Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Melanesia

Melanesia: Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 56,732 An in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
56,732 An
Change on year
down 14.2%
World rank
153rd
of 199 countries
All-time high
67,275 An
in 2019
All-time low
24,955 An
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Melanesia, 1961–2024

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

Analysis

Melanesia recorded 56,732 An for milk, total — milk animals in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 14.2% on the previous year and down 10.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, milk, total — milk animals in Melanesia peaked at 67,275 An in 2019 and was at its lowest, 24,955 An, in 1961.

That places Melanesia 153rd out of 199 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 33,192 An 24,955 An 39,000 An 9
1970s 46,599 An 41,234 An 50,089 An 10
1980s 43,323 An 35,470 An 48,550 An 10
1990s 53,351 An 47,059 An 58,006 An 10
2000s 52,076 An 46,585 An 57,898 An 10
2010s 54,179 An 46,800 An 67,275 An 10
2020s 54,770 An 48,179 An 66,155 An 5

Countries ranked near Melanesia

  1. 150 Puerto Rico 60,281 An compare
  2. 151 Djibouti 57,416 An compare
  3. 152 Luxembourg 57,106 An compare
  4. 154 Bhutan 53,967 An compare
  5. 155 Lao People's Democratic Republic 52,669 An compare
  6. 156 Kuwait 49,377 An compare

See the full ranking of 232 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is milk, total — milk animals in Melanesia?
Milk, total — milk animals in Melanesia was 56,732 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Melanesia?
The highest recorded value was 67,275 An in 2019.
What is the lowest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Melanesia?
The lowest recorded value was 24,955 An in 1961.
How does Melanesia rank for milk, total — milk animals?
Melanesia ranks 153rd out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
Is milk, total — milk animals rising or falling in Melanesia?
Over the last ten years it is down 10.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Melanesia 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.