What is the difference in milk per animal between Brazil and USSR?

145 kilograms per animal, with Brazil ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and USSR?

31 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1991.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Milk per animal. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Brazil vs USSR: Milk per animal

Brazil

2,415 kilograms per animal

in 2024

USSR

2,270 kilograms per animal

in 1991

Brazil rank

50th

USSR rank

53rd

Milk per animal over time

Brazil
USSR

How they compare

Brazil currently reports 2,415 kilograms per animal against 2,270 kilograms per animal in USSR, a difference of 145 kilograms per animal.

That makes Brazil's figure about 1.1 times USSR's.

Across all 31 years both countries report, USSR has been ahead every year.

Brazil ranks 50th and USSR ranks 53rd of 192 countries.

USSR has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Brazil	USSR	Difference	Ahead
1960s	598.61 kilograms per animal	1,656 kilograms per animal	1,058 kilograms per animal	USSR
1970s	622.91 kilograms per animal	1,995 kilograms per animal	1,373 kilograms per animal	USSR
1980s	604.78 kilograms per animal	2,133 kilograms per animal	1,529 kilograms per animal	USSR
1990s	702.88 kilograms per animal	2,341 kilograms per animal	1,638 kilograms per animal	USSR

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher milk per animal, Brazil or USSR?: Brazil, at 2,415 kilograms per animal against 2,270 kilograms per animal in USSR as of 2024.
What is the difference in milk per animal between Brazil and USSR?: 145 kilograms per animal, with Brazil ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and USSR?: 31 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1991.
How do Brazil and USSR rank globally for milk per animal?: Brazil ranks 50th and USSR ranks 53rd of 192 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Milk per animal. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Milk per animal
Unit: kilograms per animal
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 192 places, 11,100 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Average annual milk production per animal. Values are estimated by dividing the production of milk (from cattle, sheep, goats, and other animals) by the number of animals used for milk production.