Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — Production in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — Production was 99,664 t in 2017. ▼ Falling
Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — Production in European Union (27), 1961–2017
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 European Union (27) is 99,664 t, measured in 2017.
That represents a change of down 23.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production in European Union (27) peaked at 219,649 t in 1988 and was at its lowest, 99,518 t, in 2014.
That places European Union (27) 14th out of 26 groups with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 57 years of available data.
Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — Production in European Union (27), year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 176,661 t | — |
| 1962 | 175,132 t | -0.9% |
| 1963 | 172,522 t | -1.5% |
| 1964 | 179,833 t | +4.2% |
| 1965 | 179,559 t | -0.2% |
| 1966 | 183,478 t | +2.2% |
| 1967 | 186,794 t | +1.8% |
| 1968 | 185,131 t | -0.9% |
| 1969 | 182,890 t | -1.2% |
| 1970 | 179,704 t | -1.7% |
| 1971 | 175,221 t | -2.5% |
| 1972 | 177,918 t | +1.5% |
| 1973 | 180,189 t | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 183,079 t | +1.6% |
| 1975 | 176,907 t | -3.4% |
| 1976 | 187,391 t | +5.9% |
| 1977 | 192,015 t | +2.5% |
| 1978 | 196,027 t | +2.1% |
| 1979 | 205,149 t | +4.7% |
| 1980 | 202,114 t | -1.5% |
| 1981 | 200,037 t | -1.0% |
| 1982 | 204,564 t | +2.3% |
| 1983 | 208,341 t | +1.8% |
| 1984 | 218,593 t | +4.9% |
| 1985 | 217,407 t | -0.5% |
| 1986 | 218,546 t | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 218,774 t | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 219,649 t | +0.4% |
| 1989 | 219,451 t | -0.1% |
| 1990 | 218,307 t | -0.5% |
| 1991 | 193,107 t | -11.5% |
| 1992 | 175,779 t | -9.0% |
| 1993 | 165,982 t | -5.6% |
| 1994 | 159,005 t | -4.2% |
| 1995 | 151,237 t | -4.9% |
| 1996 | 150,107 t | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 146,480 t | -2.4% |
| 1998 | 142,799 t | -2.5% |
| 1999 | 140,378 t | -1.7% |
| 2000 | 140,701 t | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 135,100 t | -4.0% |
| 2002 | 134,231 t | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 129,647 t | -3.4% |
| 2004 | 131,356 t | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 129,959 t | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 129,858 t | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 129,506 t | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 128,889 t | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 127,797 t | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 121,384 t | -5.0% |
| 2011 | 120,088 t | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 121,537 t | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 101,435 t | -16.5% |
| 2014 | 99,518 t | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 100,649 t | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 99,627 t | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 99,664 t | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 180,222 t | 172,522 t | 186,794 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 185,360 t | 175,221 t | 205,149 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 212,748 t | 200,037 t | 219,649 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 164,318 t | 140,378 t | 218,307 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 131,704 t | 127,797 t | 140,701 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 107,988 t | 99,518 t | 121,537 t | 8 |
Countries ranked near European Union (27)
- 11 Russian Federation 43,564 t compare
- 12 South Africa 43,355 t compare
- 13 Pakistan 41,877 t compare
- 14 Uzbekistan 39,864 t compare
- 15 Kazakhstan 36,339 t compare
- 16 Algeria 35,270 t compare
- 17 India 33,690 t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production in European Union (27)?
- Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production in European Union (27) was 99,664 t in 2017, 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 European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 219,649 t in 1988.
- What is the lowest shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 99,518 t in 2014.
- How does European Union (27) rank for shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production?
- European Union (27) ranks 14th out of 26 groups with data for 2017.
- Is shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this European Union (27) 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.