Cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — Production in Europe
Europe: Cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — Production was 240,939 t in 2023. ▬ Flat
Cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — Production in Europe, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production in Europe is 240,939 t, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 2.3% on the previous year and down 22.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production in Europe peaked at 391,691 t in 1990 and was at its lowest, 195,442 t, in 2012.
Cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — Production in Europe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 259,329 t | — |
| 1962 | 263,473 t | +1.6% |
| 1963 | 275,023 t | +4.4% |
| 1964 | 266,654 t | -3.0% |
| 1965 | 274,946 t | +3.1% |
| 1966 | 294,792 t | +7.2% |
| 1967 | 296,409 t | +0.5% |
| 1968 | 279,199 t | -5.8% |
| 1969 | 293,621 t | +5.2% |
| 1970 | 299,586 t | +2.0% |
| 1971 | 296,378 t | -1.1% |
| 1972 | 311,263 t | +5.0% |
| 1973 | 303,543 t | -2.5% |
| 1974 | 318,103 t | +4.8% |
| 1975 | 323,100 t | +1.6% |
| 1976 | 320,941 t | -0.7% |
| 1977 | 326,433 t | +1.7% |
| 1978 | 336,543 t | +3.1% |
| 1979 | 344,362 t | +2.3% |
| 1980 | 332,329 t | -3.5% |
| 1981 | 352,384 t | +6.0% |
| 1982 | 334,419 t | -5.1% |
| 1983 | 348,393 t | +4.2% |
| 1984 | 349,502 t | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 354,601 t | +1.5% |
| 1986 | 355,197 t | +0.2% |
| 1987 | 351,495 t | -1.0% |
| 1988 | 368,322 t | +4.8% |
| 1989 | 382,276 t | +3.8% |
| 1990 | 391,691 t | +2.5% |
| 1991 | 363,786 t | -7.1% |
| 1992 | 346,606 t | -4.7% |
| 1993 | 352,340 t | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 352,850 t | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 353,692 t | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 350,350 t | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 354,880 t | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 374,449 t | +5.5% |
| 1999 | 362,019 t | -3.3% |
| 2000 | 362,009 t | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 366,541 t | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 384,761 t | +5.0% |
| 2003 | 375,061 t | -2.5% |
| 2004 | 377,249 t | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 377,227 t | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 376,446 t | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 374,472 t | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 377,452 t | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 368,927 t | -2.3% |
| 2010 | 295,619 t | -19.9% |
| 2011 | 293,857 t | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 195,442 t | -33.5% |
| 2013 | 312,250 t | +59.8% |
| 2014 | 354,841 t | +13.6% |
| 2015 | 229,920 t | -35.2% |
| 2016 | 231,866 t | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 242,985 t | +4.8% |
| 2018 | 241,984 t | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 244,564 t | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 243,383 t | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 248,292 t | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 246,560 t | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 240,939 t | -2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 278,161 t | 259,329 t | 296,409 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 318,025 t | 296,378 t | 344,362 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 352,892 t | 332,329 t | 382,276 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 360,266 t | 346,606 t | 391,691 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 374,014 t | 362,009 t | 384,761 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 264,333 t | 195,442 t | 354,841 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 244,794 t | 240,939 t | 248,292 t | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production in Europe?
- Cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production in Europe was 240,939 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 391,691 t in 1990.
- What is the lowest cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 195,442 t in 2012.
- How does Europe rank for cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production?
- Europe ranks 2nd out of 19 groups with data for 2023.
- Is cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Europe 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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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.