Raw milk of sheep — Milk Animals in Switzerland
Switzerland: Raw milk of sheep — Milk Animals was 14,460 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Raw milk of sheep — Milk Animals in Switzerland, 1991–2024
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 Switzerland is 14,460 An, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.1% on the previous year and up 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of sheep — milk animals in Switzerland peaked at 14,774 An in 2022 and was at its lowest, 2,774 An, in 1996.
That places Switzerland 73rd out of 83 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Raw milk of sheep — Milk Animals in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 3,000 An | — |
| 1992 | 3,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 3,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 3,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 3,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 2,774 An | -7.5% |
| 1997 | 3,074 An | +10.8% |
| 1998 | 4,379 An | +42.5% |
| 1999 | 5,769 An | +31.7% |
| 2000 | 6,731 An | +16.7% |
| 2001 | 6,950 An | +3.3% |
| 2002 | 7,159 An | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 7,988 An | +11.6% |
| 2004 | 8,149 An | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 8,881 An | +9.0% |
| 2006 | 13,000 An | +46.4% |
| 2007 | 10,212 An | -21.4% |
| 2008 | 10,719 An | +5.0% |
| 2009 | 11,712 An | +9.3% |
| 2010 | 12,362 An | +5.5% |
| 2011 | 12,373 An | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 12,772 An | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 13,313 An | +4.2% |
| 2014 | 13,696 An | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 13,564 An | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 12,909 An | -4.8% |
| 2017 | 13,747 An | +6.5% |
| 2018 | 14,476 An | +5.3% |
| 2019 | 14,539 An | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 13,816 An | -5.0% |
| 2021 | 14,232 An | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 14,774 An | +3.8% |
| 2023 | 14,616 An | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 14,460 An | -1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3,444 An | 2,774 An | 5,769 An | 9 |
| 2000s | 9,150 An | 6,731 An | 13,000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,375 An | 12,362 An | 14,539 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,380 An | 13,816 An | 14,774 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Switzerland
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0064 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 739.83 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.8806 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1427 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of sheep — milk animals in Switzerland?
- Raw milk of sheep — milk animals in Switzerland was 14,460 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 Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 14,774 An in 2022.
- What is the lowest raw milk of sheep — milk animals recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,774 An in 1996.
- How does Switzerland rank for raw milk of sheep — milk animals?
- Switzerland ranks 73rd out of 83 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of sheep — milk animals rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Switzerland 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.