Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Mexico
Mexico: Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 3.20 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Mexico, 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 Mexico is 3.20 million An, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 8.0% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — milk animals in Mexico peaked at 3.48 million An in 2023 and was at its lowest, 2.24 million An, in 1964.
Mexico ranks 43rd of 185 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Mexico, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2.25 million An | — |
| 1962 | 2.30 million An | +2.3% |
| 1963 | 2.42 million An | +5.3% |
| 1964 | 2.24 million An | -7.4% |
| 1965 | 2.33 million An | +3.8% |
| 1966 | 2.38 million An | +2.2% |
| 1967 | 2.41 million An | +1.3% |
| 1968 | 2.48 million An | +2.9% |
| 1969 | 2.54 million An | +2.4% |
| 1970 | 2.65 million An | +4.3% |
| 1971 | 2.59 million An | -2.4% |
| 1972 | 2.57 million An | -0.8% |
| 1973 | 2.60 million An | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 2.68 million An | +3.2% |
| 1975 | 2.75 million An | +2.5% |
| 1976 | 2.84 million An | +3.3% |
| 1977 | 2.90 million An | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 2.93 million An | +1.2% |
| 1979 | 2.95 million An | +0.6% |
| 1980 | 3.02 million An | +2.5% |
| 1981 | 3.13 million An | +3.5% |
| 1982 | 3.23 million An | +3.1% |
| 1983 | 3.34 million An | +3.5% |
| 1984 | 3.28 million An | -1.9% |
| 1985 | 3.39 million An | +3.4% |
| 1986 | 2.77 million An | -18.3% |
| 1987 | 2.61 million An | -5.6% |
| 1988 | 2.50 million An | -4.2% |
| 1989 | 2.62 million An | +4.6% |
| 1990 | 2.55 million An | -2.7% |
| 1991 | 2.54 million An | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 2.55 million An | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 2.38 million An | -6.5% |
| 1994 | 2.36 million An | -1.0% |
| 1995 | 2.42 million An | +2.7% |
| 1996 | 2.37 million An | -2.2% |
| 1997 | 2.39 million An | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 2.51 million An | +5.1% |
| 1999 | 2.61 million An | +4.0% |
| 2000 | 2.82 million An | +8.1% |
| 2001 | 2.94 million An | +4.1% |
| 2002 | 3.02 million An | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 3.02 million An | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 3.12 million An | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 3.09 million An | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 3.09 million An | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 3.18 million An | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 3.23 million An | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 3.23 million An | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 3.15 million An | -2.7% |
| 2011 | 3.27 million An | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 3.25 million An | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 3.25 million An | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 3.18 million An | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 3.21 million An | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 3.25 million An | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 3.26 million An | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 3.29 million An | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 3.33 million An | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 3.37 million An | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 3.41 million An | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 3.45 million An | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 3.48 million An | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 3.20 million An | -8.0% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 3.20 million An is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 569,858 An, 5.6× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 3.20 million An is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 308,424 An, 10.4× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.37 million An | 2.24 million An | 2.54 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.75 million An | 2.57 million An | 2.95 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.99 million An | 2.50 million An | 3.39 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.47 million An | 2.36 million An | 2.61 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.08 million An | 2.82 million An | 3.23 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.24 million An | 3.15 million An | 3.33 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.38 million An | 3.20 million An | 3.48 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
More agriculture & rural data for Mexico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4963 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0388 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 539.47 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5998 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1996 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — milk animals in Mexico?
- Milk, total — milk animals in Mexico was 3.20 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 3.48 million An in 2023.
- What is the lowest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.24 million An in 1964.
- How does Mexico rank for milk, total — milk animals?
- Mexico ranks 43rd out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — milk animals rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mexico 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.