Cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — Production in Western Asia
Western Asia: Cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — Production was 117,870 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — Production in Western Asia, 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 Western Asia stood at 117,870 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.0% on the previous year and down 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production in Western Asia peaked at 135,156 t in 2018 and was at its lowest, 61,048 t, in 1962.
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 Western Asia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 61,088 t | — |
| 1962 | 61,048 t | -0.1% |
| 1963 | 75,388 t | +23.5% |
| 1964 | 67,549 t | -10.4% |
| 1965 | 70,532 t | +4.4% |
| 1966 | 66,970 t | -5.0% |
| 1967 | 67,640 t | +1.0% |
| 1968 | 71,764 t | +6.1% |
| 1969 | 70,382 t | -1.9% |
| 1970 | 67,724 t | -3.8% |
| 1971 | 75,918 t | +12.1% |
| 1972 | 74,615 t | -1.7% |
| 1973 | 71,519 t | -4.1% |
| 1974 | 74,631 t | +4.4% |
| 1975 | 78,382 t | +5.0% |
| 1976 | 81,857 t | +4.4% |
| 1977 | 78,356 t | -4.3% |
| 1978 | 78,446 t | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 89,805 t | +14.5% |
| 1980 | 102,221 t | +13.8% |
| 1981 | 100,265 t | -1.9% |
| 1982 | 101,200 t | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 105,637 t | +4.4% |
| 1984 | 86,743 t | -17.9% |
| 1985 | 96,346 t | +11.1% |
| 1986 | 88,056 t | -8.6% |
| 1987 | 103,625 t | +17.7% |
| 1988 | 107,348 t | +3.6% |
| 1989 | 106,054 t | -1.2% |
| 1990 | 109,935 t | +3.7% |
| 1991 | 114,158 t | +3.8% |
| 1992 | 106,631 t | -6.6% |
| 1993 | 91,166 t | -14.5% |
| 1994 | 98,881 t | +8.5% |
| 1995 | 96,318 t | -2.6% |
| 1996 | 108,259 t | +12.4% |
| 1997 | 111,843 t | +3.3% |
| 1998 | 114,692 t | +2.5% |
| 1999 | 96,167 t | -16.2% |
| 2000 | 99,658 t | +3.6% |
| 2001 | 101,560 t | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 100,523 t | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 109,744 t | +9.2% |
| 2004 | 113,939 t | +3.8% |
| 2005 | 117,686 t | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 128,689 t | +9.3% |
| 2007 | 129,153 t | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 120,427 t | -6.8% |
| 2009 | 113,716 t | -5.6% |
| 2010 | 112,075 t | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 120,602 t | +7.6% |
| 2012 | 124,966 t | +3.6% |
| 2013 | 127,552 t | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 130,519 t | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 124,806 t | -4.4% |
| 2016 | 123,089 t | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 132,264 t | +7.5% |
| 2018 | 135,156 t | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 131,686 t | -2.6% |
| 2020 | 127,623 t | -3.1% |
| 2021 | 123,154 t | -3.5% |
| 2022 | 125,443 t | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 117,870 t | -6.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 68,040 t | 61,048 t | 75,388 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 77,125 t | 67,724 t | 89,805 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 99,750 t | 86,743 t | 107,348 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 104,805 t | 91,166 t | 114,692 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 113,510 t | 99,658 t | 129,153 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 126,272 t | 112,075 t | 135,156 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 123,522 t | 117,870 t | 127,623 t | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production in Western Asia?
- Cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production in Western Asia was 117,870 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 Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 135,156 t in 2018.
- What is the lowest cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 61,048 t in 1962.
- How does Western Asia rank for cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production?
- Western Asia ranks 5th out of 19 groups with data for 2023.
- Is cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed — production rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Asia 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.