Raw milk of sheep — Production in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Raw milk of sheep — Production was 621,913 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Raw milk of sheep — Production in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Eastern Africa recorded 621,913 t for raw milk of sheep — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.5% on the previous year and down 10.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of sheep — production in Eastern Africa peaked at 782,561 t in 2013 and was at its lowest, 219,500 t, in 1961.
Eastern Africa ranks 13th of 20 groups 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 — Production in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 219,500 t | — |
| 1962 | 225,862 t | +2.9% |
| 1963 | 234,020 t | +3.6% |
| 1964 | 242,524 t | +3.6% |
| 1965 | 248,269 t | +2.4% |
| 1966 | 258,156 t | +4.0% |
| 1967 | 269,412 t | +4.4% |
| 1968 | 278,602 t | +3.4% |
| 1969 | 283,720 t | +1.8% |
| 1970 | 295,248 t | +4.1% |
| 1971 | 300,076 t | +1.6% |
| 1972 | 304,426 t | +1.4% |
| 1973 | 297,552 t | -2.3% |
| 1974 | 273,548 t | -8.1% |
| 1975 | 322,728 t | +18.0% |
| 1976 | 318,204 t | -1.4% |
| 1977 | 356,583 t | +12.1% |
| 1978 | 386,412 t | +8.4% |
| 1979 | 394,608 t | +2.1% |
| 1980 | 391,651 t | -0.7% |
| 1981 | 404,329 t | +3.2% |
| 1982 | 409,898 t | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 417,169 t | +1.8% |
| 1984 | 433,686 t | +4.0% |
| 1985 | 444,995 t | +2.6% |
| 1986 | 448,952 t | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 469,952 t | +4.7% |
| 1988 | 510,632 t | +8.7% |
| 1989 | 514,360 t | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 444,880 t | -13.5% |
| 1991 | 361,438 t | -18.8% |
| 1992 | 329,197 t | -8.9% |
| 1993 | 418,883 t | +27.2% |
| 1994 | 526,811 t | +25.8% |
| 1995 | 545,301 t | +3.5% |
| 1996 | 535,085 t | -1.9% |
| 1997 | 555,722 t | +3.9% |
| 1998 | 545,969 t | -1.8% |
| 1999 | 526,392 t | -3.6% |
| 2000 | 545,565 t | +3.6% |
| 2001 | 552,033 t | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 563,816 t | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 575,052 t | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 583,216 t | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 590,537 t | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 549,222 t | -7.0% |
| 2007 | 586,608 t | +6.8% |
| 2008 | 520,138 t | -11.3% |
| 2009 | 521,630 t | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 627,140 t | +20.2% |
| 2011 | 628,700 t | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 775,691 t | +23.4% |
| 2013 | 782,561 t | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 694,502 t | -11.3% |
| 2015 | 681,672 t | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 687,686 t | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 659,685 t | -4.1% |
| 2018 | 670,543 t | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 700,251 t | +4.4% |
| 2020 | 702,231 t | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 680,555 t | -3.1% |
| 2022 | 656,042 t | -3.6% |
| 2023 | 638,068 t | -2.7% |
| 2024 | 621,913 t | -2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 251,118 t | 219,500 t | 283,720 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 324,938 t | 273,548 t | 394,608 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 444,562 t | 391,651 t | 514,360 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 478,968 t | 329,197 t | 555,722 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 558,782 t | 520,138 t | 590,537 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 690,843 t | 627,140 t | 782,561 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 659,762 t | 621,913 t | 702,231 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of sheep — production in Eastern Africa?
- Raw milk of sheep — production in Eastern Africa was 621,913 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest raw milk of sheep — production recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 782,561 t in 2013.
- What is the lowest raw milk of sheep — production recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 219,500 t in 1961.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for raw milk of sheep — production?
- Eastern Africa ranks 13th out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of sheep — production rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Raw milk of sheep — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.