Raw milk of sheep — Milk Animals in Kenya
Kenya: Raw milk of sheep — Milk Animals was 3.26 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Raw milk of sheep — Milk Animals in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 3.26 million An for raw milk of sheep — milk animals in 2024.
The figure is up 10.5% on the previous year and up 92.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of sheep — milk animals in Kenya peaked at 3.36 million An in 2019 and was at its lowest, 647,900 An, in 1975.
Kenya ranks 18th of 83 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Raw milk of sheep — Milk Animals in Kenya, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 860,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 768,400 An | -10.7% |
| 1963 | 780,000 An | +1.5% |
| 1964 | 807,800 An | +3.6% |
| 1965 | 810,000 An | +0.3% |
| 1966 | 820,000 An | +1.2% |
| 1967 | 829,000 An | +1.1% |
| 1968 | 840,000 An | +1.3% |
| 1969 | 811,200 An | -3.4% |
| 1970 | 780,000 An | -3.8% |
| 1971 | 770,000 An | -1.3% |
| 1972 | 750,000 An | -2.6% |
| 1973 | 770,000 An | +2.7% |
| 1974 | 704,000 An | -8.6% |
| 1975 | 647,900 An | -8.0% |
| 1976 | 673,200 An | +3.9% |
| 1977 | 770,000 An | +14.4% |
| 1978 | 875,600 An | +13.7% |
| 1979 | 902,800 An | +3.1% |
| 1980 | 1.05 million An | +16.3% |
| 1981 | 1.26 million An | +20.0% |
| 1982 | 1.32 million An | +5.0% |
| 1983 | 1.38 million An | +4.6% |
| 1984 | 1.35 million An | -2.6% |
| 1985 | 1.47 million An | +9.1% |
| 1986 | 1.30 million An | -11.2% |
| 1987 | 1.20 million An | -8.0% |
| 1988 | 1.68 million An | +40.0% |
| 1989 | 2.09 million An | +24.4% |
| 1990 | 1.99 million An | -4.8% |
| 1991 | 2.02 million An | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 1.94 million An | -4.2% |
| 1993 | 1.87 million An | -3.4% |
| 1994 | 1.79 million An | -4.3% |
| 1995 | 1.75 million An | -2.5% |
| 1996 | 1.18 million An | -32.4% |
| 1997 | 1.74 million An | +47.4% |
| 1998 | 1.76 million An | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 1.65 million An | -6.2% |
| 2000 | 1.54 million An | -6.7% |
| 2001 | 1.18 million An | -23.7% |
| 2002 | 1.54 million An | +31.0% |
| 2003 | 1.55 million An | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 1.51 million An | -2.7% |
| 2005 | 1.48 million An | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 1.48 million An | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 1.41 million An | -4.4% |
| 2008 | 1.49 million An | +5.1% |
| 2009 | 1.49 million An | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 1.55 million An | +4.3% |
| 2011 | 1.60 million An | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 1.65 million An | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 1.68 million An | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 1.70 million An | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 1.67 million An | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 1.90 million An | +13.8% |
| 2017 | 1.80 million An | -5.3% |
| 2018 | 2.55 million An | +41.9% |
| 2019 | 3.36 million An | +31.5% |
| 2020 | 3.17 million An | -5.6% |
| 2021 | 3.12 million An | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 2.76 million An | -11.5% |
| 2023 | 2.95 million An | +7.2% |
| 2024 | 3.26 million An | +10.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 814,044 An | 768,400 An | 860,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 764,350 An | 647,900 An | 902,800 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.41 million An | 1.05 million An | 2.09 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.77 million An | 1.18 million An | 2.02 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.47 million An | 1.18 million An | 1.55 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.95 million An | 1.55 million An | 3.36 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.05 million An | 2.76 million An | 3.26 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 15 Italy 3.70 million An compare
- 16 Russian Federation 3.51 million An compare
- 17 Yugoslav SFR 3.30 million An compare
- 19 Iraq 3.23 million An compare
- 20 Ethiopia 3.18 million An compare
- 21 Saudi Arabia 2.88 million An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Kenya
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 16.52 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2316 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 547.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6779 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 23.16 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 23.16 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 12.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of sheep — milk animals in Kenya?
- Raw milk of sheep — milk animals in Kenya was 3.26 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 Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 3.36 million An in 2019.
- What is the lowest raw milk of sheep — milk animals recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 647,900 An in 1975.
- How does Kenya rank for raw milk of sheep — milk animals?
- Kenya ranks 18th out of 83 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of sheep — milk animals rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 92.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya 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.