Raw milk of sheep — Production in Greece
Greece: Raw milk of sheep — Production was 945,820 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Raw milk of sheep — Production in Greece, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Greece recorded 945,820 t for raw milk of sheep — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of sheep — production in Greece peaked at 956,450 t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 341,435 t, in 1961.
Greece ranks 3rd of 87 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Raw milk of sheep — Production in Greece, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 341,435 t | — |
| 1962 | 374,080 t | +9.6% |
| 1963 | 380,025 t | +1.6% |
| 1964 | 368,608 t | -3.0% |
| 1965 | 375,683 t | +1.9% |
| 1966 | 398,225 t | +6.0% |
| 1967 | 415,510 t | +4.3% |
| 1968 | 408,000 t | -1.8% |
| 1969 | 431,522 t | +5.8% |
| 1970 | 452,757 t | +4.9% |
| 1971 | 477,770 t | +5.5% |
| 1972 | 500,167 t | +4.7% |
| 1973 | 529,626 t | +5.9% |
| 1974 | 551,048 t | +4.0% |
| 1975 | 563,739 t | +2.3% |
| 1976 | 567,816 t | +0.7% |
| 1977 | 568,991 t | +0.2% |
| 1978 | 581,760 t | +2.2% |
| 1979 | 586,560 t | +0.8% |
| 1980 | 571,852 t | -2.5% |
| 1981 | 596,539 t | +4.3% |
| 1982 | 619,690 t | +3.9% |
| 1983 | 612,160 t | -1.2% |
| 1984 | 621,987 t | +1.6% |
| 1985 | 624,556 t | +0.4% |
| 1986 | 625,231 t | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 652,955 t | +4.4% |
| 1988 | 662,257 t | +1.4% |
| 1989 | 668,230 t | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 673,524 t | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 686,987 t | +2.0% |
| 1992 | 690,547 t | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 700,559 t | +1.4% |
| 1994 | 704,723 t | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 720,517 t | +2.2% |
| 1996 | 720,707 t | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 722,236 t | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 729,916 t | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 731,215 t | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 743,160 t | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 753,323 t | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 748,705 t | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 744,312 t | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 744,706 t | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 752,171 t | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 753,470 t | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 749,313 t | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 759,894 t | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 764,368 t | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 772,597 t | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 780,574 t | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 777,970 t | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 778,899 t | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 847,124 t | +8.8% |
| 2015 | 846,819 t | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 840,975 t | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 851,685 t | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 851,700 t | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 944,300 t | +10.9% |
| 2020 | 945,430 t | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 951,650 t | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 956,450 t | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 943,970 t | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 945,820 t | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 388,121 t | 341,435 t | 431,522 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 538,023 t | 452,757 t | 586,560 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 625,546 t | 571,852 t | 668,230 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 708,093 t | 673,524 t | 731,215 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 751,342 t | 743,160 t | 764,368 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 829,264 t | 772,597 t | 944,300 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 948,664 t | 943,970 t | 956,450 t | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.84 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0357 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 962.12 current US$ per person (2025)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.3% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of sheep — production in Greece?
- Raw milk of sheep — production in Greece was 945,820 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest raw milk of sheep — production recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 956,450 t in 2022.
- What is the lowest raw milk of sheep — production recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 341,435 t in 1961.
- How does Greece rank for raw milk of sheep — production?
- Greece ranks 3rd out of 87 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of sheep — production rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greece 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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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.