Cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — Production in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — Production was 157,188 t in 2023. ▬ Flat
Cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — Production in Southern Europe, 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 Southern Europe stood at 157,188 t.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 37.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production in Southern Europe peaked at 290,727 t in 2002 and was at its lowest, 140,805 t, in 2012.
Cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — Production in Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 169,383 t | — |
| 1962 | 169,964 t | +0.3% |
| 1963 | 177,142 t | +4.2% |
| 1964 | 173,938 t | -1.8% |
| 1965 | 178,969 t | +2.9% |
| 1966 | 195,933 t | +9.5% |
| 1967 | 196,812 t | +0.4% |
| 1968 | 180,510 t | -8.3% |
| 1969 | 197,818 t | +9.6% |
| 1970 | 201,607 t | +1.9% |
| 1971 | 198,463 t | -1.6% |
| 1972 | 212,128 t | +6.9% |
| 1973 | 204,418 t | -3.6% |
| 1974 | 217,341 t | +6.3% |
| 1975 | 224,090 t | +3.1% |
| 1976 | 224,111 t | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 222,327 t | -0.8% |
| 1978 | 235,932 t | +6.1% |
| 1979 | 241,964 t | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 231,055 t | -4.5% |
| 1981 | 245,228 t | +6.1% |
| 1982 | 229,037 t | -6.6% |
| 1983 | 238,623 t | +4.2% |
| 1984 | 240,861 t | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 246,302 t | +2.3% |
| 1986 | 249,421 t | +1.3% |
| 1987 | 248,072 t | -0.5% |
| 1988 | 263,462 t | +6.2% |
| 1989 | 273,357 t | +3.8% |
| 1990 | 268,130 t | -1.9% |
| 1991 | 253,740 t | -5.4% |
| 1992 | 264,055 t | +4.1% |
| 1993 | 271,518 t | +2.8% |
| 1994 | 270,990 t | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 269,868 t | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 271,740 t | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 269,967 t | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 288,670 t | +6.9% |
| 1999 | 275,219 t | -4.7% |
| 2000 | 273,873 t | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 283,052 t | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 290,727 t | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 277,991 t | -4.4% |
| 2004 | 272,206 t | -2.1% |
| 2005 | 273,783 t | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 273,780 t | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 273,136 t | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 272,918 t | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 259,118 t | -5.1% |
| 2010 | 242,815 t | -6.3% |
| 2011 | 241,891 t | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 140,805 t | -41.8% |
| 2013 | 250,290 t | +77.8% |
| 2014 | 279,198 t | +11.5% |
| 2015 | 149,228 t | -46.6% |
| 2016 | 147,825 t | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 155,085 t | +4.9% |
| 2018 | 155,144 t | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 156,954 t | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 151,485 t | -3.5% |
| 2021 | 154,441 t | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 157,821 t | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 157,188 t | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 182,274 t | 169,383 t | 197,818 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 218,238 t | 198,463 t | 241,964 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 246,542 t | 229,037 t | 273,357 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 270,390 t | 253,740 t | 288,670 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 275,058 t | 259,118 t | 290,727 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 191,924 t | 140,805 t | 279,198 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 155,234 t | 151,485 t | 157,821 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Southern Europe
- 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
- 7 Republic of Moldova 5,327 t compare
- 7 USSR 26,250 t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production in Southern Europe?
- Cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production in Southern Europe was 157,188 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 Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 290,727 t in 2002.
- What is the lowest cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 140,805 t in 2012.
- How does Southern Europe rank for cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production?
- Southern Europe ranks 4th out of 19 groups with data for 2023.
- Is cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Southern Europe 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.