Raw milk of sheep — Milk Animals in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Raw milk of sheep — Milk Animals was 21.52 million An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Raw milk of sheep — Milk Animals in Southern Asia, 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 Southern Asia is 21.52 million An, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 2.4% on the previous year and down 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of sheep — milk animals in Southern Asia peaked at 28.22 million An in 1999 and was at its lowest, 18.63 million An, in 2003.
That places Southern Asia 12th out of 20 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Raw milk of sheep — Milk Animals in Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 22.78 million An | — |
| 1962 | 22.28 million An | -2.2% |
| 1963 | 22.13 million An | -0.7% |
| 1964 | 22.92 million An | +3.6% |
| 1965 | 23.05 million An | +0.6% |
| 1966 | 21.86 million An | -5.2% |
| 1967 | 23.04 million An | +5.4% |
| 1968 | 23.39 million An | +1.5% |
| 1969 | 22.84 million An | -2.3% |
| 1970 | 22.11 million An | -3.2% |
| 1971 | 20.62 million An | -6.8% |
| 1972 | 20.04 million An | -2.8% |
| 1973 | 20.62 million An | +2.9% |
| 1974 | 21.79 million An | +5.6% |
| 1975 | 22.22 million An | +2.0% |
| 1976 | 23.45 million An | +5.5% |
| 1977 | 24.42 million An | +4.1% |
| 1978 | 26.44 million An | +8.3% |
| 1979 | 26.37 million An | -0.3% |
| 1980 | 26.09 million An | -1.1% |
| 1981 | 26.94 million An | +3.3% |
| 1982 | 26.77 million An | -0.6% |
| 1983 | 27.08 million An | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 26.53 million An | -2.1% |
| 1985 | 25.40 million An | -4.3% |
| 1986 | 24.33 million An | -4.2% |
| 1987 | 22.97 million An | -5.6% |
| 1988 | 22.45 million An | -2.3% |
| 1989 | 24.95 million An | +11.1% |
| 1990 | 26.29 million An | +5.4% |
| 1991 | 26.18 million An | -0.4% |
| 1992 | 25.46 million An | -2.7% |
| 1993 | 25.75 million An | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 25.97 million An | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 25.63 million An | -1.3% |
| 1996 | 27.15 million An | +6.0% |
| 1997 | 26.71 million An | -1.6% |
| 1998 | 27.72 million An | +3.8% |
| 1999 | 28.22 million An | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 27.14 million An | -3.8% |
| 2001 | 26.82 million An | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 23.24 million An | -13.4% |
| 2003 | 18.63 million An | -19.8% |
| 2004 | 21.44 million An | +15.1% |
| 2005 | 23.71 million An | +10.6% |
| 2006 | 20.71 million An | -12.6% |
| 2007 | 22.02 million An | +6.3% |
| 2008 | 19.58 million An | -11.1% |
| 2009 | 19.69 million An | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 23.64 million An | +20.0% |
| 2011 | 22.91 million An | -3.1% |
| 2012 | 22.64 million An | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 22.27 million An | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 22.33 million An | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 23.34 million An | +4.5% |
| 2016 | 23.15 million An | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 22.50 million An | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 22.36 million An | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 22.58 million An | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 20.29 million An | -10.1% |
| 2021 | 21.73 million An | +7.1% |
| 2022 | 21.57 million An | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 21.01 million An | -2.6% |
| 2024 | 21.52 million An | +2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22.70 million An | 21.86 million An | 23.39 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 22.81 million An | 20.04 million An | 26.44 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 25.35 million An | 22.45 million An | 27.08 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 26.51 million An | 25.46 million An | 28.22 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 22.30 million An | 18.63 million An | 27.14 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 22.77 million An | 22.27 million An | 23.64 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 21.22 million An | 20.29 million An | 21.73 million An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of sheep — milk animals in Southern Asia?
- Raw milk of sheep — milk animals in Southern Asia was 21.52 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 Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 28.22 million An in 1999.
- What is the lowest raw milk of sheep — milk animals recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.63 million An in 2003.
- How does Southern Asia rank for raw milk of sheep — milk animals?
- Southern Asia ranks 12th out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of sheep — milk animals rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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.