Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Guyana
Guyana: Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 19,851 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Guyana, 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 Guyana is 19,851 An, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 20.6% on the previous year and down 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — milk animals in Guyana peaked at 42,000 An in 1978 and was at its lowest, 8,000 An, in 1980.
Guyana ranks 152nd of 185 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Guyana, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 18,787 An | — |
| 1962 | 21,261 An | +13.2% |
| 1963 | 23,308 An | +9.6% |
| 1964 | 24,473 An | +5.0% |
| 1965 | 25,728 An | +5.1% |
| 1966 | 20,843 An | -19.0% |
| 1967 | 25,843 An | +24.0% |
| 1968 | 27,612 An | +6.8% |
| 1969 | 25,880 An | -6.3% |
| 1970 | 26,032 An | +0.6% |
| 1971 | 21,666 An | -16.8% |
| 1972 | 21,700 An | +0.2% |
| 1973 | 21,000 An | -3.2% |
| 1974 | 14,000 An | -33.3% |
| 1975 | 14,400 An | +2.9% |
| 1976 | 15,000 An | +4.2% |
| 1977 | 15,200 An | +1.3% |
| 1978 | 42,000 An | +176.3% |
| 1979 | 10,000 An | -76.2% |
| 1980 | 8,000 An | -20.0% |
| 1981 | 8,300 An | +3.8% |
| 1982 | 8,700 An | +4.8% |
| 1983 | 8,700 An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 10,300 An | +18.4% |
| 1985 | 13,300 An | +29.1% |
| 1986 | 16,000 An | +20.3% |
| 1987 | 18,000 An | +12.5% |
| 1988 | 20,000 An | +11.1% |
| 1989 | 21,300 An | +6.5% |
| 1990 | 22,000 An | +3.3% |
| 1991 | 23,100 An | +5.0% |
| 1992 | 23,300 An | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 23,900 An | +2.6% |
| 1994 | 16,500 An | -31.0% |
| 1995 | 15,700 An | -4.8% |
| 1996 | 28,000 An | +78.3% |
| 1997 | 30,000 An | +7.1% |
| 1998 | 30,964 An | +3.2% |
| 1999 | 29,286 An | -5.4% |
| 2000 | 27,579 An | -5.8% |
| 2001 | 26,721 An | -3.1% |
| 2002 | 24,965 An | -6.6% |
| 2003 | 24,977 An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 24,990 An | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 25,002 An | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 25,015 An | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 25,027 An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 25,039 An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 25,213 An | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 25,565 An | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 25,475 An | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 24,185 An | -5.1% |
| 2013 | 22,871 An | -5.4% |
| 2014 | 22,211 An | -2.9% |
| 2015 | 21,951 An | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 21,554 An | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 21,292 An | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 21,028 An | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 20,901 An | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 19,700 An | -5.7% |
| 2021 | 19,938 An | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 19,200 An | -3.7% |
| 2023 | 25,000 An | +30.2% |
| 2024 | 19,851 An | -20.6% |
Guyana compared with similar countries
- Guyana's 19,851 An is below the median for high income countries, which is 341,030 An, 6% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Guyana's 19,851 An is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 308,424 An, 6% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Guyana 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | +176.3% | 15,200 An | 42,000 An |
| 1996 | +78.3% | 15,700 An | 28,000 An |
| 1979 | -76.2% | 42,000 An | 10,000 An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23,748 An | 18,787 An | 27,612 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 20,100 An | 10,000 An | 42,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,260 An | 8,000 An | 21,300 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 24,275 An | 15,700 An | 30,964 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 25,453 An | 24,965 An | 27,579 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,703 An | 20,901 An | 25,565 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,738 An | 19,200 An | 25,000 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Guyana
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0773 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 2,507 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5708 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7351 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — milk animals in Guyana?
- Milk, total — milk animals in Guyana was 19,851 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 42,000 An in 1978.
- What is the lowest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,000 An in 1980.
- How does Guyana rank for milk, total — milk animals?
- Guyana ranks 152nd out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — milk animals rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guyana 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.