Tallow — Production in Belgium
Belgium: Tallow — Production was 36,800 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Tallow — Production in Belgium, 2000–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Belgium recorded 36,800 t for tallow — production in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.9% on the previous year and up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tallow — production in Belgium peaked at 39,600 t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 16,014 t, in 2009.
Belgium ranks 21st of 71 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Tallow — Production in Belgium, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 16,087 t | — |
| 2001 | 16,894 t | +5.0% |
| 2002 | 17,664 t | +4.6% |
| 2003 | 16,868 t | -4.5% |
| 2004 | 16,871 t | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 16,864 t | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 16,747 t | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 16,667 t | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 16,585 t | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 16,014 t | -3.4% |
| 2010 | 16,057 t | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 17,651 t | +9.9% |
| 2012 | 29,984 t | +69.9% |
| 2013 | 36,722 t | +22.5% |
| 2014 | 23,218 t | -36.8% |
| 2015 | 31,600 t | +36.1% |
| 2016 | 31,700 t | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 31,800 t | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 31,800 t | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 39,500 t | +24.2% |
| 2020 | 39,500 t | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 39,600 t | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 37,900 t | -4.3% |
| 2023 | 36,800 t | -2.9% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 36,800 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 7,900 t, 4.7× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 36,800 t is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 6,630 t, 5.6× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tallow — Production in Belgium changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +69.9% | 17,651 t | 29,984 t |
| 2014 | -36.8% | 36,722 t | 23,218 t |
| 2015 | +36.1% | 23,218 t | 31,600 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 16,726 t | 16,014 t | 17,664 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 29,003 t | 16,057 t | 39,500 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 38,450 t | 36,800 t | 39,600 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
More agriculture & rural data for Belgium
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.3325 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0073 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 443.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2138 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1233 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tallow — production in Belgium?
- Tallow — production in Belgium was 36,800 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tallow — production recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 39,600 t in 2021.
- What is the lowest tallow — production recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,014 t in 2009.
- How does Belgium rank for tallow — production?
- Belgium ranks 21st out of 71 countries with data for 2023.
- Is tallow — production rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Tallow — 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.