Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — Production in China
China: Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — Production was 364,481 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — Production in China, 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 China is 364,481 t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 20.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production in China peaked at 471,111 t in 2013 and was at its lowest, 93,000 t, in 1961.
That places China 3rd out of 100 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — Production in China, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 93,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 95,000 t | +2.2% |
| 1963 | 96,000 t | +1.1% |
| 1964 | 98,000 t | +2.1% |
| 1965 | 100,000 t | +2.0% |
| 1966 | 101,000 t | +1.0% |
| 1967 | 107,000 t | +5.9% |
| 1968 | 110,000 t | +2.8% |
| 1969 | 114,000 t | +3.6% |
| 1970 | 118,000 t | +3.5% |
| 1971 | 122,000 t | +3.4% |
| 1972 | 125,000 t | +2.5% |
| 1973 | 128,000 t | +2.4% |
| 1974 | 130,000 t | +1.6% |
| 1975 | 133,000 t | +2.3% |
| 1976 | 135,000 t | +1.5% |
| 1977 | 137,000 t | +1.5% |
| 1978 | 137,700 t | +0.5% |
| 1979 | 153,000 t | +11.1% |
| 1980 | 176,000 t | +15.0% |
| 1981 | 189,000 t | +7.4% |
| 1982 | 202,000 t | +6.9% |
| 1983 | 194,000 t | -4.0% |
| 1984 | 182,776 t | -5.8% |
| 1985 | 177,953 t | -2.6% |
| 1986 | 185,000 t | +4.0% |
| 1987 | 208,909 t | +12.9% |
| 1988 | 221,737 t | +6.1% |
| 1989 | 237,352 t | +7.0% |
| 1990 | 239,457 t | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 239,607 t | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 238,192 t | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 240,300 t | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 254,659 t | +6.0% |
| 1995 | 277,375 t | +8.9% |
| 1996 | 298,102 t | +7.5% |
| 1997 | 255,059 t | -14.4% |
| 1998 | 276,759 t | +8.5% |
| 1999 | 283,152 t | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 292,502 t | +3.3% |
| 2001 | 298,254 t | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 307,588 t | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 338,058 t | +9.9% |
| 2004 | 373,902 t | +10.6% |
| 2005 | 393,172 t | +5.2% |
| 2006 | 388,777 t | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 363,470 t | -6.5% |
| 2008 | 367,687 t | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 364,002 t | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 386,768 t | +6.3% |
| 2011 | 443,981 t | +14.8% |
| 2012 | 437,119 t | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 471,111 t | +7.8% |
| 2014 | 459,564 t | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 413,134 t | -10.1% |
| 2016 | 411,642 t | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 410,523 t | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 356,608 t | -13.1% |
| 2019 | 341,120 t | -4.3% |
| 2020 | 333,624 t | -2.2% |
| 2021 | 356,216 t | +6.8% |
| 2022 | 356,193 t | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 367,505 t | +3.2% |
| 2024 | 364,481 t | -0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 101,556 t | 93,000 t | 114,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 131,870 t | 118,000 t | 153,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 197,473 t | 176,000 t | 237,352 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 260,266 t | 238,192 t | 298,102 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 348,741 t | 292,502 t | 393,172 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 413,157 t | 341,120 t | 471,111 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 355,604 t | 333,624 t | 367,505 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 1 USSR 441,000 t compare
- 2 Australia and New Zealand 405,951 t compare
- 3 China, mainland 364,481 t compare
- 5 Australia 281,000 t compare
- 6 New Zealand 124,951 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 923.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 6.66 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.66 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production in China?
- Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production in China was 364,481 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 China?
- The highest recorded value was 471,111 t in 2013.
- What is the lowest shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 93,000 t in 1961.
- How does China rank for shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production?
- China ranks 3rd out of 100 countries with data for 2024.
- Is shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China 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.