Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Northern America
Northern America: Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 10.56 million An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Northern America, 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 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
| 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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
- 18 Indonesia 13.45 million An compare
- 19 Afghanistan 13.03 million An compare
- 20 Russian Federation 10.56 million An compare
- 21 Romania 10.16 million An compare
- 22 Ethiopia PDR 8.24 million An compare
- 23 Greece 7.59 million An compare
- 24 Italy 6.51 million An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Northern America
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate -12.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested 52.13 million ha (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Production 24.14 million t (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 10.63 million 1000 An (2024)
- Meat, Total — Production 52.99 million t (2024)
- Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight 10,649 kg/An (2024)
- Milk, Total — Production 112.44 million t (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested 52.11 million ha (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield 2,256 kg/ha (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Production 117.58 million t (2024)
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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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.