Cheese from milk of goats, fresh or processed — Production in Western Europe
Western Europe: Cheese from milk of goats, fresh or processed — Production was 130,643 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cheese from milk of goats, fresh or processed — Production in Western Europe, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2023, cheese from milk of goats, fresh or processed — production in Western Europe stood at 130,643 t.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cheese from milk of goats, fresh or processed — production in Western Europe peaked at 142,487 t in 2018 and was at its lowest, 38,050 t, in 1972.
That places Western Europe 7th out of 21 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Cheese from milk of goats, fresh or processed — Production in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 66,800 t | — |
| 1962 | 61,700 t | -7.6% |
| 1963 | 57,650 t | -6.6% |
| 1964 | 53,770 t | -6.7% |
| 1965 | 48,415 t | -10.0% |
| 1966 | 45,835 t | -5.3% |
| 1967 | 44,950 t | -1.9% |
| 1968 | 45,700 t | +1.7% |
| 1969 | 44,550 t | -2.5% |
| 1970 | 40,700 t | -8.6% |
| 1971 | 40,800 t | +0.2% |
| 1972 | 38,050 t | -6.7% |
| 1973 | 39,845 t | +4.7% |
| 1974 | 42,220 t | +6.0% |
| 1975 | 49,695 t | +17.7% |
| 1976 | 45,375 t | -8.7% |
| 1977 | 48,666 t | +7.3% |
| 1978 | 49,964 t | +2.7% |
| 1979 | 48,947 t | -2.0% |
| 1980 | 52,643 t | +7.6% |
| 1981 | 51,525 t | -2.1% |
| 1982 | 55,600 t | +7.9% |
| 1983 | 56,450 t | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 57,170 t | +1.3% |
| 1985 | 58,170 t | +1.7% |
| 1986 | 57,250 t | -1.6% |
| 1987 | 58,520 t | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 58,495 t | -0.0% |
| 1989 | 59,465 t | +1.7% |
| 1990 | 59,150 t | -0.5% |
| 1991 | 55,700 t | -5.8% |
| 1992 | 58,000 t | +4.1% |
| 1993 | 59,250 t | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 56,700 t | -4.3% |
| 1995 | 56,850 t | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 59,925 t | +5.4% |
| 1997 | 50,971 t | -14.9% |
| 1998 | 54,238 t | +6.4% |
| 1999 | 58,473 t | +7.8% |
| 2000 | 62,705 t | +7.2% |
| 2001 | 66,842 t | +6.6% |
| 2002 | 71,244 t | +6.6% |
| 2003 | 73,876 t | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 80,069 t | +8.4% |
| 2005 | 84,363 t | +5.4% |
| 2006 | 91,773 t | +8.8% |
| 2007 | 95,146 t | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 94,093 t | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 98,817 t | +5.0% |
| 2010 | 117,460 t | +18.9% |
| 2011 | 121,150 t | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 121,150 t | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 121,660 t | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 124,723 t | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 133,170 t | +6.8% |
| 2016 | 135,957 t | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 136,990 t | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 142,487 t | +4.0% |
| 2019 | 137,064 t | -3.8% |
| 2020 | 128,933 t | -5.9% |
| 2021 | 124,453 t | -3.5% |
| 2022 | 129,922 t | +4.4% |
| 2023 | 130,643 t | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 52,152 t | 44,550 t | 66,800 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 44,426 t | 38,050 t | 49,964 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 56,529 t | 51,525 t | 59,465 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 56,926 t | 50,971 t | 59,925 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 81,893 t | 62,705 t | 98,817 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 129,181 t | 117,460 t | 142,487 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 128,488 t | 124,453 t | 130,643 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
- 4 Sudan 88,663 t compare
- 4 Syrian Arab Republic 8,611 t compare
- 5 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 4,702 t compare
- 5 Spain 52,510 t compare
- 6 Niger 43,063 t compare
- 6 Türkiye 135.38 t compare
- 7 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 28,740 t compare
- 8 Mexico 17,969 t compare
- 9 USSR 15,000 t compare
- 10 Tajikistan 14,162 t compare
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- Vegetables Primary — Production, annual growth rate 5.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 2.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 3.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production, annual growth rate 8.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth -6.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, annual growth rate -7.03 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cheese from milk of goats, fresh or processed — production in Western Europe?
- Cheese from milk of goats, fresh or processed — production in Western Europe was 130,643 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 Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 142,487 t in 2018.
- What is the lowest cheese from milk of goats, fresh or processed — production recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 38,050 t in 1972.
- How does Western Europe rank for cheese from milk of goats, fresh or processed — production?
- Western Europe ranks 7th out of 21 groups with data for 2023.
- Is cheese from milk of goats, fresh or processed — production rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Europe 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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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.