Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Greece
Greece: Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 7.59 million An in 2024. ▬ Flat
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Greece, 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 Greece is 7.59 million An, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 3.9% on the previous year and down 23.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — milk animals in Greece peaked at 11.68 million An in 2002 and was at its lowest, 7.59 million An, in 2024.
Greece ranks 23rd of 185 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Greece, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9.73 million An | — |
| 1962 | 10.07 million An | +3.5% |
| 1963 | 9.88 million An | -1.9% |
| 1964 | 9.59 million An | -2.9% |
| 1965 | 9.31 million An | -2.9% |
| 1966 | 9.45 million An | +1.5% |
| 1967 | 9.54 million An | +0.9% |
| 1968 | 9.41 million An | -1.4% |
| 1969 | 9.46 million An | +0.5% |
| 1970 | 9.46 million An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 9.52 million An | +0.7% |
| 1972 | 9.76 million An | +2.5% |
| 1973 | 10.15 million An | +4.1% |
| 1974 | 10.47 million An | +3.1% |
| 1975 | 10.65 million An | +1.7% |
| 1976 | 10.58 million An | -0.7% |
| 1977 | 10.45 million An | -1.2% |
| 1978 | 10.41 million An | -0.4% |
| 1979 | 10.30 million An | -1.1% |
| 1980 | 10.11 million An | -1.8% |
| 1981 | 10.38 million An | +2.7% |
| 1982 | 10.48 million An | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 10.56 million An | +0.7% |
| 1984 | 10.66 million An | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 10.72 million An | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 10.75 million An | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 11.13 million An | +3.6% |
| 1988 | 11.30 million An | +1.5% |
| 1989 | 11.34 million An | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 11.38 million An | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 11.39 million An | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 11.39 million An | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 11.44 million An | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 11.39 million An | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 11.54 million An | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 11.64 million An | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 11.65 million An | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 11.67 million An | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 11.62 million An | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 10.89 million An | -6.2% |
| 2001 | 11.47 million An | +5.3% |
| 2002 | 11.68 million An | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 11.59 million An | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 10.98 million An | -5.3% |
| 2005 | 11.58 million An | +5.5% |
| 2006 | 11.46 million An | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 11.39 million An | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 11.32 million An | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 10.94 million An | -3.4% |
| 2010 | 10.86 million An | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 10.82 million An | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 10.73 million An | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 9.93 million An | -7.5% |
| 2014 | 9.93 million An | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 9.42 million An | -5.1% |
| 2016 | 9.37 million An | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 9.33 million An | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 9.58 million An | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 8.88 million An | -7.3% |
| 2020 | 8.31 million An | -6.4% |
| 2021 | 8.05 million An | -3.1% |
| 2022 | 7.77 million An | -3.4% |
| 2023 | 7.90 million An | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 7.59 million An | -3.9% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 7.59 million An is above the median for high income countries, which is 341,030 An, 22.2× the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Greece's 7.59 million An is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 570,352 An, 13.3× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9.61 million An | 9.31 million An | 10.07 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 10.18 million An | 9.46 million An | 10.65 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 10.74 million An | 10.11 million An | 11.34 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 11.51 million An | 11.38 million An | 11.67 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 11.33 million An | 10.89 million An | 11.68 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.88 million An | 8.88 million An | 10.86 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.92 million An | 7.59 million An | 8.31 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Greece
- 20 Russian Federation 10.56 million An compare
- 21 Romania 10.16 million An compare
- 22 Ethiopia PDR 8.24 million An compare
- 24 Italy 6.51 million An compare
- 25 Saudi Arabia 5.97 million An compare
- 26 Caribbean 2.31 million An compare
- 26 Australia and New Zealand 5.93 million An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Greece
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.84 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0357 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 962.12 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2078 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — milk animals in Greece?
- Milk, total — milk animals in Greece was 7.59 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 11.68 million An in 2002.
- What is the lowest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.59 million An in 2024.
- How does Greece rank for milk, total — milk animals?
- Greece ranks 23rd out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — milk animals rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Greece 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.