Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — Production in Western Europe
Western Europe: Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — Production was 618.18 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — Production in Western Europe, 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 Western Europe is 618.18 t, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 2.2% on the previous year and down 98.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production in Western Europe peaked at 53,122 t in 1989 and was at its lowest, 618.18 t, in 2024.
That places Western Europe 25th 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 Western Europe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 37,888 t | — |
| 1962 | 35,354 t | -6.7% |
| 1963 | 35,144 t | -0.6% |
| 1964 | 37,958 t | +8.0% |
| 1965 | 40,288 t | +6.1% |
| 1966 | 38,143 t | -5.3% |
| 1967 | 37,855 t | -0.8% |
| 1968 | 33,938 t | -10.3% |
| 1969 | 33,655 t | -0.8% |
| 1970 | 33,042 t | -1.8% |
| 1971 | 34,391 t | +4.1% |
| 1972 | 34,793 t | +1.2% |
| 1973 | 35,757 t | +2.8% |
| 1974 | 37,583 t | +5.1% |
| 1975 | 32,484 t | -13.6% |
| 1976 | 39,827 t | +22.6% |
| 1977 | 39,828 t | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 40,416 t | +1.5% |
| 1979 | 40,942 t | +1.3% |
| 1980 | 41,496 t | +1.4% |
| 1981 | 41,820 t | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 42,268 t | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 42,160 t | -0.3% |
| 1984 | 47,964 t | +13.8% |
| 1985 | 48,886 t | +1.9% |
| 1986 | 50,795 t | +3.9% |
| 1987 | 51,828 t | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 51,836 t | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 53,122 t | +2.5% |
| 1990 | 49,899 t | -6.1% |
| 1991 | 41,423 t | -17.0% |
| 1992 | 40,638 t | -1.9% |
| 1993 | 38,319 t | -5.7% |
| 1994 | 37,427 t | -2.3% |
| 1995 | 36,108 t | -3.5% |
| 1996 | 36,096 t | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 35,744 t | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 35,868 t | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 35,068 t | -2.2% |
| 2000 | 34,898 t | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 31,614 t | -9.4% |
| 2002 | 30,886 t | -2.3% |
| 2003 | 28,105 t | -9.0% |
| 2004 | 28,468 t | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 27,491 t | -3.4% |
| 2006 | 28,083 t | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 28,831 t | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 30,539 t | +5.9% |
| 2009 | 30,666 t | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 31,017 t | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 31,329 t | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 31,875 t | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 31,401 t | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 30,835 t | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 31,294 t | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 31,323 t | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 31,299 t | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 718 t | -97.7% |
| 2019 | 680 t | -5.3% |
| 2020 | 641 t | -5.7% |
| 2021 | 700 t | +9.2% |
| 2022 | 641 t | -8.4% |
| 2023 | 632.16 t | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 618.18 t | -2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 36,691 t | 33,655 t | 40,288 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 36,906 t | 32,484 t | 40,942 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 47,218 t | 41,496 t | 53,122 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 38,659 t | 35,068 t | 49,899 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 29,958 t | 27,491 t | 34,898 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 25,177 t | 680 t | 31,875 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 646.47 t | 618.18 t | 700 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
- 22 Azerbaijan 14,730 t compare
- 23 Ireland 14,436 t compare
- 24 Saudi Arabia 14,368 t compare
- 25 France 14,280 t compare
- 26 Mongolia 14,112 t compare
- 27 Iraq 13,869 t compare
- 28 Afghanistan 12,910 t compare
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- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate 7.8 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 2.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 8.97 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth -6.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate -2.59 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production in Western Europe?
- Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production in Western Europe was 618.18 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 53,122 t in 1989.
- What is the lowest shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 618.18 t in 2024.
- How does Western Europe rank for shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production?
- Western Europe ranks 25th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 98.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Western 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.