Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — Production in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — Production was 7,081 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — Production in Southern Europe, 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 Southern Europe stood at 7,081 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.6% on the previous year and down 86.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production in Southern Europe peaked at 79,774 t in 1967 and was at its lowest, 6,643 t, in 2023.
That places Southern Europe 23rd out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
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 Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 78,885 t | — |
| 1962 | 78,668 t | -0.3% |
| 1963 | 76,821 t | -2.3% |
| 1964 | 76,508 t | -0.4% |
| 1965 | 73,253 t | -4.3% |
| 1966 | 79,383 t | +8.4% |
| 1967 | 79,774 t | +0.5% |
| 1968 | 76,434 t | -4.2% |
| 1969 | 74,597 t | -2.4% |
| 1970 | 72,928 t | -2.2% |
| 1971 | 66,386 t | -9.0% |
| 1972 | 64,159 t | -3.4% |
| 1973 | 65,581 t | +2.2% |
| 1974 | 65,534 t | -0.1% |
| 1975 | 63,122 t | -3.7% |
| 1976 | 64,339 t | +1.9% |
| 1977 | 63,941 t | -0.6% |
| 1978 | 65,166 t | +1.9% |
| 1979 | 66,199 t | +1.6% |
| 1980 | 65,976 t | -0.3% |
| 1981 | 66,331 t | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 67,630 t | +2.0% |
| 1983 | 67,381 t | -0.4% |
| 1984 | 67,196 t | -0.3% |
| 1985 | 67,565 t | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 68,151 t | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 69,712 t | +2.3% |
| 1988 | 71,760 t | +2.9% |
| 1989 | 74,107 t | +3.3% |
| 1990 | 75,236 t | +1.5% |
| 1991 | 73,580 t | -2.2% |
| 1992 | 72,052 t | -2.1% |
| 1993 | 72,977 t | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 72,867 t | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 72,163 t | -1.0% |
| 1996 | 71,923 t | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 71,717 t | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 69,268 t | -3.4% |
| 1999 | 68,676 t | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 70,970 t | +3.3% |
| 2001 | 69,129 t | -2.6% |
| 2002 | 69,087 t | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 67,239 t | -2.7% |
| 2004 | 68,806 t | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 66,995 t | -2.6% |
| 2006 | 66,595 t | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 64,424 t | -3.3% |
| 2008 | 61,123 t | -5.1% |
| 2009 | 59,738 t | -2.3% |
| 2010 | 54,998 t | -7.9% |
| 2011 | 54,046 t | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 54,569 t | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 54,656 t | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 53,789 t | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 54,412 t | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 53,698 t | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 53,397 t | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 8,468 t | -84.1% |
| 2019 | 8,482 t | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 8,087 t | -4.7% |
| 2021 | 8,000 t | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 7,708 t | -3.7% |
| 2023 | 6,643 t | -13.8% |
| 2024 | 7,081 t | +6.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 77,147 t | 73,253 t | 79,774 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 65,736 t | 63,122 t | 72,928 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 68,581 t | 65,976 t | 74,107 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 72,046 t | 68,676 t | 75,236 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 66,410 t | 59,738 t | 70,970 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 45,051 t | 8,468 t | 54,998 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,504 t | 6,643 t | 8,087 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production in Southern Europe?
- Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production in Southern Europe was 7,081 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 Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 79,774 t in 1967.
- What is the lowest shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,643 t in 2023.
- How does Southern Europe rank for shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production?
- Southern Europe ranks 23rd out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 86.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern Europe 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.