Asia vs China (People’s Republic of): Milk, Total — Milk Animals

Asia
452.98 million An
in 2024
China (People’s Republic of)
68.97 million An
in 2024
Asia rank
1st
China (People’s Republic of) rank
2nd

Milk, Total — Milk Animals over time

  • Asia
  • China (People’s Republic of)
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How they compare

Asia currently reports 452.98 million An against 68.97 million An in China (People’s Republic of), a difference of 384.01 million An.

That makes Asia's figure about 6.6 times China (People’s Republic of)'s.

Across all 64 years both countries report, Asia has been ahead every year.

Asia ranks 1st and China (People’s Republic of) ranks 2nd of 38 groups.

Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Asia China (People’s Republic of) Difference Ahead
1960s 151.81 million An 16.62 million An 135.19 million An Asia
1970s 177.01 million An 19.29 million An 157.71 million An Asia
1980s 220.60 million An 23.98 million An 196.62 million An Asia
1990s 272.49 million An 35.75 million An 236.74 million An Asia
2000s 314.17 million An 56.10 million An 258.07 million An Asia
2010s 380.92 million An 62.66 million An 318.26 million An Asia
2020s 442.68 million An 69.22 million An 373.46 million An Asia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher milk, total — milk animals, Asia or China (People’s Republic of)?
Asia, at 452.98 million An against 68.97 million An in China (People’s Republic of) as of 2024.
What is the difference in milk, total — milk animals between Asia and China (People’s Republic of)?
384.01 million An, with Asia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Asia and China (People’s Republic of)?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Asia and China (People’s Republic of) rank globally for milk, total — milk animals?
Asia ranks 1st and China (People’s Republic of) ranks 2nd of 38 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Milk, Total — Milk Animals. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Milk, Total — Milk Animals
Unit
An
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
232 places, 13,445 data points, 1961–2024
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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.