Raw milk of sheep — Milk Animals in Malawi
Malawi: Raw milk of sheep — Milk Animals was 106,037 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Raw milk of sheep — Milk Animals in Malawi, 1991–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 106,037 An for raw milk of sheep — milk animals in 2024. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 47.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of sheep — milk animals in Malawi peaked at 106,037 An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 27,548 An, in 1993.
Malawi ranks 62nd of 83 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Raw milk of sheep — Milk Animals in Malawi, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 32,101 An | — |
| 1992 | 31,689 An | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 27,548 An | -13.1% |
| 1994 | 29,584 An | +7.4% |
| 1995 | 28,258 An | -4.5% |
| 1996 | 29,903 An | +5.8% |
| 1997 | 31,194 An | +4.3% |
| 1998 | 32,438 An | +4.0% |
| 1999 | 32,563 An | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 34,736 An | +6.7% |
| 2001 | 35,691 An | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 34,256 An | -4.0% |
| 2003 | 33,932 An | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 62,157 An | +83.2% |
| 2005 | 45,932 An | -26.1% |
| 2006 | 50,368 An | +9.7% |
| 2007 | 52,770 An | +4.8% |
| 2008 | 53,469 An | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 56,109 An | +4.9% |
| 2010 | 59,394 An | +5.9% |
| 2011 | 62,661 An | +5.5% |
| 2012 | 65,274 An | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 68,752 An | +5.3% |
| 2014 | 71,683 An | +4.3% |
| 2015 | 73,084 An | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 75,582 An | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 74,316 An | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 81,725 An | +10.0% |
| 2019 | 88,567 An | +8.4% |
| 2020 | 91,791 An | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 93,362 An | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 99,664 An | +6.8% |
| 2023 | 104,224 An | +4.6% |
| 2024 | 106,037 An | +1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 30,586 An | 27,548 An | 32,563 An | 9 |
| 2000s | 45,942 An | 33,932 An | 62,157 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 72,104 An | 59,394 An | 88,567 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 99,016 An | 91,791 An | 106,037 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Malawi
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 24.6 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3003 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 201.66 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.19 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0012 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8241 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 30.03 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 30.03 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of sheep — milk animals in Malawi?
- Raw milk of sheep — milk animals in Malawi was 106,037 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 Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 106,037 An in 2024.
- What is the lowest raw milk of sheep — milk animals recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 27,548 An in 1993.
- How does Malawi rank for raw milk of sheep — milk animals?
- Malawi ranks 62nd out of 83 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of sheep — milk animals rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 47.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi 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.