Cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — Production in Morocco
Morocco: Cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — Production was 2,458 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — Production in Morocco, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2023, cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production in Morocco stood at 2,458 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.8% on the previous year and down 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production in Morocco peaked at 2,972 t in 2012 and was at its lowest, 794.79 t, in 1963.
That places Morocco 21st out of 49 countries 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 sheep, fresh or processed — Production in Morocco, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 984.85 t | — |
| 1962 | 863.91 t | -12.3% |
| 1963 | 794.79 t | -8.0% |
| 1964 | 829.35 t | +4.3% |
| 1965 | 933.02 t | +12.5% |
| 1966 | 960.66 t | +3.0% |
| 1967 | 1,023 t | +6.5% |
| 1968 | 1,023 t | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,133 t | +10.8% |
| 1970 | 1,161 t | +2.4% |
| 1971 | 1,244 t | +7.1% |
| 1972 | 1,382 t | +11.1% |
| 1973 | 1,382 t | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1,244 t | -10.0% |
| 1975 | 2,053 t | +65.0% |
| 1976 | 1,382 t | -32.7% |
| 1977 | 1,382 t | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,590 t | +15.0% |
| 1979 | 1,382 t | -13.0% |
| 1980 | 1,382 t | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,451 t | +5.0% |
| 1982 | 1,451 t | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,451 t | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,520 t | +4.8% |
| 1985 | 1,728 t | +13.6% |
| 1986 | 1,935 t | +12.0% |
| 1987 | 2,129 t | +10.0% |
| 1988 | 1,742 t | -18.2% |
| 1989 | 1,790 t | +2.8% |
| 1990 | 1,831 t | +2.3% |
| 1991 | 1,866 t | +1.9% |
| 1992 | 1,914 t | +2.6% |
| 1993 | 1,894 t | -1.1% |
| 1994 | 1,887 t | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 1,910 t | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 1,956 t | +2.4% |
| 1997 | 1,887 t | -3.5% |
| 1998 | 1,887 t | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 1,887 t | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 1,920 t | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 1,837 t | -4.3% |
| 2002 | 1,859 t | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 1,866 t | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 1,887 t | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 1,921 t | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 2,058 t | +7.1% |
| 2007 | 2,195 t | +6.7% |
| 2008 | 2,333 t | +6.2% |
| 2009 | 2,269 t | -2.7% |
| 2010 | 2,647 t | +16.7% |
| 2011 | 2,834 t | +7.0% |
| 2012 | 2,972 t | +4.9% |
| 2013 | 2,488 t | -16.3% |
| 2014 | 2,292 t | -7.9% |
| 2015 | 2,243 t | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 2,338 t | +4.2% |
| 2017 | 2,338 t | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 2,340 t | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 2,518 t | +7.6% |
| 2020 | 2,548 t | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 2,589 t | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 2,530 t | -2.3% |
| 2023 | 2,458 t | -2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 949.53 t | 794.79 t | 1,133 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,420 t | 1,161 t | 2,053 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,658 t | 1,382 t | 2,129 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,892 t | 1,831 t | 1,956 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,015 t | 1,837 t | 2,333 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,501 t | 2,243 t | 2,972 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,531 t | 2,458 t | 2,589 t | 4 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1055 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 500.5 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0275 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3687 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 10.55 (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production in Morocco?
- Cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production in Morocco was 2,458 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 Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 2,972 t in 2012.
- What is the lowest cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 794.79 t in 1963.
- How does Morocco rank for cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production?
- Morocco ranks 21st out of 49 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Morocco 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.