Based on a comparison of 36 countries in 2014, South Sudan ranked the highest in production of cheese (goats' milk with 110,750 tonnes followed by France and Sudan. On the other end of the scale was Malta with 7.00 tonnes, Turkey with 73.0 tonnes and Kazakhstan with 375 tonnes.
Total production of cheese (goats' milk reached 460,524 tonnes in 2014 in the World according to Faostat. This is 1.43 % less than in the previous year and 2.84 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, total production of cheese (goats' milk reached an all time high of 467,456 tonnes in 2005 and an all time low of 261,824 tonnes in 1972. The average annual growth amounted to 0.919 % since 1961.
The top ranked country, South Sudan, accounted for 24.0 % of production of cheese (goats' milk in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 58.5 % share while the ten largest countries some 95.7 % in 2014.
Data for more countries are available at Production of Cheese (Goats' Milk) indicator page.
Production of Cheese (Goats' Milk) | Unit | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
Afghanistan | tonnes | 10,152 | 10,170 | 10,080 | 10,800 | 10,620 | ||||||||||||||||
China | tonnes | 7,440 | 7,650 | 7,800 | 7,950 | 8,250 | ||||||||||||||||
France | tonnes | 89,800 | 93,700 | 95,717 | 100,244 | 90,500 | ||||||||||||||||
Greece | tonnes | 48,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 | ||||||||||||||||
Iran | tonnes | 33,837 | 36,698 | 33,842 | 25,683 | 21,919 | ||||||||||||||||
Mexico | tonnes | 16,867 | 16,867 | 16,700 | 16,700 | 16,032 | ||||||||||||||||
Niger | tonnes | 28,671 | 29,818 | 28,855 | 30,009 | 31,209 | ||||||||||||||||
South Sudan | tonnes | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 110,750 | ||
Spain | tonnes | 40,800 | 37,900 | 37,400 | 33,500 | 32,300 | ||||||||||||||||
Sudan | tonnes | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 75,000 | ||
Syria | tonnes | 5,000 | 5,000 | 7,000 | 7,200 | 7,000 | ||||||||||||||||
Tajikistan | tonnes | 14,700 | 15,510 | 16,440 | 17,400 | 19,590 | ||||||||||||||||
Ukraine | tonnes | 6,250 | 5,750 | 6,000 | 6,250 | 6,250 | ||||||||||||||||
Uzbekistan | tonnes | 5,250 | 7,050 | 7,625 | 8,800 | 10,000 | ||||||||||||||||
Yemen | tonnes | 4,932 | 5,228 | 5,546 | 5,613 | 6,037 |