Raw Sheep Milk Supply by Country

China had the largest reported supply of raw sheep milk in 2023, at 929,673 tonnes, accounting for 24.2 percent of the 3,843,723-tonne total. Algeria ranked second at 518,801 tonnes, followed by Romania at 430,979 tonnes. Cyprus had the highest per-capita supply, at 72.19 grams per person per day, ahead of Romania at 61.76 grams and Albania at 55.47 grams. The figures come from FAO Supply Utilization Accounts and represent food available for human consumption, not the amount actually consumed.

Syria placed fourth at 329,529 tonnes, with Türkiye fifth at 189,802 and Greece sixth at 169,346. Indonesia, Jordan, Mauritania and Burkina Faso closed the top ten between 74,308 and 138,684 tonnes. The top three held 48.9 percent of the annual listed food supply total, and the top five 62.4 percent. China had the highest listed food supply, while Cyprus had the highest per-capita food supply.

• Romania's reported supply increased by 42,332 tonnes, up 10.9 percent, firming third place.
• Jordan recorded the fastest year-on-year increase, up 35,005 tonnes, or 72.6 percent.
• Syria's reported supply increased by 15,567 tonnes, up 5.0 percent, firming fourth place.
• Türkiye recorded the largest year-on-year decline, down 27,172 tonnes, or 12.5 percent.

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#	Country	2023 (tonnes)2023	2023 (grams per person per day)2023
1	China CN	929.67K	1.79
2	Algeria DZ	518.8K	30.79
3	Romania RO	430.98K	61.76
4	Syria SY	329.53K	38.26
5	Türkiye TR	189.8K	5.96
6	Greece GR	169.35K	45.3
7	Indonesia ID	138.68K	1.35
8	Jordan JO	83.21K	19.93
9	Mauritania MR	76.59K	41.78
10	Burkina Faso BF	74.31K	8.84
11	Bangladesh BD	66.48K	1.06
12	Iran IR	60.88K	1.84
13	Ethiopia ET	57.38K	1.22
14	Albania AL	56.93K	55.47
15	Libya LY	55.45K	20.8
16	Kenya KE	52.84K	2.62
17	Afghanistan AF	46.72K	3.09
18	Saudi Arabia SA	41.5K	3.42
19	Italy IT	40.86K	1.88
20	Pakistan PK	39.77K	0.44
21	Cyprus CY	35.44K	72.19
22	Azerbaijan AZ	28.79K	7.65
23	Armenia AM	28.11K	26.17
24	Spain ES	25K	1.43
25	Egypt EG	22.07K	0.53
26	Iraq IQ	19.94K	1.41
27	Cameroon CM	17.84K	1.72
28	Niger NE	16.05K	1.68
29	Guinea GN	15.82K	3.01
30	Tunisia TN	15.53K	3.49
31	North Macedonia MK	14.32K	21.42
32	Mongolia MN	13.99K	11.17
33	Nepal NP	13.31K	1.23
34	Senegal SN	11.81K	1.79
35	Montenegro ME	11.44K	49.45
36	Qatar QA	10.62K	9.76
37	Israel IL	10.07K	2.98
38	Oman OM	9.06K	4.92
39	Lebanon LB	8.2K	3.89
40	Georgia GE	6.53K	4.7
41	Germany DE	6.52K	0.21
42	Guinea-Bissau GW	6.41K	8.15
43	Malawi MW	6.23K	0.81
44	Switzerland CH	6.15K	1.9
45	Rwanda RW	5K	0.98
46	Yemen YE	3.35K	0.23
47	Croatia HR	3.18K	2.24
48	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	3.15K	2.71
49	Myanmar MM	2.59K	0.13
50	Malta MT	1.8K	9.24
51	United Arab Emirates AE	1.69K	0.44
52	Russia RU	1.39K	0.03
53	France FR	1.14K	0.05
54	Slovenia SI	669.36	0.87
55	Austria AT	317.64	0.1
56	Kuwait KW	297.82	0.17
57	Bahrain BH	114.2	0.2
58	Luxembourg LU	70	0.29
59	Czech Republic CZ	0	0

Türkiye Slips in Raw Milk of Sheep

Türkiye lost 27,172 tonnes between 2022 and 2023, down 12.5 percent to 189,802 tonnes. Spain lost 17,930 tonnes, down 41.8 percent. Bosnia and Herzegovina shed 10,047 tonnes, down 76.1 percent. Romania added 42,332 tonnes, up 10.9 percent. Jordan added 35,005 tonnes, up 72.6 percent. Syria added 15,567 tonnes, up 5.0 percent. The 59 countries present in both years rose from 3,787,552 tonnes to 3,843,723 tonnes, up 56,171 tonnes, or 1.5 percent, with no departures and no arrivals.

China and Syria Drive Growth in Raw Sheep Milk Supply Since 2019

Between 2019 and 2023, the 59 countries present in both years rose from 3,713,556 tonnes to 3,843,723 tonnes, up 130,167 tonnes, or 3.5 percent. China added 98,992 tonnes, up 11.9 percent. Syria added 74,233 tonnes, up 29.1 percent. Bangladesh added 39,990 tonnes, up 150.9 percent. Türkiye lost 117,309 tonnes, down 38.2 percent. Egypt gave up 25,868 tonnes, down 54.0 percent. Spain shed 20,887 tonnes, down 45.5 percent. Two countries left with 93,940 tonnes, and none arrived.

Cyprus Leads in Raw Sheep Milk Supply per Person

Cyprus at 72.19 grams a day beat Romania's 61.76 in second and Albania's 55.47 in third. Montenegro sat fourth at 49.45 grams, with Greece at 45.30 and Mauritania at 41.78. Syria, Algeria, Armenia and North Macedonia followed below 39 grams. China, first by volume, sat far down the daily table.

What the Raw Milk of Sheep Data Covers

The dataset records raw sheep milk supply in tonnes and grams per person per day for reporting countries from 2019 to 2023. China had the largest total supply in 2023, while Cyprus led on a per-capita basis. Across the 59 countries with values in both 2019 and 2023, reported supply increased by 130,167 tonnes, or 3.5 percent.

Raw Sheep Milk Supply by Country

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#	Country	2019 (t)	2019 (g/cap/d)	2020 (t)	2020 (g/cap/d)	2021 (t)	2021 (g/cap/d)	2022 (t)	2022 (g/cap/d)	2023 (t)	2023 (g/cap/d)
1	China	830.68K	1.6	863.68K	1.66	907.97K	1.74	932.4K	1.79	929.67K	1.79
2	Algeria	487.48K	30.85	554.88K	34.52	491.74K	30.1	511.71K	30.83	518.8K	30.79
3	Romania	408.4K	57.38	404K	57.08	403.39K	57.42	388.65K	55.55	430.98K	61.76
4	Syria	255.3K	34.36	313.62K	40.82	312.07K	39.53	313.96K	38.29	329.53K	38.26
5	Türkiye	307.11K	9.86	222.25K	7.07	232.53K	7.35	216.97K	6.83	189.8K	5.96
6	Greece	170.83K	43.67	167.16K	42.8	171.39K	44.38	171.53K	45.13	169.35K	45.3
7	Indonesia	153.5K	1.54	150.56K	1.5	139.3K	1.38	139.11K	1.37	138.68K	1.35
8	Jordan	58.52K	15.02	66.51K	16.77	71.82K	17.78	48.2K	11.73	83.21K	19.93
9	Mauritania	74.57K	45.73	73.19K	43.59	74.39K	43.04	75.54K	42.45	76.59K	41.78
10	Burkina Faso	71.62K	9.36	69.45K	8.86	71.25K	8.88	73.68K	8.97	74.31K	8.84
11	Bangladesh	26.49K	0.44	25.38K	0.42	56.68K	0.93	61.79K	1	66.48K	1.06
12	Iran	50.53K	1.59	56.39K	1.76	59.78K	1.85	58.87K	1.8	60.88K	1.84
13	Ethiopia	53.7K	1.27	55.53K	1.28	51.83K	1.16	53.1K	1.16	57.38K	1.22
14	Albania	68.31K	64.87	64.86K	61.87	64.33K	61.85	59.97K	58.1	56.93K	55.47
15	Libya	52.46K	20.68	54.56K	21.22	54.98K	21.11	54.58K	20.7	55.45K	20.8
16	Kenya	41.26K	2.21	40.25K	2.11	58.32K	3	50.81K	2.57	52.84K	2.62
17	Afghanistan	41.48K	3	50.22K	3.52	39.38K	2.7	47.54K	3.21	46.72K	3.09
18	Saudi Arabia	42.54K	3.82	42.55K	3.76	42.69K	3.73	41.18K	3.51	41.5K	3.42
19	Italy	25K	1.14	40K	1.83	40.11K	1.84	40.93K	1.88	40.86K	1.88
20	Pakistan	38.07K	0.45	38.82K	0.45	38.82K	0.44	39.77K	0.45	39.77K	0.44
21	Cyprus	26.11K	55.6	27.43K	57.7	32.17K	66.9	31.46K	64.74	35.44K	72.19
22	Azerbaijan	29.9K	8.1	29.43K	7.92	29.65K	7.94	29.64K	7.89	28.79K	7.65
23	Armenia	42.6K	40.19	40K	37.91	41.59K	39.7	13.34K	12.68	28.11K	26.17
24	Spain	45.89K	2.65	42.55K	2.44	44.26K	2.54	42.93K	2.46	25K	1.43
25	Egypt	47.94K	1.22	61.84K	1.55	62.51K	1.54	20.14K	0.49	22.07K	0.53
26	Iraq	19.58K	1.52	19.67K	1.49	19.76K	1.47	19.85K	1.44	19.94K	1.41
27	Cameroon	17.97K	1.93	18.05K	1.89	17.89K	1.82	17.82K	1.77	17.84K	1.72
28	Niger	15.8K	1.89	16.36K	1.89	14.08K	1.57	14.37K	1.56	16.05K	1.68
29	Guinea	14.6K	3.07	15K	3.07	14.82K	2.96	15.3K	2.98	15.82K	3.01
30	Tunisia	16.87K	3.89	14.2K	3.25	16.9K	3.84	15.38K	3.48	15.53K	3.49
31	North Macedonia	15.32K	22.12	11.99K	17.55	17.42K	25.78	19.63K	29.23	14.32K	21.42
32	Mongolia	12.51K	10.6	11.77K	9.8	13.18K	10.81	13.22K	10.7	13.99K	11.17
33	Nepal	16.77K	1.62	16.9K	1.6	17.67K	1.64	17.37K	1.6	13.31K	1.23
34	Senegal	11.23K	1.88	11.45K	1.87	11.47K	1.82	11.64K	1.81	11.81K	1.79
35	Montenegro	8.58K	38.43	10.35K	46.65	12.9K	58.53	18.69K	83.31	11.44K	49.45
36	Qatar	12.13K	11.88	12.23K	11.95	11.77K	11.45	10.64K	10.07	10.62K	9.76
37	Israel	8.62K	2.73	9.13K	2.84	9.6K	2.94	10.09K	3.04	10.07K	2.98
38	Oman	9.18K	5.48	9.31K	5.64	8.85K	5.39	8.94K	5.18	9.06K	4.92
39	Lebanon	8.39K	3.97	8.4K	4.04	8.2K	3.93	8.32K	3.97	8.2K	3.89
40	Georgia	6.68K	4.82	7.17K	5.17	7.52K	5.44	7.07K	5.1	6.53K	4.7
41	Germany	6.5K	0.21	6.7K	0.22	6.95K	0.23	6.47K	0.21	6.52K	0.21
42	Guinea-Bissau	6.94K	9.66	6.69K	9.1	6.41K	8.52	6.39K	8.32	6.41K	8.15
43	Malawi	6K	0.86	6K	0.84	6.25K	0.85	6.26K	0.83	6.23K	0.81
44	Switzerland	6.15K	1.97	5.87K	1.86	5.92K	1.86	6.19K	1.93	6.15K	1.9
45	Rwanda	8.05K	1.73	6.21K	1.3	5.76K	1.18	5.22K	1.05	5K	0.98
46	Yemen	3.14K	0.24	2.64K	0.2	3.46K	0.26	3.3K	0.24	3.35K	0.23
47	Croatia	5.27K	3.62	4.73K	3.28	2.38K	1.66	4K	2.8	3.18K	2.24
48	Bosnia and Herzegovina	15.41K	12.62	15.88K	13.19	6.35K	5.36	13.2K	11.28	3.15K	2.71
49	Myanmar	4.26K	0.22	2.34K	0.12	2.37K	0.12	2.59K	0.13	2.59K	0.13
50	Malta	1.7K	9.24	1.7K	8.99	1.66K	8.65	1.77K	9.17	1.8K	9.24
51	United Arab Emirates	1.11K	0.32	1.89K	0.55	1.76K	0.49	2.26K	0.6	1.69K	0.44
52	Russia	1.4K	0.03	1.2K	0.02	1.29K	0.02	1.35K	0.03	1.39K	0.03
53	France	1.08K	0.04	917.8	0.04	933.88	0.04	1.1K	0.05	1.14K	0.05
54	Slovenia	520.39	0.68	433.14	0.56	549.43	0.71	508.89	0.66	669.36	0.87
55	Austria	350.26	0.11	328.14	0.1	284.78	0.09	307.97	0.09	317.64	0.1
56	Kuwait	310.22	0.19	309.66	0.19	299.75	0.19	301.6	0.18	297.82	0.17
57	Bahrain	116.05	0.21	114.18	0.21	114.15	0.21	115.14	0.21	114.2	0.2
58	Luxembourg	60	0.27	120	0.52	110	0.47	90	0.38	70	0.29
59	Czech Republic	693.19	0.18	676.09	0.18	0	0	24.02	0.01	0	0
60	Mexico	56.35K	1.23	56.4K	1.22	56.57K	1.21	-	-	-	-
61	Kyrgyzstan	37.59K	15.86	37.77K	15.53	-	-	-	-	-	-

Methodology

FAO Supply Utilization Accounts provide the underlying data: element 5141 for food supply quantity in tonnes and element 665 for food supply quantity in grams per capita per day. The dataset covers 61 countries, of which 59 have reported values for 2023. The 2023 total includes all countries with a reported value that year, whereas year-to-year and five-year comparisons use only countries with values at both endpoints. A reported zero is distinct from a blank entry, and percentage changes are not calculated from a zero baseline.