Cheese (All Kinds) — Production in Cyprus
Cyprus: Cheese (All Kinds) — Production was 40,850 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Cheese (All Kinds) — Production in Cyprus, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cheese (all kinds) — production in Cyprus is 40,850 t, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of up 9.0% on the previous year and up 105.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cheese (all kinds) — production in Cyprus peaked at 40,850 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 3,550 t, in 1961.
Cyprus ranks 61st of 110 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cheese (All Kinds) — Production in Cyprus, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,550 t | — |
| 1962 | 3,950 t | +11.3% |
| 1963 | 4,000 t | +1.3% |
| 1964 | 4,090 t | +2.2% |
| 1965 | 5,200 t | +27.1% |
| 1966 | 5,060 t | -2.7% |
| 1967 | 5,297 t | +4.7% |
| 1968 | 5,468 t | +3.2% |
| 1969 | 7,847 t | +43.5% |
| 1970 | 8,234 t | +4.9% |
| 1971 | 10,431 t | +26.7% |
| 1972 | 9,623 t | -7.7% |
| 1973 | 8,407 t | -12.6% |
| 1974 | 8,150 t | -3.1% |
| 1975 | 4,681 t | -42.6% |
| 1976 | 4,963 t | +6.0% |
| 1977 | 5,483 t | +10.5% |
| 1978 | 5,370 t | -2.1% |
| 1979 | 5,435 t | +1.2% |
| 1980 | 5,634 t | +3.7% |
| 1981 | 5,709 t | +1.3% |
| 1982 | 5,721 t | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 5,560 t | -2.8% |
| 1984 | 5,550 t | -0.2% |
| 1985 | 5,850 t | +5.4% |
| 1986 | 5,930 t | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 6,150 t | +3.7% |
| 1988 | 5,950 t | -3.3% |
| 1989 | 5,700 t | -4.2% |
| 1990 | 5,300 t | -7.0% |
| 1991 | 5,320 t | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 5,320 t | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 5,400 t | +1.5% |
| 1994 | 5,570 t | +3.1% |
| 1995 | 5,450 t | -2.2% |
| 1996 | 5,515 t | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 5,610 t | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 4,440 t | -20.9% |
| 1999 | 4,730 t | +6.5% |
| 2000 | 5,150 t | +8.9% |
| 2001 | 6,240 t | +21.2% |
| 2002 | 6,375 t | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 6,507 t | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 5,528 t | -15.0% |
| 2005 | 5,115 t | -7.5% |
| 2006 | 4,388 t | -14.2% |
| 2007 | 4,130 t | -5.9% |
| 2008 | 4,379 t | +6.0% |
| 2009 | 5,638 t | +28.8% |
| 2010 | 14,480 t | +156.8% |
| 2011 | 16,090 t | +11.1% |
| 2012 | 19,430 t | +20.8% |
| 2013 | 19,850 t | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 19,990 t | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 23,180 t | +16.0% |
| 2016 | 26,610 t | +14.8% |
| 2017 | 27,780 t | +4.4% |
| 2018 | 27,930 t | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 32,060 t | +14.8% |
| 2020 | 35,170 t | +9.7% |
| 2021 | 38,790 t | +10.3% |
| 2022 | 37,460 t | -3.4% |
| 2023 | 40,850 t | +9.0% |
Cyprus compared with similar countries
- Cyprus's 40,850 t is below the median for high income countries, which is 107,288 t, 38% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Cyprus's 40,850 t is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 79,440 t, 51% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cheese (All Kinds) — Production in Cyprus changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +156.8% | 5,638 t | 14,480 t |
| 1975 | -42.6% | 8,150 t | 4,681 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,940 t | 3,550 t | 7,847 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,078 t | 4,681 t | 10,431 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,775 t | 5,550 t | 6,150 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,266 t | 4,440 t | 5,610 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,345 t | 4,130 t | 6,507 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,740 t | 14,480 t | 32,060 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 38,068 t | 35,170 t | 40,850 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Cyprus
More agriculture & rural data for Cyprus
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.78 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0112 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 335.46 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8799 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3331 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cheese (all kinds) — production in Cyprus?
- Cheese (all kinds) — production in Cyprus was 40,850 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cheese (all kinds) — production recorded in Cyprus?
- The highest recorded value was 40,850 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest cheese (all kinds) — production recorded in Cyprus?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,550 t in 1961.
- How does Cyprus rank for cheese (all kinds) — production?
- Cyprus ranks 61st out of 110 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cheese (all kinds) — production rising or falling in Cyprus?
- Over the last ten years it is up 105.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Cyprus data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cheese (All Kinds) — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.