Raw milk of sheep — Milk Animals in France
France: Raw milk of sheep — Milk Animals was 1.43 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Raw milk of sheep — Milk Animals in France, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
France recorded 1.43 million An for raw milk of sheep — milk animals in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.1% on the previous year and up 16.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of sheep — milk animals in France peaked at 1.66 million An in 2019 and was at its lowest, 716,000 An, in 1962.
France ranks 29th of 83 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Raw milk of sheep — Milk Animals in France, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 800,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 716,000 An | -10.5% |
| 1963 | 867,600 An | +21.2% |
| 1964 | 887,300 An | +2.3% |
| 1965 | 886,400 An | -0.1% |
| 1966 | 808,600 An | -8.8% |
| 1967 | 716,200 An | -11.4% |
| 1968 | 769,400 An | +7.4% |
| 1969 | 758,100 An | -1.5% |
| 1970 | 754,200 An | -0.5% |
| 1971 | 742,600 An | -1.5% |
| 1972 | 767,500 An | +3.4% |
| 1973 | 736,300 An | -4.1% |
| 1974 | 764,900 An | +3.9% |
| 1975 | 774,940 An | +1.3% |
| 1976 | 782,730 An | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 806,720 An | +3.1% |
| 1978 | 809,600 An | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 810,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 910,000 An | +12.3% |
| 1981 | 928,145 An | +2.0% |
| 1982 | 950,000 An | +2.4% |
| 1983 | 950,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 971,664 An | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 989,206 An | +1.8% |
| 1986 | 1.02 million An | +2.8% |
| 1987 | 1.03 million An | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 1.05 million An | +2.2% |
| 1989 | 1.10 million An | +5.1% |
| 1990 | 1.18 million An | +7.5% |
| 1991 | 1.20 million An | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 1.20 million An | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 1.24 million An | +3.0% |
| 1994 | 1.30 million An | +4.6% |
| 1995 | 1.31 million An | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 1.32 million An | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 1.34 million An | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 1.35 million An | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 1.37 million An | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 1.37 million An | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 1.34 million An | -1.7% |
| 2002 | 1.35 million An | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 1.36 million An | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 1.35 million An | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 1.35 million An | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 1.34 million An | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 1.31 million An | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 1.35 million An | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 1.37 million An | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 1.32 million An | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 1.30 million An | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 1.29 million An | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 1.24 million An | -4.1% |
| 2014 | 1.23 million An | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 1.23 million An | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 1.23 million An | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 1.25 million An | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 1.61 million An | +29.0% |
| 2019 | 1.66 million An | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 1.52 million An | -8.4% |
| 2021 | 1.56 million An | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 1.55 million An | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 1.50 million An | -3.4% |
| 2024 | 1.43 million An | -4.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 801,067 An | 716,000 An | 887,300 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 774,949 An | 736,300 An | 810,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 989,302 An | 910,000 An | 1.10 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.28 million An | 1.18 million An | 1.37 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.35 million An | 1.31 million An | 1.37 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.34 million An | 1.23 million An | 1.66 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.51 million An | 1.43 million An | 1.56 million An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for France
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 14.99 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.014 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 687.36 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.033 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2115 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of sheep — milk animals in France?
- Raw milk of sheep — milk animals in France was 1.43 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 France?
- The highest recorded value was 1.66 million An in 2019.
- What is the lowest raw milk of sheep — milk animals recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 716,000 An in 1962.
- How does France rank for raw milk of sheep — milk animals?
- France ranks 29th out of 83 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of sheep — milk animals rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this France 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.