Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Caribbean
Caribbean: Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 2.31 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Caribbean, 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 Caribbean is 2.31 million An, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and down 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — milk animals in Caribbean peaked at 2.51 million An in 2016 and was at its lowest, 1.43 million An, in 1961.
Caribbean ranks 26th of 29 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.43 million An | — |
| 1962 | 1.47 million An | +2.8% |
| 1963 | 1.51 million An | +2.8% |
| 1964 | 1.56 million An | +3.6% |
| 1965 | 1.59 million An | +1.6% |
| 1966 | 1.57 million An | -1.0% |
| 1967 | 1.72 million An | +9.5% |
| 1968 | 1.69 million An | -1.5% |
| 1969 | 1.67 million An | -1.2% |
| 1970 | 1.65 million An | -1.2% |
| 1971 | 1.65 million An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1.66 million An | +0.5% |
| 1973 | 1.70 million An | +2.3% |
| 1974 | 1.68 million An | -1.4% |
| 1975 | 1.69 million An | +0.6% |
| 1976 | 1.73 million An | +2.2% |
| 1977 | 1.75 million An | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 1.70 million An | -2.7% |
| 1979 | 1.74 million An | +2.1% |
| 1980 | 1.71 million An | -1.6% |
| 1981 | 1.66 million An | -2.7% |
| 1982 | 1.65 million An | -1.0% |
| 1983 | 1.66 million An | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 1.67 million An | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 1.57 million An | -6.3% |
| 1986 | 1.53 million An | -2.2% |
| 1987 | 1.51 million An | -1.2% |
| 1988 | 1.51 million An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1.55 million An | +2.7% |
| 1990 | 1.96 million An | +26.3% |
| 1991 | 1.91 million An | -2.4% |
| 1992 | 1.95 million An | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 1.93 million An | -1.1% |
| 1994 | 1.92 million An | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 1.97 million An | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 2.00 million An | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 2.07 million An | +3.6% |
| 1998 | 2.13 million An | +3.0% |
| 1999 | 2.16 million An | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 2.19 million An | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 2.21 million An | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 2.28 million An | +3.4% |
| 2003 | 2.17 million An | -4.9% |
| 2004 | 2.14 million An | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 2.09 million An | -2.6% |
| 2006 | 2.08 million An | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 2.17 million An | +4.4% |
| 2008 | 2.26 million An | +4.0% |
| 2009 | 2.27 million An | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 2.27 million An | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 2.23 million An | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 2.26 million An | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 2.34 million An | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 2.37 million An | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 2.43 million An | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 2.51 million An | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 2.42 million An | -3.9% |
| 2018 | 2.27 million An | -5.9% |
| 2019 | 2.35 million An | +3.5% |
| 2020 | 2.33 million An | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 2.35 million An | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 2.41 million An | +2.9% |
| 2023 | 2.30 million An | -4.9% |
| 2024 | 2.31 million An | +0.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Caribbean 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +26.3% | 1.55 million An | 1.96 million An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.58 million An | 1.43 million An | 1.72 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.70 million An | 1.65 million An | 1.75 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.60 million An | 1.51 million An | 1.71 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.00 million An | 1.91 million An | 2.16 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.19 million An | 2.08 million An | 2.28 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.35 million An | 2.23 million An | 2.51 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.34 million An | 2.30 million An | 2.41 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean
- 23 Greece 7.59 million An compare
- 24 Italy 6.51 million An compare
- 25 Saudi Arabia 5.97 million An compare
- 26 Australia and New Zealand 5.93 million An compare
- 27 Uzbekistan 5.92 million An compare
- 28 Côte d'Ivoire 344,189 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 Caribbean
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 7.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 13.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 24.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Non Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 6.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.79 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 14.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 9.37 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — milk animals in Caribbean?
- Milk, total — milk animals in Caribbean was 2.31 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 2.51 million An in 2016.
- What is the lowest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.43 million An in 1961.
- How does Caribbean rank for milk, total — milk animals?
- Caribbean ranks 26th out of 29 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — milk animals rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Caribbean 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.