Raw milk of sheep — Production in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Raw milk of sheep — Production was 83,588 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Raw milk of sheep — Production in Saudi Arabia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Saudi Arabia recorded 83,588 t for raw milk of sheep — production in 2024.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 17.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of sheep — production in Saudi Arabia peaked at 96,423 t in 2013 and was at its lowest, 27,500 t, in 1961.
Saudi Arabia ranks 22nd of 87 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Raw milk of sheep — Production in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 27,500 t | — |
| 1962 | 28,300 t | +2.9% |
| 1963 | 29,200 t | +3.2% |
| 1964 | 30,000 t | +2.7% |
| 1965 | 31,000 t | +3.3% |
| 1966 | 31,900 t | +2.9% |
| 1967 | 32,800 t | +2.8% |
| 1968 | 33,000 t | +0.6% |
| 1969 | 33,100 t | +0.3% |
| 1970 | 33,200 t | +0.3% |
| 1971 | 33,300 t | +0.3% |
| 1972 | 33,500 t | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 34,800 t | +3.9% |
| 1974 | 35,000 t | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 37,666 t | +7.6% |
| 1976 | 40,332 t | +7.1% |
| 1977 | 43,000 t | +6.6% |
| 1978 | 45,666 t | +6.2% |
| 1979 | 48,332 t | +5.8% |
| 1980 | 54,500 t | +12.8% |
| 1981 | 51,333 t | -5.8% |
| 1982 | 48,166 t | -6.2% |
| 1983 | 45,000 t | -6.6% |
| 1984 | 43,004 t | -4.4% |
| 1985 | 42,000 t | -2.3% |
| 1986 | 42,012 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 47,000 t | +11.9% |
| 1988 | 41,000 t | -12.8% |
| 1989 | 41,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 44,000 t | +7.3% |
| 1991 | 49,000 t | +11.4% |
| 1992 | 56,000 t | +14.3% |
| 1993 | 62,000 t | +10.7% |
| 1994 | 66,000 t | +6.5% |
| 1995 | 75,877 t | +15.0% |
| 1996 | 78,027 t | +2.8% |
| 1997 | 73,000 t | -6.4% |
| 1998 | 74,000 t | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 75,000 t | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 79,000 t | +5.3% |
| 2001 | 80,000 t | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 82,000 t | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 85,000 t | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 92,000 t | +8.2% |
| 2005 | 96,000 t | +4.3% |
| 2006 | 93,000 t | -3.1% |
| 2007 | 93,400 t | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 81,000 t | -13.3% |
| 2009 | 68,000 t | -16.0% |
| 2010 | 80,706 t | +18.7% |
| 2011 | 67,500 t | -16.4% |
| 2012 | 68,000 t | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 96,423 t | +41.8% |
| 2014 | 71,340 t | -26.0% |
| 2015 | 71,970 t | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 72,660 t | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 73,350 t | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 94,440 t | +28.8% |
| 2019 | 80,490 t | -14.8% |
| 2020 | 81,240 t | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 85,390 t | +5.1% |
| 2022 | 82,373 t | -3.5% |
| 2023 | 83,001 t | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 83,588 t | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 30,756 t | 27,500 t | 33,100 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 38,480 t | 33,200 t | 48,332 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 45,502 t | 41,000 t | 54,500 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 65,290 t | 44,000 t | 78,027 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 84,940 t | 68,000 t | 96,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 77,688 t | 67,500 t | 96,423 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 83,118 t | 81,240 t | 85,390 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
- 19 USSR 105,000 t compare
- 20 Kenya 99,076 t compare
- 21 Palestine, State of 91,000 t compare
- 23 Mauritania 79,663 t compare
- 24 Burkina Faso 78,650 t compare
- 25 Portugal 76,440 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Saudi Arabia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.2 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0259 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.48 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 3.68 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1539 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of sheep — production in Saudi Arabia?
- Raw milk of sheep — production in Saudi Arabia was 83,588 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest raw milk of sheep — production recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 96,423 t in 2013.
- What is the lowest raw milk of sheep — production recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 27,500 t in 1961.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for raw milk of sheep — production?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 22nd out of 87 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of sheep — production rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia 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.