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

13 kilograms per animal, with Uruguay ahead.

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

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 Uruguay: Milk per animal

Portugal

2,889 kilograms per animal

in 2024

Uruguay

2,902 kilograms per animal

in 2024

Portugal rank

44th

Uruguay rank

43rd

Milk per animal over time

Portugal
Uruguay

How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 2,902 kilograms per animal against 2,889 kilograms per animal in Portugal, a difference of 13 kilograms per animal.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Portugal ahead.

Portugal ranks 44th and Uruguay ranks 43rd of 192 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Portugal averaged higher in 6 and Uruguay in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Portugal	Uruguay	Difference	Ahead
1960s	2,428 kilograms per animal	1,473 kilograms per animal	954.51 kilograms per animal	Portugal
1970s	2,643 kilograms per animal	1,614 kilograms per animal	1,029 kilograms per animal	Portugal
1980s	2,859 kilograms per animal	1,446 kilograms per animal	1,413 kilograms per animal	Portugal
1990s	1,833 kilograms per animal	1,689 kilograms per animal	143.65 kilograms per animal	Portugal
2000s	2,539 kilograms per animal	2,199 kilograms per animal	339.93 kilograms per animal	Portugal
2010s	3,093 kilograms per animal	2,807 kilograms per animal	285.71 kilograms per animal	Portugal
2020s	2,698 kilograms per animal	3,144 kilograms per animal	445.92 kilograms per animal	Uruguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher milk per animal, Portugal or Uruguay?: Uruguay, at 2,902 kilograms per animal against 2,889 kilograms per animal in Portugal as of 2024.
What is the difference in milk per animal between Portugal and Uruguay?: 13 kilograms per animal, with Uruguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Uruguay?: 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Portugal and Uruguay rank globally for milk per animal?: Portugal ranks 44th and Uruguay ranks 43rd 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: 09 October 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.