Cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — Production in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — Production was 11,485 t in 2023. ▬ Flat
Cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — Production in Afghanistan, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Afghanistan recorded 11,485 t for cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.3% on the previous year and down 12.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production in Afghanistan peaked at 15,840 t in 1999 and was at its lowest, 7,501 t, in 1986.
That places Afghanistan 11th out of 49 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
Cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — Production in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,944 t | — |
| 1962 | 10,998 t | +0.5% |
| 1963 | 11,772 t | +7.0% |
| 1964 | 12,600 t | +7.0% |
| 1965 | 13,014 t | +3.3% |
| 1966 | 11,790 t | -9.4% |
| 1967 | 12,600 t | +6.9% |
| 1968 | 12,600 t | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 12,600 t | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 11,700 t | -7.1% |
| 1971 | 9,360 t | -20.0% |
| 1972 | 8,640 t | -7.7% |
| 1973 | 10,170 t | +17.7% |
| 1974 | 11,340 t | +11.5% |
| 1975 | 12,600 t | +11.1% |
| 1976 | 12,960 t | +2.9% |
| 1977 | 12,870 t | -0.7% |
| 1978 | 12,852 t | -0.1% |
| 1979 | 13,230 t | +2.9% |
| 1980 | 13,554 t | +2.4% |
| 1981 | 14,940 t | +10.2% |
| 1982 | 14,634 t | -2.0% |
| 1983 | 14,760 t | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 12,600 t | -14.6% |
| 1985 | 10,201 t | -19.0% |
| 1986 | 7,501 t | -26.5% |
| 1987 | 7,799 t | +4.0% |
| 1988 | 9,000 t | +15.4% |
| 1989 | 10,201 t | +13.3% |
| 1990 | 12,753 t | +25.0% |
| 1991 | 12,780 t | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 12,150 t | -4.9% |
| 1993 | 11,700 t | -3.7% |
| 1994 | 11,986 t | +2.4% |
| 1995 | 11,340 t | -5.4% |
| 1996 | 12,600 t | +11.1% |
| 1997 | 13,680 t | +8.6% |
| 1998 | 14,580 t | +6.6% |
| 1999 | 15,840 t | +8.6% |
| 2000 | 13,500 t | -14.8% |
| 2001 | 12,600 t | -6.7% |
| 2002 | 7,920 t | -37.1% |
| 2003 | 8,100 t | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 9,180 t | +13.3% |
| 2005 | 9,720 t | +5.9% |
| 2006 | 8,280 t | -14.8% |
| 2007 | 12,060 t | +45.7% |
| 2008 | 11,760 t | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 11,880 t | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 12,000 t | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 12,720 t | +6.0% |
| 2012 | 12,660 t | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 13,140 t | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 12,152 t | -7.5% |
| 2015 | 11,989 t | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 12,023 t | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 12,405 t | +3.2% |
| 2018 | 12,477 t | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 10,143 t | -18.7% |
| 2020 | 12,280 t | +21.1% |
| 2021 | 9,845 t | -19.8% |
| 2022 | 11,639 t | +18.2% |
| 2023 | 11,485 t | -1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,102 t | 10,944 t | 13,014 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,572 t | 8,640 t | 13,230 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,519 t | 7,501 t | 14,940 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,941 t | 11,340 t | 15,840 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,500 t | 7,920 t | 13,500 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,171 t | 10,143 t | 13,140 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,312 t | 9,845 t | 12,280 t | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3429 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 142.96 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0018 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7406 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 34.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 34.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 21.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production in Afghanistan?
- Cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production in Afghanistan was 11,485 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 15,840 t in 1999.
- What is the lowest cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,501 t in 1986.
- How does Afghanistan rank for cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production?
- Afghanistan ranks 11th out of 49 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cheese from milk of sheep, 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.