Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — Production in Australia
Australia: Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — Production was 281,000 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — Production in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Australia recorded 281,000 t for shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 11.6% on the previous year and down 19.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production in Australia peaked at 1.10 million t in 1990 and was at its lowest, 281,000 t, in 2024.
Australia ranks 5th of 100 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — Production in Australia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 737,100 t | — |
| 1962 | 770,500 t | +4.5% |
| 1963 | 758,700 t | -1.5% |
| 1964 | 809,500 t | +6.7% |
| 1965 | 809,200 t | -0.0% |
| 1966 | 754,200 t | -6.8% |
| 1967 | 799,400 t | +6.0% |
| 1968 | 802,600 t | +0.4% |
| 1969 | 883,500 t | +10.1% |
| 1970 | 925,800 t | +4.8% |
| 1971 | 890,000 t | -3.9% |
| 1972 | 881,700 t | -0.9% |
| 1973 | 735,214 t | -16.6% |
| 1974 | 700,891 t | -4.7% |
| 1975 | 793,479 t | +13.2% |
| 1976 | 754,274 t | -4.9% |
| 1977 | 702,733 t | -6.8% |
| 1978 | 677,024 t | -3.7% |
| 1979 | 705,700 t | +4.2% |
| 1980 | 708,507 t | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 701,150 t | -1.0% |
| 1982 | 717,208 t | +2.3% |
| 1983 | 701,738 t | -2.2% |
| 1984 | 729,000 t | +3.9% |
| 1985 | 814,309 t | +11.7% |
| 1986 | 829,500 t | +1.9% |
| 1987 | 890,351 t | +7.3% |
| 1988 | 915,400 t | +2.8% |
| 1989 | 959,000 t | +4.8% |
| 1990 | 1.10 million t | +14.9% |
| 1991 | 1.07 million t | -3.3% |
| 1992 | 873,500 t | -18.1% |
| 1993 | 869,400 t | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 828,300 t | -4.7% |
| 1995 | 729,500 t | -11.9% |
| 1996 | 689,700 t | -5.5% |
| 1997 | 731,100 t | +6.0% |
| 1998 | 689,600 t | -5.7% |
| 1999 | 687,600 t | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 671,000 t | -2.4% |
| 2001 | 547,324 t | -18.4% |
| 2002 | 552,869 t | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 442,732 t | -19.9% |
| 2004 | 471,058 t | +6.4% |
| 2005 | 462,755 t | -1.8% |
| 2006 | 462,479 t | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 429,688 t | -7.1% |
| 2008 | 382,528 t | -11.0% |
| 2009 | 361,118 t | -5.6% |
| 2010 | 349,788 t | -3.1% |
| 2011 | 368,992 t | +5.5% |
| 2012 | 351,919 t | -4.6% |
| 2013 | 358,854 t | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 350,546 t | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 363,824 t | +3.8% |
| 2016 | 354,991 t | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 376,967 t | +6.2% |
| 2018 | 385,945 t | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 328,608 t | -14.9% |
| 2020 | 283,794 t | -13.6% |
| 2021 | 348,608 t | +22.8% |
| 2022 | 328,000 t | -5.9% |
| 2023 | 318,000 t | -3.0% |
| 2024 | 281,000 t | -11.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 791,633 t | 737,100 t | 883,500 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 776,682 t | 677,024 t | 925,800 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 796,616 t | 701,150 t | 959,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 826,680 t | 687,600 t | 1.10 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 478,355 t | 361,118 t | 671,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 359,043 t | 328,608 t | 385,945 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 311,880 t | 281,000 t | 348,608 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 2 Australia and New Zealand 405,951 t compare
- 3 China 364,481 t compare
- 3 China, mainland 364,481 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
More agriculture & rural data for Australia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0227 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,476 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5855 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1228 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 2.27 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.27 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production in Australia?
- Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production in Australia was 281,000 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 Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.10 million t in 1990.
- What is the lowest shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 281,000 t in 2024.
- How does Australia rank for shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production?
- Australia ranks 5th out of 100 countries with data for 2024.
- Is shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Australia 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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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.