Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Americas

Americas: Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 48.93 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
48.93 million An
Change on year
down 1.4%
Rank
14th
of 29 groups
All-time high
58.96 million An
in 2013
All-time low
42.12 million An
in 1967
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Americas, 1961–2024

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.

Analysis

Americas recorded 48.93 million An for milk, total — milk animals in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.4% on the previous year and down 16.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, milk, total — milk animals in Americas peaked at 58.96 million An in 2013 and was at its lowest, 42.12 million An, in 1967.

Americas ranks 14th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Americas, year by year

Annual values for Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Americas, 1961 to 2024.
Year An Change
1961 43.66 million An —
1962 43.74 million An +0.2%
1963 44.04 million An +0.7%
1964 43.71 million An -0.8%
1965 43.65 million An -0.1%
1966 43.10 million An -1.3%
1967 42.12 million An -2.3%
1968 42.12 million An +0.0%
1969 42.37 million An +0.6%
1970 42.35 million An -0.0%
1971 42.78 million An +1.0%
1972 43.08 million An +0.7%
1973 42.75 million An -0.8%
1974 43.80 million An +2.5%
1975 45.48 million An +3.8%
1976 46.37 million An +2.0%
1977 47.40 million An +2.2%
1978 47.03 million An -0.8%
1979 48.29 million An +2.7%
1980 50.51 million An +4.6%
1981 50.97 million An +0.9%
1982 51.13 million An +0.3%
1983 51.26 million An +0.3%
1984 51.61 million An +0.7%
1985 52.15 million An +1.0%
1986 52.10 million An -0.1%
1987 51.96 million An -0.3%
1988 52.68 million An +1.4%
1989 53.62 million An +1.8%
1990 54.57 million An +1.8%
1991 50.48 million An -7.5%
1992 50.92 million An +0.9%
1993 50.45 million An -0.9%
1994 51.03 million An +1.2%
1995 52.12 million An +2.1%
1996 48.41 million An -7.1%
1997 49.66 million An +2.6%
1998 50.50 million An +1.7%
1999 50.96 million An +0.9%
2000 51.42 million An +0.9%
2001 52.43 million An +2.0%
2002 53.52 million An +2.1%
2003 53.43 million An -0.2%
2004 54.45 million An +1.9%
2005 55.13 million An +1.2%
2006 54.58 million An -1.0%
2007 53.95 million An -1.1%
2008 55.05 million An +2.0%
2009 57.04 million An +3.6%
2010 57.56 million An +0.9%
2011 58.53 million An +1.7%
2012 58.89 million An +0.6%
2013 58.96 million An +0.1%
2014 58.39 million An -1.0%
2015 53.17 million An -8.9%
2016 53.26 million An +0.2%
2017 49.07 million An -7.9%
2018 49.09 million An +0.0%
2019 49.11 million An +0.0%
2020 49.31 million An +0.4%
2021 49.53 million An +0.4%
2022 49.68 million An +0.3%
2023 49.63 million An -0.1%
2024 48.93 million An -1.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 43.17 million An 42.12 million An 44.04 million An 9
1970s 44.93 million An 42.35 million An 48.29 million An 10
1980s 51.80 million An 50.51 million An 53.62 million An 10
1990s 50.91 million An 48.41 million An 54.57 million An 10
2000s 54.10 million An 51.42 million An 57.04 million An 10
2010s 54.60 million An 49.07 million An 58.96 million An 10
2020s 49.42 million An 48.93 million An 49.68 million An 5

Countries ranked near Americas

  1. 11 Bangladesh 20.14 million An compare
  2. 11 Republic of Moldova 475,099 An compare
  3. 12 Mongolia 18.72 million An compare
  4. 12 Viet Nam 354,787 An compare
  5. 13 Ethiopia 18.00 million An compare
  6. 13 Melanesia 56,732 An compare
  7. 14 Kenya 15.35 million An compare
  8. 14 Lao People's Democratic Republic 52,669 An compare
  9. 15 Brazil 15.26 million An compare
  10. 15 Timor-Leste 36,202 An compare
  11. 16 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 35,933 An compare
  12. 16 Niger 15.06 million An compare
  13. 17 Democratic Republic of the Congo 11,911 An compare
  14. 17 Somalia 14.24 million An compare

See the full ranking of 232 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is milk, total — milk animals in Americas?
Milk, total — milk animals in Americas was 48.93 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Americas?
The highest recorded value was 58.96 million An in 2013.
What is the lowest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Americas?
The lowest recorded value was 42.12 million An in 1967.
How does Americas rank for milk, total — milk animals?
Americas ranks 14th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is milk, total — milk animals rising or falling in Americas?
Over the last ten years it is down 16.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Americas 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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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
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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.