Cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — Production in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — Production was 232,159 t in 2023. ▬ Flat
Cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — Production in European Union (27), 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
European Union (27) recorded 232,159 t for cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production in 2023.
That represents a change of down 2.0% on the previous year and down 20.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production in European Union (27) peaked at 378,456 t in 2002 and was at its lowest, 177,841 t, in 2012.
Cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — Production in European Union (27), year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 237,226 t | — |
| 1962 | 234,550 t | -1.1% |
| 1963 | 246,385 t | +5.0% |
| 1964 | 240,598 t | -2.3% |
| 1965 | 249,262 t | +3.6% |
| 1966 | 268,725 t | +7.8% |
| 1967 | 270,469 t | +0.6% |
| 1968 | 252,126 t | -6.8% |
| 1969 | 267,534 t | +6.1% |
| 1970 | 273,375 t | +2.2% |
| 1971 | 271,348 t | -0.7% |
| 1972 | 285,779 t | +5.3% |
| 1973 | 277,954 t | -2.7% |
| 1974 | 291,893 t | +5.0% |
| 1975 | 295,579 t | +1.3% |
| 1976 | 293,829 t | -0.6% |
| 1977 | 299,090 t | +1.8% |
| 1978 | 309,065 t | +3.3% |
| 1979 | 317,291 t | +2.7% |
| 1980 | 307,334 t | -3.1% |
| 1981 | 323,190 t | +5.2% |
| 1982 | 311,882 t | -3.5% |
| 1983 | 325,036 t | +4.2% |
| 1984 | 327,493 t | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 332,007 t | +1.4% |
| 1986 | 336,070 t | +1.2% |
| 1987 | 333,182 t | -0.9% |
| 1988 | 349,610 t | +4.9% |
| 1989 | 362,351 t | +3.6% |
| 1990 | 360,941 t | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 338,575 t | -6.2% |
| 1992 | 340,931 t | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 346,860 t | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 346,875 t | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 347,782 t | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 345,125 t | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 348,410 t | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 367,009 t | +5.3% |
| 1999 | 355,069 t | -3.3% |
| 2000 | 355,829 t | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 361,016 t | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 378,456 t | +4.8% |
| 2003 | 368,878 t | -2.5% |
| 2004 | 366,911 t | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 367,703 t | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 365,550 t | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 362,863 t | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 365,888 t | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 356,018 t | -2.7% |
| 2010 | 275,612 t | -22.6% |
| 2011 | 274,472 t | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 177,841 t | -35.2% |
| 2013 | 293,545 t | +65.1% |
| 2014 | 340,752 t | +16.1% |
| 2015 | 216,740 t | -36.4% |
| 2016 | 219,998 t | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 231,733 t | +5.3% |
| 2018 | 230,343 t | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 235,260 t | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 234,055 t | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 237,690 t | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 236,820 t | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 232,159 t | -2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 251,875 t | 234,550 t | 270,469 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 291,520 t | 271,348 t | 317,291 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 330,816 t | 307,334 t | 362,351 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 349,758 t | 338,575 t | 367,009 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 364,911 t | 355,829 t | 378,456 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 249,630 t | 177,841 t | 340,752 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 235,181 t | 232,159 t | 237,690 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near European Union (27)
- 1 Spain 75,240 t compare
- 2 China 74,811 t compare
- 2 China, mainland 74,811 t compare
- 3 Syrian Arab Republic 47,528 t compare
- 4 Italy 73,760 t compare
- 4 Türkiye 33,580 t compare
- 5 France 61,090 t compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 15,822 t compare
- 6 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 5,867 t compare
- 6 Niger 35,196 t compare
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- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, annual growth rate -8.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth -10.21 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 2.19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 2.62 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production in European Union (27)?
- Cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production in European Union (27) was 232,159 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 European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 378,456 t in 2002.
- What is the lowest cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 177,841 t in 2012.
- How does European Union (27) rank for cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production?
- European Union (27) ranks 3rd out of 19 groups with data for 2023.
- Is cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this European Union (27) 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.