Other animal products · FAOSTAT 2024
Raw hides and skins of cattle production by country
World production of raw hides and skins of cattle reached 8.8 million t in 2024, up 13% over ten years. The largest producers were China (17.8%), United States (12.8%), Brazil (11.7%), together 42% of the world total.
- World production, 2024
- 8.8 million t
- 10-year change
- +13%
- Producing countries
- 161
- Largest producer
- China
World production, 1961–2024 (tonnes)
Producers ranked, 2024
| # | Country | Tonnes | Share | 10-year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China I | 1,558,180 | 17.8% | +27% |
| 2 | United States I | 1,121,172 | 12.8% | +5.1% |
| 3 | Brazil I | 1,023,758 | 11.7% | +5.3% |
| 4 | Argentina I | 513,896 | 5.87% | +19% |
| 5 | Australia I | 300,413 | 3.43% | −0.2% |
| 6 | Mexico I | 279,615 | 3.19% | +23% |
| 7 | Russia I | 201,970 | 2.31% | +2.3% |
| 8 | Pakistan I | 181,322 | 2.07% | +45% |
| 9 | Turkey I | 166,101 | 1.90% | +82% |
| 10 | South Africa I | 138,247 | 1.58% | +10% |
| 11 | Tanzania I | 128,121 | 1.46% | +115% |
| 12 | Uzbekistan I | 120,214 | 1.37% | +45% |
| 13 | Canada I | 108,473 | 1.24% | +21% |
| 14 | Chad I | 90,173 | 1.03% | +59% |
| 15 | Colombia I | 88,094 | 1.01% | −13% |
| 16 | United Kingdom I | 86,509 | 0.99% | +6.5% |
| 17 | Zimbabwe I | 86,310 | 0.99% | +37% |
| 18 | Uruguay I | 77,793 | 0.89% | +12% |
| 19 | New Zealand I | 75,668 | 0.86% | +19% |
| 20 | Sudan I | 71,059 | 0.81% | +0.4% |
| 21 | Paraguay I | 66,535 | 0.76% | −8.6% |
| 22 | Ethiopia I | 62,344 | 0.71% | +13% |
| 23 | Indonesia I | 59,775 | 0.68% | +20% |
| 24 | Kazakhstan I | 55,085 | 0.63% | +53% |
| 25 | Bolivia I | 51,015 | 0.58% | +56% |
| 26 | Vietnam I | 50,000 | 0.57% | +67% |
| 27 | Venezuela I | 46,429 | 0.53% | −28% |
| 28 | Belarus I | 44,100 | 0.50% | +35% |
| 29 | South Korea I | 43,672 | 0.50% | +10% |
| 30 | Guatemala I | 43,139 | 0.49% | +63% |
| 31 | Kenya I | 42,133 | 0.48% | −41% |
| 32 | Ecuador I | 42,110 | 0.48% | +43% |
| 33 | Morocco I | 39,809 | 0.45% | −1.9% |
| 34 | Nigeria I | 38,175 | 0.44% | −17% |
| 35 | Tajikistan I | 36,316 | 0.41% | +610% |
| 36 | Bangladesh I | 34,263 | 0.39% | +6.1% |
| 37 | Ukraine I | 33,981 | 0.39% | −41% |
| 38 | Egypt I | 33,708 | 0.38% | −24% |
| 39 | Uganda I | 33,652 | 0.38% | +17% |
| 40 | Zambia I | 30,182 | 0.34% | +6.7% |
| 41 | Iran I | 30,100 | 0.34% | −42% |
| 42 | Chile I | 29,492 | 0.34% | −12% |
| 43 | Peru I | 28,967 | 0.33% | +4.0% |
| 44 | South Sudan I | 25,675 | 0.29% | — |
| 45 | Japan I | 24,355 | 0.28% | −8.0% |
| 46 | Azerbaijan I | 23,977 | 0.27% | +15% |
| 47 | Burkina Faso I | 22,328 | 0.25% | +32% |
| 48 | Turkmenistan I | 22,037 | 0.25% | +33% |
| 49 | Mongolia I | 21,550 | 0.25% | +96% |
| 50 | Cameroon I | 18,539 | 0.21% | +19% |
| 51 | Switzerland I | 18,141 | 0.21% | +0.1% |
| 52 | Algeria I | 16,356 | 0.19% | −7.4% |
| 53 | Myanmar I | 16,304 | 0.19% | −66% |
| 54 | Angola I | 16,075 | 0.18% | +6.0% |
| 55 | Yemen I | 16,069 | 0.18% | +12% |
| 56 | Senegal I | 15,899 | 0.18% | +6.7% |
| 57 | Costa Rica I | 15,570 | 0.18% | +6.8% |
| 58 | Cambodia I | 13,701 | 0.16% | +3.5% |
| 59 | Central African Republic I | 12,792 | 0.15% | +12% |
| 60 | Guinea I | 12,393 | 0.14% | −3.0% |
| 61 | Israel I | 12,251 | 0.14% | −1.5% |
| 62 | Philippines I | 11,667 | 0.13% | −42% |
| 63 | Niger I | 11,465 | 0.13% | +20% |
| 64 | Thailand I | 11,451 | 0.13% | −16% |
| 65 | Kyrgyzstan I | 11,226 | 0.13% | +24% |
| 66 | Serbia I | 10,513 | 0.12% | +2.1% |
| 67 | Mali I | 10,351 | 0.12% | +79% |
| 68 | Somalia I | 10,270 | 0.12% | −6.5% |
| 69 | Afghanistan I | 10,082 | 0.12% | −49% |
| 70 | Honduras I | 9,934 | 0.11% | +2.8% |
| 71 | Cuba I | 9,272 | 0.11% | −16% |
| 72 | Panama I | 9,235 | 0.11% | −14% |
| 73 | Botswana I | 8,860 | 0.10% | +22% |
| 74 | Armenia I | 8,159 | 0.09% | +1.8% |
| 75 | Haiti I | 7,891 | 0.09% | +8.8% |
| 76 | Benin I | 7,838 | 0.09% | +27% |
| 77 | Malawi I | 7,366 | 0.08% | +86% |
| 78 | Laos I | 7,284 | 0.08% | +56% |
| 79 | Syria I | 6,414 | 0.07% | −36% |
| 80 | Dominican Republic I | 6,346 | 0.07% | −14% |
| 81 | Malaysia I | 6,237 | 0.07% | −14% |
| 82 | Saudi Arabia I | 6,192 | 0.07% | +39% |
| 83 | Rwanda I | 6,080 | 0.07% | +31% |
| 84 | Jordan I | 6,074 | 0.07% | +154% |
| 85 | Albania I | 5,395 | 0.06% | −32% |
| 86 | Norway I | 5,298 | 0.06% | +9.3% |
| 87 | Eritrea I | 5,117 | 0.06% | +17% |
| 88 | Côte d'Ivoire I | 4,885 | 0.06% | +75% |
| 89 | Tunisia I | 4,581 | 0.05% | −28% |
| 90 | Mauritania I | 4,566 | 0.05% | +7.4% |
| 91 | DR Congo I | 4,561 | 0.05% | +84% |
| 92 | Lebanon I | 4,076 | 0.05% | −14% |
| 93 | Namibia I | 4,021 | 0.05% | −5.4% |
| 94 | Ghana I | 4,011 | 0.05% | +40% |
| 95 | Georgia I | 4,005 | 0.05% | +17% |
| 96 | Iraq I | 3,846 | 0.04% | −25% |
| 97 | Madagascar I | 3,547 | 0.04% | −43% |
| 98 | Burundi I | 3,244 | 0.04% | +65% |
| 99 | El Salvador I | 3,094 | 0.04% | −12% |
| 100 | Sri Lanka I | 3,093 | 0.04% | +1.7% |
| 101 | Mozambique I | 2,886 | 0.03% | +79% |
| 102 | North Korea I | 2,873 | 0.03% | −5.2% |
| 103 | Sierra Leone I | 2,481 | 0.03% | −2.1% |
| 104 | Eswatini I | 2,126 | 0.02% | +11% |
| 105 | Oman I | 1,872 | 0.02% | −7.1% |
| 106 | Guinea-Bissau I | 1,823 | 0.02% | +21% |
| 107 | Bosnia and Herzegovina I | 1,795 | 0.02% | −14% |
| 108 | United Arab Emirates I | 1,777 | 0.02% | +48% |
| 109 | Togo I | 1,267 | 0.01% | +90% |
| 110 | Djibouti I | 1,194 | 0.01% | +12% |
| 111 | Taiwan I | 1,121 | 0.01% | +25% |
| 112 | Montenegro I | 939 | 0.01% | +75% |
| 113 | Hong Kong I | 882 | 0.01% | −23% |
| 114 | North Macedonia I | 842 | 0.01% | −25% |
| 115 | Libya I | 833 | 0.01% | +3.6% |
| 116 | Congo I | 764 | 0.01% | −8.7% |
| 117 | Jamaica I | 741 | 0.01% | +44% |
| 118 | Iceland I | 640 | 0.01% | +39% |
| 119 | Fiji I | 616 | 0.01% | +49% |
| 120 | Guyana I | 508 | 0.01% | +22% |
| 121 | Puerto Rico I | 406 | 0.00% | −40% |
| 122 | Papua New Guinea I | 381 | 0.00% | −30% |
| 123 | New Caledonia I | 358 | 0.00% | −14% |
| 124 | Vanuatu I | 320 | 0.00% | −32% |
| 125 | Gambia I | 299 | 0.00% | −36% |
| 126 | Bhutan I | 284 | 0.00% | +88% |
| 127 | Mauritius I | 282 | 0.00% | −1.1% |
| 128 | Samoa I | 253 | 0.00% | +1.6% |
| 129 | Belize I | 249 | 0.00% | +38% |
| 130 | Moldova I | 238 | 0.00% | −72% |
| 131 | Kuwait I | 237 | 0.00% | −1.3% |
| 132 | Comoros I | 223 | 0.00% | −0.4% |
| 133 | Lesotho I | 220 | 0.00% | −56% |
| 134 | Suriname I | 218 | 0.00% | −10% |
| 135 | Timor-Leste I | 179 | 0.00% | +19% |
| 136 | Bahrain I | 157 | 0.00% | −28% |
| 137 | Liberia I | 155 | 0.00% | −17% |
| 138 | Brunei I | 151 | 0.00% | +62% |
| 139 | Trinidad and Tobago I | 149 | 0.00% | +2.1% |
| 140 | Gabon I | 145 | 0.00% | −36% |
| 141 | Qatar I | 137 | 0.00% | +38% |
| 142 | Cabo Verde I | 132 | 0.00% | +27% |
| 143 | Macao I | 107 | 0.00% | −8.5% |
| 144 | Solomon Islands I | 105 | 0.00% | +2.9% |
| 145 | Sao Tome and Principe I | 67 | 0.00% | +148% |
| 146 | Dominica I | 66 | 0.00% | −2.9% |
| 147 | Tonga I | 52 | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| 148 | Saint Lucia I | 49 | 0.00% | −7.5% |
| 149 | Micronesia I | 35 | 0.00% | +6.1% |
| 150 | Grenada I | 28 | 0.00% | −13% |
| 151 | French Polynesia I | 25 | 0.00% | +8.7% |
| 152 | Barbados I | 21 | 0.00% | −4.5% |
| 153 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines I | 18 | 0.00% | −28% |
| 154 | Faroe Islands I | 11 | 0.00% | +83% |
| 155 | Antigua and Barbuda I | 9 | 0.00% | −47% |
| 156 | Equatorial Guinea I | 9 | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| 157 | Singapore I | 6 | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| 158 | Saint Kitts and Nevis I | 5 | 0.00% | −17% |
| 159 | Bahamas I | 2 | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| 160 | Seychelles I | 2 | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| 161 | Cook Islands 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.