Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Denmark
Denmark: Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 542,780 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Denmark, 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 Denmark is 542,780 An, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — milk animals in Denmark peaked at 1.49 million An in 1961 and was at its lowest, 542,780 An, in 2024.
Denmark ranks 99th of 185 countries on this measure, 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 Denmark, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.49 million An | — |
| 1962 | 1.46 million An | -2.0% |
| 1963 | 1.42 million An | -3.3% |
| 1964 | 1.37 million An | -2.9% |
| 1965 | 1.36 million An | -1.0% |
| 1966 | 1.36 million An | -0.3% |
| 1967 | 1.34 million An | -1.2% |
| 1968 | 1.30 million An | -2.7% |
| 1969 | 1.25 million An | -4.1% |
| 1970 | 1.08 million An | -13.8% |
| 1971 | 1.04 million An | -3.3% |
| 1972 | 1.07 million An | +2.5% |
| 1973 | 1.09 million An | +2.2% |
| 1974 | 1.10 million An | +0.5% |
| 1975 | 1.09 million An | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 1.10 million An | +0.9% |
| 1977 | 1.10 million An | -0.5% |
| 1978 | 1.09 million An | -0.7% |
| 1979 | 1.07 million An | -1.8% |
| 1980 | 1.04 million An | -3.0% |
| 1981 | 1.02 million An | -2.2% |
| 1982 | 999,000 An | -1.7% |
| 1983 | 1.00 million An | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 951,000 An | -5.2% |
| 1985 | 897,000 An | -5.7% |
| 1986 | 870,000 An | -3.0% |
| 1987 | 817,000 An | -6.1% |
| 1988 | 776,000 An | -5.0% |
| 1989 | 763,000 An | -1.7% |
| 1990 | 759,000 An | -0.5% |
| 1991 | 747,000 An | -1.6% |
| 1992 | 708,000 An | -5.2% |
| 1993 | 711,000 An | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 700,000 An | -1.5% |
| 1995 | 702,473 An | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 701,000 An | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 694,000 An | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 669,000 An | -3.6% |
| 1999 | 640,000 An | -4.3% |
| 2000 | 636,000 An | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 623,358 An | -2.0% |
| 2002 | 628,000 An | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 613,000 An | -2.4% |
| 2004 | 589,000 An | -3.9% |
| 2005 | 564,265 An | -4.2% |
| 2006 | 550,279 An | -2.5% |
| 2007 | 545,424 An | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 557,978 An | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 563,128 An | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 568,202 An | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 565,108 An | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 587,189 An | +3.9% |
| 2013 | 582,340 An | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 562,631 An | -3.4% |
| 2015 | 561,004 An | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 571,642 An | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 570,038 An | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 570,000 An | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 563,000 An | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 565,000 An | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 559,000 An | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 556,000 An | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 546,830 An | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 542,780 An | -0.7% |
Denmark compared with similar countries
- Denmark's 542,780 An is above the median for high income countries, which is 341,030 An, 1.6× the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Denmark's 542,780 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.37 million An | 1.25 million An | 1.49 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.08 million An | 1.04 million An | 1.10 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 913,100 An | 763,000 An | 1.04 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 703,147 An | 640,000 An | 759,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 587,043 An | 545,424 An | 636,000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 570,115 An | 561,004 An | 587,189 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 553,922 An | 542,780 An | 565,000 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Denmark
More agriculture & rural data for Denmark
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 37.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0117 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 900.07 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.7939 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1115 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — milk animals in Denmark?
- Milk, total — milk animals in Denmark was 542,780 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 1.49 million An in 1961.
- What is the lowest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 542,780 An in 2024.
- How does Denmark rank for milk, total — milk animals?
- Denmark ranks 99th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — milk animals rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Denmark 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.