Cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — Production in Portugal
Portugal: Cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — Production was 5,770 t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — Production in Portugal, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Portugal recorded 5,770 t for cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production in 2023.
That represents a change of down 11.5% on the previous year and up 27.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production in Portugal peaked at 18,246 t in 1967 and was at its lowest, 4,250 t, in 2010.
That places Portugal 16th out of 49 countries with data for 2023, putting it 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 Portugal, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,995 t | — |
| 1962 | 15,933 t | -0.4% |
| 1963 | 15,921 t | -0.1% |
| 1964 | 15,928 t | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 18,006 t | +13.0% |
| 1966 | 17,417 t | -3.3% |
| 1967 | 18,246 t | +4.8% |
| 1968 | 12,851 t | -29.6% |
| 1969 | 14,862 t | +15.6% |
| 1970 | 14,315 t | -3.7% |
| 1971 | 13,475 t | -5.9% |
| 1972 | 14,434 t | +7.1% |
| 1973 | 14,778 t | +2.4% |
| 1974 | 16,104 t | +9.0% |
| 1975 | 14,793 t | -8.1% |
| 1976 | 12,407 t | -16.1% |
| 1977 | 13,027 t | +5.0% |
| 1978 | 13,354 t | +2.5% |
| 1979 | 14,005 t | +4.9% |
| 1980 | 13,679 t | -2.3% |
| 1981 | 13,185 t | -3.6% |
| 1982 | 13,287 t | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 13,620 t | +2.5% |
| 1984 | 13,892 t | +2.0% |
| 1985 | 14,230 t | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 13,553 t | -4.8% |
| 1987 | 14,196 t | +4.7% |
| 1988 | 14,285 t | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 14,364 t | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 14,651 t | +2.0% |
| 1991 | 15,434 t | +5.3% |
| 1992 | 15,523 t | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 15,730 t | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 16,200 t | +3.0% |
| 1995 | 16,883 t | +4.2% |
| 1996 | 16,038 t | -5.0% |
| 1997 | 16,201 t | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 16,119 t | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 17,350 t | +7.6% |
| 2000 | 17,322 t | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 16,602 t | -4.2% |
| 2002 | 16,211 t | -2.4% |
| 2003 | 16,360 t | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 16,453 t | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 16,592 t | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 16,026 t | -3.4% |
| 2007 | 15,387 t | -4.0% |
| 2008 | 14,752 t | -4.1% |
| 2009 | 13,679 t | -7.3% |
| 2010 | 4,250 t | -68.9% |
| 2011 | 4,360 t | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 4,700 t | +7.8% |
| 2013 | 4,520 t | -3.8% |
| 2014 | 4,710 t | +4.2% |
| 2015 | 6,070 t | +28.9% |
| 2016 | 5,020 t | -17.3% |
| 2017 | 5,570 t | +11.0% |
| 2018 | 6,370 t | +14.4% |
| 2019 | 6,610 t | +3.8% |
| 2020 | 6,030 t | -8.8% |
| 2021 | 5,380 t | -10.8% |
| 2022 | 6,520 t | +21.2% |
| 2023 | 5,770 t | -11.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16,129 t | 12,851 t | 18,246 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,069 t | 12,407 t | 16,104 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,829 t | 13,185 t | 14,364 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,013 t | 14,651 t | 17,350 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,938 t | 13,679 t | 17,322 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,218 t | 4,250 t | 6,610 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,925 t | 5,380 t | 6,520 t | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production in Portugal?
- Cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production in Portugal was 5,770 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 Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 18,246 t in 1967.
- What is the lowest cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,250 t in 2010.
- How does Portugal rank for cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production?
- Portugal ranks 16th out of 49 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Portugal 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.