Raw milk of sheep — Yield/Carcass Weight in France
France: Raw milk of sheep — Yield/Carcass Weight was 235 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Raw milk of sheep — Yield/Carcass Weight in France, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for raw milk of sheep — yield/carcass weight in France is 235 kg/An, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.5% on the previous year and up 11.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of sheep — yield/carcass weight in France peaked at 257 kg/An in 2017 and was at its lowest, 107 kg/An, in 1963.
That places France 6th out of 79 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Raw milk of sheep — Yield/Carcass Weight in France, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 110 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 110 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 107 kg/An | -2.7% |
| 1964 | 109 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 1965 | 113 kg/An | +3.7% |
| 1966 | 116 kg/An | +2.7% |
| 1967 | 130 kg/An | +12.1% |
| 1968 | 120 kg/An | -7.7% |
| 1969 | 121 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 1970 | 124 kg/An | +2.5% |
| 1971 | 128 kg/An | +3.2% |
| 1972 | 137 kg/An | +7.0% |
| 1973 | 146 kg/An | +6.6% |
| 1974 | 147 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 1975 | 150 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 1976 | 156 kg/An | +4.0% |
| 1977 | 163 kg/An | +4.5% |
| 1978 | 158 kg/An | -3.1% |
| 1979 | 160 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 1980 | 157 kg/An | -1.9% |
| 1981 | 165 kg/An | +5.1% |
| 1982 | 165 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 171 kg/An | +3.6% |
| 1984 | 160 kg/An | -6.4% |
| 1985 | 167 kg/An | +4.4% |
| 1986 | 169 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 1987 | 182 kg/An | +7.7% |
| 1988 | 200 kg/An | +9.9% |
| 1989 | 191 kg/An | -4.5% |
| 1990 | 203 kg/An | +6.3% |
| 1991 | 160 kg/An | -21.2% |
| 1992 | 167 kg/An | +4.4% |
| 1993 | 161 kg/An | -3.6% |
| 1994 | 159 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 1995 | 167 kg/An | +5.0% |
| 1996 | 179 kg/An | +7.2% |
| 1997 | 179 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 176 kg/An | -1.7% |
| 1999 | 176 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 180 kg/An | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 184 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 184 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 187 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 191 kg/An | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 189 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 200 kg/An | +5.8% |
| 2007 | 197 kg/An | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 181 kg/An | -8.1% |
| 2009 | 179 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 196 kg/An | +9.5% |
| 2011 | 210 kg/An | +7.1% |
| 2012 | 210 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 211 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 211 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 220 kg/An | +4.3% |
| 2016 | 256 kg/An | +16.4% |
| 2017 | 257 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 198 kg/An | -23.0% |
| 2019 | 192 kg/An | -3.0% |
| 2020 | 226 kg/An | +17.7% |
| 2021 | 224 kg/An | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 221 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 227 kg/An | +2.7% |
| 2024 | 235 kg/An | +3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 115.11 kg/An | 107 kg/An | 130 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 146.9 kg/An | 124 kg/An | 163 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 172.7 kg/An | 157 kg/An | 200 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 172.7 kg/An | 159 kg/An | 203 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 187.2 kg/An | 179 kg/An | 200 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 216.1 kg/An | 192 kg/An | 257 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 226.6 kg/An | 221 kg/An | 235 kg/An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of sheep — yield/carcass weight in France?
- Raw milk of sheep — yield/carcass weight in France was 235 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 France?
- The highest recorded value was 257 kg/An in 2017.
- What is the lowest raw milk of sheep — yield/carcass weight recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 107 kg/An in 1963.
- How does France rank for raw milk of sheep — yield/carcass weight?
- France ranks 6th out of 79 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of sheep — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this France 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.