Wool Price

Data last updated 2024 — no more recent pricing has been published for this commodity. Treat the figures below as a historical reference rather than a live market read.

Wool: 804.19 USD/mt (World avg., 2024). Source: FAOSTAT.

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Period	Price (USD/mt)	Change
2024	804.19	-5.2%
2023	848.37	-1.3%
2022	859.69	+0.2%
2021	858.37	+7.6%
2020	797.59	-28.2%
2019	1,111.31	-41.7%
2018	1,906.44	+15.9%
2017	1,644.4	+14.5%
2016	1,436.07	-2.1%
2015	1,466.63	–

About Wool

Shorn from sheep, mainly in Australia (the largest exporter, especially of the fine merino wool used in clothing) and increasingly processed in China, now the world's largest wool-importing and textile-manufacturing hub. Prices compete against synthetic and cotton fibers and track demand from the apparel industry more than any weather or harvest factor.

Top Wool Producers

Rank	Country
1	China	367,505 t
2	Australia	318,000 t
3	New Zealand	131,182 t
4	Türkiye	80,195 t
5	United Kingdom	68,510 t
6	Morocco	62,240 t
7	Iran	53,043 t
8	Turkmenistan	49,116 t
9	Russia	44,909 t
10	South Africa	43,459 t
11	Pakistan	42,556 t
12	Uzbekistan	38,573 t
13	Kazakhstan	36,643 t
14	Algeria	35,507 t
15	Argentina	34,034 t
16	India	33,610 t
17	Indonesia	25,511 t
18	Uruguay	24,692 t
19	Syria	21,133 t
20	Azerbaijan	15,150 t
21	Iraq	14,695 t
22	Mongolia	14,337 t
23	Saudi Arabia	14,207 t
24	Afghanistan	13,342 t
25	Egypt	11,984 t
26	Kyrgyzstan	11,920 t
27	United States	11,370 t
28	Libya	10,322 t
29	Tunisia	9,377 t
30	Yemen	9,250 t
31	Lesotho	9,000 t
32	Brazil	8,548 t
33	Peru	8,010 t
34	Tajikistan	7,665 t
35	Tanzania	7,526 t
36	Ethiopia	7,159 t
37	Chile	6,292 t
38	Jordan	4,668 t
39	Colombia	4,512 t
40	Mexico	3,797 t
41	Norway	3,067 t
42	Lebanon	2,810 t
43	Zimbabwe	2,716 t
44	Bangladesh	2,544 t
45	Albania	2,256 t
46	Kenya	2,062 t
47	Bolivia	2,030 t
48	Serbia	2,009 t
49	Georgia	2,000 t
50	Bosnia & Herzegovina	1,423 t
51	Namibia	1,334 t
52	Eritrea	1,332 t
53	Israel	1,206 t
54	Ukraine	1,187 t
55	Canada	1,187 t
56	Moldova	1,181 t
57	Armenia	1,101 t
58	Ecuador	1,063 t
59	Kuwait	958 t
60	Myanmar (Burma)	793 t
61	North Macedonia	723 t
62	Paraguay	688 t
63	Switzerland	632 t
64	Iceland	543 t
65	Nepal	381 t
66	Mali	260 t
67	Montenegro	232 t
68	Malaysia	171 t
69	Belarus	88 t

FAOSTAT production data, 2023.

Top Wool Importers

Rank	Country
1	China	253,307 t
2	India	36,945 t
3	Czechia	24,210 t
4	Italy	14,178 t
5	Uruguay	9,504 t
6	United Kingdom	8,151 t
7	South Africa	6,123 t
8	Bulgaria	6,087 t
9	Türkiye	5,323 t
10	Belgium	4,358 t
11	Pakistan	3,356 t
12	Portugal	2,130 t
13	Spain	1,332 t
14	Tunisia	652 t
15	Ukraine	472 t
16	Saudi Arabia	460 t
17	Germany	403 t
18	United States	206 t
19	Poland	194 t
20	Moldova	150 t
21	Kyrgyzstan	132 t
22	Romania	116 t
23	Australia	95 t
24	France	79 t
25	Bolivia	71 t
26	Switzerland	68 t
27	Russia	54 t
28	Argentina	51 t
29	Niger	48 t
30	Denmark	47 t
31	Ethiopia	41 t
32	Kazakhstan	39 t
33	Iran	37 t
34	Tajikistan	27 t
35	Afghanistan	25 t
36	Chile	25 t
37	Myanmar (Burma)	18 t
38	Mali	12 t
39	Nepal	11 t
40	United Arab Emirates	10 t
41	Lithuania	9 t
42	Netherlands	8 t
43	Canada	5 t
44	Burkina Faso	5 t
45	Botswana	4 t
46	Mozambique	4 t
47	Zambia	4 t
48	Hungary	3 t
49	New Zealand	2 t
50	Namibia	2 t
51	Panama	2 t
52	Montenegro	2 t
53	Japan	2 t
54	Rwanda	2 t
55	Senegal	2 t
56	Samoa	1 t
57	Ireland	1 t
58	Philippines	1 t
59	Angola	1 t
60	Malaysia	1 t
61	Zimbabwe	0 t
62	Norway	0 t
63	Papua New Guinea	0 t
64	Austria	0 t
65	Iraq	0 t
66	Timor-Leste	0 t
67	Croatia	0 t
68	Sweden	0 t
69	Slovenia	0 t
70	Barbados	0 t
71	Honduras	0 t
72	St. Vincent & Grenadines	0 t
73	Indonesia	0 t
74	Jamaica	0 t
75	Lesotho	0 t
76	Finland	0 t
77	Luxembourg	0 t
78	Malta	0 t
79	Sri Lanka	0 t
80	Greece	0 t
81	Guatemala	0 t
82	South Korea	0 t
83	Singapore	0 t

FAOSTAT trade data, 2023.

Top Wool Exporters

Rank	Country
1	Australia	326,773 t
2	South Africa	50,776 t
3	New Zealand	30,629 t
4	Uruguay	9,767 t
5	France	7,369 t
6	United Kingdom	7,015 t
7	Spain	6,131 t
8	Lesotho	6,049 t
9	Ireland	5,104 t
10	Argentina	4,820 t
11	Brazil	4,806 t
12	Italy	4,746 t
13	Romania	4,286 t
14	Tunisia	3,935 t
15	Chile	3,619 t
16	Saudi Arabia	3,185 t
17	Peru	3,182 t
18	United States	3,120 t
19	Norway	3,011 t
20	Belgium	2,623 t
21	Türkiye	2,268 t
22	Germany	2,079 t
23	Syria	1,799 t
24	Greece	1,711 t
25	Netherlands	1,635 t
26	Jordan	1,554 t
27	Kenya	1,374 t
28	Libya	1,036 t
29	Algeria	996 t
30	Hungary	832 t
31	Morocco	801 t
32	Iran	653 t
33	Georgia	522 t
34	Switzerland	514 t
35	Serbia	480 t
36	Portugal	446 t
37	Moldova	316 t
38	Russia	279 t
39	Kazakhstan	232 t
40	North Macedonia	216 t
41	Tajikistan	207 t
42	Canada	140 t
43	Iraq	139 t
44	Cyprus	131 t
45	Kyrgyzstan	130 t
46	Iceland	122 t
47	Israel	103 t
48	Kuwait	92 t
49	Egypt	86 t
50	Afghanistan	78 t
51	Sweden	67 t
52	Denmark	53 t
53	Pakistan	49 t
54	India	42 t
55	Turkmenistan	40 t
56	Mongolia	25 t
57	Faroe Islands	24 t
58	United Arab Emirates	24 t
59	Estonia	18 t
60	Lebanon	9 t
61	Poland	1 t
62	Namibia	1 t
63	Ecuador	1 t
64	Sri Lanka	0 t
65	Austria	0 t
66	Finland	0 t
67	Botswana	0 t
68	Côte d’Ivoire	0 t
69	Nepal	0 t
70	Czechia	0 t
71	Indonesia	0 t
72	Singapore	0 t
73	Thailand	0 t

FAOSTAT trade data, 2023.

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