Based on a comparison of 70 countries in 2022, China ranked the highest in greasy wool production with 356,193 tonnes followed by Australia and New Zealand. On the other end of the scale was Belarus with 98.0 tonnes, Malaysia with 169 tonnes and Montenegro with 240 tonnes.
Total greasy wool production reached 1,759,760 tonnes in 2022 in the World according to Faostat. This is 3.05 % less than in the previous year and -14.7 % less than 10 years ago.
Historically, total greasy wool production reached an all time high of 3,347,890 tonnes in 1990 and an all time low of 1,732,103 tonnes in 2020. The average annual growth amounted to -0.649 % since 1961.
The top ranked country, China, accounted for 20.2 % of greasy wool production in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 46.1 % share while the ten largest countries some 69.6 % in 2022.
Data for more countries are available at Wool Production (Greasy) indicator page.
| Wool Production (Greasy) | Unit | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Argentina | tonnes | 42,700 | 42,400 | 40,424 | 42,000 | 40,677 | ||||||||||||||||
| Australia | tonnes | 354,991 | 376,967 | 385,945 | 328,608 | 283,794 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | tonnes | 411,642 | 410,523 | 356,608 | 341,120 | 333,624 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | tonnes | 43,500 | 41,500 | 40,400 | 36,700 | 33,667 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | tonnes | 59,121 | 60,284 | 61,290 | 58,350 | 57,695 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kazakhstan | tonnes | 38,518 | 38,980 | 39,166 | 39,492 | 40,210 | ||||||||||||||||
| Morocco | tonnes | 58,268 | 59,645 | 60,260 | 61,914 | 60,522 | ||||||||||||||||
| New Zealand | tonnes | 153,253 | 150,680 | 148,467 | 144,401 | 140,131 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | tonnes | 45,100 | 45,700 | 45,043 | 43,520 | 43,555 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | tonnes | 56,006 | 56,733 | 55,471 | 50,211 | 51,660 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | tonnes | 46,297 | 45,524 | 45,344 | 46,223 | 44,870 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkey | tonnes | 62,525 | 63,315 | 66,975 | 70,587 | 79,754 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkmenistan | tonnes | 41,753 | 42,238 | 42,354 | 42,849 | 47,557 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | tonnes | 68,791 | 68,904 | 69,282 | 70,154 | 70,939 | ||||||||||||||||
| Uzbekistan | tonnes | 37,103 | 36,360 | 34,615 | 35,115 | 35,422 |
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