Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 5.93 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Australia and New Zealand recorded 5.93 million An for milk, total — milk animals in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and down 13.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — milk animals in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 6.82 million An in 2014 and was at its lowest, 3.92 million An, in 1979.
Australia and New Zealand ranks 26th of 185 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5.09 million An | — |
| 1962 | 5.20 million An | +2.1% |
| 1963 | 5.26 million An | +1.2% |
| 1964 | 5.09 million An | -3.3% |
| 1965 | 5.04 million An | -0.9% |
| 1966 | 5.00 million An | -1.0% |
| 1967 | 5.01 million An | +0.3% |
| 1968 | 5.03 million An | +0.3% |
| 1969 | 5.00 million An | -0.4% |
| 1970 | 4.99 million An | -0.2% |
| 1971 | 4.96 million An | -0.6% |
| 1972 | 4.71 million An | -5.0% |
| 1973 | 4.62 million An | -2.0% |
| 1974 | 4.41 million An | -4.5% |
| 1975 | 4.42 million An | +0.1% |
| 1976 | 4.38 million An | -0.8% |
| 1977 | 4.18 million An | -4.6% |
| 1978 | 4.08 million An | -2.5% |
| 1979 | 3.92 million An | -3.8% |
| 1980 | 4.16 million An | +6.1% |
| 1981 | 4.09 million An | -1.7% |
| 1982 | 4.12 million An | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 4.20 million An | +1.8% |
| 1984 | 4.29 million An | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 4.36 million An | +1.5% |
| 1986 | 4.39 million An | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 4.27 million An | -2.8% |
| 1988 | 4.24 million An | -0.7% |
| 1989 | 4.28 million An | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 4.38 million An | +2.1% |
| 1991 | 4.28 million An | -2.2% |
| 1992 | 4.38 million An | +2.2% |
| 1993 | 4.50 million An | +3.0% |
| 1994 | 4.78 million An | +6.1% |
| 1995 | 4.97 million An | +4.0% |
| 1996 | 5.10 million An | +2.6% |
| 1997 | 5.35 million An | +4.9% |
| 1998 | 5.53 million An | +3.2% |
| 1999 | 5.51 million An | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 5.51 million An | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 5.73 million An | +4.1% |
| 2002 | 5.87 million An | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 5.98 million An | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 6.14 million An | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 6.05 million An | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 6.02 million An | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 5.96 million An | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 5.99 million An | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 6.28 million An | +4.9% |
| 2010 | 6.23 million An | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 6.40 million An | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 6.71 million An | +4.8% |
| 2013 | 6.69 million An | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 6.82 million An | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 6.75 million An | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 6.76 million An | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 6.56 million An | -3.0% |
| 2018 | 6.56 million An | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 6.25 million An | -4.6% |
| 2020 | 6.23 million An | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 6.19 million An | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 5.96 million An | -3.7% |
| 2023 | 5.92 million An | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 5.93 million An | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.08 million An | 5.00 million An | 5.26 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 4.47 million An | 3.92 million An | 4.99 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.24 million An | 4.09 million An | 4.39 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.88 million An | 4.28 million An | 5.53 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.95 million An | 5.51 million An | 6.28 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.57 million An | 6.23 million An | 6.82 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.05 million An | 5.92 million An | 6.23 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia and New Zealand
- 23 Greece 7.59 million An compare
- 24 Italy 6.51 million An compare
- 25 Saudi Arabia 5.97 million An compare
- 27 Uzbekistan 5.92 million An compare
- 28 France 5.65 million An compare
- 29 Cabo Verde 75,331 An compare
- 29 Yugoslav SFR 5.65 million An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Australia and New Zealand
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate 7.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production, annual growth rate -8.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Yield, annual growth rate -11.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 3.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 0.8937 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, annual growth rate 8.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 0.3506 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate -4.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 6.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth 9.7 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — milk animals in Australia and New Zealand?
- Milk, total — milk animals in Australia and New Zealand was 5.93 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 6.82 million An in 2014.
- What is the lowest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.92 million An in 1979.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for milk, total — milk animals?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 26th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — milk animals rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand 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.