Based on a comparison of 94 countries in 2019, China ranked the highest in greasy wool production with 341,120 tonnes followed by Australia and New Zealand. On the other end of the scale was Luxembourg with 16.0 tonnes, Malta with 26.0 tonnes and Finland with 77.0 tonnes.
Total greasy wool production reached 1,719,876 tonnes in 2019 in the World according to Faostat. This is 4.95 % less than in the previous year and -18.6 % less than 10 years ago.
Historically, total greasy wool production reached an all time high of 3,350,481 tonnes in 1990 and an all time low of 1,719,876 tonnes in 2019. The average annual growth amounted to -0.723 % since 1961.
The top ranked country, China, accounted for 19.8 % of greasy wool production in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 46.0 % share while the ten largest countries some 68.6 % in 2019.
Data for more countries are available at Wool Production (Greasy) indicator page.
| Wool Production (Greasy) | Unit | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Argentina | tonnes | 44,000 | 45,483 | 46,000 | 42,700 | 42,400 | ||||||||||||||||
| Australia | tonnes | 358,854 | 350,546 | 363,824 | 354,991 | 376,967 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | tonnes | 471,111 | 459,564 | 413,134 | 411,642 | 410,523 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | tonnes | 47,909 | 48,140 | 43,600 | 40,272 | 40,176 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | tonnes | 60,913 | 59,997 | 56,453 | 54,401 | 52,622 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kazakhstan | tonnes | 37,638 | 37,779 | 38,025 | 38,518 | 38,980 | ||||||||||||||||
| Morocco | tonnes | 56,829 | 57,765 | 59,923 | 61,177 | 62,434 | ||||||||||||||||
| New Zealand | tonnes | 159,548 | 152,543 | 147,803 | 140,518 | 134,267 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | tonnes | 43,600 | 44,100 | 44,600 | 45,100 | 45,700 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | tonnes | 54,651 | 56,409 | 55,644 | 56,006 | 56,733 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | tonnes | 43,902 | 45,200 | 49,788 | 54,187 | 41,602 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkey | tonnes | 54,784 | 58,403 | 59,196 | 62,525 | 63,315 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkmenistan | tonnes | 38,000 | 38,664 | 40,385 | 40,417 | 40,883 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | tonnes | 67,571 | 67,232 | 67,854 | 68,762 | 69,318 | ||||||||||||||||
| Uzbekistan | tonnes | 32,400 | 34,006 | 35,614 | 37,103 | 36,360 |
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