Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — Production in Northern America
Northern America: Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — Production was 12,417 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — Production in Northern America, 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 Northern America is 12,417 t, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.1% on the previous year and down 7.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production in Northern America peaked at 146,954 t in 1961 and was at its lowest, 11,702 t, in 2020.
That places Northern America 21st out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — Production in Northern America, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 146,954 t | — |
| 1962 | 137,509 t | -6.4% |
| 1963 | 130,064 t | -5.4% |
| 1964 | 117,974 t | -9.3% |
| 1965 | 111,397 t | -5.6% |
| 1966 | 108,823 t | -2.3% |
| 1967 | 104,613 t | -3.9% |
| 1968 | 97,742 t | -6.6% |
| 1969 | 89,828 t | -8.1% |
| 1970 | 86,500 t | -3.7% |
| 1971 | 83,522 t | -3.4% |
| 1972 | 80,951 t | -3.1% |
| 1973 | 72,849 t | -10.0% |
| 1974 | 65,399 t | -10.2% |
| 1975 | 55,486 t | -15.2% |
| 1976 | 53,663 t | -3.3% |
| 1977 | 50,729 t | -5.5% |
| 1978 | 48,075 t | -5.2% |
| 1979 | 49,046 t | +2.0% |
| 1980 | 49,463 t | +0.9% |
| 1981 | 51,727 t | +4.6% |
| 1982 | 49,531 t | -4.2% |
| 1983 | 48,022 t | -3.0% |
| 1984 | 44,701 t | -6.9% |
| 1985 | 41,159 t | -7.9% |
| 1986 | 39,396 t | -4.3% |
| 1987 | 39,500 t | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 41,830 t | +5.9% |
| 1989 | 41,812 t | -0.0% |
| 1990 | 41,351 t | -1.1% |
| 1991 | 41,294 t | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 39,120 t | -5.3% |
| 1993 | 36,688 t | -6.2% |
| 1994 | 32,693 t | -10.9% |
| 1995 | 30,329 t | -7.2% |
| 1996 | 27,450 t | -9.5% |
| 1997 | 25,830 t | -5.9% |
| 1998 | 23,634 t | -8.5% |
| 1999 | 22,630 t | -4.2% |
| 2000 | 22,130 t | -2.2% |
| 2001 | 20,599 t | -6.9% |
| 2002 | 20,089 t | -2.5% |
| 2003 | 18,771 t | -6.6% |
| 2004 | 18,477 t | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 18,385 t | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 17,683 t | -3.8% |
| 2007 | 17,129 t | -3.1% |
| 2008 | 16,311 t | -4.8% |
| 2009 | 15,109 t | -7.4% |
| 2010 | 15,038 t | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 14,548 t | -3.3% |
| 2012 | 13,728 t | -5.6% |
| 2013 | 13,546 t | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 13,400 t | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 13,561 t | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 13,083 t | -3.5% |
| 2017 | 12,455 t | -4.8% |
| 2018 | 12,306 t | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 12,117 t | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 11,702 t | -3.4% |
| 2021 | 12,738 t | +8.9% |
| 2022 | 12,832 t | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 12,557 t | -2.1% |
| 2024 | 12,417 t | -1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 116,100 t | 89,828 t | 146,954 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 64,622 t | 48,075 t | 86,500 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 44,714 t | 39,396 t | 51,727 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 32,102 t | 22,630 t | 41,351 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,468 t | 15,109 t | 22,130 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,378 t | 12,117 t | 15,038 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,449 t | 11,702 t | 12,832 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production in Northern America?
- Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production in Northern America was 12,417 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 America?
- The highest recorded value was 146,954 t in 1961.
- What is the lowest shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,702 t in 2020.
- How does Northern America rank for shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production?
- Northern America ranks 21st out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Northern America 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.