Table 1.
Production Of Milk From Sheep And Goats Worldwide And Its Evolution Between 2005 And 2017 For The First 15 Producers In 2017.
| Milk Production In Tonnes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goats | Sheep | |||||
| Year | 2017 | 2005 | 2017 | 2005 | ||
| Total worldwide | 18,894,731 (+28%) | 14,791,746 | 11,567,441 (+13%) | 10,267,917 | ||
| Fifteen biggest producers in 2017 | India | 6,165,500 | 3,790,000 | Turkey | 1,344,779 | 789,877 |
| Bangladesh | 1,113,849 | 864,389 | China | 1,166,803 | 1,114,930 | |
| Sudan | 1,109,112 | 1,519,000 | China, mainland | 1,166,803 | 1,114,930 | |
| Pakistan | 842,036 | 675,000 | Greece | 732,095 | 752,171 | |
| France | 590,000 | 553,691 | Syrian Arab Republic | 644,561 | 765,851 | |
| Greece | 562,491 | 511,373 | Romania | 527,503 | 544,400 | |
| Turkey | 523,395 | 253,759 | Spain | 514,198 | 407,800 | |
| Spain | 491,374 | 471,900 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 449,718 | 307,943 | |
| South Sudan | 468,000 | nk | Italy | 410,380 | 532,049 | |
| Mali | 400,487 | 400,000 | Sudan | 403,394 | 487,000 | |
| Somalia | 373,828 | 412,600 | Somalia | 380,000 | 475,000 | |
| Niger | 362,129 | 236,004 | Mali | 364,330 | 179,470 | |
| Indonesia | 361,793 | 284,459 | Algeria | 284,684 | 203,000 | |
| Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 311,625 | 396,242 | France | 270,000 | 255,355 | |
| Russian Federation | 256,483 | 253,692 | Afghanistan | 206,675 | 167,059 | |
Notes: Countries that are among the 15 biggest producers in 2017 for both sheep and goat milk are in bold characters. Data extracted from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QL.33