Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Samoa
Samoa: Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 1,582 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Samoa, 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 Samoa is 1,582 An, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and down 13.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — milk animals in Samoa peaked at 1,992 An in 2015 and was at its lowest, 500 An, in 1961.
Samoa ranks 170th of 185 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Samoa, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 500 An | — |
| 1962 | 500 An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 500 An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 800 An | +60.0% |
| 1965 | 750 An | -6.2% |
| 1966 | 500 An | -33.3% |
| 1967 | 500 An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 500 An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 500 An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 500 An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 500 An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 500 An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 517 An | +3.4% |
| 1974 | 540 An | +4.4% |
| 1975 | 600 An | +11.1% |
| 1976 | 600 An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 600 An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 600 An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 800 An | +33.3% |
| 1980 | 1,000 An | +25.0% |
| 1981 | 1,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,100 An | +10.0% |
| 1986 | 1,000 An | -9.1% |
| 1987 | 1,300 An | +30.0% |
| 1988 | 1,300 An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,300 An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,200 An | -7.7% |
| 1991 | 1,250 An | +4.2% |
| 1992 | 1,200 An | -4.0% |
| 1993 | 1,250 An | +4.2% |
| 1994 | 1,300 An | +4.0% |
| 1995 | 1,235 An | -5.0% |
| 1996 | 1,236 An | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 1,236 An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 1,350 An | +9.2% |
| 1999 | 1,450 An | +7.4% |
| 2000 | 1,500 An | +3.4% |
| 2001 | 1,295 An | -13.7% |
| 2002 | 1,296 An | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 1,324 An | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 1,352 An | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 1,353 An | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 1,354 An | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 1,354 An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1,355 An | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 1,587 An | +17.1% |
| 2010 | 1,500 An | -5.5% |
| 2011 | 1,500 An | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1,500 An | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1,500 An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,830 An | +22.0% |
| 2015 | 1,992 An | +8.9% |
| 2016 | 1,823 An | -8.5% |
| 2017 | 1,763 An | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 1,682 An | -4.6% |
| 2019 | 1,548 An | -8.0% |
| 2020 | 1,665 An | +7.6% |
| 2021 | 1,628 An | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 1,592 An | -2.2% |
| 2023 | 1,574 An | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 1,582 An | +0.5% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 1,582 An is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 569,858 An, 0% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 1,582 An is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 49,177 An, 3% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Samoa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | +60.0% | 500 An | 800 An |
| 1966 | -33.3% | 750 An | 500 An |
| 1979 | +33.3% | 600 An | 800 An |
| 1987 | +30.0% | 1,000 An | 1,300 An |
| 1980 | +25.0% | 800 An | 1,000 An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 561.11 An | 500 An | 800 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 575.7 An | 500 An | 800 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,100 An | 1,000 An | 1,300 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,271 An | 1,200 An | 1,450 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,377 An | 1,295 An | 1,587 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,664 An | 1,500 An | 1,992 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,608 An | 1,574 An | 1,665 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
- 167 Papua New Guinea 2,989 An compare
- 168 Martinique 2,565 An compare
- 169 Solomon Islands 2,284 An compare
- 171 Suriname 1,000 An compare
- 172 Faroe Islands 774 An compare
- 173 Grenada 764 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Samoa
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.65 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0909 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 533.81 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.586 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8249 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — milk animals in Samoa?
- Milk, total — milk animals in Samoa was 1,582 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,992 An in 2015.
- What is the lowest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 500 An in 1961.
- How does Samoa rank for milk, total — milk animals?
- Samoa ranks 170th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — milk animals rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Samoa 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.