Raw milk of sheep — Milk Animals in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Raw milk of sheep — Milk Animals was 2.16 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Raw milk of sheep — Milk Animals in Middle Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, raw milk of sheep — milk animals in Middle Africa stood at 2.16 million An.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.5% on the previous year and up 19.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of sheep — milk animals in Middle Africa peaked at 2.24 million An in 2023 and was at its lowest, 618,000 An, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Raw milk of sheep — Milk Animals in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 618,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 626,000 An | +1.3% |
| 1963 | 634,000 An | +1.3% |
| 1964 | 640,000 An | +0.9% |
| 1965 | 650,000 An | +1.6% |
| 1966 | 650,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 690,000 An | +6.2% |
| 1968 | 740,000 An | +7.2% |
| 1969 | 720,000 An | -2.7% |
| 1970 | 745,000 An | +3.5% |
| 1971 | 720,000 An | -3.4% |
| 1972 | 790,000 An | +9.7% |
| 1973 | 790,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 765,000 An | -3.2% |
| 1975 | 760,000 An | -0.7% |
| 1976 | 745,000 An | -2.0% |
| 1977 | 760,000 An | +2.0% |
| 1978 | 800,000 An | +5.3% |
| 1979 | 815,000 An | +1.9% |
| 1980 | 822,000 An | +0.9% |
| 1981 | 835,000 An | +1.6% |
| 1982 | 825,000 An | -1.2% |
| 1983 | 750,000 An | -9.1% |
| 1984 | 667,000 An | -11.1% |
| 1985 | 742,000 An | +11.2% |
| 1986 | 835,000 An | +12.5% |
| 1987 | 860,000 An | +3.0% |
| 1988 | 935,000 An | +8.7% |
| 1989 | 1.01 million An | +8.0% |
| 1990 | 1.09 million An | +7.9% |
| 1991 | 1.12 million An | +2.5% |
| 1992 | 1.12 million An | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 1.15 million An | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 1.18 million An | +3.4% |
| 1995 | 1.20 million An | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 1.19 million An | -1.6% |
| 1997 | 1.20 million An | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 1.16 million An | -2.6% |
| 1999 | 1.20 million An | +3.2% |
| 2000 | 1.22 million An | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 1.34 million An | +9.6% |
| 2002 | 1.33 million An | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 1.34 million An | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 1.35 million An | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 1.35 million An | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 1.36 million An | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 1.41 million An | +3.2% |
| 2008 | 1.46 million An | +3.5% |
| 2009 | 1.47 million An | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 1.56 million An | +6.3% |
| 2011 | 1.47 million An | -5.8% |
| 2012 | 1.48 million An | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 1.49 million An | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 1.80 million An | +21.4% |
| 2015 | 1.85 million An | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 1.81 million An | -2.2% |
| 2017 | 1.82 million An | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 1.86 million An | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 1.92 million An | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 1.99 million An | +3.8% |
| 2021 | 2.06 million An | +3.5% |
| 2022 | 2.16 million An | +5.1% |
| 2023 | 2.24 million An | +3.5% |
| 2024 | 2.16 million An | -3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 663,111 An | 618,000 An | 740,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 769,000 An | 720,000 An | 815,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 828,100 An | 667,000 An | 1.01 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.16 million An | 1.09 million An | 1.20 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.36 million An | 1.22 million An | 1.47 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.71 million An | 1.47 million An | 1.92 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.12 million An | 1.99 million An | 2.24 million An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of sheep — milk animals in Middle Africa?
- Raw milk of sheep — milk animals in Middle Africa was 2.16 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 Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2.24 million An in 2023.
- What is the lowest raw milk of sheep — milk animals recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 618,000 An in 1961.
- How does Middle Africa rank for raw milk of sheep — milk animals?
- Middle Africa ranks 6th out of 9 regions with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of sheep — milk animals rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle Africa 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.