Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Lebanon
Lebanon: Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 570,727 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Lebanon, 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 Lebanon is 570,727 An, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and down 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — milk animals in Lebanon peaked at 667,118 An in 2013 and was at its lowest, 189,500 An, in 1977.
Lebanon ranks 94th of 185 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 335,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 394,000 An | +17.6% |
| 1963 | 438,000 An | +11.2% |
| 1964 | 465,000 An | +6.2% |
| 1965 | 447,000 An | -3.9% |
| 1966 | 450,000 An | +0.7% |
| 1967 | 420,265 An | -6.6% |
| 1968 | 397,000 An | -5.5% |
| 1969 | 394,000 An | -0.8% |
| 1970 | 388,000 An | -1.5% |
| 1971 | 380,000 An | -2.1% |
| 1972 | 375,000 An | -1.3% |
| 1973 | 378,013 An | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 389,500 An | +3.0% |
| 1975 | 313,000 An | -19.6% |
| 1976 | 237,000 An | -24.3% |
| 1977 | 189,500 An | -20.0% |
| 1978 | 260,000 An | +37.2% |
| 1979 | 384,000 An | +47.7% |
| 1980 | 535,207 An | +39.4% |
| 1981 | 536,000 An | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 529,100 An | -1.3% |
| 1983 | 474,000 An | -10.4% |
| 1984 | 447,000 An | -5.7% |
| 1985 | 408,000 An | -8.7% |
| 1986 | 348,270 An | -14.6% |
| 1987 | 306,650 An | -12.0% |
| 1988 | 307,254 An | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 312,103 An | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 411,000 An | +31.7% |
| 1991 | 558,390 An | +35.9% |
| 1992 | 555,000 An | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 555,600 An | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 548,135 An | -1.3% |
| 1995 | 567,000 An | +3.4% |
| 1996 | 587,417 An | +3.6% |
| 1997 | 432,774 An | -26.3% |
| 1998 | 459,389 An | +6.1% |
| 1999 | 485,821 An | +5.8% |
| 2000 | 441,900 An | -9.0% |
| 2001 | 409,223 An | -7.4% |
| 2002 | 409,957 An | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 463,408 An | +13.0% |
| 2004 | 466,770 An | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 473,200 An | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 452,900 An | -4.3% |
| 2007 | 498,600 An | +10.1% |
| 2008 | 515,000 An | +3.3% |
| 2009 | 460,300 An | -10.6% |
| 2010 | 435,231 An | -5.4% |
| 2011 | 520,000 An | +19.5% |
| 2012 | 520,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 667,118 An | +28.3% |
| 2014 | 610,937 An | -8.4% |
| 2015 | 582,920 An | -4.6% |
| 2016 | 533,388 An | -8.5% |
| 2017 | 450,491 An | -15.5% |
| 2018 | 596,010 An | +32.3% |
| 2019 | 593,869 An | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 521,461 An | -12.2% |
| 2021 | 580,643 An | +11.3% |
| 2022 | 567,588 An | -2.2% |
| 2023 | 563,160 An | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 570,727 An | +1.3% |
Lebanon compared with similar countries
- Lebanon's 570,727 An is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 939,711 An, 61% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Lebanon's 570,727 An is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2.22 million An, 26% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 415,585 An | 335,000 An | 465,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 329,401 An | 189,500 An | 389,500 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 420,358 An | 306,650 An | 536,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 516,053 An | 411,000 An | 587,417 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 459,126 An | 409,223 An | 515,000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 550,996 An | 435,231 An | 667,118 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 560,716 An | 521,461 An | 580,643 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lebanon
More agriculture & rural data for Lebanon
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.8243 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.0491 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.3428 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.1174 hectares per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 39.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0105 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 46.75 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.03 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — milk animals in Lebanon?
- Milk, total — milk animals in Lebanon was 570,727 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 667,118 An in 2013.
- What is the lowest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 189,500 An in 1977.
- How does Lebanon rank for milk, total — milk animals?
- Lebanon ranks 94th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — milk animals rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lebanon 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.