Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 1.07 million An in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Nicaragua, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Nicaragua recorded 1.07 million An for milk, total — milk animals in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 9.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — milk animals in Nicaragua peaked at 1.07 million An in 2023 and was at its lowest, 200,000 An, in 1980.
That places Nicaragua 74th out of 185 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 275,100 An | — |
| 1962 | 287,500 An | +4.5% |
| 1963 | 294,400 An | +2.4% |
| 1964 | 293,400 An | -0.3% |
| 1965 | 289,000 An | -1.5% |
| 1966 | 285,600 An | -1.2% |
| 1967 | 300,800 An | +5.3% |
| 1968 | 320,800 An | +6.6% |
| 1969 | 347,400 An | +8.3% |
| 1970 | 364,600 An | +5.0% |
| 1971 | 350,000 An | -4.0% |
| 1972 | 340,000 An | -2.9% |
| 1973 | 340,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 338,275 An | -0.5% |
| 1975 | 376,470 An | +11.3% |
| 1976 | 401,470 An | +6.6% |
| 1977 | 446,800 An | +11.3% |
| 1978 | 526,000 An | +17.7% |
| 1979 | 450,000 An | -14.4% |
| 1980 | 200,000 An | -55.6% |
| 1981 | 200,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 200,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 200,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 210,000 An | +5.0% |
| 1985 | 214,000 An | +1.9% |
| 1986 | 215,000 An | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 208,000 An | -3.3% |
| 1988 | 200,000 An | -3.8% |
| 1989 | 205,000 An | +2.5% |
| 1990 | 200,000 An | -2.4% |
| 1991 | 205,000 An | +2.5% |
| 1992 | 210,000 An | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 230,000 An | +9.5% |
| 1994 | 235,000 An | +2.2% |
| 1995 | 235,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 260,000 An | +10.6% |
| 1997 | 285,000 An | +9.6% |
| 1998 | 300,000 An | +5.3% |
| 1999 | 764,200 An | +154.7% |
| 2000 | 796,000 An | +4.2% |
| 2001 | 800,000 An | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 821,000 An | +2.6% |
| 2003 | 830,000 An | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 850,000 An | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 890,000 An | +4.7% |
| 2006 | 910,000 An | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 947,000 An | +4.1% |
| 2008 | 985,000 An | +4.0% |
| 2009 | 1.02 million An | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 1.03 million An | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 994,418 An | -3.6% |
| 2012 | 1.00 million An | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 980,085 An | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 941,070 An | -4.0% |
| 2015 | 903,608 An | -4.0% |
| 2016 | 941,588 An | +4.2% |
| 2017 | 807,572 An | -14.2% |
| 2018 | 975,000 An | +20.7% |
| 2019 | 980,000 An | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 1.04 million An | +5.8% |
| 2021 | 1.03 million An | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 1.06 million An | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 1.07 million An | +1.7% |
Nicaragua compared with similar countries
- Nicaragua's 1.07 million An is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 939,711 An, 1.1× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Nicaragua's 1.07 million An is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 308,424 An, 3.5× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Nicaragua 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +154.7% | 300,000 An | 764,200 An |
| 1980 | -55.6% | 450,000 An | 200,000 An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 299,333 An | 275,100 An | 347,400 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 393,362 An | 338,275 An | 526,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 205,200 An | 200,000 An | 215,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 292,420 An | 200,000 An | 764,200 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 885,300 An | 796,000 An | 1.02 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 955,524 An | 807,572 An | 1.03 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.05 million An | 1.03 million An | 1.07 million An | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nicaragua
More agriculture & rural data for Nicaragua
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.2567 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.041 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0002 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.7276 hectares per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 12.55 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1448 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 459.4 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8714 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — milk animals in Nicaragua?
- Milk, total — milk animals in Nicaragua was 1.07 million An in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 1.07 million An in 2023.
- What is the lowest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 200,000 An in 1980.
- How does Nicaragua rank for milk, total — milk animals?
- Nicaragua ranks 74th out of 185 countries with data for 2023.
- Is milk, total — milk animals rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Nicaragua 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.