Tallow — Production by country
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...
What the numbers show
Tallow — Production is currently reported for 76 countries. The highest value is 1.08 million t in Brazil; the lowest is 19.2 t in Zambia.
The median across all reporting countries is 9,000 t, and the mean is 74,430 t.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 56,378.
Over the past decade 49 countries rose and 26 fell. The largest increase was in Estonia (up 1,796.5%), and the largest decrease in Malaysia (down 95.7%).
Tallow — Production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 1.08 million t | 2023 | up 65.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Australia and New Zealand | 773,200 t | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 2 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 32,042 t | 2023 | up 76.3% | rising |
| 3 | Australia | 592,600 t | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 3 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 29,955 t | 2023 | down 24.4% | rising |
| 4 | USSR | 355,000 t | 1991 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 4 | Republic of Moldova | 1,300 t | 2023 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 5 | Canada | 318,100 t | 2023 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 6 | Argentina | 248,600 t | 2023 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 6 | Viet Nam | 624.67 t | 2023 | down 61.3% | falling |
| 7 | France | 218,100 t | 2023 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 7 | Melanesia | 63.91 t | 2023 | down 39.4% | volatile |
| 8 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 181,600 t | 2023 | up 32.1% | flat |
| 9 | New Zealand | 180,600 t | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 10 | Mexico | 178,700 t | 2023 | up 70.2% | volatile |
| 11 | India | 165,653 t | 2023 | up 58.9% | rising |
| 12 | Spain | 146,300 t | 2023 | up 72.9% | volatile |
| 13 | China | 134,403 t | 2023 | up 23.4% | volatile |
| 14 | China, mainland | 134,207 t | 2023 | up 23.5% | volatile |
| 15 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 101,800 t | 2023 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 16 | Uruguay | 91,000 t | 2023 | up 59.4% | volatile |
| 17 | Paraguay | 82,000 t | 2023 | up 167.7% | volatile |
| 18 | Germany | 80,344 t | 2023 | up 100.9% | falling |
| 19 | Ireland | 74,100 t | 2023 | up 100.3% | volatile |
| 20 | South Africa | 68,000 t | 2023 | up 67.9% | volatile |
| 21 | Belgium | 36,800 t | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 22 | Yugoslav SFR | 29,334 t | 1991 | down 22.1% | rising |
| 23 | Austria | 23,484 t | 2023 | down 9.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Serbia | 23,236 t | 2023 | up 61.5% | rising |
| 25 | Ukraine | 22,500 t | 2023 | up 31.4% | volatile |
| 26 | Romania | 21,200 t | 2023 | up 186.6% | rising |
| 27 | Poland | 18,586 t | 2023 | up 116.1% | falling |
| 28 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 16,648 t | 1999 | down 19.9% | rising |
| 29 | Russian Federation | 16,344 t | 2023 | down 8.9% | volatile |
| 30 | Italy | 13,850 t | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 31 | Finland | 13,000 t | 2023 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 32 | Greece | 12,900 t | 2023 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 33 | Switzerland | 12,400 t | 2023 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 34 | Colombia | 11,319 t | 2023 | down 16.8% | rising |
| 35 | Czechoslovakia | 10,600 t | 1992 | down 24.3% | rising |
| 36 | Norway | 10,100 t | 2023 | up 32.9% | volatile |
| 37 | Czechia | 7,900 t | 2023 | up 68.1% | falling |
| 38 | Peru | 7,163 t | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 39 | Belarus | 6,630 t | 2023 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 40 | Botswana | 6,218 t | 2023 | up 69.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Chile | 5,979 t | 2023 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 42 | Portugal | 5,693 t | 2023 | up 110.9% | falling |
| 43 | Costa Rica | 5,091 t | 2023 | up 109.3% | rising |
| 44 | Kenya | 4,422 t | 2023 | down 43.9% | rising |
| 45 | Cyprus | 4,330 t | 2023 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 46 | Serbia and Montenegro | 4,000 t | 2005 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 47 | Croatia | 3,800 t | 2023 | up 46.2% | falling |
| 48 | Lithuania | 3,700 t | 2023 | down 38.3% | falling |
| 49 | Slovenia | 3,500 t | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 50 | Namibia | 3,152 t | 2023 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 51 | Honduras | 3,070 t | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 52 | Mongolia | 3,011 t | 2023 | down 18.9% | volatile |
| 53 | Slovakia | 2,400 t | 2023 | up 118.2% | falling |
| 54 | Denmark | 1,871 t | 2023 | up 577.2% | volatile |
| 55 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,800 t | 2023 | up 125.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Latvia | 1,600 t | 2023 | up 11.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Hungary | 1,432 t | 2023 | down 72.7% | volatile |
| 58 | Sweden | 1,226 t | 2023 | down 82.5% | falling |
| 59 | Cambodia | 1,210 t | 2023 | down 16.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Estonia | 1,100 t | 2023 | up 1,796.5% | volatile |
| 61 | Bulgaria | 711.28 t | 2023 | down 56.0% | volatile |
| 62 | El Salvador | 531.44 t | 2023 | up 30.4% | falling |
| 63 | North Macedonia | 500 t | 2023 | up 11.5% | falling |
| 64 | Luxembourg | 450.73 t | 2023 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 65 | Malta | 447.65 t | 2023 | up 28.6% | falling |
| 66 | Iceland | 255.13 t | 2023 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 67 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 196.23 t | 2023 | down 36.6% | volatile |
| 68 | Madagascar | 76.16 t | 2023 | down 28.2% | volatile |
| 69 | Vanuatu | 63.91 t | 2023 | down 39.4% | volatile |
| 70 | Malaysia | 38.52 t | 2023 | down 95.7% | rising |
| 71 | Zambia | 19.2 t | 2009 | unchanged | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 8.24 million t
- Asia 339,226 t
- Americas 5.97 million t
- Northern America 4.22 million t
- United States of America 3.90 million t
- South America 1.57 million t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1,286 t
- Europe 1.07 million t
- European Union (27) 800,625 t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 63.91 t
- Oceania 773,264 t
- Western Europe 473,378 t
- Northern Europe 288,552 t
- Southern Europe 212,027 t
- Southern Asia 195,609 t
- Central America 187,392 t
- Eastern Asia 137,414 t
- Eastern Europe 99,003 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 97,850 t
- Africa 81,868 t
- Southern Africa 77,370 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 60,896 t
- Eastern Africa 4,498 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 4,498 t
- Western Asia 4,330 t
- South-Eastern Asia 1,873 t
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.