Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Bhutan
Bhutan: Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 53,967 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Bhutan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Bhutan recorded 53,967 An for milk, total — milk animals in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.4% on the previous year and up 15.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — milk animals in Bhutan peaked at 141,900 An in 1990 and was at its lowest, 26,900 An, in 2007.
That places Bhutan 144th out of 185 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 66,500 An | — |
| 1962 | 68,600 An | +3.2% |
| 1963 | 69,700 An | +1.6% |
| 1964 | 71,800 An | +3.0% |
| 1965 | 73,900 An | +2.9% |
| 1966 | 75,000 An | +1.5% |
| 1967 | 77,100 An | +2.8% |
| 1968 | 79,200 An | +2.7% |
| 1969 | 81,300 An | +2.7% |
| 1970 | 83,400 An | +2.6% |
| 1971 | 85,500 An | +2.5% |
| 1972 | 87,600 An | +2.5% |
| 1973 | 88,700 An | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 90,900 An | +2.5% |
| 1975 | 94,000 An | +3.4% |
| 1976 | 98,100 An | +4.4% |
| 1977 | 100,200 An | +2.1% |
| 1978 | 103,300 An | +3.1% |
| 1979 | 103,900 An | +0.6% |
| 1980 | 105,500 An | +1.5% |
| 1981 | 113,100 An | +7.2% |
| 1982 | 113,600 An | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 113,800 An | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 114,320 An | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 114,500 An | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 111,350 An | -2.8% |
| 1987 | 111,800 An | +0.4% |
| 1988 | 111,900 An | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 122,090 An | +9.1% |
| 1990 | 141,900 An | +16.2% |
| 1991 | 33,700 An | -76.3% |
| 1992 | 31,300 An | -7.1% |
| 1993 | 31,100 An | -0.6% |
| 1994 | 31,000 An | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 34,200 An | +10.3% |
| 1996 | 32,500 An | -5.0% |
| 1997 | 32,500 An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 32,600 An | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 35,300 An | +8.3% |
| 2000 | 32,700 An | -7.4% |
| 2001 | 30,000 An | -8.3% |
| 2002 | 30,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 30,600 An | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 31,100 An | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 35,400 An | +13.8% |
| 2006 | 28,800 An | -18.6% |
| 2007 | 26,900 An | -6.6% |
| 2008 | 30,700 An | +14.1% |
| 2009 | 34,500 An | +12.4% |
| 2010 | 34,500 An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 36,800 An | +6.7% |
| 2012 | 39,800 An | +8.2% |
| 2013 | 41,500 An | +4.3% |
| 2014 | 46,700 An | +12.5% |
| 2015 | 53,500 An | +14.6% |
| 2016 | 63,500 An | +18.7% |
| 2017 | 67,500 An | +6.3% |
| 2018 | 70,500 An | +4.4% |
| 2019 | 77,300 An | +9.6% |
| 2020 | 76,981 An | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 65,788 An | -14.5% |
| 2022 | 62,835 An | -4.5% |
| 2023 | 55,846 An | -11.1% |
| 2024 | 53,967 An | -3.4% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 53,967 An is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 939,711 An, 6% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Bhutan's 53,967 An is below the median for South Asia, which is 5.01 million An, 1% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Bhutan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -76.3% | 141,900 An | 33,700 An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 73,678 An | 66,500 An | 81,300 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 93,560 An | 83,400 An | 103,900 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 113,196 An | 105,500 An | 122,090 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 43,610 An | 31,000 An | 141,900 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 31,070 An | 26,900 An | 35,400 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 53,160 An | 34,500 An | 77,300 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 63,083 An | 53,967 An | 76,981 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Bhutan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1368 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 614.64 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.8653 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5657 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 13.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 13.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — milk animals in Bhutan?
- Milk, total — milk animals in Bhutan was 53,967 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 141,900 An in 1990.
- What is the lowest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 26,900 An in 2007.
- How does Bhutan rank for milk, total — milk animals?
- Bhutan ranks 144th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — milk animals rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bhutan 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.