Raw milk of sheep — Milk Animals in Europe
Europe: Raw milk of sheep — Milk Animals was 27.62 million An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Raw milk of sheep — Milk Animals in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for raw milk of sheep — milk animals in Europe is 27.62 million An, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 3.1% on the previous year and down 11.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of sheep — milk animals in Europe peaked at 43.22 million An in 1992 and was at its lowest, 27.62 million An, in 2024.
Europe ranks 9th of 20 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Raw milk of sheep — Milk Animals in Europe, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 41.35 million An | — |
| 1962 | 41.63 million An | +0.7% |
| 1963 | 41.68 million An | +0.1% |
| 1964 | 41.30 million An | -0.9% |
| 1965 | 40.45 million An | -2.1% |
| 1966 | 41.60 million An | +2.8% |
| 1967 | 42.04 million An | +1.1% |
| 1968 | 41.70 million An | -0.8% |
| 1969 | 40.74 million An | -2.3% |
| 1970 | 40.14 million An | -1.5% |
| 1971 | 39.48 million An | -1.6% |
| 1972 | 39.01 million An | -1.2% |
| 1973 | 39.09 million An | +0.2% |
| 1974 | 39.23 million An | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 38.83 million An | -1.0% |
| 1976 | 38.36 million An | -1.2% |
| 1977 | 38.61 million An | +0.6% |
| 1978 | 38.61 million An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 38.81 million An | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 38.77 million An | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 38.56 million An | -0.5% |
| 1982 | 39.50 million An | +2.4% |
| 1983 | 40.12 million An | +1.6% |
| 1984 | 38.93 million An | -3.0% |
| 1985 | 38.94 million An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 37.86 million An | -2.8% |
| 1987 | 37.92 million An | +0.2% |
| 1988 | 37.99 million An | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 37.24 million An | -2.0% |
| 1990 | 38.86 million An | +4.4% |
| 1991 | 37.37 million An | -3.8% |
| 1992 | 43.22 million An | +15.7% |
| 1993 | 41.92 million An | -3.0% |
| 1994 | 40.97 million An | -2.3% |
| 1995 | 40.14 million An | -2.0% |
| 1996 | 37.45 million An | -6.7% |
| 1997 | 35.98 million An | -3.9% |
| 1998 | 35.25 million An | -2.0% |
| 1999 | 33.95 million An | -3.7% |
| 2000 | 32.54 million An | -4.1% |
| 2001 | 32.08 million An | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 31.75 million An | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 30.36 million An | -4.4% |
| 2004 | 29.17 million An | -3.9% |
| 2005 | 29.03 million An | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 30.94 million An | +6.6% |
| 2007 | 30.58 million An | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 31.87 million An | +4.2% |
| 2009 | 32.49 million An | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 32.57 million An | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 32.78 million An | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 32.94 million An | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 32.17 million An | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 31.13 million An | -3.2% |
| 2015 | 32.26 million An | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 33.00 million An | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 31.53 million An | -4.5% |
| 2018 | 32.17 million An | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 31.34 million An | -2.6% |
| 2020 | 30.42 million An | -3.0% |
| 2021 | 28.90 million An | -5.0% |
| 2022 | 29.27 million An | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 28.49 million An | -2.7% |
| 2024 | 27.62 million An | -3.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 41.39 million An | 40.45 million An | 42.04 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 39.02 million An | 38.36 million An | 40.14 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 38.58 million An | 37.24 million An | 40.12 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 38.51 million An | 33.95 million An | 43.22 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 31.08 million An | 29.03 million An | 32.54 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 32.19 million An | 31.13 million An | 33.00 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 28.94 million An | 27.62 million An | 30.42 million An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of sheep — milk animals in Europe?
- Raw milk of sheep — milk animals in Europe was 27.62 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest raw milk of sheep — milk animals recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 43.22 million An in 1992.
- What is the lowest raw milk of sheep — milk animals recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 27.62 million An in 2024.
- How does Europe rank for raw milk of sheep — milk animals?
- Europe ranks 9th out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of sheep — milk animals rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Europe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Raw milk of sheep — Milk Animals. 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.