Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Northern America

Northern America: Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 10.56 million An in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
10.56 million An
Change on year
down 0.5%
Rank
21st
of 29 groups
All-time high
20.23 million An
in 1961
All-time low
10.34 million An
in 2004
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Northern America, 1961–2024

05.0M10.0M15.0M20.0M196119922024

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for milk, total — milk animals in Northern America is 10.56 million An, measured in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, milk, total — milk animals in Northern America peaked at 20.23 million An in 1961 and was at its lowest, 10.34 million An, in 2004.

Northern America ranks 21st of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Northern America, year by year

Annual values for Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Northern America, 1961 to 2024.
Year An Change
1961 20.23 million An
1962 19.80 million An -2.1%
1963 19.17 million An -3.1%
1964 18.58 million An -3.1%
1965 17.84 million An -4.0%
1966 16.75 million An -6.1%
1967 16.09 million An -4.0%
1968 15.45 million An -3.9%
1969 14.89 million An -3.6%
1970 14.55 million An -2.3%
1971 14.10 million An -3.1%
1972 13.91 million An -1.3%
1973 13.53 million An -2.7%
1974 13.30 million An -1.7%
1975 13.18 million An -0.9%
1976 13.05 million An -1.0%
1977 12.92 million An -1.0%
1978 12.71 million An -1.6%
1979 12.56 million An -1.2%
1980 12.57 million An +0.1%
1981 12.66 million An +0.7%
1982 12.79 million An +1.0%
1983 12.79 million An +0.0%
1984 12.47 million An -2.5%
1985 12.60 million An +1.0%
1986 12.32 million An -2.2%
1987 11.76 million An -4.5%
1988 11.63 million An -1.1%
1989 11.44 million An -1.7%
1990 11.37 million An -0.6%
1991 11.28 million An -0.8%
1992 11.10 million An -1.6%
1993 10.93 million An -1.5%
1994 10.85 million An -0.7%
1995 10.86 million An +0.0%
1996 10.77 million An -0.8%
1997 10.67 million An -0.9%
1998 10.54 million An -1.2%
1999 10.54 million An -0.1%
2000 10.55 million An +0.1%
2001 10.46 million An -0.8%
2002 10.51 million An +0.5%
2003 10.42 million An -0.9%
2004 10.34 million An -0.7%
2005 10.38 million An +0.4%
2006 10.45 million An +0.7%
2007 10.50 million An +0.5%
2008 10.62 million An +1.2%
2009 10.50 million An -1.1%
2010 10.45 million An -0.5%
2011 10.52 million An +0.8%
2012 10.56 million An +0.3%
2013 10.54 million An -0.1%
2014 10.47 million An -0.7%
2015 10.51 million An +0.4%
2016 10.51 million An +0.0%
2017 10.57 million An +0.6%
2018 10.67 million An +0.9%
2019 10.59 million An -0.7%
2020 10.58 million An -0.0%
2021 10.68 million An +0.9%
2022 10.61 million An -0.7%
2023 10.62 million An +0.1%
2024 10.56 million An -0.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 17.64 million An 14.89 million An 20.23 million An 9
1970s 13.38 million An 12.56 million An 14.55 million An 10
1980s 12.30 million An 11.44 million An 12.79 million An 10
1990s 10.89 million An 10.54 million An 11.37 million An 10
2000s 10.47 million An 10.34 million An 10.62 million An 10
2010s 10.54 million An 10.45 million An 10.67 million An 10
2020s 10.61 million An 10.56 million An 10.68 million An 5

Countries ranked near Northern America

  1. 18 Indonesia 13.45 million An compare
  2. 19 Afghanistan 13.03 million An compare
  3. 20 Russian Federation 10.56 million An compare
  4. 21 Romania 10.16 million An compare
  5. 22 Ethiopia PDR 8.24 million An compare
  6. 23 Greece 7.59 million An compare
  7. 24 Italy 6.51 million An compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is milk, total — milk animals in Northern America?
Milk, total — milk animals in Northern America was 10.56 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Northern America?
The highest recorded value was 20.23 million An in 1961.
What is the lowest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Northern America?
The lowest recorded value was 10.34 million An in 2004.
How does Northern America rank for milk, total — milk animals?
Northern America ranks 21st out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is milk, total — milk animals rising or falling in Northern America?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Northern America 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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Indicator
Milk, Total — 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.