Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Malaysia
Malaysia: Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 49,177 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Malaysia, 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 Malaysia is 49,177 An, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 6.6% on the previous year and down 33.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — milk animals in Malaysia peaked at 96,100 An in 2001 and was at its lowest, 39,500 An, in 1968.
Malaysia ranks 146th 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 Malaysia, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 46,300 An | — |
| 1962 | 46,500 An | +0.4% |
| 1963 | 41,700 An | -10.3% |
| 1964 | 46,800 An | +12.2% |
| 1965 | 46,500 An | -0.6% |
| 1966 | 46,700 An | +0.4% |
| 1967 | 40,900 An | -12.4% |
| 1968 | 39,500 An | -3.4% |
| 1969 | 44,000 An | +11.4% |
| 1970 | 44,600 An | +1.4% |
| 1971 | 45,300 An | +1.6% |
| 1972 | 45,000 An | -0.7% |
| 1973 | 46,030 An | +2.3% |
| 1974 | 44,860 An | -2.5% |
| 1975 | 43,352 An | -3.4% |
| 1976 | 46,292 An | +6.8% |
| 1977 | 45,421 An | -1.9% |
| 1978 | 51,407 An | +13.2% |
| 1979 | 55,628 An | +8.2% |
| 1980 | 55,525 An | -0.2% |
| 1981 | 59,916 An | +7.9% |
| 1982 | 59,800 An | -0.2% |
| 1983 | 50,800 An | -15.1% |
| 1984 | 51,500 An | +1.4% |
| 1985 | 46,400 An | -9.9% |
| 1986 | 48,600 An | +4.7% |
| 1987 | 53,700 An | +10.5% |
| 1988 | 62,600 An | +16.6% |
| 1989 | 66,400 An | +6.1% |
| 1990 | 69,300 An | +4.4% |
| 1991 | 69,100 An | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 73,800 An | +6.8% |
| 1993 | 76,700 An | +3.9% |
| 1994 | 81,800 An | +6.6% |
| 1995 | 83,827 An | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 82,300 An | -1.8% |
| 1997 | 85,100 An | +3.4% |
| 1998 | 88,500 An | +4.0% |
| 1999 | 92,300 An | +4.3% |
| 2000 | 83,900 An | -9.1% |
| 2001 | 96,100 An | +14.5% |
| 2002 | 88,400 An | -8.0% |
| 2003 | 75,177 An | -15.0% |
| 2004 | 77,894 An | +3.6% |
| 2005 | 77,532 An | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 77,307 An | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 80,878 An | +4.6% |
| 2008 | 81,512 An | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 82,011 An | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 80,435 An | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 75,749 An | -5.8% |
| 2012 | 74,126 An | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 74,665 An | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 73,995 An | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 73,896 An | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 48,484 An | -34.4% |
| 2017 | 48,525 An | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 45,903 An | -5.4% |
| 2019 | 50,531 An | +10.1% |
| 2020 | 43,087 An | -14.7% |
| 2021 | 51,299 An | +19.1% |
| 2022 | 46,936 An | -8.5% |
| 2023 | 46,136 An | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 49,177 An | +6.6% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 49,177 An is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 569,858 An, 9% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 49,177 An is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 49,177 An, 1.0× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Malaysia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | -34.4% | 73,896 An | 48,484 An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 44,322 An | 39,500 An | 46,800 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 46,789 An | 43,352 An | 55,628 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 55,524 An | 46,400 An | 66,400 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 80,273 An | 69,100 An | 92,300 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 82,071 An | 75,177 An | 96,100 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 64,631 An | 45,903 An | 80,435 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 47,327 An | 43,087 An | 51,299 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
More agriculture & rural data for Malaysia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.04 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0822 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,078 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.913 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2261 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — milk animals in Malaysia?
- Milk, total — milk animals in Malaysia was 49,177 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 96,100 An in 2001.
- What is the lowest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 39,500 An in 1968.
- How does Malaysia rank for milk, total — milk animals?
- Malaysia ranks 146th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — milk animals rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malaysia 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.