Cattle Fat; Unrendered Production by Country

Brazil remained the third-largest producer of unrendered cattle fat, adding 41,637 tonnes from 2020 to 2024, while U.S. production edged lower over the same period. The figures below reproduce FAO Crops and Livestock Products records for item Cattle fat; unrendered, 2020-2024, reporting production quantity in tonnes. The table lists 164 countries; 162 reported a 2024 quantity, and the 2024 annual listed total is 2,929,489 tonnes. The 2024 country list runs from the largest listed quantity to the smallest.

In 2024, the United States was the largest listed producer of unrendered cattle fat at 733,074 tonnes, followed by China at 342,800 tonnes and Brazil at 334,288 tonnes. Together, these three countries accounted for 48.1 percent of the 2,929,489-tonne listed total.

The United States produced 2.14 times as much as China: 733,074 tonnes against 342,800, while Brazil ranked third with 334,288 tonnes, 8,512 tonnes behind China. The top two accounted for 36.7 percent of the listed total, while Brazil and Argentina ranked third and fourth with 334,288 and 250,186 tonnes respectively.

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#	Country	2024
1	United States US	733,074
2	China CN	342,800
3	Brazil BR	334,288
4	Argentina AR	250,186
5	Australia AU	155,386
6	Pakistan PK	103,214
7	Mexico MX	87,641
8	United Kingdom GB	79,589
9	Japan JP	70,546
10	New Zealand NZ	62,315
11	Russia RU	56,433
12	Canada CA	54,236
13	South Africa ZA	36,064
14	Uzbekistan UZ	34,638
15	Uruguay UY	33,340
16	Türkiye TR	23,729
17	Zimbabwe ZW	21,577
18	Colombia CO	20,904
19	Indonesia ID	20,324
20	Ethiopia ET	17,534
21	Bolivia BO	17,471
22	South Korea KR	16,984
23	Tanzania TZ	16,656
24	Chad TD	16,185
25	Kazakhstan KZ	14,581
26	Ecuador EC	14,521
27	Venezuela VE	13,155
28	Switzerland CH	13,072
29	Belarus BY	12,600
30	Paraguay PY	12,321
31	Guatemala GT	10,628
32	Peru PE	10,608
33	Tajikistan TJ	10,455
34	Nigeria NG	9,059
35	Kenya KE	8,843
36	Egypt EG	8,561
37	Vietnam VN	8,000
38	Iran IR	7,995
39	Ukraine UA	7,459
40	Bangladesh BD	6,675
41	Zambia ZM	6,658
42	Sudan SD	6,593
43	Chile CL	6,464
44	Turkmenistan TM	6,244
45	Azerbaijan AZ	6,055
46	Morocco MA	5,755
47	Thailand TH	5,621
48	Uganda UG	4,949
49	Panama PA	4,273
50	Cameroon CM	4,150
51	Angola AO	3,744
52	Kyrgyzstan KG	3,742
53	Israel IL	3,630
54	Costa Rica CR	3,460
55	Burkina Faso BF	3,268
56	Mongolia MN	3,232
57	Myanmar MM	3,143
58	Philippines PH	3,033
59	Serbia RS	2,920
60	Central African Republic CF	2,915
61	Yemen YE	2,597
62	Algeria DZ	2,596
63	Norway NO	2,483
64	South Sudan SS	2,382
65	Honduras HN	2,330
66	Botswana BW	2,121
67	Guinea GN	2065
68	Cuba CU	2047
69	Somalia SO	2007
70	Armenia AM	1926
71	Niger NE	1911
72	Cambodia KH	1897
73	Dominican Republic DO	1833
74	Laos LA	1742
75	Mali ML	1613
76	Haiti HT	1598
77	Senegal SN	1590
78	Benin BJ	1529
79	Afghanistan AF	1507
80	Jordan JO	1495
81	Malawi MW	1473
82	Saudi Arabia SA	1290
83	Syria SY	1249
84	Rwanda RW	1216
85	Albania AL	1128
86	Ivory Coast CI	1110
87	Ghana GH	1019
88	Eritrea ER	992.07
89	Namibia NA	957.39
90	Iraq IQ	945.78
91	Lebanon LB	940.66
92	Mauritania MR	899.44
93	DR Congo CD	890
94	Malaysia MY	831.54
95	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	816
96	Sri Lanka LK	752.4
97	Madagascar MG	749.36
98	Tunisia TN	723.35
99	Georgia GE	699.29
100	Oman OM	677.78
101	Mozambique MZ	669.33
102	El Salvador SV	631.33
103	North Korea KP	558.6
104	Eswatini SZ	439.77
105	United Arab Emirates AE	423.17
106	Sierra Leone SL	405.97
107	Burundi BI	389.33
108	Taiwan TW	311.28
109	Hong Kong HK	266.89
110	Montenegro ME	260.7
111	Djibouti DJ	244.49
112	Iceland IS	218.7
113	Guinea-Bissau GW	215.5
114	Togo TG	211.2
115	Fiji FJ	199.67
116	Jamaica JM	192.58
117	North Macedonia MK	183.78
118	Congo CG	107.65
119	Libya LY	99.51
120	Puerto Rico PR	97.45
121	Papua New Guinea PG	91.86
122	New Caledonia NC	89.51
123	Guyana GY	84.66
124	Gambia GM	77.3
125	Vanuatu VU	75.83
126	Moldova MD	75.37
127	Samoa WS	61.85
128	Comoros KM	56.4
129	Suriname SR	51.52
130	Timor-Leste TL	49.62
131	Belize BZ	48.11
132	Kuwait KW	47.31
133	Bhutan BT	42.59
134	Qatar QA	38.4
135	Lesotho LS	36.08
136	Brunei BN	32.87
137	Macau MO	29.59
138	Trinidad and Tobago TT	28.56
139	Bahrain BH	28.37
140	Gabon GA	26.18
141	Mauritius MU	22.72
142	Solomon Islands SB	21.62
143	Liberia LR	19.37
144	Cape Verde CV	16.51
145	Dominica DM	14.14
146	Saint Lucia LC	11.54
147	Tonga TO	11.09
148	Micronesia FM	9.81
149	Sao Tome and Principe ST	8.67
150	French Polynesia PF	5.91
151	Grenada GD	5.06
152	Barbados BB	3.81
153	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC	3.8
154	Faroe Islands FO	3
155	Antigua and Barbuda AG	1.8
156	Equatorial Guinea GQ	1.74
157	Singapore SG	1.26
158	Saint Kitts and Nevis KN	1.11
159	Bahamas BS	0.4
160	Seychelles SC	0.31
161	Cook Islands CK	0.25
162	Niue NU	0.05
163	Nicaragua NI	-
164	Palestine PS	-

Cattle Fat; Unrendered Production by Country in 2024

The United States was the largest unrendered cattle fat producer in the 2024 listed data with 733,074 tonnes, followed by China with 342,800 tonnes and Brazil with 334,288 tonnes. Argentina ranked fourth with 250,186 tonnes.

The United States holds 25.0 percent of the listed 2024 total. The top three together hold 48.1 percent of the 2,929,489-tonne listed total.

Brazil Adds 41,637 Tonnes as Cattle Fat; Unrendered Production Grows 2.9 Percent Among Common Reporters

The common reporter universe (162 countries with data in both years) rose from 2,847,607 tonnes to 2,929,489 tonnes between 2023 and 2024, a change of 81,882 tonnes (2.9 percent). The totals listed for each year were 2,852,888 tonnes (163 reporters) and 2,929,489 tonnes (162 reporters); 1 country reporting in 2023 (5,281 tonnes, Nicaragua) did not report in 2024, while no new reporters joined. Brazil added 41,637 tonnes (up 14.2 percent) and Australia 21,296 tonnes (up 15.9 percent), while Pakistan added 15,698 tonnes (up 17.9 percent).

Brazil Adds 78,781 Tonnes as Cattle Fat; Unrendered Production Grows 7.7 Percent Among Common Reporters Since 2020

From 2020 to 2024 the common reporter universe (162 countries with data in both years) moved from 2,719,066 tonnes to 2,929,489 tonnes, a change of 210,423 tonnes (7.7 percent). The totals listed for each year were 2,724,697 tonnes (164 reporters) and 2,929,489 tonnes (162 reporters); 2 reporters present in 2020 (Nicaragua, 5,304 tonnes, and Palestine, 326.85 tonnes) are absent in 2024, while no new reporters joined. Brazil added 78,781 tonnes (up 30.8 percent) and China 46,922 tonnes (up 15.9 percent), while Australia added 27,878 tonnes (up 21.9 percent).

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#	Country	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
1	United States	738,963	759,551	768,875	732,887	733,074
2	China	295,878	306,904	316,034	331,179	342,800
3	Brazil	255,507	243,470	261,627	292,651	334,288
4	Argentina	249,433	234,729	248,046	258,767	250,186
5	Australia	127,508	113,625	113,350	134,090	155,386
6	Pakistan	89,027	81,249	84,269	87,516	103,214
7	Mexico	80,938	82,856	84,606	86,136	87,641
8	United Kingdom	79,393	77,195	78,660	76,718	79,589
9	Japan	72,921	72,948	75,030	76,606	70,546
10	New Zealand	61,029	63,375	60,528	62,517	62,315
11	Russia	54,458	55,785	54,024	55,320	56,433
12	Canada	55,872	58,106	59,314	56,413	54,236
13	South Africa	34,081	34,467	32,998	33,786	36,064
14	Uzbekistan	29,556	30,971	32,082	33,460	34,638
15	Uruguay	29,432	33,030	35,566	34,558	33,340
16	Türkiye	21,463	23,372	25,164	26,730	23,729
17	Zimbabwe	17,964	20,000	20,625	21,259	21,577
18	Colombia	21,254	21,678	20,274	20,200	20,904
19	Indonesia	15,416	16,585	16,963	19,573	20,324
20	Ethiopia	18,089	17,295	16,609	17,140	17,534
21	Bolivia	13,822	14,210	14,928	16,330	17,471
22	South Korea	13,357	13,954	15,148	15,836	16,984
23	Tanzania	12,709	13,159	13,625	15,320	16,656
24	Chad	13,294	13,694	14,672	15,414	16,185
25	Kazakhstan	13,003	13,461	13,036	13,562	14,581
26	Ecuador	14,222	11,453	14,546	15,139	14,521
27	Venezuela	12,005	12,875	13,409	12,843	13,155
28	Switzerland	13,102	13,072	12,912	13,052	13,072
29	Belarus	10,743	10,996	10,873	11,836	12,600
30	Paraguay	14,873	15,080	14,855	12,983	12,321
31	Guatemala	7,187	8,046	7,551	11,614	10,628
32	Peru	9,565	9,876	10,021	10,334	10,608
33	Tajikistan	9,000	9,000	9,000	10,067	10,455
34	Nigeria	9,298	9,283	9,198	9,126	9,059
35	Kenya	8,303	8,521	7,578	8,089	8,843
36	Egypt	10,720	11,173	12,400	9,093	8,561
37	Vietnam	7,197	7,864	7,861	7,976	8,000
38	Iran	8,494	11,435	9,975	8,550	7,995
39	Ukraine	10,538	9,473	8,195	7,838	7,459
40	Bangladesh	6,496	6,538	6,579	6,627	6,675
41	Zambia	5,334	5,630	5,414	6,967	6,658
42	Sudan	7,012	6,708	6,437	6,489	6,593
43	Chile	7,293	6,856	6,228	6,125	6,464
44	Turkmenistan	5,280	5,170	5,164	5,584	6,244
45	Azerbaijan	6,167	6,252	6,404	6,586	6,055
46	Morocco	6,385	6,385	5,708	5,815	5,755
47	Thailand	6,183	6,696	6,351	5,945	5,621
48	Uganda	4,500	4,750	4,813	4,688	4,949
49	Panama	2,428	3,821	4,600	4,400	4,273
50	Cameroon	3,587	3,888	4,125	4,245	4,150
51	Angola	3,427	3,537	3,416	3,601	3,744
52	Kyrgyzstan	3,414	3,388	3,571	3,664	3,742
53	Israel	4,187	4,621	4,897	4,899	3,630
54	Costa Rica	3,298	3,433	3,284	3,178	3,460
55	Burkina Faso	2,961	3,030	3,100	3,172	3,268
56	Mongolia	4,754	3,319	4,207	4,412	3,232
57	Myanmar	3,107	3,138	3,182	3,143	3,143
58	Philippines	2,979	3,069	3,076	3,047	3,033
59	Serbia	2,604	2,715	2,881	2,918	2,920
60	Central African Republic	2,820	2,861	2,838	2,876	2,915
61	Yemen	2,238	2,516	2,642	2,633	2,597
62	Algeria	2,774	2,813	2,692	2,654	2,596
63	Norway	2,460	2,531	2,663	2,612	2,483
64	South Sudan	2,398	2,277	2,310	2,353	2,382
65	Honduras	2,330	2,366	2,366	2,366	2,330
66	Botswana	2,176	2,138	2,513	2,248	2,121
67	Guinea	1783	1880	1983	2,409	2065
68	Cuba	2,115	2,774	2,929	2,380	2047
69	Somalia	1989	1010	2004	2005	2007
70	Armenia	2,191	2,226	2050	1941	1926
71	Niger	1856	2087	2089	2088	1911
72	Cambodia	1854	1879	1881	1889	1897
73	Dominican Republic	1800	1688	1659	1711	1833
74	Laos	1387	1481	1561	1652	1742
75	Mali	1710	1338	1423	1427	1613
76	Haiti	1567	1576	1574	1586	1598
77	Senegal	1750	1755	1801	1695	1590
78	Benin	1054	1116	1219	1375	1529
79	Afghanistan	2,386	1931	1765	1636	1507
80	Jordan	1383	1242	1515	1335	1495
81	Malawi	1137	1178	1325	1385	1473
82	Saudi Arabia	1200	1200	1260	1260	1290
83	Syria	1932	1891	1503	1265	1249
84	Rwanda	1196	1144	1101	1133	1216
85	Albania	1426	1376	1290	1233	1128
86	Ivory Coast	669.77	680.76	1075	1092	1110
87	Ghana	927.97	956.58	960	979.77	1019
88	Eritrea	917.06	953.26	964.85	978.44	992.07
89	Namibia	662.15	654.21	744.06	1104	957.39
90	Iraq	907.71	926.49	945.65	965.2	945.78
91	Lebanon	1172	1175	1027	942.1	940.66
92	Mauritania	866.66	879.29	883.28	891.08	899.44
93	DR Congo	609.34	675.71	747.5	816.34	890
94	Malaysia	733.22	656.08	679.44	751.99	831.54
95	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1205	1030	893.25	843.75	816
96	Sri Lanka	744.48	702	695.88	687.6	752.4
97	Madagascar	940.63	800.38	718.28	958.58	749.36
98	Tunisia	855	863.65	873.87	794.41	723.35
99	Georgia	526.43	536.9	623.33	594.52	699.29
100	Oman	643.86	636.8	643.14	653.39	677.78
101	Mozambique	473.79	557.84	629.05	663.09	669.33
102	El Salvador	719.89	755.03	723.08	678.66	631.33
103	North Korea	571.23	568.05	558.23	560.07	558.6
104	Eswatini	359.15	365.51	372.3	410.64	439.77
105	United Arab Emirates	347.88	382.47	389.79	409.53	423.17
106	Sierra Leone	361.5	410.19	455.72	399.9	405.97
107	Burundi	252.77	386.18	383.85	385.86	389.33
108	Taiwan	285.16	295.43	321.87	323.42	311.28
109	Hong Kong	287.72	281.81	277.12	276	266.89
110	Montenegro	233.85	252.92	271.21	278.21	260.7
111	Djibouti	233.06	236.19	239.27	241.88	244.49
112	Iceland	209.34	223.43	222.66	219.82	218.7
113	Guinea-Bissau	218.73	205.72	208.91	212.2	215.5
114	Togo	140.41	165.07	188.85	208.78	211.2
115	Fiji	120.34	191.47	177.89	219.6	199.67
116	Jamaica	154.36	170.17	200.12	202.93	192.58
117	North Macedonia	172.71	187.29	196.22	178.84	183.78
118	Congo	111.31	111.02	109.51	108.57	107.65
119	Libya	112.16	93.76	100.85	102.17	99.51
120	Puerto Rico	116.63	109.86	104.56	98.74	97.45
121	Papua New Guinea	97.24	97.18	95.09	93.48	91.86
122	New Caledonia	89.4	92.28	93.24	96.09	89.51
123	Guyana	76.1	73.52	79.48	70.93	84.66
124	Gambia	72.22	72.09	70.81	76.11	77.3
125	Vanuatu	65.36	79.99	70.65	75.22	75.83
126	Moldova	83.33	75.8	66.63	72.91	75.37
127	Samoa	56.6	66.39	63.37	62.61	61.85
128	Comoros	56.37	56.43	56.27	56.33	56.4
129	Suriname	61.72	63.03	60.56	57.12	51.52
130	Timor-Leste	54.76	47.48	49.71	50.93	49.62
131	Belize	35.42	37.27	41.96	42.45	48.11
132	Kuwait	52.15	51.71	51.4	49.77	47.31
133	Bhutan	24.12	35.33	60.26	48.49	42.59
134	Qatar	63.5	60.51	38.86	15.83	38.4
135	Lesotho	56.62	35.8	33.08	39.36	36.08
136	Brunei	61.28	112.65	53.66	28.75	32.87
137	Macau	29.83	30.3	30.29	29.94	29.59
138	Trinidad and Tobago	28.02	28.05	28.14	28.35	28.56
139	Bahrain	27.81	29.95	28.89	28.23	28.37
140	Gabon	27.5	28.18	27.32	26.75	26.18
141	Mauritius	19.85	19.82	22.51	22.27	22.72
142	Solomon Islands	21.15	21.38	21.45	21.54	21.62
143	Liberia	20.74	19.97	19.71	19.54	19.37
144	Cape Verde	16.66	16.71	16.75	16.62	16.51
145	Dominica	14.17	14.16	14.15	14.15	14.14
146	Saint Lucia	11.59	11.64	11.64	11.59	11.54
147	Tonga	11.16	11.21	11.15	11.12	11.09
148	Micronesia	9.36	9.76	9.8	9.81	9.81
149	Sao Tome and Principe	4.71	5.29	5.98	8.08	8.67
150	French Polynesia	6.8	7.43	7.41	6.24	5.91
151	Grenada	5.17	5.33	4.44	3.51	5.06
152	Barbados	4.73	4.19	5.23	4.39	3.81
153	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	4.68	3.65	5.78	5.12	3.8
154	Faroe Islands	2.68	2.49	4.01	3.27	3
155	Antigua and Barbuda	1.63	1.4	1.54	0.97	1.8
156	Equatorial Guinea	1.73	1.73	1.73	1.74	1.74
157	Singapore	1.23	1.31	1.29	1.28	1.26
158	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.17	1.12	1.13	1.25	1.11
159	Bahamas	0.42	0.41	0.41	0.41	0.4
160	Seychelles	0.37	0.55	0.32	0.21	0.31
161	Cook Islands	0.17	0.19	0.24	0.24	0.25
162	Niue	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.05
163	Nicaragua	5,304	5,807	5,281	5,281	-
164	Palestine	326.85	711.28	522.02	-	-

Methodology

Percentage changes use the corresponding value in the earlier year as the base. Yearly totals sum FAO Crops and Livestock Products production quantity (Element 5510) for item Cattle fat; unrendered, 2020-2024. For unrendered cattle fat production, quantities below 1,000 tonnes retain two decimals and larger quantities are shown as whole tonnes. The 2024 unrendered cattle fat production ranking and shares use 2024 listed quantities. In the unrendered cattle fat production data, zero means a reported nil or negligible flow; an empty cell means no quantity was reported. For unrendered cattle fat production changes, only countries with quantities in both endpoint years enter the arithmetic. Production quantities are reported to FAO by national statistical sources.