Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Iran (Islamic Republic of): Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 21.17 million An in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
21.17 million An
Change on year
up 1.0%
Rank
4th
of 18 regions
All-time high
35.29 million An
in 1999
All-time low
19.80 million An
in 2014
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Iran (Islamic Republic of), 1961–2024

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.

Analysis

The most recent figure for milk, total — milk animals in Iran (Islamic Republic of) is 21.17 million An, measured in 2024.

That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 7.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, milk, total — milk animals in Iran (Islamic Republic of) peaked at 35.29 million An in 1999 and was at its lowest, 19.80 million An, in 2014.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.

Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Iran (Islamic Republic of), year by year

Annual values for Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Iran (Islamic Republic of), 1961 to 2024.
Year An Change
1961 22.64 million An
1962 22.82 million An +0.8%
1963 21.96 million An -3.8%
1964 22.06 million An +0.5%
1965 22.14 million An +0.3%
1966 21.60 million An -2.5%
1967 22.55 million An +4.4%
1968 23.00 million An +2.0%
1969 22.65 million An -1.5%
1970 22.77 million An +0.5%
1971 22.61 million An -0.7%
1972 22.44 million An -0.8%
1973 22.79 million An +1.6%
1974 23.65 million An +3.7%
1975 23.81 million An +0.7%
1976 25.39 million An +6.7%
1977 26.81 million An +5.6%
1978 28.89 million An +7.8%
1979 28.82 million An -0.2%
1980 28.89 million An +0.2%
1981 29.61 million An +2.5%
1982 30.09 million An +1.6%
1983 30.66 million An +1.9%
1984 31.33 million An +2.2%
1985 31.50 million An +0.5%
1986 31.99 million An +1.6%
1987 29.33 million An -8.3%
1988 27.68 million An -5.6%
1989 30.08 million An +8.7%
1990 30.55 million An +1.5%
1991 30.33 million An -0.7%
1992 30.10 million An -0.8%
1993 30.86 million An +2.5%
1994 31.12 million An +0.9%
1995 31.35 million An +0.7%
1996 32.72 million An +4.4%
1997 34.23 million An +4.6%
1998 35.05 million An +2.4%
1999 35.29 million An +0.7%
2000 33.39 million An -5.4%
2001 29.46 million An -11.8%
2002 28.83 million An -2.1%
2003 23.75 million An -17.6%
2004 26.11 million An +9.9%
2005 28.80 million An +10.3%
2006 26.57 million An -7.7%
2007 23.88 million An -10.1%
2008 20.01 million An -16.2%
2009 21.44 million An +7.2%
2010 24.77 million An +15.5%
2011 22.04 million An -11.0%
2012 20.98 million An -4.8%
2013 20.06 million An -4.4%
2014 19.80 million An -1.3%
2015 22.11 million An +11.7%
2016 21.79 million An -1.5%
2017 20.88 million An -4.2%
2018 20.91 million An +0.1%
2019 21.23 million An +1.5%
2020 20.53 million An -3.3%
2021 21.69 million An +5.7%
2022 21.49 million An -0.9%
2023 20.96 million An -2.5%
2024 21.17 million An +1.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 22.38 million An 21.60 million An 23.00 million An 9
1970s 24.80 million An 22.44 million An 28.89 million An 10
1980s 30.12 million An 27.68 million An 31.99 million An 10
1990s 32.16 million An 30.10 million An 35.29 million An 10
2000s 26.22 million An 20.01 million An 33.39 million An 10
2010s 21.46 million An 19.80 million An 24.77 million An 10
2020s 21.17 million An 20.53 million An 21.69 million An 5

Countries ranked near Iran (Islamic Republic of)

  1. 1 India 161.00 million An compare
  2. 2 China 68.97 million An compare
  3. 3 China, mainland 68.87 million An compare
  4. 4 Sudan (former) 67.48 million An compare
  5. 5 Sudan 51.19 million An compare
  6. 6 Mali 44.78 million An compare
  7. 7 USSR 44.65 million An compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is milk, total — milk animals in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
Milk, total — milk animals in Iran (Islamic Republic of) was 21.17 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
The highest recorded value was 35.29 million An in 1999.
What is the lowest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
The lowest recorded value was 19.80 million An in 2014.
How does Iran (Islamic Republic of) rank for milk, total — milk animals?
Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 4th out of 18 regions with data for 2024.
Is milk, total — milk animals rising or falling in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
Over the last ten years it is up 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Iran (Islamic Republic of) 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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Indicator
Milk, Total — Milk Animals
Unit
An
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
232 places, 13,445 data points, 1961–2024
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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.