Oils and fats · FAOSTAT 2024
Sheep fat, unrendered production by country
World production of sheep fat, unrendered reached 641,601 t in 2024, up 21% over ten years. The largest producers were China (17.6%), Australia (16.2%), India (8.6%), together 42% of the world total.
- World production, 2024
- 641,601 t
- 10-year change
- +21%
- Producing countries
- 141
- Largest producer
- China
World production, 1961–2024 (tonnes)
Producers ranked, 2024
| # | Country | Tonnes | Share | 10-year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China I | 113,165 | 17.6% | +21% |
| 2 | Australia I | 103,850 | 16.2% | +29% |
| 3 | India I | 55,032 | 8.58% | +144% |
| 4 | Turkey I | 33,583 | 5.23% | +113% |
| 5 | Iran I | 32,578 | 5.08% | −14% |
| 6 | New Zealand I | 27,876 | 4.34% | −7.7% |
| 7 | Syria I | 26,890 | 4.19% | +21% |
| 8 | Pakistan I | 19,971 | 3.11% | +12% |
| 9 | United Kingdom I | 14,056 | 2.19% | −11% |
| 10 | Saudi Arabia I | 13,358 | 2.08% | +97% |
| 11 | Uzbekistan I | 10,886 | 1.70% | +31% |
| 12 | Algeria I | 8,913 | 1.39% | +24% |
| 13 | Sudan I | 8,717 | 1.36% | +8.5% |
| 14 | Russia I | 8,555 | 1.33% | +1.0% |
| 15 | Yemen I | 7,011 | 1.09% | +17% |
| 16 | Mongolia I | 6,030 | 0.94% | +46% |
| 17 | Tunisia I | 6,022 | 0.94% | +11% |
| 18 | Turkmenistan I | 5,914 | 0.92% | +3.4% |
| 19 | Kazakhstan I | 5,769 | 0.90% | −6.0% |
| 20 | Chad I | 5,754 | 0.90% | +114% |
| 21 | Iraq I | 5,338 | 0.83% | +4.2% |
| 22 | Afghanistan I | 4,767 | 0.74% | −23% |
| 23 | Nigeria I | 4,557 | 0.71% | +17% |
| 24 | Jordan I | 4,460 | 0.70% | +65% |
| 25 | Tajikistan I | 4,070 | 0.63% | +81% |
| 26 | Ethiopia I | 3,810 | 0.59% | +45% |
| 27 | Morocco I | 3,568 | 0.56% | +7.2% |
| 28 | Brazil I | 3,506 | 0.55% | +27% |
| 29 | Kyrgyzstan I | 3,385 | 0.53% | +32% |
| 30 | Azerbaijan I | 3,221 | 0.50% | +22% |
| 31 | Tanzania I | 3,161 | 0.49% | +51% |
| 32 | Kuwait I | 2,939 | 0.46% | +14% |
| 33 | Indonesia I | 2,667 | 0.42% | −0.9% |
| 34 | Mexico I | 2,465 | 0.38% | +19% |
| 35 | Argentina I | 2,445 | 0.38% | −38% |
| 36 | South Africa I | 2,400 | 0.37% | −8.7% |
| 37 | Bolivia I | 2,023 | 0.32% | +165% |
| 38 | Egypt I | 1,833 | 0.29% | −27% |
| 39 | Oman I | 1,729 | 0.27% | +21% |
| 40 | United States I | 1,609 | 0.25% | −14% |
| 41 | Bahrain I | 1,593 | 0.25% | +74% |
| 42 | Israel I | 1,588 | 0.25% | −8.6% |
| 43 | Serbia I | 1,419 | 0.22% | +7.8% |
| 44 | Kenya I | 1,413 | 0.22% | +39% |
| 45 | Uruguay I | 1,375 | 0.21% | −17% |
| 46 | Lebanon I | 1,231 | 0.19% | −34% |
| 47 | Senegal I | 1,100 | 0.17% | +46% |
| 48 | Peru I | 1,046 | 0.16% | −2.3% |
| 49 | Burkina Faso I | 1,041 | 0.16% | +18% |
| 50 | Somalia I | 932 | 0.15% | −33% |
| 51 | Mauritania I | 914 | 0.14% | +58% |
| 52 | Albania I | 865 | 0.13% | −4.9% |
| 53 | Ghana I | 776 | 0.12% | +42% |
| 54 | Norway I | 768 | 0.12% | −11% |
| 55 | Chile I | 745 | 0.12% | −23% |
| 56 | Guatemala I | 650 | 0.10% | +2.7% |
| 57 | South Sudan I | 642 | 0.10% | — |
| 58 | Libya I | 631 | 0.10% | −8.8% |
| 59 | Canada I | 583 | 0.09% | +1.6% |
| 60 | Cuba I | 541 | 0.08% | +28% |
| 61 | Guinea I | 501 | 0.08% | +97% |
| 62 | Côte d'Ivoire I | 480 | 0.07% | +98% |
| 63 | Bangladesh I | 430 | 0.07% | +26% |
| 64 | Cameroon I | 428 | 0.07% | −3.6% |
| 65 | Benin I | 410 | 0.06% | +336% |
| 66 | Armenia I | 394 | 0.06% | +23% |
| 67 | Niger I | 337 | 0.05% | +12% |
| 68 | Bosnia and Herzegovina I | 333 | 0.05% | −27% |
| 69 | Togo I | 317 | 0.05% | +74% |
| 70 | Mali I | 299 | 0.05% | +86% |
| 71 | Namibia I | 260 | 0.04% | −11% |
| 72 | Iceland I | 249 | 0.04% | −21% |
| 73 | Ukraine I | 243 | 0.04% | −31% |
| 74 | Switzerland I | 235 | 0.04% | −0.4% |
| 75 | United Arab Emirates I | 222 | 0.03% | +24% |
| 76 | Georgia I | 220 | 0.03% | +7.3% |
| 77 | Eritrea I | 207 | 0.03% | +6.2% |
| 78 | Qatar I | 197 | 0.03% | −53% |
| 79 | Ecuador I | 173 | 0.03% | +0.6% |
| 80 | DR Congo I | 146 | 0.02% | +0.7% |
| 81 | Zimbabwe I | 138 | 0.02% | +126% |
| 82 | Angola I | 124 | 0.02% | +14% |
| 83 | Djibouti I | 111 | 0.02% | +1.8% |
| 84 | Uganda I | 106 | 0.02% | +5.0% |
| 85 | Venezuela I | 93 | 0.01% | −13% |
| 86 | Central African Republic I | 89 | 0.01% | +14% |
| 87 | North Macedonia I | 89 | 0.01% | −28% |
| 88 | Myanmar I | 85 | 0.01% | −77% |
| 89 | Paraguay I | 84 | 0.01% | −23% |
| 90 | Nepal I | 83 | 0.01% | +3.8% |
| 91 | Rwanda I | 79 | 0.01% | −60% |
| 92 | Haiti I | 68 | 0.01% | +89% |
| 93 | Malawi I | 60 | 0.01% | +67% |
| 94 | Lesotho I | 52 | 0.01% | +4.0% |
| 95 | Sierra Leone I | 51 | 0.01% | −7.3% |
| 96 | Madagascar I | 48 | 0.01% | +14% |
| 97 | Zambia I | 46 | 0.01% | +2.2% |
| 98 | Montenegro I | 41 | 0.01% | +2.5% |
| 99 | Dominican Republic I | 39 | 0.01% | +2.6% |
| 100 | Botswana I | 38 | 0.01% | −40% |
| 101 | Moldova I | 38 | 0.01% | −63% |
| 102 | North Korea I | 34 | 0.01% | +3.0% |
| 103 | Gabon I | 34 | 0.01% | +3.0% |
| 104 | Belarus I | 33 | 0.01% | −8.3% |
| 105 | Faroe Islands I | 31 | 0.00% | +15% |
| 106 | Fiji I | 30 | 0.00% | +233% |
| 107 | Guinea-Bissau I | 29 | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| 108 | Guyana I | 28 | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| 109 | Gambia I | 27 | 0.00% | +238% |
| 110 | Japan I | 26 | 0.00% | +37% |
| 111 | Burundi I | 20 | 0.00% | −57% |
| 112 | Mozambique I | 20 | 0.00% | +43% |
| 113 | Malaysia I | 19 | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| 114 | Liberia I | 18 | 0.00% | +5.9% |
| 115 | Colombia I | 15 | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| 116 | Congo I | 14 | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| 117 | Trinidad and Tobago I | 6 | 0.00% | +100% |
| 118 | Equatorial Guinea I | 5 | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| 119 | Grenada I | 5 | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| 120 | Thailand I | 5 | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| 121 | Belize I | 4 | 0.00% | +300% |
| 122 | Eswatini I | 4 | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| 123 | Philippines I | 4 | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| 124 | Barbados I | 3 | 0.00% | −25% |
| 125 | Comoros I | 3 | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| 126 | Honduras I | 3 | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| 127 | Saint Lucia I | 3 | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| 128 | Brunei I | 2 | 0.00% | +100% |
| 129 | Dominica I | 2 | 0.00% | +100% |
| 130 | Puerto Rico I | 2 | 0.00% | +100% |
| 131 | Timor-Leste I | 2 | 0.00% | −60% |
| 132 | Bahamas I | 1 | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| 133 | Bhutan I | 1 | 0.00% | — |
| 134 | Cabo Verde I | 1 | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| 135 | Costa Rica I | 1 | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| 136 | El Salvador I | 1 | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| 137 | Mauritius I | 1 | 0.00% | — |
| 138 | Papua New Guinea I | 1 | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| 139 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines I | 1 | 0.00% | −50% |
| 140 | Singapore I | 1 | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| 141 | Suriname I | 1 | 0.00% | — |
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.