Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 60,281 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Puerto Rico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, milk, total — milk animals in Puerto Rico stood at 60,281 An.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.2% on the previous year and down 13.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — milk animals in Puerto Rico peaked at 204,854 An in 1978 and was at its lowest, 58,429 An, in 2021.
That places Puerto Rico 141st out of 184 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 175,616 An | 168,316 An | 184,116 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 189,734 An | 179,512 An | 204,854 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 140,740 An | 92,398 An | 200,850 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 91,744 An | 87,727 An | 103,735 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 90,696 An | 81,574 An | 96,070 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 70,964 An | 66,070 An | 76,519 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 61,947 An | 58,429 An | 67,090 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Puerto Rico
- 138 Slovenia, Republic of 99,950 An compare
- 139 Estonia, Republic of 84,914 An compare
- 140 Togo 67,388 An compare
- 142 Djibouti 57,416 An compare
- 143 Luxembourg 57,106 An compare
- 144 Bhutan 53,967 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Puerto Rico
- Rural population 180,246 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.6858 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 887.20 million current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 5.7% (2025)
- Rural population growth -2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 0.6858 (2025)
- Cereal production 3,952 metric tons (2023)
- Cereal yield 3,612 kg per hectare (2023)
- Capture fisheries vs aquaculture 10 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — milk animals in Puerto Rico?
- Milk, total — milk animals in Puerto Rico was 60,281 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 204,854 An in 1978.
- What is the lowest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 58,429 An in 2021.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for milk, total — milk animals?
- Puerto Rico ranks 141st out of 184 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — milk animals rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Puerto Rico 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.