Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — Production in Western Asia
Western Asia: Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — Production was 170,001 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — Production in Western Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Western Asia recorded 170,001 t for shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and up 18.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production in Western Asia peaked at 172,605 t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 72,485 t, in 1962.
That places Western Asia 7th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
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 Western Asia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 73,692 t | — |
| 1962 | 72,485 t | -1.6% |
| 1963 | 73,806 t | +1.8% |
| 1964 | 76,788 t | +4.0% |
| 1965 | 79,518 t | +3.6% |
| 1966 | 78,598 t | -1.2% |
| 1967 | 81,980 t | +4.3% |
| 1968 | 83,928 t | +2.4% |
| 1969 | 87,988 t | +4.8% |
| 1970 | 86,172 t | -2.1% |
| 1971 | 87,367 t | +1.4% |
| 1972 | 89,477 t | +2.4% |
| 1973 | 88,671 t | -0.9% |
| 1974 | 93,500 t | +5.4% |
| 1975 | 93,309 t | -0.2% |
| 1976 | 94,551 t | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 96,600 t | +2.2% |
| 1978 | 93,987 t | -2.7% |
| 1979 | 98,324 t | +4.6% |
| 1980 | 103,187 t | +4.9% |
| 1981 | 109,692 t | +6.3% |
| 1982 | 115,082 t | +4.9% |
| 1983 | 121,301 t | +5.4% |
| 1984 | 119,543 t | -1.4% |
| 1985 | 122,944 t | +2.8% |
| 1986 | 127,139 t | +3.4% |
| 1987 | 128,312 t | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 133,305 t | +3.9% |
| 1989 | 135,555 t | +1.7% |
| 1990 | 131,044 t | -3.3% |
| 1991 | 130,222 t | -0.6% |
| 1992 | 149,724 t | +15.0% |
| 1993 | 131,891 t | -11.9% |
| 1994 | 126,774 t | -3.9% |
| 1995 | 121,010 t | -4.5% |
| 1996 | 119,714 t | -1.1% |
| 1997 | 116,213 t | -2.9% |
| 1998 | 119,097 t | +2.5% |
| 1999 | 118,619 t | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 126,213 t | +6.4% |
| 2001 | 125,848 t | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 123,212 t | -2.1% |
| 2003 | 133,657 t | +8.5% |
| 2004 | 143,760 t | +7.6% |
| 2005 | 150,249 t | +4.5% |
| 2006 | 150,865 t | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 157,605 t | +4.5% |
| 2008 | 146,179 t | -7.2% |
| 2009 | 120,235 t | -17.7% |
| 2010 | 128,502 t | +6.9% |
| 2011 | 134,509 t | +4.7% |
| 2012 | 138,182 t | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 147,311 t | +6.6% |
| 2014 | 143,796 t | -2.4% |
| 2015 | 140,553 t | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 142,666 t | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 146,522 t | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 147,926 t | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 152,886 t | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 167,563 t | +9.6% |
| 2021 | 172,605 t | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 172,374 t | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 167,375 t | -2.9% |
| 2024 | 170,001 t | +1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 78,754 t | 72,485 t | 87,988 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 92,196 t | 86,172 t | 98,324 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 121,606 t | 103,187 t | 135,555 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 126,431 t | 116,213 t | 149,724 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 137,782 t | 120,235 t | 157,605 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 142,285 t | 128,502 t | 152,886 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 169,984 t | 167,375 t | 172,605 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
- 5 Australia 281,000 t compare
- 6 New Zealand 124,951 t compare
- 7 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 68,520 t compare
- 8 Morocco 62,899 t compare
- 9 Sudan (former) 55,000 t compare
- 10 Turkmenistan 49,361 t compare
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- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 15.82 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 12.19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate 13.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate 12.19 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate 6.72 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production in Western Asia?
- Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production in Western Asia was 170,001 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 Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 172,605 t in 2021.
- What is the lowest shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 72,485 t in 1962.
- How does Western Asia rank for shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production?
- Western Asia ranks 7th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Asia 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.