Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Peru
Peru: Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 1.18 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Peru, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, milk, total — milk animals in Peru stood at 1.18 million An.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — milk animals in Peru peaked at 1.28 million An in 1964 and was at its lowest, 765,235 An, in 1998.
Peru ranks 72nd of 185 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Peru, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.21 million An | — |
| 1962 | 1.25 million An | +3.3% |
| 1963 | 1.27 million An | +1.6% |
| 1964 | 1.28 million An | +0.8% |
| 1965 | 1.21 million An | -5.6% |
| 1966 | 1.20 million An | -0.5% |
| 1967 | 812,000 An | -32.4% |
| 1968 | 818,000 An | +0.7% |
| 1969 | 851,675 An | +4.1% |
| 1970 | 877,171 An | +3.0% |
| 1971 | 920,733 An | +5.0% |
| 1972 | 873,702 An | -5.1% |
| 1973 | 867,405 An | -0.7% |
| 1974 | 876,563 An | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 894,322 An | +2.0% |
| 1976 | 899,939 An | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 877,000 An | -2.5% |
| 1978 | 881,000 An | +0.5% |
| 1979 | 880,000 An | -0.1% |
| 1980 | 845,000 An | -4.0% |
| 1981 | 850,000 An | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 851,000 An | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 825,000 An | -3.1% |
| 1984 | 846,000 An | +2.5% |
| 1985 | 916,500 An | +8.3% |
| 1986 | 914,500 An | -0.2% |
| 1987 | 897,200 An | -1.9% |
| 1988 | 899,200 An | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 884,500 An | -1.6% |
| 1990 | 832,200 An | -5.9% |
| 1991 | 804,600 An | -3.3% |
| 1992 | 792,800 An | -1.5% |
| 1993 | 796,000 An | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 805,600 An | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 807,800 An | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 797,017 An | -1.3% |
| 1997 | 771,423 An | -3.2% |
| 1998 | 765,235 An | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 768,326 An | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 804,872 An | +4.8% |
| 2001 | 815,399 An | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 888,016 An | +8.9% |
| 2003 | 904,791 An | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 934,830 An | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 973,120 An | +4.1% |
| 2006 | 1.01 million An | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 1.03 million An | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 1.05 million An | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 1.07 million An | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 1.08 million An | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 1.11 million An | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 1.16 million An | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 1.17 million An | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 1.17 million An | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 1.19 million An | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 1.19 million An | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 1.19 million An | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 1.15 million An | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 1.16 million An | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 1.16 million An | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1.18 million An | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 1.20 million An | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 1.18 million An | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 1.18 million An | -0.1% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 1.18 million An is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 569,858 An, 2.1× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Peru's 1.18 million An is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 308,424 An, 3.8× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Peru 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | -32.4% | 1.20 million An | 812,000 An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.10 million An | 812,000 An | 1.28 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 884,784 An | 867,405 An | 920,733 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 872,890 An | 825,000 An | 916,500 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 794,100 An | 765,235 An | 832,200 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 948,648 An | 804,872 An | 1.07 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.16 million An | 1.08 million An | 1.19 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.18 million An | 1.16 million An | 1.20 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Peru
More agriculture & rural data for Peru
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 12.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0747 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 637.02 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.144 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.5% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — milk animals in Peru?
- Milk, total — milk animals in Peru was 1.18 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 1.28 million An in 1964.
- What is the lowest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 765,235 An in 1998.
- How does Peru rank for milk, total — milk animals?
- Peru ranks 72nd out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — milk animals rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Peru 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.