Cheese from milk of goats, fresh or processed — Production in Africa
Africa: Cheese from milk of goats, fresh or processed — Production was 137,321 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Cheese from milk of goats, fresh or processed — Production in Africa, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cheese from milk of goats, fresh or processed — production in Africa is 137,321 t, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and down 41.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cheese from milk of goats, fresh or processed — production in Africa peaked at 248,837 t in 2018 and was at its lowest, 32,840 t, in 1973.
That places Africa 6th out of 21 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cheese from milk of goats, fresh or processed — Production in Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 33,666 t | — |
| 1962 | 33,865 t | +0.6% |
| 1963 | 34,214 t | +1.0% |
| 1964 | 34,534 t | +0.9% |
| 1965 | 34,905 t | +1.1% |
| 1966 | 33,359 t | -4.4% |
| 1967 | 35,706 t | +7.0% |
| 1968 | 37,829 t | +5.9% |
| 1969 | 34,110 t | -9.8% |
| 1970 | 37,630 t | +10.3% |
| 1971 | 37,860 t | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 37,000 t | -2.3% |
| 1973 | 32,840 t | -11.2% |
| 1974 | 39,051 t | +18.9% |
| 1975 | 42,853 t | +9.7% |
| 1976 | 44,119 t | +3.0% |
| 1977 | 43,879 t | -0.5% |
| 1978 | 44,772 t | +2.0% |
| 1979 | 46,172 t | +3.1% |
| 1980 | 47,066 t | +1.9% |
| 1981 | 46,993 t | -0.2% |
| 1982 | 48,248 t | +2.7% |
| 1983 | 49,519 t | +2.6% |
| 1984 | 44,716 t | -9.7% |
| 1985 | 37,128 t | -17.0% |
| 1986 | 41,164 t | +10.9% |
| 1987 | 43,152 t | +4.8% |
| 1988 | 40,067 t | -7.1% |
| 1989 | 45,592 t | +13.8% |
| 1990 | 50,393 t | +10.5% |
| 1991 | 72,563 t | +44.0% |
| 1992 | 83,308 t | +14.8% |
| 1993 | 92,040 t | +10.5% |
| 1994 | 130,877 t | +42.2% |
| 1995 | 145,034 t | +10.8% |
| 1996 | 96,602 t | -33.4% |
| 1997 | 98,444 t | +1.9% |
| 1998 | 104,309 t | +6.0% |
| 1999 | 130,084 t | +24.7% |
| 2000 | 132,310 t | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 133,489 t | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 134,928 t | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 136,190 t | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 137,887 t | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 139,108 t | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 140,181 t | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 141,544 t | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 143,015 t | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 144,008 t | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 33,789 t | -76.5% |
| 2011 | 36,429 t | +7.8% |
| 2012 | 233,896 t | +542.1% |
| 2013 | 233,836 t | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 235,418 t | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 242,667 t | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 246,417 t | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 248,460 t | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 248,837 t | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 138,894 t | -44.2% |
| 2020 | 141,104 t | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 138,789 t | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 136,411 t | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 137,321 t | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 34,688 t | 33,359 t | 37,829 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 40,618 t | 32,840 t | 46,172 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 44,364 t | 37,128 t | 49,519 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 100,365 t | 50,393 t | 145,034 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 138,266 t | 132,310 t | 144,008 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 189,864 t | 33,789 t | 248,837 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 138,406 t | 136,411 t | 141,104 t | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cheese from milk of goats, fresh or processed — production in Africa?
- Cheese from milk of goats, fresh or processed — production in Africa was 137,321 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cheese from milk of goats, fresh or processed — production recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 248,837 t in 2018.
- What is the lowest cheese from milk of goats, fresh or processed — production recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 32,840 t in 1973.
- How does Africa rank for cheese from milk of goats, fresh or processed — production?
- Africa ranks 6th out of 21 groups with data for 2023.
- Is cheese from milk of goats, fresh or processed — production rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 41.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cheese from milk of goats, fresh or processed — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.