Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Italy
Italy: Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 6.51 million An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Italy, 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 Italy is 6.51 million An, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 12.0% on the previous year and down 16.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — milk animals in Italy peaked at 11.34 million An in 1961 and was at its lowest, 6.51 million An, in 2024.
That places Italy 28th out of 199 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 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 | 10.70 million An | 10.27 million An | 11.34 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 10.02 million An | 9.69 million An | 10.64 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 10.82 million An | 10.34 million An | 11.28 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 10.05 million An | 9.51 million An | 11.10 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 8.54 million An | 7.25 million An | 9.49 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.92 million An | 7.75 million An | 8.18 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.38 million An | 6.51 million An | 7.80 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Italy
- 25 Romania 10.16 million An compare
- 26 Ethiopia PDR 8.24 million An compare
- 27 Greece 7.59 million An compare
- 29 Saudi Arabia 5.97 million An compare
- 30 Australia and New Zealand 5.93 million An compare
- 31 Uzbekistan 5.92 million An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture share gdp 2.07 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.07 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
- Rural population 30.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.3% (2025)
- Rural population 17.86 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 52.70 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 0 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — milk animals in Italy?
- Milk, total — milk animals in Italy was 6.51 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 11.34 million An in 1961.
- What is the lowest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.51 million An in 2024.
- How does Italy rank for milk, total — milk animals?
- Italy ranks 28th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — milk animals rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Italy 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.