Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Iceland
Iceland: Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 25,168 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Iceland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Iceland recorded 25,168 An for milk, total — milk animals in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.7% on the previous year and down 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — milk animals in Iceland peaked at 42,216 An in 1964 and was at its lowest, 24,068 An, in 2005.
Iceland ranks 162nd of 199 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 39,178 An | 35,994 An | 42,216 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 36,066 An | 33,749 An | 37,087 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 33,197 An | 31,490 An | 35,115 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 30,208 An | 28,284 An | 32,246 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 25,643 An | 24,068 An | 27,066 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 26,007 An | 24,714 An | 27,380 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,656 An | 25,168 An | 25,860 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iceland
- 159 Fiji 36,444 An compare
- 160 Timor-Leste 36,202 An compare
- 161 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 35,933 An compare
- 163 Malta 24,000 An compare
- 164 Guyana 19,851 An compare
- 165 Philippines 15,000 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Iceland
- Agriculture share gdp 3.65 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 3.65 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2025)
- Rural population 5.8% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.9% (2025)
- Rural population 22,689 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.41 billion current US$ (2025)
- Tomatoes — Production 1,362 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — milk animals in Iceland?
- Milk, total — milk animals in Iceland was 25,168 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 42,216 An in 1964.
- What is the lowest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 24,068 An in 2005.
- How does Iceland rank for milk, total — milk animals?
- Iceland ranks 162nd out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — milk animals rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Iceland 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.