Based on a comparison of 137 countries in 2022, China ranked the highest in sheepskin production with 601,294 tonnes followed by Australia and Turkey. On the other end of the scale was Jamaica with 1.17 tonnes, South Korea with 1.18 tonnes and Singapore with 2.76 tonnes.
Total sheepskin production reached 1,981,013 tonnes in 2022 in the World according to Faostat. This is 2.66 % more than in the previous year and 17.7 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, total sheepskin production reached an all time high of 1,981,013 tonnes in 2022 and an all time low of 880,188 tonnes in 1961. The average annual growth amounted to 1.34 % since 1961.
The top ranked country, China, accounted for 30.4 % of sheepskin production in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 42.7 % share while the ten largest countries some 62.5 % in 2022.
Data for more countries are available at Sheepskin Production indicator page.
Sheepskin Production | Unit | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
Algeria | tonnes | 50,583 | 51,089 | 51,073 | 51,714 | 52,628 | ||||||||||||||||
Australia | tonnes | 156,756 | 147,313 | 162,043 | 160,882 | 148,662 | ||||||||||||||||
Chad | tonnes | 23,477 | 25,368 | 27,352 | 29,494 | 31,825 | ||||||||||||||||
China | tonnes | 526,939 | 539,327 | 543,907 | 558,171 | 563,649 | ||||||||||||||||
India | tonnes | 39,229 | 40,206 | 41,078 | 41,947 | 42,787 | ||||||||||||||||
Iran | tonnes | 46,492 | 39,441 | 26,104 | 19,336 | 25,211 | ||||||||||||||||
Mongolia | tonnes | 33,192 | 36,187 | 43,630 | 48,126 | 61,114 | ||||||||||||||||
New Zealand | tonnes | 87,470 | 82,058 | 85,264 | 81,693 | 83,637 | ||||||||||||||||
Nigeria | tonnes | 26,670 | 27,337 | 28,036 | 27,538 | 27,029 | ||||||||||||||||
Pakistan | tonnes | 51,260 | 51,920 | 52,580 | 53,020 | 53,680 | ||||||||||||||||
Russia | tonnes | 25,634 | 26,528 | 27,033 | 26,110 | 25,854 | ||||||||||||||||
Sudan | tonnes | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 39,150 | 39,450 | 39,600 | 39,750 | 39,901 | ||||||
Syria | tonnes | 26,776 | 21,665 | 21,526 | 19,288 | 24,629 | ||||||||||||||||
Turkey | tonnes | 48,486 | 47,786 | 52,942 | 57,485 | 62,844 | ||||||||||||||||
United Kingdom | tonnes | 62,765 | 64,490 | 62,333 | 66,216 | 63,843 |