Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands: Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 774 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Faroe Islands, 2014–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Faroe Islands recorded 774 An for milk, total — milk animals in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and down 27.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — milk animals in Faroe Islands peaked at 1,148 An in 2020 and was at its lowest, 741 An, in 2022.
That places Faroe Islands 172nd out of 185 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Faroe Islands, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1,064 An | — |
| 2015 | 1,113 An | +4.6% |
| 2016 | 1,116 An | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 1,104 An | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 1,115 An | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 1,104 An | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 1,148 An | +4.0% |
| 2021 | 1,147 An | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 741 An | -35.4% |
| 2023 | 773 An | +4.3% |
| 2024 | 774 An | +0.1% |
Faroe Islands compared with similar countries
- Faroe Islands's 774 An is below the median for high income countries, which is 341,030 An, 0% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Faroe Islands's 774 An is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 570,352 An, 0% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,103 An | 1,064 An | 1,116 An | 6 |
| 2020s | 916.6 An | 741 An | 1,148 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Faroe Islands
- 169 Solomon Islands 2,284 An compare
- 170 Samoa 1,582 An compare
- 171 Suriname 1,000 An compare
- 173 Grenada 764 An compare
- 174 Saint Lucia 734 An compare
- 175 French Polynesia 596 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Faroe Islands
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.4% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 16.1% (2024)
- Rural population 33,136 (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.1% (2025)
- Rural population 60.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — milk animals in Faroe Islands?
- Milk, total — milk animals in Faroe Islands was 774 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Faroe Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 1,148 An in 2020.
- What is the lowest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Faroe Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 741 An in 2022.
- How does Faroe Islands rank for milk, total — milk animals?
- Faroe Islands ranks 172nd out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — milk animals rising or falling in Faroe Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Faroe Islands 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.