Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Malta
Malta: Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 24,000 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Malta, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, milk, total — milk animals in Malta stood at 24,000 An.
That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and up 42.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — milk animals in Malta peaked at 38,789 An in 1962 and was at its lowest, 14,004 An, in 1990.
That places Malta 151st out of 185 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Malta, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 37,421 An | — |
| 1962 | 38,789 An | +3.7% |
| 1963 | 37,796 An | -2.6% |
| 1964 | 34,298 An | -9.3% |
| 1965 | 33,779 An | -1.5% |
| 1966 | 29,550 An | -12.5% |
| 1967 | 28,081 An | -5.0% |
| 1968 | 33,064 An | +17.7% |
| 1969 | 28,794 An | -12.9% |
| 1970 | 28,256 An | -1.9% |
| 1971 | 23,958 An | -15.2% |
| 1972 | 22,113 An | -7.7% |
| 1973 | 20,527 An | -7.2% |
| 1974 | 21,314 An | +3.8% |
| 1975 | 22,240 An | +4.3% |
| 1976 | 21,501 An | -3.3% |
| 1977 | 20,073 An | -6.6% |
| 1978 | 18,350 An | -8.6% |
| 1979 | 17,158 An | -6.5% |
| 1980 | 15,591 An | -9.1% |
| 1981 | 14,128 An | -9.4% |
| 1982 | 14,133 An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 14,659 An | +3.7% |
| 1984 | 14,800 An | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 14,800 An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 14,800 An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 14,700 An | -0.7% |
| 1988 | 14,500 An | -1.4% |
| 1989 | 14,150 An | -2.4% |
| 1990 | 14,004 An | -1.0% |
| 1991 | 19,050 An | +36.0% |
| 1992 | 23,184 An | +21.7% |
| 1993 | 23,887 An | +3.0% |
| 1994 | 23,603 An | -1.2% |
| 1995 | 21,000 An | -11.0% |
| 1996 | 27,100 An | +29.0% |
| 1997 | 25,883 An | -4.5% |
| 1998 | 20,038 An | -22.6% |
| 1999 | 25,090 An | +25.2% |
| 2000 | 19,166 An | -23.6% |
| 2001 | 19,105 An | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 19,010 An | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 22,624 An | +19.0% |
| 2004 | 17,907 An | -20.8% |
| 2005 | 18,039 An | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 19,889 An | +10.3% |
| 2007 | 20,063 An | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 20,030 An | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 19,692 An | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 18,118 An | -8.0% |
| 2011 | 17,716 An | -2.2% |
| 2012 | 17,587 An | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 17,170 An | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 16,835 An | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 17,313 An | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 17,709 An | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 17,631 An | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 22,370 An | +26.9% |
| 2019 | 22,500 An | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 22,370 An | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 21,940 An | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 23,880 An | +8.8% |
| 2023 | 23,640 An | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 24,000 An | +1.5% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 24,000 An is below the median for high income countries, which is 341,030 An, 7% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Malta's 24,000 An is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2.22 million An, 1% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Malta 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +36.0% | 14,004 An | 19,050 An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 33,508 An | 28,081 An | 38,789 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 21,549 An | 17,158 An | 28,256 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,626 An | 14,128 An | 15,591 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 22,284 An | 14,004 An | 27,100 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 19,552 An | 17,907 An | 22,624 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,495 An | 16,835 An | 22,500 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 23,166 An | 21,940 An | 24,000 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malta
More agriculture & rural data for Malta
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0047 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 224.75 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.3 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0432 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — milk animals in Malta?
- Milk, total — milk animals in Malta was 24,000 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 38,789 An in 1962.
- What is the lowest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,004 An in 1990.
- How does Malta rank for milk, total — milk animals?
- Malta ranks 151st out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — milk animals rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malta 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.