Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Chile
Chile: Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 782,710 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Chile, 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 Chile is 782,710 An, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — milk animals in Chile peaked at 1.94 million An in 1998 and was at its lowest, 731,463 An, in 2015.
That places Chile 86th out of 185 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Chile, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 876,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 861,000 An | -1.7% |
| 1963 | 833,000 An | -3.3% |
| 1964 | 831,000 An | -0.2% |
| 1965 | 829,000 An | -0.2% |
| 1966 | 980,000 An | +18.2% |
| 1967 | 983,000 An | +0.3% |
| 1968 | 1.03 million An | +4.4% |
| 1969 | 1.06 million An | +3.5% |
| 1970 | 1.11 million An | +4.5% |
| 1971 | 1.15 million An | +3.4% |
| 1972 | 1.09 million An | -5.4% |
| 1973 | 1.07 million An | -1.1% |
| 1974 | 1.05 million An | -1.8% |
| 1975 | 1.07 million An | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 1.08 million An | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 1.05 million An | -3.1% |
| 1978 | 1.05 million An | +0.5% |
| 1979 | 1.04 million An | -1.7% |
| 1980 | 1.04 million An | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 1.05 million An | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 1.04 million An | -0.3% |
| 1983 | 1.01 million An | -3.3% |
| 1984 | 970,000 An | -4.0% |
| 1985 | 971,067 An | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 989,250 An | +1.9% |
| 1987 | 988,530 An | -0.1% |
| 1988 | 970,000 An | -1.9% |
| 1989 | 1.10 million An | +13.5% |
| 1990 | 1.22 million An | +10.8% |
| 1991 | 1.28 million An | +4.7% |
| 1992 | 1.35 million An | +5.7% |
| 1993 | 1.45 million An | +7.4% |
| 1994 | 1.57 million An | +7.9% |
| 1995 | 1.69 million An | +7.8% |
| 1996 | 1.76 million An | +4.5% |
| 1997 | 1.90 million An | +7.9% |
| 1998 | 1.94 million An | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 1.80 million An | -7.1% |
| 2000 | 1.36 million An | -24.3% |
| 2001 | 1.32 million An | -3.2% |
| 2002 | 1.32 million An | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 1.31 million An | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 1.33 million An | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 1.08 million An | -19.0% |
| 2006 | 982,622 An | -9.0% |
| 2007 | 835,465 An | -15.0% |
| 2008 | 835,288 An | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 761,913 An | -8.8% |
| 2010 | 852,081 An | +11.8% |
| 2011 | 857,600 An | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 860,000 An | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 870,000 An | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 749,695 An | -13.8% |
| 2015 | 731,463 An | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 737,389 An | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 782,596 An | +6.1% |
| 2018 | 795,377 An | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 790,396 An | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 782,751 An | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 785,092 An | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 782,185 An | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 783,816 An | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 782,710 An | -0.1% |
Chile compared with similar countries
- Chile's 782,710 An is above the median for high income countries, which is 341,030 An, 2.3× the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Chile's 782,710 An is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 308,424 An, 2.5× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 920,111 An | 829,000 An | 1.06 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.08 million An | 1.04 million An | 1.15 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.01 million An | 970,000 An | 1.10 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.60 million An | 1.22 million An | 1.94 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.11 million An | 761,913 An | 1.36 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 802,660 An | 731,463 An | 870,000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 783,311 An | 782,185 An | 785,092 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Chile
More agriculture & rural data for Chile
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0345 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 621.34 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.18 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1082 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — milk animals in Chile?
- Milk, total — milk animals in Chile was 782,710 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 1.94 million An in 1998.
- What is the lowest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 731,463 An in 2015.
- How does Chile rank for milk, total — milk animals?
- Chile ranks 86th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — milk animals rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Chile 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.