Australia vs Ireland: Milk, Total — Milk Animals

Australia
1.33 million An
in 2024
Ireland
1.48 million An
in 2024
Australia rank
68th
Ireland rank
65th

Milk, Total — Milk Animals over time

  • Australia
  • Ireland
1.0M1.5M2.0M2.5M3.0M3.5M196119922024

How they compare

Ireland currently reports 1.48 million An against 1.33 million An in Australia, a difference of 151,310 An.

That makes Ireland's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 68th and Ireland ranks 65th of 185 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 6 and Ireland in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia Ireland Difference Ahead
1960s 3.00 million An 1.34 million An 1.66 million An Australia
1970s 2.36 million An 1.42 million An 938,400 An Australia
1980s 1.77 million An 1.49 million An 287,750 An Australia
1990s 1.83 million An 1.25 million An 580,624 An Australia
2000s 1.95 million An 1.13 million An 823,535 An Australia
2010s 1.59 million An 1.26 million An 323,208 An Australia
2020s 1.35 million An 1.49 million An 145,302 An Ireland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher milk, total — milk animals, Australia or Ireland?
Ireland, at 1.48 million An against 1.33 million An in Australia as of 2024.
What is the difference in milk, total — milk animals between Australia and Ireland?
151,310 An, with Ireland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Ireland?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Australia and Ireland rank globally for milk, total — milk animals?
Australia ranks 68th and Ireland ranks 65th of 185 countries.
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
Last refreshed

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.