Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Eastern Europe

Eastern Europe: Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 28.37 million An in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
28.37 million An
Change on year
down 2.0%
Rank
13th
of 38 regions
All-time high
78.20 million An
in 1983
All-time low
28.37 million An
in 2024
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Eastern Europe, 1961–2024

020.0M40.0M60.0M80.0M196119922024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.

Analysis

Eastern Europe recorded 28.37 million An for milk, total — milk animals in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.

That represents a change of down 2.0% on the previous year and down 5.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, milk, total — milk animals in Eastern Europe peaked at 78.20 million An in 1983 and was at its lowest, 28.37 million An, in 2024.

That places Eastern Europe 13th out of 38 regions 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.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 73.80 million An 69.79 million An 76.42 million An 9
1970s 75.21 million An 73.89 million An 76.49 million An 10
1980s 74.75 million An 70.42 million An 78.20 million An 10
1990s 54.74 million An 41.13 million An 68.62 million An 10
2000s 35.32 million An 32.76 million An 40.15 million An 10
2010s 31.33 million An 29.87 million An 32.10 million An 10
2020s 29.17 million An 28.37 million An 30.36 million An 5

Countries ranked near Eastern Europe

  1. 10 South Sudan 22.62 million An compare
  2. 11 Bangladesh 20.14 million An compare
  3. 12 Mongolia 18.72 million An compare
  4. 13 Ethiopia 18.00 million An compare
  5. 14 Kenya 15.35 million An compare
  6. 15 Brazil 15.26 million An compare
  7. 16 Niger 15.06 million An compare

See the full ranking of 232 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is milk, total — milk animals in Eastern Europe?
Milk, total — milk animals in Eastern Europe was 28.37 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Eastern Europe?
The highest recorded value was 78.20 million An in 1983.
What is the lowest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Eastern Europe?
The lowest recorded value was 28.37 million An in 2024.
How does Eastern Europe rank for milk, total — milk animals?
Eastern Europe ranks 13th out of 38 regions with data for 2024.
Is milk, total — milk animals rising or falling in Eastern Europe?
Over the last ten years it is down 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Eastern Europe 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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Indicator
Milk, Total — Milk Animals
Unit
An
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
232 places, 13,445 data points, 1961–2024
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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.