Raw milk of sheep — Yield/Carcass Weight in Western Europe
Western Europe: Raw milk of sheep — Yield/Carcass Weight was 241 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Raw milk of sheep — Yield/Carcass Weight in Western Europe, 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 Western Europe is 241 kg/An, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.9% on the previous year and up 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of sheep — yield/carcass weight in Western Europe peaked at 263 kg/An in 2017 and was at its lowest, 109 kg/An, in 1963.
Western Europe ranks 1st of 20 groups on this measure, 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 Western Europe, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 112 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 112 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 109 kg/An | -2.7% |
| 1964 | 111 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 1965 | 115 kg/An | +3.6% |
| 1966 | 118 kg/An | +2.6% |
| 1967 | 132 kg/An | +11.9% |
| 1968 | 122 kg/An | -7.6% |
| 1969 | 123 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 1970 | 126 kg/An | +2.4% |
| 1971 | 129 kg/An | +2.4% |
| 1972 | 138 kg/An | +7.0% |
| 1973 | 148 kg/An | +7.2% |
| 1974 | 149 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 1975 | 152 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 1976 | 158 kg/An | +3.9% |
| 1977 | 164 kg/An | +3.8% |
| 1978 | 160 kg/An | -2.4% |
| 1979 | 163 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 1980 | 159 kg/An | -2.5% |
| 1981 | 167 kg/An | +5.0% |
| 1982 | 167 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 173 kg/An | +3.6% |
| 1984 | 162 kg/An | -6.4% |
| 1985 | 168 kg/An | +3.7% |
| 1986 | 170 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 1987 | 184 kg/An | +8.2% |
| 1988 | 202 kg/An | +9.8% |
| 1989 | 193 kg/An | -4.5% |
| 1990 | 205 kg/An | +6.2% |
| 1991 | 162 kg/An | -21.0% |
| 1992 | 169 kg/An | +4.3% |
| 1993 | 164 kg/An | -3.0% |
| 1994 | 162 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 1995 | 170 kg/An | +4.9% |
| 1996 | 182 kg/An | +7.1% |
| 1997 | 182 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 179 kg/An | -1.6% |
| 1999 | 179 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 183 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 2001 | 188 kg/An | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 188 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 190 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 196 kg/An | +3.2% |
| 2005 | 194 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 205 kg/An | +5.7% |
| 2007 | 202 kg/An | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 185 kg/An | -8.4% |
| 2009 | 184 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 201 kg/An | +9.2% |
| 2011 | 216 kg/An | +7.5% |
| 2012 | 216 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 217 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 218 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 226 kg/An | +3.7% |
| 2016 | 262 kg/An | +15.9% |
| 2017 | 263 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 205 kg/An | -22.1% |
| 2019 | 199 kg/An | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 231 kg/An | +16.1% |
| 2021 | 229 kg/An | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 227 kg/An | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 232 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 241 kg/An | +3.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 117.11 kg/An | 109 kg/An | 132 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 148.7 kg/An | 126 kg/An | 164 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 174.5 kg/An | 159 kg/An | 202 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 175.4 kg/An | 162 kg/An | 205 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 191.5 kg/An | 183 kg/An | 205 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 222.3 kg/An | 199 kg/An | 263 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 232 kg/An | 227 kg/An | 241 kg/An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of sheep — yield/carcass weight in Western Europe?
- Raw milk of sheep — yield/carcass weight in Western Europe was 241 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 Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 263 kg/An in 2017.
- What is the lowest raw milk of sheep — yield/carcass weight recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 109 kg/An in 1963.
- How does Western Europe rank for raw milk of sheep — yield/carcass weight?
- Western Europe ranks 1st out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of sheep — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Europe 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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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.