Wool Production by Country 2024
About This Dataset
Wool Production by Country 2024
What this chart shows. The 25 countries that produced the most wool in 2024, in thousands of tonnes. China led with 364.5 thousand tonnes, followed by Australia with 281.0 thousand and New Zealand with 125.0 thousand. The world total was 1.7 million tonnes.
How the data is collected. The figures come from FAOSTAT, the statistics database of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, which collects national production data through annual questionnaires and fills gaps with its own estimates. The item is shorn greasy wool, weighed as it comes off the animal and before washing. New Zealand's figure is an FAO estimate.
Background. World wool production was 16.3 per cent lower than in 2014 and 3.2 per cent lower than in 2023. Australia's output fell 11.6 per cent from 2023 to its lowest level since at least 2014, and New Zealand's also reached a low for the period.
Limits. Because the weights are greasy, they include grease and dirt that washing removes. 16 of the 25 figures are FAO estimates or imputations; they include the United Kingdom, Russia and South Africa.
How the data is collected. The figures come from FAOSTAT, the statistics database of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, which collects national production data through annual questionnaires and fills gaps with its own estimates. The item is shorn greasy wool, weighed as it comes off the animal and before washing. New Zealand's figure is an FAO estimate.
Background. World wool production was 16.3 per cent lower than in 2014 and 3.2 per cent lower than in 2023. Australia's output fell 11.6 per cent from 2023 to its lowest level since at least 2014, and New Zealand's also reached a low for the period.
Limits. Because the weights are greasy, they include grease and dirt that washing removes. 16 of the 25 figures are FAO estimates or imputations; they include the United Kingdom, Russia and South Africa.
Analysis
Turkey, fourth with 84.3 thousand tonnes, rose from sixth place in 2014 and grew 5.1 per cent from 2023.
Key Findings
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China leads in Wool Production (thousand tonnes, greasy) with 364.50 in 2024.
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Average Wool Production (thousand tonnes, greasy) in 2024: 61.62 · median: 36.30.
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Gap in 2024: China is 30.1× larger than Egypt.
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Coverage
- 25 entities · 2024 · 25 observations
- Measure
- Wool Production (thousand tonnes, greasy)
- Last updated
- 2 October 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
- Values are shown as reported by the source. Nothing is rescaled, rebased or converted — the only changes are thousand separators and decimals shown to two places.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2024.
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