Raw milk of sheep — Yield/Carcass Weight in Africa
Africa: Raw milk of sheep — Yield/Carcass Weight was 25 kg/An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Raw milk of sheep — Yield/Carcass Weight in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
In 2024, raw milk of sheep — yield/carcass weight in Africa stood at 25 kg/An.
That represents a change of down 3.8% on the previous year and down 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of sheep — yield/carcass weight in Africa peaked at 45 kg/An in 1979 and was at its lowest, 23 kg/An, in 2011.
Africa ranks 14th of 20 groups 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 — Yield/Carcass Weight in Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 36 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 36 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 37 kg/An | +2.8% |
| 1964 | 37 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 37 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 37 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 37 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 38 kg/An | +2.7% |
| 1969 | 37 kg/An | -2.6% |
| 1970 | 37 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 37 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 37 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 37 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 36 kg/An | -2.7% |
| 1975 | 38 kg/An | +5.6% |
| 1976 | 40 kg/An | +5.3% |
| 1977 | 42 kg/An | +5.0% |
| 1978 | 44 kg/An | +4.8% |
| 1979 | 45 kg/An | +2.3% |
| 1980 | 44 kg/An | -2.2% |
| 1981 | 44 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 45 kg/An | +2.3% |
| 1983 | 44 kg/An | -2.2% |
| 1984 | 36 kg/An | -18.2% |
| 1985 | 40 kg/An | +11.1% |
| 1986 | 40 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 39 kg/An | -2.5% |
| 1988 | 39 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 37 kg/An | -5.1% |
| 1990 | 37 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 32 kg/An | -13.5% |
| 1992 | 30 kg/An | -6.2% |
| 1993 | 29 kg/An | -3.3% |
| 1994 | 29 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 30 kg/An | +3.4% |
| 1996 | 30 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 29 kg/An | -3.3% |
| 1998 | 30 kg/An | +3.4% |
| 1999 | 29 kg/An | -3.3% |
| 2000 | 29 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 30 kg/An | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 29 kg/An | -3.3% |
| 2003 | 29 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 29 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 28 kg/An | -3.4% |
| 2006 | 28 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 28 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 27 kg/An | -3.6% |
| 2009 | 27 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 24 kg/An | -11.1% |
| 2011 | 23 kg/An | -4.2% |
| 2012 | 26 kg/An | +13.0% |
| 2013 | 28 kg/An | +7.7% |
| 2014 | 27 kg/An | -3.6% |
| 2015 | 27 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 27 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 27 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 27 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 25 kg/An | -7.4% |
| 2020 | 27 kg/An | +8.0% |
| 2021 | 26 kg/An | -3.7% |
| 2022 | 26 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 26 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 25 kg/An | -3.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 36.89 kg/An | 36 kg/An | 38 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 39.3 kg/An | 36 kg/An | 45 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 40.8 kg/An | 36 kg/An | 45 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 30.5 kg/An | 29 kg/An | 37 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 28.4 kg/An | 27 kg/An | 30 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 26.1 kg/An | 23 kg/An | 28 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 26 kg/An | 25 kg/An | 27 kg/An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of sheep — yield/carcass weight in Africa?
- Raw milk of sheep — yield/carcass weight in Africa was 25 kg/An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest raw milk of sheep — yield/carcass weight recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 45 kg/An in 1979.
- What is the lowest raw milk of sheep — yield/carcass weight recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 23 kg/An in 2011.
- How does Africa rank for raw milk of sheep — yield/carcass weight?
- Africa ranks 14th out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of sheep — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Raw milk of sheep — Yield/Carcass Weight. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.