Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — Production in Africa
Africa: Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — Production was 203,776 t in 2024. ▬ Flat
Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — Production in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production in Africa is 203,776 t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production in Africa peaked at 237,650 t in 2011 and was at its lowest, 183,915 t, in 2012.
That places Africa 6th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — Production in Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 204,106 t | — |
| 1962 | 200,766 t | -1.6% |
| 1963 | 206,066 t | +2.6% |
| 1964 | 196,758 t | -4.5% |
| 1965 | 213,830 t | +8.7% |
| 1966 | 223,679 t | +4.6% |
| 1967 | 215,130 t | -3.8% |
| 1968 | 221,946 t | +3.2% |
| 1969 | 228,101 t | +2.8% |
| 1970 | 229,254 t | +0.5% |
| 1971 | 200,574 t | -12.5% |
| 1972 | 201,199 t | +0.3% |
| 1973 | 201,412 t | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 196,042 t | -2.7% |
| 1975 | 201,558 t | +2.8% |
| 1976 | 205,619 t | +2.0% |
| 1977 | 191,153 t | -7.0% |
| 1978 | 194,948 t | +2.0% |
| 1979 | 193,880 t | -0.5% |
| 1980 | 197,069 t | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 200,230 t | +1.6% |
| 1982 | 205,660 t | +2.7% |
| 1983 | 215,354 t | +4.7% |
| 1984 | 217,816 t | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 219,467 t | +0.8% |
| 1986 | 216,075 t | -1.5% |
| 1987 | 210,475 t | -2.6% |
| 1988 | 212,884 t | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 220,006 t | +3.3% |
| 1990 | 228,543 t | +3.9% |
| 1991 | 232,474 t | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 217,952 t | -6.2% |
| 1993 | 212,055 t | -2.7% |
| 1994 | 219,715 t | +3.6% |
| 1995 | 214,646 t | -2.3% |
| 1996 | 203,838 t | -5.0% |
| 1997 | 201,856 t | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 203,332 t | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 205,387 t | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 202,391 t | -1.5% |
| 2001 | 206,398 t | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 208,481 t | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 204,076 t | -2.1% |
| 2004 | 211,808 t | +3.8% |
| 2005 | 215,690 t | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 216,385 t | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 219,685 t | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 222,939 t | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 230,539 t | +3.4% |
| 2010 | 233,566 t | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 237,650 t | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 183,915 t | -22.6% |
| 2013 | 192,497 t | +4.7% |
| 2014 | 197,082 t | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 202,918 t | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 200,531 t | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 201,082 t | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 199,873 t | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 198,030 t | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 201,223 t | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 198,520 t | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 200,424 t | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 204,276 t | +1.9% |
| 2024 | 203,776 t | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 212,265 t | 196,758 t | 228,101 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 201,564 t | 191,153 t | 229,254 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 211,504 t | 197,069 t | 220,006 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 213,980 t | 201,856 t | 232,474 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 213,839 t | 202,391 t | 230,539 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 204,714 t | 183,915 t | 237,650 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 201,644 t | 198,520 t | 204,276 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 3 China 364,481 t compare
- 3 China, mainland 364,481 t compare
- 5 Australia 281,000 t compare
- 6 New Zealand 124,951 t compare
- 7 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 68,520 t compare
- 8 Morocco 62,899 t compare
- 9 Sudan (former) 55,000 t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production in Africa?
- Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production in Africa was 203,776 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 237,650 t in 2011.
- What is the lowest shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 183,915 t in 2012.
- How does Africa rank for shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production?
- Africa ranks 6th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — 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.