What is the difference in milk per animal between Portugal and Suriname?

180 kilograms per animal, with Portugal ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Suriname?

64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.

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.

Portugal vs Suriname: Milk per animal

Portugal

2,889 kilograms per animal

in 2024

Suriname

2,709 kilograms per animal

in 2024

Portugal rank

44th

Suriname rank

46th

Milk per animal over time

Portugal
Suriname

How they compare

Portugal currently reports 2,889 kilograms per animal against 2,709 kilograms per animal in Suriname, a difference of 180 kilograms per animal.

That makes Portugal's figure about 1.1 times Suriname's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Portugal ahead.

Portugal ranks 44th and Suriname ranks 46th of 192 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Portugal averaged higher in 5 and Suriname in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Portugal	Suriname	Difference	Ahead
1960s	2,428 kilograms per animal	1,559 kilograms per animal	868.1 kilograms per animal	Portugal
1970s	2,643 kilograms per animal	1,547 kilograms per animal	1,096 kilograms per animal	Portugal
1980s	2,859 kilograms per animal	1,578 kilograms per animal	1,281 kilograms per animal	Portugal
1990s	1,833 kilograms per animal	1,096 kilograms per animal	737.22 kilograms per animal	Portugal
2000s	2,539 kilograms per animal	2,652 kilograms per animal	113.51 kilograms per animal	Suriname
2010s	3,093 kilograms per animal	2,966 kilograms per animal	126.72 kilograms per animal	Portugal
2020s	2,698 kilograms per animal	2,771 kilograms per animal	73.56 kilograms per animal	Suriname

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher milk per animal, Portugal or Suriname?: Portugal, at 2,889 kilograms per animal against 2,709 kilograms per animal in Suriname as of 2024.
What is the difference in milk per animal between Portugal and Suriname?: 180 kilograms per animal, with Portugal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Suriname?: 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Portugal and Suriname rank globally for milk per animal?: Portugal ranks 44th and Suriname ranks 46th 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: 28 August 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.