Raw milk of sheep — Production in Portugal
Portugal: Raw milk of sheep — Production was 76,440 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Raw milk of sheep — Production in Portugal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, raw milk of sheep — production in Portugal stood at 76,440 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.7% on the previous year and up 7.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of sheep — production in Portugal peaked at 113,637 t in 1967 and was at its lowest, 70,320 t, in 2023.
Portugal ranks 25th of 87 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Raw milk of sheep — Production in Portugal, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 99,169 t | — |
| 1962 | 99,230 t | +0.1% |
| 1963 | 100,398 t | +1.2% |
| 1964 | 99,230 t | -1.2% |
| 1965 | 112,141 t | +13.0% |
| 1966 | 108,472 t | -3.3% |
| 1967 | 113,637 t | +4.8% |
| 1968 | 80,038 t | -29.6% |
| 1969 | 92,559 t | +15.6% |
| 1970 | 89,153 t | -3.7% |
| 1971 | 83,923 t | -5.9% |
| 1972 | 85,970 t | +2.4% |
| 1973 | 92,037 t | +7.1% |
| 1974 | 96,625 t | +5.0% |
| 1975 | 90,000 t | -6.9% |
| 1976 | 85,000 t | -5.6% |
| 1977 | 80,589 t | -5.2% |
| 1978 | 83,165 t | +3.2% |
| 1979 | 87,222 t | +4.9% |
| 1980 | 85,194 t | -2.3% |
| 1981 | 79,108 t | -7.1% |
| 1982 | 82,754 t | +4.6% |
| 1983 | 84,250 t | +1.8% |
| 1984 | 85,935 t | +2.0% |
| 1985 | 88,030 t | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 84,164 t | -4.4% |
| 1987 | 84,931 t | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 85,464 t | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 89,459 t | +4.7% |
| 1990 | 91,246 t | +2.0% |
| 1991 | 92,600 t | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 96,677 t | +4.4% |
| 1993 | 97,966 t | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 100,889 t | +3.0% |
| 1995 | 101,300 t | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 99,885 t | -1.4% |
| 1997 | 100,900 t | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 100,388 t | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 108,057 t | +7.6% |
| 2000 | 107,880 t | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 103,395 t | -4.2% |
| 2002 | 100,962 t | -2.4% |
| 2003 | 101,892 t | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 102,470 t | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 103,894 t | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 99,808 t | -3.9% |
| 2007 | 95,828 t | -4.0% |
| 2008 | 91,878 t | -4.1% |
| 2009 | 85,194 t | -7.3% |
| 2010 | 81,034 t | -4.9% |
| 2011 | 77,089 t | -4.9% |
| 2012 | 74,203 t | -3.7% |
| 2013 | 72,399 t | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 71,209 t | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 71,632 t | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 72,304 t | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 71,066 t | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 72,570 t | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 74,850 t | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 74,310 t | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 73,930 t | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 72,180 t | -2.4% |
| 2023 | 70,320 t | -2.6% |
| 2024 | 76,440 t | +8.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 100,542 t | 80,038 t | 113,637 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 87,368 t | 80,589 t | 96,625 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 84,929 t | 79,108 t | 89,459 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 98,991 t | 91,246 t | 108,057 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 99,320 t | 85,194 t | 107,880 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 73,836 t | 71,066 t | 81,034 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 73,436 t | 70,320 t | 76,440 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
- 22 Saudi Arabia 83,588 t compare
- 23 Mauritania 79,663 t compare
- 24 Burkina Faso 78,650 t compare
- 26 Bangladesh 75,220 t compare
- 27 Yemen 67,084 t compare
- 28 Albania 64,210 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of sheep — production in Portugal?
- Raw milk of sheep — production in Portugal was 76,440 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest raw milk of sheep — production recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 113,637 t in 1967.
- What is the lowest raw milk of sheep — production recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 70,320 t in 2023.
- How does Portugal rank for raw milk of sheep — production?
- Portugal ranks 25th out of 87 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of sheep — production rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Portugal 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.