Milk, Total — Milk Animals in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 49.69 million An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in European Union (27), 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 European Union (27) is 49.69 million An, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 3.7% on the previous year and down 7.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — milk animals in European Union (27) peaked at 77.56 million An in 1983 and was at its lowest, 49.69 million An, in 2024.
That places European Union (27) 13th out of 29 groups 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 European Union (27), year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 77.01 million An | — |
| 1962 | 77.10 million An | +0.1% |
| 1963 | 76.44 million An | -0.9% |
| 1964 | 75.68 million An | -1.0% |
| 1965 | 75.23 million An | -0.6% |
| 1966 | 76.40 million An | +1.6% |
| 1967 | 77.17 million An | +1.0% |
| 1968 | 76.98 million An | -0.2% |
| 1969 | 76.34 million An | -0.8% |
| 1970 | 75.20 million An | -1.5% |
| 1971 | 74.73 million An | -0.6% |
| 1972 | 75.01 million An | +0.4% |
| 1973 | 76.11 million An | +1.5% |
| 1974 | 76.42 million An | +0.4% |
| 1975 | 75.68 million An | -1.0% |
| 1976 | 75.27 million An | -0.5% |
| 1977 | 75.67 million An | +0.5% |
| 1978 | 75.85 million An | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 76.63 million An | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 76.48 million An | -0.2% |
| 1981 | 76.07 million An | -0.5% |
| 1982 | 77.09 million An | +1.3% |
| 1983 | 77.56 million An | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 75.77 million An | -2.3% |
| 1985 | 75.03 million An | -1.0% |
| 1986 | 72.95 million An | -2.8% |
| 1987 | 71.41 million An | -2.1% |
| 1988 | 70.58 million An | -1.2% |
| 1989 | 69.39 million An | -1.7% |
| 1990 | 72.43 million An | +4.4% |
| 1991 | 68.82 million An | -5.0% |
| 1992 | 69.16 million An | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 68.30 million An | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 67.21 million An | -1.6% |
| 1995 | 66.86 million An | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 64.95 million An | -2.8% |
| 1997 | 64.31 million An | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 63.99 million An | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 62.68 million An | -2.0% |
| 2000 | 60.85 million An | -2.9% |
| 2001 | 60.08 million An | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 59.51 million An | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 58.12 million An | -2.3% |
| 2004 | 55.61 million An | -4.3% |
| 2005 | 54.96 million An | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 56.20 million An | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 55.70 million An | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 57.11 million An | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 56.56 million An | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 56.75 million An | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 56.28 million An | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 56.03 million An | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 54.88 million An | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 53.51 million An | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 52.24 million An | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 52.96 million An | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 52.80 million An | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 55.94 million An | +6.0% |
| 2019 | 54.91 million An | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 54.06 million An | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 52.93 million An | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 52.39 million An | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 51.59 million An | -1.5% |
| 2024 | 49.69 million An | -3.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 76.48 million An | 75.23 million An | 77.17 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 75.66 million An | 74.73 million An | 76.63 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 74.23 million An | 69.39 million An | 77.56 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 66.87 million An | 62.68 million An | 72.43 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 57.47 million An | 54.96 million An | 60.85 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 54.63 million An | 52.24 million An | 56.75 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 52.13 million An | 49.69 million An | 54.06 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near European Union (27)
- 10 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.91 million An compare
- 10 South Sudan 22.62 million An compare
- 11 Bangladesh 20.14 million An compare
- 11 Republic of Moldova 475,099 An compare
- 12 Mongolia 18.72 million An compare
- 12 Viet Nam 354,787 An compare
- 13 Ethiopia 18.00 million An compare
- 13 Melanesia 56,732 An compare
- 14 Kenya 15.35 million An compare
- 14 Lao People's Democratic Republic 52,669 An compare
- 15 Brazil 15.26 million An compare
- 15 Timor-Leste 36,202 An compare
- 16 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 35,933 An compare
- 16 Niger 15.06 million An compare
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- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual 2.09 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 6.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 4.09 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate -12.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate -8.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 9.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -9.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 1.93 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — milk animals in European Union (27)?
- Milk, total — milk animals in European Union (27) was 49.69 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — milk animals recorded in European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 77.56 million An in 1983.
- What is the lowest milk, total — milk animals recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 49.69 million An in 2024.
- How does European Union (27) rank for milk, total — milk animals?
- European Union (27) ranks 13th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — milk animals rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this European Union (27) 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.