Cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — Production in Niger
Niger: Cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — Production was 35,196 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — Production in Niger, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Niger recorded 35,196 t for cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production in 2023.
That represents a change of up 11.7% on the previous year and up 39.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production in Niger peaked at 35,864 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1,976 t, in 1961.
Niger ranks 6th of 49 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — Production in Niger, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,976 t | — |
| 1962 | 2,040 t | +3.2% |
| 1963 | 2,104 t | +3.1% |
| 1964 | 2,168 t | +3.0% |
| 1965 | 2,231 t | +2.9% |
| 1966 | 2,295 t | +2.9% |
| 1967 | 2,359 t | +2.8% |
| 1968 | 2,656 t | +12.6% |
| 1969 | 4,250 t | +60.0% |
| 1970 | 5,176 t | +21.8% |
| 1971 | 4,632 t | -10.5% |
| 1972 | 3,859 t | -16.7% |
| 1973 | 4,802 t | +24.4% |
| 1974 | 3,578 t | -25.5% |
| 1975 | 3,986 t | +11.4% |
| 1976 | 4,314 t | +8.2% |
| 1977 | 4,475 t | +3.7% |
| 1978 | 4,412 t | -1.4% |
| 1979 | 4,488 t | +1.7% |
| 1980 | 4,645 t | +3.5% |
| 1981 | 4,798 t | +3.3% |
| 1982 | 4,802 t | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 5,419 t | +12.8% |
| 1984 | 3,825 t | -29.4% |
| 1985 | 2,236 t | -41.6% |
| 1986 | 4,063 t | +81.7% |
| 1987 | 4,242 t | +4.4% |
| 1988 | 4,203 t | -0.9% |
| 1989 | 4,505 t | +7.2% |
| 1990 | 13,991 t | +210.6% |
| 1991 | 14,481 t | +3.5% |
| 1992 | 14,987 t | +3.5% |
| 1993 | 15,512 t | +3.5% |
| 1994 | 16,055 t | +3.5% |
| 1995 | 16,617 t | +3.5% |
| 1996 | 17,198 t | +3.5% |
| 1997 | 17,800 t | +3.5% |
| 1998 | 18,423 t | +3.5% |
| 1999 | 19,068 t | +3.5% |
| 2000 | 19,736 t | +3.5% |
| 2001 | 20,426 t | +3.5% |
| 2002 | 21,141 t | +3.5% |
| 2003 | 21,881 t | +3.5% |
| 2004 | 22,647 t | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 23,440 t | +3.5% |
| 2006 | 24,260 t | +3.5% |
| 2007 | 25,216 t | +3.9% |
| 2008 | 25,988 t | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 26,893 t | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 24,740 t | -8.0% |
| 2011 | 25,548 t | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 26,442 t | +3.5% |
| 2013 | 25,284 t | -4.4% |
| 2014 | 26,249 t | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 30,196 t | +15.0% |
| 2016 | 31,253 t | +3.5% |
| 2017 | 32,347 t | +3.5% |
| 2018 | 33,479 t | +3.5% |
| 2019 | 34,651 t | +3.5% |
| 2020 | 35,864 t | +3.5% |
| 2021 | 30,867 t | -13.9% |
| 2022 | 31,502 t | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 35,196 t | +11.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,453 t | 1,976 t | 4,250 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,372 t | 3,578 t | 5,176 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,274 t | 2,236 t | 5,419 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,413 t | 13,991 t | 19,068 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 23,163 t | 19,736 t | 26,893 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 29,019 t | 24,740 t | 34,651 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 33,357 t | 30,867 t | 35,864 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Niger
- 4 Italy 73,760 t compare
- 5 France 61,090 t compare
- 7 USSR 26,250 t compare
- 8 South Sudan 15,796 t compare
- 9 Sudan (former) 15,000 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Niger
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.84 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.4759 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 368.98 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.87 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0011 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8163 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 47.59 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 47.59 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production in Niger?
- Cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production in Niger was 35,196 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 Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 35,864 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,976 t in 1961.
- How does Niger rank for cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production?
- Niger ranks 6th out of 49 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Niger 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.