Raw milk of sheep — Production in Malta
Malta: Raw milk of sheep — Production was 2,090 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Raw milk of sheep — Production in Malta, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Malta recorded 2,090 t for raw milk of sheep — production in 2024.
The figure is up 3.5% on the previous year and up 35.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of sheep — production in Malta peaked at 3,730 t in 2003 and was at its lowest, 440 t, in 1987.
That places Malta 69th out of 87 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Raw milk of sheep — Production in Malta, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 2,175 t | +8.8% |
| 1963 | 1,904 t | -12.5% |
| 1964 | 2,000 t | +5.0% |
| 1965 | 1,819 t | -9.0% |
| 1966 | 2,000 t | +10.0% |
| 1967 | 1,856 t | -7.2% |
| 1968 | 1,856 t | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,636 t | -11.9% |
| 1970 | 1,659 t | +1.4% |
| 1971 | 1,429 t | -13.9% |
| 1972 | 1,251 t | -12.5% |
| 1973 | 1,219 t | -2.6% |
| 1974 | 1,300 t | +6.6% |
| 1975 | 1,600 t | +23.1% |
| 1976 | 772 t | -51.7% |
| 1977 | 634 t | -17.9% |
| 1978 | 535 t | -15.6% |
| 1979 | 442 t | -17.4% |
| 1980 | 545 t | +23.3% |
| 1981 | 534 t | -2.0% |
| 1982 | 491 t | -8.1% |
| 1983 | 566 t | +15.3% |
| 1984 | 480 t | -15.2% |
| 1985 | 480 t | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 470 t | -2.1% |
| 1987 | 440 t | -6.4% |
| 1988 | 440 t | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 440 t | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 455 t | +3.4% |
| 1991 | 1,000 t | +119.8% |
| 1992 | 1,100 t | +10.0% |
| 1993 | 1,000 t | -9.1% |
| 1994 | 2,035 t | +103.5% |
| 1995 | 1,000 t | -50.9% |
| 1996 | 1,500 t | +50.0% |
| 1997 | 2,038 t | +35.8% |
| 1998 | 2,038 t | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 3,300 t | +61.9% |
| 2000 | 2,000 t | -39.4% |
| 2001 | 3,360 t | +68.0% |
| 2002 | 3,132 t | -6.8% |
| 2003 | 3,730 t | +19.1% |
| 2004 | 1,576 t | -57.7% |
| 2005 | 1,788 t | +13.5% |
| 2006 | 1,832 t | +2.5% |
| 2007 | 1,739 t | -5.1% |
| 2008 | 1,783 t | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 1,819 t | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 1,733 t | -4.7% |
| 2011 | 1,713 t | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 1,703 t | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 1,608 t | -5.6% |
| 2014 | 1,546 t | -3.9% |
| 2015 | 1,622 t | +4.9% |
| 2016 | 1,672 t | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 1,661 t | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 1,890 t | +13.8% |
| 2019 | 1,910 t | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 1,910 t | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1,860 t | -2.6% |
| 2022 | 2,070 t | +11.3% |
| 2023 | 2,020 t | -2.4% |
| 2024 | 2,090 t | +3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,916 t | 1,636 t | 2,175 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,084 t | 442 t | 1,659 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 488.6 t | 440 t | 566 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,547 t | 455 t | 3,300 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,276 t | 1,576 t | 3,730 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,706 t | 1,546 t | 1,910 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,990 t | 1,860 t | 2,090 t | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0047 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 224.75 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.3 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0432 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 0.4691 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.4691 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of sheep — production in Malta?
- Raw milk of sheep — production in Malta was 2,090 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest raw milk of sheep — production recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 3,730 t in 2003.
- What is the lowest raw milk of sheep — production recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 440 t in 1987.
- How does Malta rank for raw milk of sheep — production?
- Malta ranks 69th out of 87 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of sheep — production rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malta 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.