Cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — Production in Iraq
Iraq: Cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — Production was 5,317 t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — Production in Iraq, 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 Iraq is 5,317 t, measured in 2023.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production in Iraq peaked at 19,305 t in 1980 and was at its lowest, 5,038 t, in 2011.
Iraq ranks 17th of 49 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — Production in Iraq, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,680 t | — |
| 1962 | 11,848 t | +1.4% |
| 1963 | 11,897 t | +0.4% |
| 1964 | 11,945 t | +0.4% |
| 1965 | 12,210 t | +2.2% |
| 1966 | 13,272 t | +8.7% |
| 1967 | 12,452 t | -6.2% |
| 1968 | 12,838 t | +3.1% |
| 1969 | 12,355 t | -3.8% |
| 1970 | 12,790 t | +3.5% |
| 1971 | 13,803 t | +7.9% |
| 1972 | 14,961 t | +8.4% |
| 1973 | 15,927 t | +6.5% |
| 1974 | 15,927 t | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 16,458 t | +3.3% |
| 1976 | 17,519 t | +6.5% |
| 1977 | 16,988 t | -3.0% |
| 1978 | 15,444 t | -9.1% |
| 1979 | 17,374 t | +12.5% |
| 1980 | 19,305 t | +11.1% |
| 1981 | 15,444 t | -20.0% |
| 1982 | 15,927 t | +3.1% |
| 1983 | 15,927 t | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 15,927 t | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 16,168 t | +1.5% |
| 1986 | 16,409 t | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 16,168 t | -1.5% |
| 1988 | 16,409 t | +1.5% |
| 1989 | 16,651 t | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 16,892 t | +1.4% |
| 1991 | 13,514 t | -20.0% |
| 1992 | 6,772 t | -49.9% |
| 1993 | 8,095 t | +19.5% |
| 1994 | 10,618 t | +31.2% |
| 1995 | 9,772 t | -8.0% |
| 1996 | 14,165 t | +45.0% |
| 1997 | 14,961 t | +5.6% |
| 1998 | 15,058 t | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 12,085 t | -19.7% |
| 2000 | 15,444 t | +27.8% |
| 2001 | 13,900 t | -10.0% |
| 2002 | 10,039 t | -27.8% |
| 2003 | 10,441 t | +4.0% |
| 2004 | 7,494 t | -28.2% |
| 2005 | 6,602 t | -11.9% |
| 2006 | 6,178 t | -6.4% |
| 2007 | 5,289 t | -14.4% |
| 2008 | 5,313 t | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 5,792 t | +9.0% |
| 2010 | 6,044 t | +4.4% |
| 2011 | 5,038 t | -16.6% |
| 2012 | 6,175 t | +22.6% |
| 2013 | 5,309 t | -14.0% |
| 2014 | 5,106 t | -3.8% |
| 2015 | 5,128 t | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 5,153 t | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 5,175 t | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 5,198 t | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 5,222 t | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 5,245 t | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 5,270 t | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 5,292 t | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 5,317 t | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,277 t | 11,680 t | 13,272 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,719 t | 12,790 t | 17,519 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 16,433 t | 15,444 t | 19,305 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,193 t | 6,772 t | 16,892 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,649 t | 5,289 t | 15,444 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,355 t | 5,038 t | 6,175 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,281 t | 5,245 t | 5,317 t | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Iraq
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -8.53 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0341 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 184.67 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3006 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2016)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2014)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production in Iraq?
- Cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production in Iraq was 5,317 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 Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 19,305 t in 1980.
- What is the lowest cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,038 t in 2011.
- How does Iraq rank for cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production?
- Iraq ranks 17th out of 49 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Iraq 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.