Raw milk of sheep — Milk Animals in Malta
Malta: Raw milk of sheep — Milk Animals was 12,800 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Raw milk of sheep — Milk Animals in Malta, 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 Malta is 12,800 An, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.5% on the previous year and up 73.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of sheep — milk animals in Malta peaked at 12,800 An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3,186 An, in 1982.
Malta ranks 75th of 83 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Raw milk of sheep — Milk Animals in Malta, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 8,700 An | +8.8% |
| 1963 | 8,000 An | -8.0% |
| 1964 | 8,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 7,250 An | -9.4% |
| 1966 | 8,000 An | +10.3% |
| 1967 | 7,861 An | -1.7% |
| 1968 | 7,424 An | -5.6% |
| 1969 | 6,544 An | -11.9% |
| 1970 | 6,636 An | +1.4% |
| 1971 | 5,556 An | -16.3% |
| 1972 | 4,976 An | -10.4% |
| 1973 | 4,928 An | -1.0% |
| 1974 | 5,531 An | +12.2% |
| 1975 | 6,394 An | +15.6% |
| 1976 | 5,595 An | -12.5% |
| 1977 | 4,926 An | -12.0% |
| 1978 | 4,333 An | -12.0% |
| 1979 | 4,045 An | -6.6% |
| 1980 | 3,714 An | -8.2% |
| 1981 | 3,464 An | -6.7% |
| 1982 | 3,186 An | -8.0% |
| 1983 | 3,395 An | +6.6% |
| 1984 | 3,400 An | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 3,400 An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 3,400 An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 3,400 An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 3,400 An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 3,450 An | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 3,439 An | -0.3% |
| 1991 | 8,500 An | +147.2% |
| 1992 | 9,600 An | +12.9% |
| 1993 | 10,273 An | +7.0% |
| 1994 | 10,276 An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 10,000 An | -2.7% |
| 1996 | 11,000 An | +10.0% |
| 1997 | 10,283 An | -6.5% |
| 1998 | 10,285 An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 11,000 An | +7.0% |
| 2000 | 6,500 An | -40.9% |
| 2001 | 7,300 An | +12.3% |
| 2002 | 7,000 An | -4.1% |
| 2003 | 10,483 An | +49.8% |
| 2004 | 7,800 An | -25.6% |
| 2005 | 7,541 An | -3.3% |
| 2006 | 8,438 An | +11.9% |
| 2007 | 8,322 An | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 8,529 An | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 8,699 An | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 8,289 An | -4.7% |
| 2011 | 8,200 An | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 8,012 An | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 7,690 An | -4.0% |
| 2014 | 7,394 An | -3.8% |
| 2015 | 7,759 An | +4.9% |
| 2016 | 7,996 An | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 8,192 An | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 11,530 An | +40.7% |
| 2019 | 11,710 An | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 11,700 An | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 11,470 An | -2.0% |
| 2022 | 12,630 An | +10.1% |
| 2023 | 12,370 An | -2.1% |
| 2024 | 12,800 An | +3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,753 An | 6,544 An | 8,700 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,292 An | 4,045 An | 6,636 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,421 An | 3,186 An | 3,714 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,466 An | 3,439 An | 11,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,061 An | 6,500 An | 10,483 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,677 An | 7,394 An | 11,710 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,194 An | 11,470 An | 12,800 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Malta
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0047 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 224.75 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.3 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0432 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 0.4691 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.4691 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of sheep — milk animals in Malta?
- Raw milk of sheep — milk animals in Malta was 12,800 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 Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 12,800 An in 2024.
- What is the lowest raw milk of sheep — milk animals recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,186 An in 1982.
- How does Malta rank for raw milk of sheep — milk animals?
- Malta ranks 75th out of 83 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of sheep — milk animals rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 73.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malta 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.