Raw milk of sheep — Milk Animals in Rwanda
Rwanda: Raw milk of sheep — Milk Animals was 63,311 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Raw milk of sheep — Milk Animals in Rwanda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Rwanda recorded 63,311 An for raw milk of sheep — milk animals in 2024.
The figure is down 3.2% on the previous year and down 46.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of sheep — milk animals in Rwanda peaked at 145,456 An in 2011 and was at its lowest, 27,600 An, in 1967.
Rwanda ranks 68th 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 Rwanda, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 58,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 57,200 An | -1.4% |
| 1963 | 43,000 An | -24.8% |
| 1964 | 30,920 An | -28.1% |
| 1965 | 34,960 An | +13.1% |
| 1966 | 27,800 An | -20.5% |
| 1967 | 27,600 An | -0.7% |
| 1968 | 36,600 An | +32.6% |
| 1969 | 29,800 An | -18.6% |
| 1970 | 37,400 An | +25.5% |
| 1971 | 35,800 An | -4.3% |
| 1972 | 40,300 An | +12.6% |
| 1973 | 48,600 An | +20.6% |
| 1974 | 37,400 An | -23.0% |
| 1975 | 50,500 An | +35.0% |
| 1976 | 50,000 An | -1.0% |
| 1977 | 50,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 51,000 An | +2.0% |
| 1979 | 52,000 An | +2.0% |
| 1980 | 53,000 An | +1.9% |
| 1981 | 54,000 An | +1.9% |
| 1982 | 55,000 An | +1.9% |
| 1983 | 56,000 An | +1.8% |
| 1984 | 54,000 An | -3.6% |
| 1985 | 57,000 An | +5.6% |
| 1986 | 56,000 An | -1.8% |
| 1987 | 58,000 An | +3.6% |
| 1988 | 58,500 An | +0.9% |
| 1989 | 63,000 An | +7.7% |
| 1990 | 62,000 An | -1.6% |
| 1991 | 62,500 An | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 62,700 An | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 63,100 An | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 62,000 An | -1.7% |
| 1995 | 60,000 An | -3.2% |
| 1996 | 62,000 An | +3.3% |
| 1997 | 63,000 An | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 44,976 An | -28.6% |
| 1999 | 70,000 An | +55.6% |
| 2000 | 56,300 An | -19.6% |
| 2001 | 75,000 An | +33.2% |
| 2002 | 80,000 An | +6.7% |
| 2003 | 91,511 An | +14.4% |
| 2004 | 115,000 An | +25.7% |
| 2005 | 124,801 An | +8.5% |
| 2006 | 126,101 An | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 127,412 An | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 129,524 An | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 134,741 An | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 133,250 An | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 145,456 An | +9.2% |
| 2012 | 138,000 An | -5.1% |
| 2013 | 141,345 An | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 117,147 An | -17.1% |
| 2015 | 129,704 An | +10.7% |
| 2016 | 118,163 An | -8.9% |
| 2017 | 121,919 An | +3.2% |
| 2018 | 112,863 An | -7.4% |
| 2019 | 100,629 An | -10.8% |
| 2020 | 85,035 An | -15.5% |
| 2021 | 80,297 An | -5.6% |
| 2022 | 70,564 An | -12.1% |
| 2023 | 65,424 An | -7.3% |
| 2024 | 63,311 An | -3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 38,431 An | 27,600 An | 58,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 45,300 An | 35,800 An | 52,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 56,450 An | 53,000 An | 63,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 61,228 An | 44,976 An | 70,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 106,039 An | 56,300 An | 134,741 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 125,848 An | 100,629 An | 145,456 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 72,926 An | 63,311 An | 85,035 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Rwanda
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.203 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 228.16 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.6953 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6909 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 20.3 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 20.3 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of sheep — milk animals in Rwanda?
- Raw milk of sheep — milk animals in Rwanda was 63,311 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 Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 145,456 An in 2011.
- What is the lowest raw milk of sheep — milk animals recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 27,600 An in 1967.
- How does Rwanda rank for raw milk of sheep — milk animals?
- Rwanda ranks 68th out of 83 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of sheep — milk animals rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 46.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Rwanda 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.