Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Nepal
Nepal: Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 5.01 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Nepal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Nepal recorded 5.01 million An for milk, total — milk animals in 2024.
That represents a change of up 16.1% on the previous year and up 13.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — milk animals in Nepal peaked at 5.46 million An in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1.59 million An, in 1961.
Nepal ranks 35th of 199 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.72 million An | 1.59 million An | 1.82 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.06 million An | 1.84 million An | 2.29 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.58 million An | 2.40 million An | 2.76 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.96 million An | 2.77 million An | 3.22 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.57 million An | 3.29 million An | 3.95 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.46 million An | 4.07 million An | 4.98 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.07 million An | 4.32 million An | 5.46 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
- 32 France 5.65 million An compare
- 33 Yugoslav SFR 5.65 million An compare
- 34 Burkina Faso 5.44 million An compare
- 36 Chad 4.81 million An compare
- 37 New Zealand 4.60 million An compare
- 38 Spain 4.50 million An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Nepal
- Agriculture share gdp 21.56 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 21.56 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2022)
- Rural population 33.0% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.8% (2025)
- Rural population 9.77 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 21.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 9.81 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 383,285 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — milk animals in Nepal?
- Milk, total — milk animals in Nepal was 5.01 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 5.46 million An in 2022.
- What is the lowest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.59 million An in 1961.
- How does Nepal rank for milk, total — milk animals?
- Nepal ranks 35th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — milk animals rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nepal 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.