Raw milk of sheep — Milk Animals in Tunisia
Tunisia: Raw milk of sheep — Milk Animals was 292,099 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Raw milk of sheep — Milk Animals in Tunisia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, raw milk of sheep — milk animals in Tunisia stood at 292,099 An.
That represents a change of up 13.6% on the previous year and down 12.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of sheep — milk animals in Tunisia peaked at 333,500 An in 2014 and was at its lowest, 102,000 An, in 1979.
Tunisia ranks 49th of 83 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Raw milk of sheep — Milk Animals in Tunisia, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 300,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 290,000 An | -3.3% |
| 1963 | 300,000 An | +3.4% |
| 1964 | 310,000 An | +3.3% |
| 1965 | 310,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 310,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 310,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 250,000 An | -19.4% |
| 1969 | 300,000 An | +20.0% |
| 1970 | 285,000 An | -5.0% |
| 1971 | 310,000 An | +8.8% |
| 1972 | 270,000 An | -12.9% |
| 1973 | 280,000 An | +3.7% |
| 1974 | 290,000 An | +3.6% |
| 1975 | 300,000 An | +3.4% |
| 1976 | 300,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 300,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 230,000 An | -23.3% |
| 1979 | 102,000 An | -55.7% |
| 1980 | 150,000 An | +47.1% |
| 1981 | 180,000 An | +20.0% |
| 1982 | 200,000 An | +11.1% |
| 1983 | 190,000 An | -5.0% |
| 1984 | 190,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 210,000 An | +10.5% |
| 1986 | 190,000 An | -9.5% |
| 1987 | 200,000 An | +5.3% |
| 1988 | 190,000 An | -5.0% |
| 1989 | 187,000 An | -1.6% |
| 1990 | 196,000 An | +4.8% |
| 1991 | 199,000 An | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 210,000 An | +5.5% |
| 1993 | 215,000 An | +2.4% |
| 1994 | 200,000 An | -7.0% |
| 1995 | 230,000 An | +15.0% |
| 1996 | 266,211 An | +15.7% |
| 1997 | 251,191 An | -5.6% |
| 1998 | 245,000 An | -2.5% |
| 1999 | 259,662 An | +6.0% |
| 2000 | 240,000 An | -7.6% |
| 2001 | 250,000 An | +4.2% |
| 2002 | 250,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 270,000 An | +8.0% |
| 2004 | 280,000 An | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 280,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 300,000 An | +7.1% |
| 2007 | 310,000 An | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 310,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 310,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 330,000 An | +6.5% |
| 2011 | 320,000 An | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 333,000 An | +4.1% |
| 2013 | 333,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 333,500 An | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 300,000 An | -10.0% |
| 2016 | 295,000 An | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 305,000 An | +3.4% |
| 2018 | 315,000 An | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 295,000 An | -6.3% |
| 2020 | 280,000 An | -5.1% |
| 2021 | 263,287 An | -6.0% |
| 2022 | 259,250 An | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 257,239 An | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 292,099 An | +13.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 297,778 An | 250,000 An | 310,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 266,700 An | 102,000 An | 310,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 188,700 An | 150,000 An | 210,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 227,206 An | 196,000 An | 266,211 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 280,000 An | 240,000 An | 310,000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 315,950 An | 295,000 An | 333,500 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 270,375 An | 257,239 An | 292,099 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Tunisia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 18.22 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1029 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 479.33 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5867 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.293 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 10.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 10.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of sheep — milk animals in Tunisia?
- Raw milk of sheep — milk animals in Tunisia was 292,099 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 Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 333,500 An in 2014.
- What is the lowest raw milk of sheep — milk animals recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 102,000 An in 1979.
- How does Tunisia rank for raw milk of sheep — milk animals?
- Tunisia ranks 49th out of 83 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of sheep — milk animals rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tunisia 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.