China, mainland vs Mali: Milk, Total — Milk Animals

China, mainland
68.87 million An
in 2024
Mali
44.78 million An
in 2024
China, mainland rank
3rd
Mali rank
6th

Milk, Total — Milk Animals over time

  • China, mainland
  • Mali
020.0M40.0M60.0M80.0M196119922024

How they compare

China, mainland currently reports 68.87 million An against 44.78 million An in Mali, a difference of 24.09 million An.

That makes China, mainland's figure about 1.5 times Mali's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was China, mainland ahead.

China, mainland ranks 3rd and Mali ranks 6th of 185 countries.

China, mainland has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade China, mainland Mali Difference Ahead
1960s 16.61 million An 4.46 million An 12.15 million An China, mainland
1970s 19.27 million An 4.72 million An 14.55 million An China, mainland
1980s 23.91 million An 5.18 million An 18.73 million An China, mainland
1990s 35.59 million An 12.88 million An 22.70 million An China, mainland
2000s 55.95 million An 22.30 million An 33.66 million An China, mainland
2010s 62.55 million An 42.54 million An 20.01 million An China, mainland
2020s 69.12 million An 41.97 million An 27.15 million An China, mainland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher milk, total — milk animals, China, mainland or Mali?
China, mainland, at 68.87 million An against 44.78 million An in Mali as of 2024.
What is the difference in milk, total — milk animals between China, mainland and Mali?
24.09 million An, with China, mainland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China, mainland and Mali?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do China, mainland and Mali rank globally for milk, total — milk animals?
China, mainland ranks 3rd and Mali ranks 6th 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

China, mainland vs Mali: Milk, Total — Milk Animals. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 24 August 2026, from https://agriculture.statizoid.com/compare/milk-total-milk-animals/china-mainland/mali/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://agriculture.statizoid.com/compare/milk-total-milk-animals/china-mainland/mali/">China, mainland vs Mali: Milk, Total — Milk Animals</a> — Statizoid

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.