Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 13.03 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Afghanistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, milk, total — milk animals in Afghanistan stood at 13.03 million An.
The figure is up 1.7% on the previous year and down 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — milk animals in Afghanistan peaked at 13.63 million An in 1999 and was at its lowest, 5.70 million An, in 1986.
That places Afghanistan 19th out of 185 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7.64 million An | — |
| 1962 | 7.67 million An | +0.4% |
| 1963 | 8.31 million An | +8.3% |
| 1964 | 8.77 million An | +5.5% |
| 1965 | 9.20 million An | +5.0% |
| 1966 | 8.61 million An | -6.4% |
| 1967 | 9.28 million An | +7.8% |
| 1968 | 9.38 million An | +1.1% |
| 1969 | 9.38 million An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 8.69 million An | -7.4% |
| 1971 | 7.14 million An | -17.8% |
| 1972 | 6.75 million An | -5.4% |
| 1973 | 7.70 million An | +14.0% |
| 1974 | 8.41 million An | +9.2% |
| 1975 | 9.11 million An | +8.3% |
| 1976 | 9.36 million An | +2.7% |
| 1977 | 9.25 million An | -1.2% |
| 1978 | 9.33 million An | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 9.55 million An | +2.3% |
| 1980 | 9.73 million An | +1.9% |
| 1981 | 10.51 million An | +8.0% |
| 1982 | 10.34 million An | -1.6% |
| 1983 | 10.61 million An | +2.6% |
| 1984 | 9.28 million An | -12.5% |
| 1985 | 7.59 million An | -18.1% |
| 1986 | 5.70 million An | -24.9% |
| 1987 | 6.07 million An | +6.5% |
| 1988 | 6.88 million An | +13.2% |
| 1989 | 7.69 million An | +11.8% |
| 1990 | 9.25 million An | +20.3% |
| 1991 | 9.70 million An | +4.8% |
| 1992 | 9.56 million An | -1.4% |
| 1993 | 9.48 million An | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 9.90 million An | +4.4% |
| 1995 | 10.02 million An | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 10.62 million An | +6.0% |
| 1997 | 11.82 million An | +11.3% |
| 1998 | 12.83 million An | +8.5% |
| 1999 | 13.63 million An | +6.2% |
| 2000 | 11.72 million An | -14.0% |
| 2001 | 10.52 million An | -10.3% |
| 2002 | 9.32 million An | -11.4% |
| 2003 | 9.33 million An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 9.77 million An | +4.8% |
| 2005 | 10.28 million An | +5.2% |
| 2006 | 9.63 million An | -6.3% |
| 2007 | 11.99 million An | +24.5% |
| 2008 | 12.12 million An | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 11.79 million An | -2.7% |
| 2010 | 12.87 million An | +9.2% |
| 2011 | 13.53 million An | +5.2% |
| 2012 | 13.43 million An | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 13.09 million An | -2.6% |
| 2014 | 13.49 million An | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 13.06 million An | -3.1% |
| 2016 | 12.99 million An | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 13.16 million An | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 13.11 million An | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 12.96 million An | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 13.01 million An | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 12.87 million An | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 12.88 million An | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 12.81 million An | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 13.03 million An | +1.7% |
Afghanistan compared with similar countries
- Afghanistan's 13.03 million An is above the median for low income countries, which is 3.36 million An, 3.9× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Afghanistan's 13.03 million An is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2.22 million An, 5.9× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8.69 million An | 7.64 million An | 9.38 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 8.53 million An | 6.75 million An | 9.55 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 8.44 million An | 5.70 million An | 10.61 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 10.68 million An | 9.25 million An | 13.63 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.65 million An | 9.32 million An | 12.12 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.17 million An | 12.87 million An | 13.53 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.92 million An | 12.81 million An | 13.03 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
- 16 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 35,933 An compare
- 16 Niger 15.06 million An compare
- 17 Democratic Republic of the Congo 11,911 An compare
- 17 Somalia 14.24 million An compare
- 18 Indonesia 13.45 million An compare
- 18 Polynesia 2,461 An compare
- 20 Russian Federation 10.56 million An compare
- 21 Romania 10.16 million An compare
- 22 Ethiopia PDR 8.24 million An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.1522 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0005 hectares per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.1847 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.2358 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0022 hectares per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.8814 hectares per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3429 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 142.96 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — milk animals in Afghanistan?
- Milk, total — milk animals in Afghanistan was 13.03 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 13.63 million An in 1999.
- What is the lowest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.70 million An in 1986.
- How does Afghanistan rank for milk, total — milk animals?
- Afghanistan ranks 19th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — milk animals rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Milk, Total — Milk Animals. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.