Tallow Production by Country

Australia remained the third-largest tallow producer in 2023 after adding 91,100 tonnes from 2022 to 2023. Over the longer 2019-2023 comparison, the United States recorded the largest increase among the common reporters, adding 105,557 tonnes. The figures below reproduce FAO Crops and Livestock Products records for item Tallow, 2019-2023, reporting production quantity in tonnes. The table lists 69 countries, all of which reported a 2023 quantity, and the 2023 annual listed total is 8,238,217 tonnes. The 2023 country list runs from the largest listed quantity to the smallest.

The United States was the largest listed tallow producer in 2023, with 3,900,021 tonnes, followed by Brazil with 1,082,461 tonnes and Australia with 592,600 tonnes. The 69 countries with reported 2023 quantities produced a combined listed total of 8,238,217 tonnes. The United States accounted for 47.3 percent of the listed total, while the top three countries accounted for 67.7 percent.

The United States produced 3.60 times as much as Brazil: 3,900,021 tonnes against 1,082,461, while Australia ranks third with 592,600 tonnes, 489,861 tonnes behind Brazil. The top two hold 60.5 percent of the listed total, with third and fourth at 592,600 and 318,100 tonnes respectively.

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#	Country	2023
1	United States US	3,900,021
2	Brazil BR	1,082,461
3	Australia AU	592,600
4	Canada CA	318,100
5	Argentina AR	248,600
6	France FR	218,100
7	United Kingdom GB	181,600
8	New Zealand NZ	180,600
9	Mexico MX	178,700
10	India IN	165,653
11	Spain ES	146,300
12	China CN	134,207
13	Netherlands NL	101,800
14	Uruguay UY	91,000
15	Paraguay PY	82,000
16	Germany DE	80,344
17	Ireland IE	74,100
18	South Africa ZA	68,000
19	Belgium BE	36,800
20	Venezuela VE	32,042
21	Iran IR	29,955
22	Austria AT	23,484
23	Serbia RS	23,236
24	Ukraine UA	22,500
25	Romania RO	21,200
26	Poland PL	18,586
27	Russia RU	16,344
28	Italy IT	13,850
29	Finland FI	13,000
30	Greece GR	12,900
31	Switzerland CH	12,400
32	Colombia CO	11,319
33	Norway NO	10,100
34	Czech Republic CZ	7,900
35	Peru PE	7,163
36	Belarus BY	6,630
37	Botswana BW	6,218
38	Chile CL	5,979
39	Portugal PT	5,693
40	Costa Rica CR	5,091
41	Bolivia BO	4,821
42	Kenya KE	4,422
43	Cyprus CY	4,330
44	Croatia HR	3,800
45	Lithuania LT	3,700
46	Slovenia SI	3,500
47	Namibia NA	3,152
48	Honduras HN	3,070
49	Mongolia MN	3,011
50	Slovakia SK	2,400
51	Denmark DK	1871
52	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	1800
53	Latvia LV	1600
54	Hungary HU	1432
55	Moldova MD	1300
56	Sweden SE	1226
57	Cambodia KH	1210
58	Estonia EE	1100
59	Bulgaria BG	711.28
60	Vietnam VN	624.67
61	El Salvador SV	531.44
62	North Macedonia MK	500
63	Luxembourg LU	450.73
64	Malta MT	447.65
65	Iceland IS	255.13
66	Hong Kong HK	196.23
67	Madagascar MG	76.16
68	Vanuatu VU	63.91
69	Malaysia MY	38.52

Tallow Production by Country in 2023

The United States was the largest tallow producer in the 2023 listed data with 3,900,021 tonnes, followed by Brazil with 1,082,461 tonnes and Australia with 592,600 tonnes. Canada ranked fourth with 318,100 tonnes.

The United States holds 47.3 percent of the listed 2023 total. The top three together hold 67.7 percent of the 8,238,217-tonne listed total.

Australia Records the Largest Annual Increase

From 2022 to 2023 the common reporter universe (69 countries with data in both years) moved from 8,087,269 tonnes to 8,238,217 tonnes, a change of 150,948 tonnes (1.9 percent). The totals listed for each year were 8,087,269 tonnes (69 reporters) and 8,238,217 tonnes (69 reporters); no country exited and no new reporter joined. Australia added 91,100 tonnes (up 18.2 percent) and Brazil 89,367 tonnes (up 9.0 percent), while the United States fell 45,851 tonnes (down 1.2 percent).

The United States Adds 105,557 Tonnes Over Five Years

Between 2019 and 2023, the common reporter universe (68 countries with data in both years) rose from 7,939,430 tonnes to 8,233,397 tonnes, a change of 293,967 tonnes (3.7 percent). The totals listed for each year were 7,939,430 tonnes (68 reporters) and 8,238,217 tonnes (69 reporters); no reporter present in 2019 is absent in 2023, while 1 new reporter added 4,821 tonnes (Bolivia). The United States added 105,557 tonnes (up 2.8 percent) and India 62,282 tonnes (up 60.3 percent), while Australia added 28,200 tonnes (up 5.0 percent).

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#	Country	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
1	United States	3,794,464	3,883,005	3,947,450	3,945,872	3,900,021
2	Brazil	1,094,600	1,100,700	1,075,500	993,094	1,082,461
3	Australia	564,400	511,100	495,800	501,500	592,600
4	Canada	317,100	312,300	324,500	324,800	318,100
5	Argentina	230,700	234,000	223,700	234,500	248,600
6	France	234,500	235,000	233,700	224,800	218,100
7	United Kingdom	184,900	187,900	183,400	189,200	181,600
8	New Zealand	176,600	177,000	184,400	175,400	180,600
9	Mexico	161,700	166,600	170,400	174,900	178,700
10	India	103,371	56,763	124,825	157,391	165,653
11	Spain	141,800	145,700	149,700	149,700	146,300
12	China	119,450	129,518	133,787	129,229	134,207
13	Netherlands	103,600	105,700	107,600	106,400	101,800
14	Uruguay	65,000	60,300	76,700	76,500	91,000
15	Paraguay	61,700	67,600	78,800	78,700	82,000
16	Germany	52,937	60,002	71,663	80,814	80,344
17	Ireland	74,500	77,900	74,400	77,100	74,100
18	South Africa	68,100	66,900	66,500	67,000	68,000
19	Belgium	39,500	39,500	39,600	37,900	36,800
20	Venezuela	31,230	29,604	32,180	33,463	32,042
21	Iran	31,714	22,080	32,796	33,443	29,955
22	Austria	22,508	16,858	20,088	15,093	23,484
23	Serbia	18,486	19,505	20,982	24,807	23,236
24	Ukraine	19,200	25,800	25,000	22,400	22,500
25	Romania	21,100	20,700	20,800	20,900	21,200
26	Poland	20,317	21,552	21,571	19,654	18,586
27	Russia	18,373	14,932	21,506	23,795	16,344
28	Italy	15,713	14,896	15,419	12,826	13,850
29	Finland	13,200	13,500	13,500	13,300	13,000
30	Greece	13,000	12,700	12,700	13,000	12,900
31	Switzerland	12,300	12,400	12,600	12,600	12,400
32	Colombia	12,326	11,913	12,145	11,361	11,319
33	Norway	9,800	9,700	10,000	10,200	10,100
34	Czech Republic	8,200	8,200	8,400	8,000	7,900
35	Peru	6,980	6,660	6,871	6,966	7,163
36	Belarus	6,812	7,130	6,983	6,418	6,630
37	Botswana	2,986	2,268	6,035	6,843	6,218
38	Chile	6,305	6,311	6,110	3,883	5,979
39	Portugal	1134	1656	1376	7,025	5,693
40	Costa Rica	4,934	4,883	5,132	5,058	5,091
41	Bolivia	-	-	1836	4,355	4,821
42	Kenya	6,119	4,539	4,658	4,143	4,422
43	Cyprus	5,040	4,589	4,779	4,311	4,330
44	Croatia	2,500	2,500	3,900	3,800	3,800
45	Lithuania	4,100	4,000	3,800	3,700	3,700
46	Slovenia	4,004	4,228	3,835	3,600	3,500
47	Namibia	2,560	2,433	1885	2,172	3,152
48	Honduras	3,140	2,997	3,875	3,091	3,070
49	Mongolia	3,247	3,842	4,245	3,652	3,011
50	Slovakia	2,500	2,500	2,600	2,500	2,400
51	Denmark	3,000	2,200	1894	2,352	1871
52	Bosnia and Herzegovina	600	1900	1800	1800	1800
53	Latvia	1600	1500	1500	1500	1600
54	Hungary	3,337	3,087	1458	1358	1432
55	Moldova	1200	1200	1200	1200	1300
56	Sweden	1257	1255	1203	1205	1226
57	Cambodia	1303	1259	1321	1226	1210
58	Estonia	1100	1200	1100	1100	1100
59	Bulgaria	1164	977.47	1106	1129	711.28
60	Vietnam	1758	1499	1306	610.48	624.67
61	El Salvador	492.03	534.3	559.54	539.63	531.44
62	North Macedonia	500	500	500	500	500
63	Luxembourg	520.13	561.44	458.26	508.46	450.73
64	Malta	415.75	425.03	422.72	406.14	447.65
65	Iceland	314.69	304.35	288.2	303.4	255.13
66	Hong Kong	216.81	217.47	135.6	204.6	196.23
67	Madagascar	95.02	86.08	87.34	61.15	76.16
68	Vanuatu	62.14	55.58	67.71	59.97	63.91
69	Malaysia	1744	85.61	73.66	47.84	38.52

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 Tallow, 2019-2023. For tallow production, quantities below 1,000 tonnes retain two decimals and larger quantities are shown as whole tonnes. The 2023 tallow production ranking and shares use 2023 listed quantities. In the tallow production data, zero means a reported nil or negligible flow; an empty cell means no quantity was reported. For tallow production changes, only countries with quantities in both endpoint years enter the arithmetic. Production quantities are reported to FAO by national statistical sources.