Oils and fats · FAOSTAT 2024
Cattle fat, unrendered production by country
World production of cattle fat, unrendered reached 3.4 million t in 2024, up 10% over ten years. The largest producers were United States (21.5%), China (10.0%), Brazil (9.8%), together 41% of the world total.
- World production, 2024
- 3.4 million t
- 10-year change
- +10%
- Producing countries
- 158
- Largest producer
- United States
World production, 1961–2024 (tonnes)
Producers ranked, 2024
| # | Country | Tonnes | Share | 10-year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States I | 733,074 | 21.5% | +5.1% |
| 2 | China I | 342,800 | 10.0% | +27% |
| 3 | Brazil I | 334,288 | 9.79% | +5.3% |
| 4 | Argentina I | 250,186 | 7.33% | +19% |
| 5 | Australia I | 155,386 | 4.55% | −0.2% |
| 6 | Pakistan I | 103,214 | 3.02% | +45% |
| 7 | Mexico I | 87,641 | 2.57% | +23% |
| 8 | United Kingdom I | 79,589 | 2.33% | +6.5% |
| 9 | Japan I | 70,546 | 2.07% | −8.0% |
| 10 | New Zealand I | 62,315 | 1.83% | +19% |
| 11 | Russia I | 56,433 | 1.65% | +2.3% |
| 12 | Canada I | 54,236 | 1.59% | +21% |
| 13 | South Africa I | 36,064 | 1.06% | +10% |
| 14 | Uzbekistan I | 34,638 | 1.01% | +45% |
| 15 | Uruguay I | 33,340 | 0.98% | +12% |
| 16 | Turkey I | 23,729 | 0.70% | +82% |
| 17 | Zimbabwe I | 21,577 | 0.63% | +37% |
| 18 | Colombia I | 20,904 | 0.61% | −13% |
| 19 | Indonesia I | 20,324 | 0.60% | +20% |
| 20 | Ethiopia I | 17,534 | 0.51% | +13% |
| 21 | Bolivia I | 17,471 | 0.51% | +56% |
| 22 | South Korea I | 16,984 | 0.50% | +10% |
| 23 | Tanzania I | 16,656 | 0.49% | +115% |
| 24 | Chad I | 16,185 | 0.47% | +59% |
| 25 | Kazakhstan I | 14,581 | 0.43% | +53% |
| 26 | Ecuador I | 14,521 | 0.43% | +44% |
| 27 | Venezuela I | 13,155 | 0.39% | −28% |
| 28 | Switzerland I | 13,072 | 0.38% | +0.1% |
| 29 | Belarus I | 12,600 | 0.37% | +35% |
| 30 | Paraguay I | 12,321 | 0.36% | −8.6% |
| 31 | Guatemala I | 10,628 | 0.31% | +63% |
| 32 | Peru I | 10,608 | 0.31% | +4.0% |
| 33 | Tajikistan I | 10,455 | 0.31% | +610% |
| 34 | Nigeria I | 9,059 | 0.27% | −17% |
| 35 | Kenya I | 8,843 | 0.26% | −41% |
| 36 | Egypt I | 8,561 | 0.25% | −24% |
| 37 | Vietnam I | 8,000 | 0.23% | +68% |
| 38 | Iran I | 7,995 | 0.23% | −42% |
| 39 | Ukraine I | 7,459 | 0.22% | −41% |
| 40 | Bangladesh I | 6,675 | 0.20% | +6.1% |
| 41 | Zambia I | 6,658 | 0.20% | +6.7% |
| 42 | Sudan I | 6,593 | 0.19% | +0.4% |
| 43 | Chile I | 6,464 | 0.19% | −12% |
| 44 | Turkmenistan I | 6,244 | 0.18% | +33% |
| 45 | Azerbaijan I | 6,055 | 0.18% | +15% |
| 46 | Morocco I | 5,755 | 0.17% | −1.9% |
| 47 | Thailand I | 5,621 | 0.16% | −16% |
| 48 | Uganda I | 4,949 | 0.14% | +17% |
| 49 | Panama I | 4,273 | 0.13% | −14% |
| 50 | Cameroon I | 4,150 | 0.12% | +19% |
| 51 | Angola I | 3,744 | 0.11% | +6.0% |
| 52 | Kyrgyzstan I | 3,742 | 0.11% | +24% |
| 53 | Israel I | 3,630 | 0.11% | −1.5% |
| 54 | Costa Rica I | 3,460 | 0.10% | +6.8% |
| 55 | Burkina Faso I | 3,268 | 0.10% | +32% |
| 56 | Mongolia I | 3,232 | 0.09% | +96% |
| 57 | Myanmar I | 3,143 | 0.09% | −66% |
| 58 | Philippines I | 3,033 | 0.09% | −42% |
| 59 | Serbia I | 2,920 | 0.09% | +2.1% |
| 60 | Central African Republic I | 2,915 | 0.09% | +12% |
| 61 | Yemen I | 2,597 | 0.08% | +12% |
| 62 | Algeria I | 2,596 | 0.08% | −7.4% |
| 63 | Norway I | 2,483 | 0.07% | +9.3% |
| 64 | South Sudan I | 2,382 | 0.07% | — |
| 65 | Honduras I | 2,330 | 0.07% | +2.7% |
| 66 | Botswana I | 2,121 | 0.06% | +22% |
| 67 | Guinea I | 2,065 | 0.06% | −3.0% |
| 68 | Cuba I | 2,047 | 0.06% | −16% |
| 69 | Somalia I | 2,007 | 0.06% | −6.5% |
| 70 | Armenia I | 1,926 | 0.06% | +1.8% |
| 71 | Niger I | 1,911 | 0.06% | +20% |
| 72 | Cambodia I | 1,897 | 0.06% | +3.5% |
| 73 | Dominican Republic I | 1,833 | 0.05% | −14% |
| 74 | Laos I | 1,742 | 0.05% | +56% |
| 75 | Mali I | 1,613 | 0.05% | +79% |
| 76 | Haiti I | 1,598 | 0.05% | +8.8% |
| 77 | Senegal I | 1,590 | 0.05% | +6.7% |
| 78 | Benin I | 1,529 | 0.04% | +27% |
| 79 | Afghanistan I | 1,507 | 0.04% | −49% |
| 80 | Jordan I | 1,495 | 0.04% | +154% |
| 81 | Malawi I | 1,473 | 0.04% | +86% |
| 82 | Saudi Arabia I | 1,290 | 0.04% | +39% |
| 83 | Syria I | 1,249 | 0.04% | −36% |
| 84 | Rwanda I | 1,216 | 0.04% | +31% |
| 85 | Albania I | 1,128 | 0.03% | −32% |
| 86 | Côte d'Ivoire I | 1,110 | 0.03% | +75% |
| 87 | Ghana I | 1,019 | 0.03% | +40% |
| 88 | Eritrea I | 992 | 0.03% | +17% |
| 89 | Namibia I | 957 | 0.03% | −5.4% |
| 90 | Iraq I | 946 | 0.03% | −25% |
| 91 | Lebanon I | 941 | 0.03% | −14% |
| 92 | Mauritania I | 899 | 0.03% | +7.3% |
| 93 | DR Congo I | 890 | 0.03% | +84% |
| 94 | Malaysia I | 832 | 0.02% | −14% |
| 95 | Bosnia and Herzegovina I | 816 | 0.02% | −14% |
| 96 | Sri Lanka I | 752 | 0.02% | +1.6% |
| 97 | Madagascar I | 749 | 0.02% | −43% |
| 98 | Tunisia I | 723 | 0.02% | −28% |
| 99 | Georgia I | 699 | 0.02% | +17% |
| 100 | Oman I | 678 | 0.02% | −7.0% |
| 101 | Mozambique I | 669 | 0.02% | +79% |
| 102 | El Salvador I | 631 | 0.02% | −12% |
| 103 | North Korea I | 559 | 0.02% | −5.1% |
| 104 | Eswatini I | 440 | 0.01% | +11% |
| 105 | United Arab Emirates I | 423 | 0.01% | +48% |
| 106 | Sierra Leone I | 406 | 0.01% | −2.2% |
| 107 | Burundi I | 389 | 0.01% | +65% |
| 108 | Taiwan I | 311 | 0.01% | +25% |
| 109 | Hong Kong I | 267 | 0.01% | −23% |
| 110 | Montenegro I | 261 | 0.01% | +75% |
| 111 | Djibouti I | 244 | 0.01% | +12% |
| 112 | Iceland I | 219 | 0.01% | +39% |
| 113 | Guinea-Bissau I | 216 | 0.01% | +21% |
| 114 | Togo I | 211 | 0.01% | +90% |
| 115 | Fiji I | 200 | 0.01% | +49% |
| 116 | Jamaica I | 193 | 0.01% | +44% |
| 117 | North Macedonia I | 184 | 0.01% | −25% |
| 118 | Congo I | 108 | 0.00% | −8.5% |
| 119 | Libya I | 100 | 0.00% | +4.2% |
| 120 | Puerto Rico I | 97 | 0.00% | −40% |
| 121 | Papua New Guinea I | 92 | 0.00% | −30% |
| 122 | New Caledonia I | 90 | 0.00% | −14% |
| 123 | Guyana I | 85 | 0.00% | +23% |
| 124 | Gambia I | 77 | 0.00% | −37% |
| 125 | Vanuatu I | 76 | 0.00% | −32% |
| 126 | Moldova I | 75 | 0.00% | −73% |
| 127 | Samoa I | 62 | 0.00% | +1.6% |
| 128 | Comoros I | 56 | 0.00% | −1.8% |
| 129 | Suriname I | 52 | 0.00% | −8.8% |
| 130 | Timor-Leste I | 50 | 0.00% | +19% |
| 131 | Belize I | 48 | 0.00% | +37% |
| 132 | Kuwait I | 47 | 0.00% | −2.1% |
| 133 | Bhutan I | 43 | 0.00% | +87% |
| 134 | Qatar I | 38 | 0.00% | +36% |
| 135 | Lesotho I | 36 | 0.00% | −56% |
| 136 | Brunei I | 33 | 0.00% | +65% |
| 137 | Macao I | 30 | 0.00% | −6.3% |
| 138 | Trinidad and Tobago I | 29 | 0.00% | +3.6% |
| 139 | Bahrain I | 28 | 0.00% | −28% |
| 140 | Gabon I | 26 | 0.00% | −37% |
| 141 | Mauritius I | 23 | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| 142 | Solomon Islands I | 22 | 0.00% | +4.8% |
| 143 | Liberia I | 19 | 0.00% | −17% |
| 144 | Cabo Verde I | 17 | 0.00% | +31% |
| 145 | Dominica I | 14 | 0.00% | −6.7% |
| 146 | Saint Lucia I | 12 | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| 147 | Tonga I | 11 | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| 148 | Micronesia I | 10 | 0.00% | +11% |
| 149 | Sao Tome and Principe I | 9 | 0.00% | +200% |
| 150 | French Polynesia I | 6 | 0.00% | +20% |
| 151 | Grenada I | 5 | 0.00% | −17% |
| 152 | Barbados I | 4 | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| 153 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines I | 4 | 0.00% | −20% |
| 154 | Faroe Islands I | 3 | 0.00% | +50% |
| 155 | Antigua and Barbuda I | 2 | 0.00% | −50% |
| 156 | Equatorial Guinea I | 2 | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| 157 | Saint Kitts and Nevis I | 1 | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| 158 | Singapore I | 1 | 0.00% | 0.0% |
E = estimated by FAO, I = imputed by FAO, X = from an external organisation; other figures are official.
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Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 4 November 2026. fao.org/faostat. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Charts, rankings and changes calculated by Husfarm.