Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Belize
Belize: Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 6,025 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Belize, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for milk, total — milk animals in Belize is 6,025 An, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and up 23.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — milk animals in Belize peaked at 6,500 An in 2017 and was at its lowest, 1,200 An, in 1990.
That places Belize 161st out of 185 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Belize, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 3,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 3,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 3,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 3,100 An | +3.3% |
| 1966 | 3,100 An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 3,200 An | +3.2% |
| 1968 | 3,200 An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 3,300 An | +3.1% |
| 1970 | 3,300 An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 3,400 An | +3.0% |
| 1972 | 3,600 An | +5.9% |
| 1973 | 3,600 An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 3,600 An | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 3,600 An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 3,600 An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 3,700 An | +2.8% |
| 1978 | 3,700 An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 3,800 An | +2.7% |
| 1980 | 3,800 An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 4,000 An | +5.3% |
| 1982 | 4,300 An | +7.5% |
| 1983 | 4,900 An | +14.0% |
| 1984 | 5,300 An | +8.2% |
| 1985 | 5,400 An | +1.9% |
| 1986 | 6,300 An | +16.7% |
| 1987 | 5,500 An | -12.7% |
| 1988 | 5,600 An | +1.8% |
| 1989 | 3,024 An | -46.0% |
| 1990 | 1,200 An | -60.3% |
| 1991 | 2,080 An | +73.3% |
| 1992 | 2,490 An | +19.7% |
| 1993 | 1,200 An | -51.8% |
| 1994 | 2,100 An | +75.0% |
| 1995 | 1,200 An | -42.9% |
| 1996 | 1,610 An | +34.2% |
| 1997 | 3,000 An | +86.3% |
| 1998 | 3,006 An | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 2,665 An | -11.3% |
| 2000 | 2,300 An | -13.7% |
| 2001 | 2,064 An | -10.3% |
| 2002 | 3,560 An | +72.5% |
| 2003 | 3,550 An | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 3,550 An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 2,741 An | -22.8% |
| 2006 | 3,028 An | +10.5% |
| 2007 | 3,914 An | +29.3% |
| 2008 | 3,592 An | -8.2% |
| 2009 | 3,877 An | +7.9% |
| 2010 | 3,900 An | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 4,000 An | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 5,000 An | +25.0% |
| 2013 | 5,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 4,900 An | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 5,700 An | +16.3% |
| 2016 | 5,500 An | -3.5% |
| 2017 | 6,500 An | +18.2% |
| 2018 | 5,900 An | -9.2% |
| 2019 | 5,967 An | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 6,122 An | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 5,996 An | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 6,028 An | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 6,049 An | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 6,025 An | -0.4% |
Belize compared with similar countries
- Belize's 6,025 An is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 569,858 An, 1% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Belize's 6,025 An is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 308,424 An, 2% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Belize changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +86.3% | 1,610 An | 3,000 An |
| 1994 | +75.0% | 1,200 An | 2,100 An |
| 1991 | +73.3% | 1,200 An | 2,080 An |
| 2002 | +72.5% | 2,064 An | 3,560 An |
| 1990 | -60.3% | 3,024 An | 1,200 An |
| 1993 | -51.8% | 2,490 An | 1,200 An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,100 An | 3,000 An | 3,300 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,590 An | 3,300 An | 3,800 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,812 An | 3,024 An | 6,300 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,055 An | 1,200 An | 3,006 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,218 An | 2,064 An | 3,914 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,237 An | 3,900 An | 6,500 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,044 An | 5,996 An | 6,122 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Belize
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0795 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 610.5 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.74 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5844 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.9% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — milk animals in Belize?
- Milk, total — milk animals in Belize was 6,025 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 6,500 An in 2017.
- What is the lowest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,200 An in 1990.
- How does Belize rank for milk, total — milk animals?
- Belize ranks 161st out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — milk animals rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belize 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.