Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Ecuador
Ecuador: Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 894,997 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, milk, total — milk animals in Ecuador stood at 894,997 An.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.0% on the previous year and down 24.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — milk animals in Ecuador peaked at 1.51 million An in 2001 and was at its lowest, 581,000 An, in 1963.
That places Ecuador 82nd out of 185 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 582,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 587,000 An | +0.9% |
| 1963 | 581,000 An | -1.0% |
| 1964 | 593,000 An | +2.1% |
| 1965 | 607,000 An | +2.4% |
| 1966 | 650,000 An | +7.1% |
| 1967 | 673,000 An | +3.5% |
| 1968 | 738,500 An | +9.7% |
| 1969 | 748,000 An | +1.3% |
| 1970 | 753,000 An | +0.7% |
| 1971 | 760,000 An | +0.9% |
| 1972 | 786,000 An | +3.4% |
| 1973 | 804,700 An | +2.4% |
| 1974 | 823,900 An | +2.4% |
| 1975 | 837,000 An | +1.6% |
| 1976 | 852,000 An | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 771,000 An | -9.5% |
| 1978 | 773,000 An | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 796,000 An | +3.0% |
| 1980 | 801,487 An | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 872,000 An | +8.8% |
| 1982 | 814,100 An | -6.6% |
| 1983 | 771,000 An | -5.3% |
| 1984 | 770,000 An | -0.1% |
| 1985 | 654,400 An | -15.0% |
| 1986 | 683,600 An | +4.5% |
| 1987 | 722,000 An | +5.6% |
| 1988 | 780,200 An | +8.1% |
| 1989 | 872,300 An | +11.8% |
| 1990 | 931,000 An | +6.7% |
| 1991 | 931,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 952,000 An | +2.3% |
| 1993 | 1.01 million An | +6.3% |
| 1994 | 1.05 million An | +4.2% |
| 1995 | 1.04 million An | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 1.08 million An | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 1.13 million An | +4.7% |
| 1998 | 1.27 million An | +12.6% |
| 1999 | 1.28 million An | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 1.10 million An | -14.2% |
| 2001 | 1.51 million An | +37.7% |
| 2002 | 1.27 million An | -16.1% |
| 2003 | 1.25 million An | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 1.31 million An | +4.6% |
| 2005 | 1.23 million An | -5.8% |
| 2006 | 1.29 million An | +4.8% |
| 2007 | 1.24 million An | -4.0% |
| 2008 | 1.31 million An | +5.4% |
| 2009 | 1.34 million An | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 1.30 million An | -3.2% |
| 2011 | 1.46 million An | +11.8% |
| 2012 | 1.39 million An | -4.7% |
| 2013 | 1.46 million An | +5.5% |
| 2014 | 1.19 million An | -18.7% |
| 2015 | 1.06 million An | -11.2% |
| 2016 | 1.09 million An | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 1.02 million An | -6.1% |
| 2018 | 925,156 An | -9.7% |
| 2019 | 1.11 million An | +20.1% |
| 2020 | 1.07 million An | -3.3% |
| 2021 | 986,478 An | -8.2% |
| 2022 | 941,704 An | -4.5% |
| 2023 | 972,413 An | +3.3% |
| 2024 | 894,997 An | -8.0% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 894,997 An is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 569,858 An, 1.6× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 894,997 An is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 308,424 An, 2.9× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Ecuador 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +37.7% | 1.10 million An | 1.51 million An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 639,944 An | 581,000 An | 748,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 795,660 An | 753,000 An | 852,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 774,109 An | 654,400 An | 872,300 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.07 million An | 931,000 An | 1.28 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.29 million An | 1.10 million An | 1.51 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.20 million An | 925,156 An | 1.46 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 974,042 An | 894,997 An | 1.07 million An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Ecuador
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.097 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 691.36 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4287 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3661 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — milk animals in Ecuador?
- Milk, total — milk animals in Ecuador was 894,997 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 1.51 million An in 2001.
- What is the lowest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 581,000 An in 1963.
- How does Ecuador rank for milk, total — milk animals?
- Ecuador ranks 82nd out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — milk animals rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ecuador 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.