Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — Production in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — Production was 129,947 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — Production in Northern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production in Northern Africa stood at 129,947 t.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production in Northern Africa peaked at 170,550 t in 2011 and was at its lowest, 36,854 t, in 1964.
That places Northern Africa 11th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 37,564 t | — |
| 1962 | 39,422 t | +4.9% |
| 1963 | 40,502 t | +2.7% |
| 1964 | 36,854 t | -9.0% |
| 1965 | 39,380 t | +6.9% |
| 1966 | 46,909 t | +19.1% |
| 1967 | 51,130 t | +9.0% |
| 1968 | 52,726 t | +3.1% |
| 1969 | 51,981 t | -1.4% |
| 1970 | 50,984 t | -1.9% |
| 1971 | 50,271 t | -1.4% |
| 1972 | 58,447 t | +16.3% |
| 1973 | 64,877 t | +11.0% |
| 1974 | 64,814 t | -0.1% |
| 1975 | 68,487 t | +5.7% |
| 1976 | 72,786 t | +6.3% |
| 1977 | 61,961 t | -14.9% |
| 1978 | 62,566 t | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 65,876 t | +5.3% |
| 1980 | 67,822 t | +3.0% |
| 1981 | 69,317 t | +2.2% |
| 1982 | 69,750 t | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 77,600 t | +11.3% |
| 1984 | 84,950 t | +9.5% |
| 1985 | 90,490 t | +6.5% |
| 1986 | 94,750 t | +4.7% |
| 1987 | 96,050 t | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 98,300 t | +2.3% |
| 1989 | 101,000 t | +2.7% |
| 1990 | 107,535 t | +6.5% |
| 1991 | 106,491 t | -1.0% |
| 1992 | 109,243 t | +2.6% |
| 1993 | 113,971 t | +4.3% |
| 1994 | 117,100 t | +2.7% |
| 1995 | 120,937 t | +3.3% |
| 1996 | 121,395 t | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 124,067 t | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 126,965 t | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 124,898 t | -1.6% |
| 2000 | 128,110 t | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 130,876 t | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 137,189 t | +4.8% |
| 2003 | 139,360 t | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 145,151 t | +4.2% |
| 2005 | 148,394 t | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 151,923 t | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 153,019 t | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 155,646 t | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 164,094 t | +5.4% |
| 2010 | 164,887 t | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 170,550 t | +3.4% |
| 2012 | 118,191 t | -30.7% |
| 2013 | 122,324 t | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 125,947 t | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 125,980 t | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 127,647 t | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 129,338 t | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 128,535 t | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 127,289 t | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 130,551 t | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 127,734 t | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 128,432 t | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 129,430 t | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 129,947 t | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 44,052 t | 36,854 t | 52,726 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 62,107 t | 50,271 t | 72,786 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 85,003 t | 67,822 t | 101,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 117,260 t | 106,491 t | 126,965 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 145,376 t | 128,110 t | 164,094 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 134,069 t | 118,191 t | 170,550 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 129,219 t | 127,734 t | 130,551 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern Africa
- 8 Morocco 62,899 t compare
- 8 Republic of Moldova 1,093 t compare
- 9 Sudan (former) 55,000 t compare
- 10 Turkmenistan 49,361 t compare
- 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
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Frequently asked questions
- What is shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production in Northern Africa?
- Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production in Northern Africa was 129,947 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 Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 170,550 t in 2011.
- What is the lowest shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 36,854 t in 1964.
- How does Northern Africa rank for shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production?
- Northern Africa ranks 11th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern 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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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.