Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Belgium
Belgium: Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 539,160 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Belgium, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for milk, total — milk animals in Belgium is 539,160 An, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 3.1% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — milk animals in Belgium peaked at 630,732 An in 2001 and was at its lowest, 474,807 An, in 2013.
Belgium ranks 100th of 185 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Belgium, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 619,942 An | — |
| 2001 | 630,732 An | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 608,768 An | -3.5% |
| 2003 | 569,406 An | -6.5% |
| 2004 | 551,488 An | -3.1% |
| 2005 | 532,179 An | -3.5% |
| 2006 | 519,022 An | -2.5% |
| 2007 | 510,852 An | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 528,563 An | +3.5% |
| 2009 | 538,377 An | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 514,390 An | -4.5% |
| 2011 | 502,500 An | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 500,112 An | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 474,807 An | -5.1% |
| 2014 | 532,255 An | +12.1% |
| 2015 | 543,491 An | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 547,231 An | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 534,265 An | -2.4% |
| 2018 | 542,380 An | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 550,988 An | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 550,978 An | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 553,259 An | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 558,680 An | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 556,550 An | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 539,160 An | -3.1% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 539,160 An is above the median for high income countries, which is 341,030 An, 1.6× the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 539,160 An is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 570,352 An, 95% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 560,933 An | 510,852 An | 630,732 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 524,242 An | 474,807 An | 550,988 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 551,725 An | 539,160 An | 558,680 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
More agriculture & rural data for Belgium
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.3325 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0073 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 443.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2138 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1233 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — milk animals in Belgium?
- Milk, total — milk animals in Belgium was 539,160 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 630,732 An in 2001.
- What is the lowest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 474,807 An in 2013.
- How does Belgium rank for milk, total — milk animals?
- Belgium ranks 100th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — milk animals rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belgium 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.