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 185 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.
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 173,605 An | — |
| 1962 | 173,858 An | +0.1% |
| 1963 | 181,950 An | +4.7% |
| 1964 | 184,116 An | +1.2% |
| 1965 | 171,330 An | -6.9% |
| 1966 | 172,962 An | +1.0% |
| 1967 | 168,316 An | -2.7% |
| 1968 | 177,170 An | +5.3% |
| 1969 | 177,235 An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 180,779 An | +2.0% |
| 1971 | 183,631 An | +1.6% |
| 1972 | 188,003 An | +2.4% |
| 1973 | 193,223 An | +2.8% |
| 1974 | 179,512 An | -7.1% |
| 1975 | 183,405 An | +2.2% |
| 1976 | 195,067 An | +6.4% |
| 1977 | 195,566 An | +0.3% |
| 1978 | 204,854 An | +4.7% |
| 1979 | 193,304 An | -5.6% |
| 1980 | 175,773 An | -9.1% |
| 1981 | 174,094 An | -1.0% |
| 1982 | 182,134 An | +4.6% |
| 1983 | 199,591 An | +9.6% |
| 1984 | 200,850 An | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 98,656 An | -50.9% |
| 1986 | 95,525 An | -3.2% |
| 1987 | 92,709 An | -2.9% |
| 1988 | 92,398 An | -0.3% |
| 1989 | 95,670 An | +3.5% |
| 1990 | 97,166 An | +1.6% |
| 1991 | 88,345 An | -9.1% |
| 1992 | 87,947 An | -0.5% |
| 1993 | 87,951 An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 87,727 An | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 90,037 An | +2.6% |
| 1996 | 90,106 An | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 90,793 An | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 103,735 An | +14.3% |
| 1999 | 93,630 An | -9.7% |
| 2000 | 96,070 An | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 94,613 An | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 92,004 An | -2.8% |
| 2003 | 92,926 An | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 93,634 An | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 91,104 An | -2.7% |
| 2006 | 90,634 An | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 89,374 An | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 85,023 An | -4.9% |
| 2009 | 81,574 An | -4.1% |
| 2010 | 76,519 An | -6.2% |
| 2011 | 75,377 An | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 74,767 An | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 71,775 An | -4.0% |
| 2014 | 69,583 An | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 69,053 An | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 70,183 An | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 69,210 An | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 67,102 An | -3.0% |
| 2019 | 66,070 An | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 67,090 An | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 58,429 An | -12.9% |
| 2022 | 62,910 An | +7.7% |
| 2023 | 61,026 An | -3.0% |
| 2024 | 60,281 An | -1.2% |
Puerto Rico compared with similar countries
- Puerto Rico's 60,281 An is below the median for high income countries, which is 341,030 An, 18% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Puerto Rico's 60,281 An is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 308,424 An, 20% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Puerto Rico 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | -50.9% | 200,850 An | 98,656 An |
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
More agriculture & rural data for Puerto Rico
- 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 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.0208 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.053 hectares per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4415 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0069 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 278.57 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.05 % change on previous year (2025)
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 185 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.