Milk, Total β€” Milk Animals in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)

Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Milk, Total β€” Milk Animals was 354.29 million An in 2024. β–² Rising

Latest (2024)
354.29 million An
Change on year
up 0.2%
Rank
3rd
of 33 groups
All-time high
354.29 million An
in 2024
All-time low
75.92 million An
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Milk, Total β€” Milk Animals in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), 1961–2024

100.0M200.0M300.0M400.0M196119922024

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

Analysis

Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) recorded 354.29 million An for milk, total β€” milk animals in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 16.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, milk, total β€” milk animals in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) peaked at 354.29 million An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 75.92 million An, in 1961.

Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 3rd of 33 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 84.43 million An 75.92 million An 92.34 million An 9
1970s 100.57 million An 92.77 million An 115.26 million An 10
1980s 131.00 million An 117.83 million An 150.27 million An 10
1990s 179.80 million An 157.15 million An 207.61 million An 10
2000s 237.10 million An 211.04 million An 271.10 million An 10
2010s 322.43 million An 299.27 million An 347.30 million An 10
2020s 349.57 million An 343.66 million An 354.29 million An 5

Countries ranked near Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)

  1. 1 India 161.00 million An compare
  2. 2 China 68.97 million An compare
  3. 3 China, mainland 68.87 million An compare
  4. 4 Sudan (former) 67.48 million An compare
  5. 5 Sudan 51.19 million An compare
  6. 6 Mali 44.78 million An compare

See the full ranking of 232 places β†’

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Frequently asked questions

What is milk, total β€” milk animals in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
Milk, total β€” milk animals in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) was 354.29 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest milk, total β€” milk animals recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
The highest recorded value was 354.29 million An in 2024.
What is the lowest milk, total β€” milk animals recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
The lowest recorded value was 75.92 million An in 1961.
How does Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank for milk, total β€” milk animals?
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 3rd out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
Is milk, total β€” milk animals rising or falling in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
Over the last ten years it is up 16.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Milk, Total β€” Milk Animals. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Milk, Total β€” 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.