Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Melanesia
Melanesia: Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 56,732 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Melanesia, 1961–2024
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.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 24,955 An | — |
| 1962 | 25,655 An | +2.8% |
| 1963 | 25,650 An | -0.0% |
| 1964 | 35,500 An | +38.4% |
| 1965 | 36,225 An | +2.0% |
| 1966 | 38,242 An | +5.6% |
| 1967 | 39,000 An | +2.0% |
| 1968 | 34,662 An | -11.1% |
| 1969 | 38,835 An | +12.0% |
| 1970 | 41,234 An | +6.2% |
| 1971 | 41,900 An | +1.6% |
| 1972 | 42,782 An | +2.1% |
| 1973 | 47,525 An | +11.1% |
| 1974 | 47,842 An | +0.7% |
| 1975 | 48,824 An | +2.1% |
| 1976 | 48,035 An | -1.6% |
| 1977 | 50,089 An | +4.3% |
| 1978 | 48,069 An | -4.0% |
| 1979 | 49,687 An | +3.4% |
| 1980 | 48,546 An | -2.3% |
| 1981 | 44,863 An | -7.6% |
| 1982 | 38,556 An | -14.1% |
| 1983 | 35,925 An | -6.8% |
| 1984 | 35,470 An | -1.3% |
| 1985 | 41,620 An | +17.3% |
| 1986 | 46,200 An | +11.0% |
| 1987 | 47,100 An | +1.9% |
| 1988 | 46,400 An | -1.5% |
| 1989 | 48,550 An | +4.6% |
| 1990 | 52,405 An | +7.9% |
| 1991 | 53,659 An | +2.4% |
| 1992 | 53,345 An | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 55,037 An | +3.2% |
| 1994 | 57,530 An | +4.5% |
| 1995 | 58,006 An | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 54,076 An | -6.8% |
| 1997 | 51,872 An | -4.1% |
| 1998 | 50,517 An | -2.6% |
| 1999 | 47,059 An | -6.8% |
| 2000 | 47,458 An | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 47,601 An | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 46,585 An | -2.1% |
| 2003 | 55,929 An | +20.1% |
| 2004 | 46,662 An | -16.6% |
| 2005 | 56,471 An | +21.0% |
| 2006 | 56,235 An | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 49,061 An | -12.8% |
| 2008 | 57,898 An | +18.0% |
| 2009 | 56,862 An | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 56,951 An | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 51,232 An | -10.0% |
| 2012 | 51,764 An | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 51,465 An | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 63,486 An | +23.4% |
| 2015 | 52,020 An | -18.1% |
| 2016 | 52,433 An | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 48,360 An | -7.8% |
| 2018 | 46,800 An | -3.2% |
| 2019 | 67,275 An | +43.8% |
| 2020 | 48,179 An | -28.4% |
| 2021 | 49,126 An | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 53,660 An | +9.2% |
| 2023 | 66,155 An | +23.3% |
| 2024 | 56,732 An | -14.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Melanesia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +43.8% | 46,800 An | 67,275 An |
| 1964 | +38.4% | 25,650 An | 35,500 An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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
- 10 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.91 million An compare
- 10 South Sudan 22.62 million An compare
- 11 Bangladesh 20.14 million An compare
- 11 Republic of Moldova 475,099 An compare
- 12 Mongolia 18.72 million An compare
- 12 Viet Nam 354,787 An compare
- 13 Ethiopia 18.00 million An compare
- 14 Kenya 15.35 million An compare
- 14 Lao People's Democratic Republic 52,669 An compare
- 15 Brazil 15.26 million An compare
- 15 Timor-Leste 36,202 An compare
- 16 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 35,933 An compare
- 16 Niger 15.06 million An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Melanesia
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 8.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -1.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Potatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -19.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant) 0.4201 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.2146 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 11.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 21.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.8 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 0.8374 % change on previous year (2024)
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 13th out of 18 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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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.