | 2023 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 3 | New Zealand | 93,417 t | 2023 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 3 | Australia and New Zealand | 93,417 t | 2023 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 5 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 72,826 t | 2023 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 6 | India | 70,799 t | 2023 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 7 | Morocco | 62,119 t | 2023 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 8 | Turkmenistan | 49,076 t | 2023 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 9 | Pakistan | 46,154 t | 2023 | up 7.2% | flat |
| 9 | Viet Nam | 5.09 t | 2023 | down 60.8% | volatile |
| 10 | Russian Federation | 44,684 t | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 11 | Uzbekistan | 38,573 t | 2023 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 12 | Kazakhstan | 36,450 t | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 12 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.02 t | 2023 | down 99.3% | volatile |
| 13 | Algeria | 34,956 t | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 14 | Argentina | 30,410 t | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 15 | Indonesia | 24,627 t | 2023 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 16 | Uruguay | 24,429 t | 2023 | up 663.4% | rising |
| 17 | Czechia | 24,210 t | 2023 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 18 | Australia | 19,603 t | 2022 | down 52.1% | flat |
| 19 | Spain | 15,945 t | 2023 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 20 | Azerbaijan | 15,150 t | 2023 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 21 | Mongolia | 14,501 t | 2023 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 22 | Iraq | 14,103 t | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 23 | Afghanistan | 12,704 t | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 24 | Egypt | 11,825 t | 2023 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 25 | Kyrgyzstan | 11,804 t | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 26 | Saudi Arabia | 11,050 t | 2023 | up 55.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Ireland | 9,642 t | 2019 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 27 | Cabo Verde | 0.03 t | 2021 | down 82.4% | volatile |
| 28 | Italy | 9,432 t | 2023 | down 53.0% | falling |
| 29 | Libya | 9,299 t | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 30 | Yemen | 9,268 t | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 31 | Tajikistan | 7,685 t | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 32 | Ethiopia | 7,364 t | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 33 | France | 6,903 t | 2018 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 34 | Tunisia | 6,341 t | 2023 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 35 | Bulgaria | 6,087 t | 2023 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 36 | Peru | 4,802 t | 2023 | up 53.8% | volatile |
| 37 | Colombia | 4,433 t | 2023 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 38 | Greece | 4,110 t | 2018 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 39 | Mexico | 3,797 t | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 40 | Brazil | 3,740 t | 2023 | up 50.1% | falling |
| 41 | Jordan | 3,136 t | 2023 | down 50.6% | falling |
| 42 | Zimbabwe | 2,852 t | 2023 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 43 | Lebanon | 2,823 t | 2023 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 44 | Chile | 2,721 t | 2023 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 45 | Albania | 2,683 t | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 46 | Bangladesh | 2,511 t | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 47 | Belgium | 1,734 t | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 48 | Portugal | 1,684 t | 2023 | down 74.8% | volatile |
| 49 | Ukraine | 1,659 t | 2023 | down 60.1% | falling |
| 50 | Serbia | 1,529 t | 2023 | up 531.6% | volatile |
| 51 | Georgia | 1,478 t | 2023 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 52 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,417 t | 2023 | up 84.1% | rising |
| 53 | Namibia | 1,208 t | 2023 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 54 | Israel | 1,102 t | 2023 | up 55.7% | rising |
| 55 | Armenia | 1,101 t | 2023 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 56 | Canada | 1,055 t | 2023 | up 51.5% | rising |
| 57 | Mauritius | 1,045 t | 2022 | up 34,730.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Ecuador | 950.64 t | 2023 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 59 | Kuwait | 932.34 t | 2023 | up 515.4% | volatile |
| 60 | Myanmar | 813.97 t | 2023 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 61 | Kenya | 793.51 t | 2023 | up 608.5% | volatile |
| 62 | Paraguay | 622.78 t | 2023 | down 42.4% | falling |
| 63 | South Africa | 598.46 t | 2023 | down 74.1% | volatile |
| 64 | China, Taiwan Province of | 539.64 t | 2020 | down 93.4% | volatile |
| 65 | North Macedonia | 496.78 t | 2023 | up 4,039.8% | volatile |
| 66 | Iceland | 420.89 t | 2023 | down 36.9% | falling |
| 67 | Norway | 403.99 t | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 68 | Nepal | 391.95 t | 2023 | down 81.0% | falling |
| 69 | Latvia | 244.09 t | 2018 | up 248.7% | rising |
| 70 | Montenegro | 242.45 t | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 71 | Lesotho | 215.45 t | 2023 | down 93.9% | volatile |
| 72 | Poland | 193.28 t | 2023 | down 77.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Switzerland | 182.27 t | 2023 | up 323.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Malaysia | 170.12 t | 2023 | down 43.4% | volatile |
| 75 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 120.78 t | 2019 | down 64.8% | volatile |
| 76 | Belarus | 88 t | 2023 | down 97.8% | falling |
| 77 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 87.71 t | 2021 | down 44.8% | volatile |
| 78 | Republic of Korea | 76.62 t | 2023 | up 183.8% | volatile |
| 79 | Senegal | 55.49 t | 2023 | up 2,674.5% | volatile |
| 80 | Cyprus | 33 t | 2018 | up 266.7% | volatile |
| 81 | Nigeria | 16 t | 2019 | up 166.7% | rising |
| 82 | Denmark | 12.07 t | 2020 | down 93.7% | falling |
| 83 | Lithuania | 9.37 t | 2023 | down 94.5% | volatile |
| 84 | Burkina Faso | 5.12 t | 2023 | down 85.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Botswana | 3.77 t | 2023 | up 277.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Zambia | 3.67 t | 2023 | up 267.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Cambodia | 3.01 t | 2021 | down 39.8% | volatile |
| 88 | Panama | 2.25 t | 2023 | down 90.2% | volatile |
| 89 | Samoa | 1.66 t | 2019 | up 66.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Sweden | 1.12 t | 2020 | down 99.2% | falling |
| 91 | Philippines | 0.96 t | 2023 | down 4.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Gambia | 0.3 t | 2021 | down 70.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Dominican Republic | 0.2 t | 2020 | down 99.2% | volatile |
| 94 | Austria | 0.19 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Croatia | 0.19 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 96 | Slovenia | 0.12 t | 2023 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 97 | Eswatini | 0.05 t | 2017 | down 97.5% | volatile |
| 98 | Jamaica | 0.03 t | 2023 | down 97.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Luxembourg | 0.02 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 99 | Malta | 0.02 t | 2023 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 101 | Finland | 0.01 t | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 101 | Sri Lanka | 0.01 t | 2022 | down 99.5% | volatile |
| 101 | Nicaragua | 0.01 t | 2018 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Germany | 0 t | 2020 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Estonia | 0 t | 2020 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 104 | Hungary | 0 t | 2020 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Slovakia | 0 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Thailand | 0 t | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 1.66 million t
- Asia 1.15 million t
- Eastern Asia 635,390 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 202,116 t
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 47,091 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 191,829 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 40,946 t
- Europe 186,942 t
- Syrian Arab Republic 19,346 t
- Southern Asia 179,650 t
- United Republic of Tanzania 7,614 t
- Western Asia 162,739 t
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2,101 t
- Africa 145,254 t
- Republic of Moldova 1,015 t
- Central Asia 143,589 t
- Northern Africa 124,540 t
- Polynesia 1.71 t
- Oceania 93,417 t
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 0.03 t
- Americas 87,501 t
- Middle Africa 0.02 t
- Eastern Europe 77,935 t
- South America 74,209 t
- Northern Europe 73,660 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 69,633 t
- European Union (27) 59,296 t
- Southern Europe 33,430 t
- South-Eastern Asia 25,617 t
- Eastern Africa 18,627 t
- Northern America 9,492 t
- United States of America 8,437 t
- Central America 3,799 t
- Southern Africa 2,025 t
- Western Europe 1,917 t
- Western Africa 60.62 t
- Caribbean 0.03 t
About this data
Commodity balances (CB) present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's non-food supply during a specified reference period.