Raw milk of sheep — Production in Mauritania
Mauritania: Raw milk of sheep — Production was 79,663 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Raw milk of sheep — Production in Mauritania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, raw milk of sheep — production in Mauritania stood at 79,663 t. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 14.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of sheep — production in Mauritania peaked at 79,663 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 46,750 t, in 1961.
Mauritania ranks 23rd of 87 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 — Production in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 46,750 t | — |
| 1962 | 47,850 t | +2.4% |
| 1963 | 48,950 t | +2.3% |
| 1964 | 49,500 t | +1.1% |
| 1965 | 51,150 t | +3.3% |
| 1966 | 52,250 t | +2.2% |
| 1967 | 52,250 t | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 53,900 t | +3.2% |
| 1969 | 53,900 t | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 53,350 t | -1.0% |
| 1971 | 52,800 t | -1.0% |
| 1972 | 51,150 t | -3.1% |
| 1973 | 47,300 t | -7.5% |
| 1974 | 46,750 t | -1.2% |
| 1975 | 47,850 t | +2.4% |
| 1976 | 52,250 t | +9.2% |
| 1977 | 53,900 t | +3.2% |
| 1978 | 53,900 t | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 55,000 t | +2.0% |
| 1980 | 56,650 t | +3.0% |
| 1981 | 56,650 t | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 54,450 t | -3.9% |
| 1983 | 55,000 t | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 52,250 t | -5.0% |
| 1985 | 53,625 t | +2.6% |
| 1986 | 55,000 t | +2.6% |
| 1987 | 57,750 t | +5.0% |
| 1988 | 61,875 t | +7.1% |
| 1989 | 66,000 t | +6.7% |
| 1990 | 69,850 t | +5.8% |
| 1991 | 48,615 t | -30.4% |
| 1992 | 50,253 t | +3.4% |
| 1993 | 48,549 t | -3.4% |
| 1994 | 50,854 t | +4.7% |
| 1995 | 52,322 t | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 57,199 t | +9.3% |
| 1997 | 57,489 t | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 57,288 t | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 57,505 t | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 57,513 t | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 57,520 t | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 63,517 t | +10.4% |
| 2003 | 63,637 t | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 64,463 t | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 67,680 t | +5.0% |
| 2006 | 67,714 t | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 67,749 t | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 63,056 t | -6.9% |
| 2009 | 65,062 t | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 73,035 t | +12.3% |
| 2011 | 73,045 t | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 74,356 t | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 73,745 t | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 69,438 t | -5.8% |
| 2015 | 78,512 t | +13.1% |
| 2016 | 74,554 t | -5.0% |
| 2017 | 73,000 t | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 76,969 t | +5.4% |
| 2019 | 78,087 t | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 78,478 t | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 79,172 t | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 79,422 t | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 79,099 t | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 79,663 t | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 50,722 t | 46,750 t | 53,900 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 51,425 t | 46,750 t | 55,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 56,925 t | 52,250 t | 66,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 54,992 t | 48,549 t | 69,850 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 63,791 t | 57,513 t | 67,749 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 74,474 t | 69,438 t | 78,512 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 79,167 t | 78,478 t | 79,663 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
- 20 Kenya 99,076 t compare
- 21 Palestine 91,000 t compare
- 22 Saudi Arabia 83,588 t compare
- 24 Burkina Faso 78,650 t compare
- 25 Portugal 76,440 t compare
- 26 Bangladesh 75,220 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Mauritania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.81 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1995 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 438.46 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5156 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3851 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 20.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 20.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of sheep — production in Mauritania?
- Raw milk of sheep — production in Mauritania was 79,663 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest raw milk of sheep — production recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 79,663 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest raw milk of sheep — production recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 46,750 t in 1961.
- How does Mauritania rank for raw milk of sheep — production?
- Mauritania ranks 23rd out of 87 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of sheep — production rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritania 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.