Milk, Total — Milk Animals in South America
South America: Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 29.73 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
South America recorded 29.73 million An for milk, total — milk animals in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.2% on the previous year and down 24.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — milk animals in South America peaked at 40.02 million An in 2013 and was at its lowest, 18.62 million An, in 1961.
That places South America 15th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 South America, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 18.62 million An | — |
| 1962 | 19.01 million An | +2.1% |
| 1963 | 19.70 million An | +3.7% |
| 1964 | 20.11 million An | +2.1% |
| 1965 | 20.69 million An | +2.9% |
| 1966 | 21.17 million An | +2.3% |
| 1967 | 20.58 million An | -2.7% |
| 1968 | 21.14 million An | +2.7% |
| 1969 | 21.82 million An | +3.2% |
| 1970 | 22.04 million An | +1.0% |
| 1971 | 22.97 million An | +4.2% |
| 1972 | 23.43 million An | +2.0% |
| 1973 | 23.38 million An | -0.2% |
| 1974 | 24.57 million An | +5.1% |
| 1975 | 26.21 million An | +6.7% |
| 1976 | 27.07 million An | +3.3% |
| 1977 | 28.05 million An | +3.6% |
| 1978 | 27.74 million An | -1.1% |
| 1979 | 29.17 million An | +5.1% |
| 1980 | 31.54 million An | +8.1% |
| 1981 | 31.87 million An | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 31.91 million An | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 32.01 million An | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 32.68 million An | +2.1% |
| 1985 | 33.08 million An | +1.2% |
| 1986 | 33.94 million An | +2.6% |
| 1987 | 34.51 million An | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 35.44 million An | +2.7% |
| 1989 | 36.40 million An | +2.7% |
| 1990 | 37.03 million An | +1.7% |
| 1991 | 33.30 million An | -10.1% |
| 1992 | 33.85 million An | +1.6% |
| 1993 | 33.76 million An | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 34.41 million An | +1.9% |
| 1995 | 35.40 million An | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 31.69 million An | -10.5% |
| 1997 | 32.93 million An | +3.9% |
| 1998 | 33.73 million An | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 33.64 million An | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 33.76 million An | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 34.63 million An | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 35.23 million An | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 35.31 million An | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 36.31 million An | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 36.96 million An | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 36.31 million An | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 35.33 million An | -2.7% |
| 2008 | 36.10 million An | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 38.13 million An | +5.6% |
| 2010 | 38.80 million An | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 39.63 million An | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 39.88 million An | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 40.02 million An | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 39.54 million An | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 34.31 million An | -13.2% |
| 2016 | 34.27 million An | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 30.20 million An | -11.9% |
| 2018 | 29.92 million An | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 29.92 million An | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 30.01 million An | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 30.04 million An | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 30.14 million An | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 30.10 million An | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 29.73 million An | -1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20.32 million An | 18.62 million An | 21.82 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 25.46 million An | 22.04 million An | 29.17 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 33.34 million An | 31.54 million An | 36.40 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 33.97 million An | 31.69 million An | 37.03 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 35.81 million An | 33.76 million An | 38.13 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 35.65 million An | 29.92 million An | 40.02 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 30.00 million An | 29.73 million An | 30.14 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
More agriculture & rural data for South America
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 3.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production 4.58 million t (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Yield 13,552 kg/ha (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Area harvested 330,901 ha (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Production 1.51 million t (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield 10,891 kg/ha (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Area harvested 138,942 ha (2024)
- Oranges — Production 19.24 million t (2024)
- Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production 58,599 t (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 6.51 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — milk animals in South America?
- Milk, total — milk animals in South America was 29.73 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — milk animals recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 40.02 million An in 2013.
- What is the lowest milk, total — milk animals recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.62 million An in 1961.
- How does South America rank for milk, total — milk animals?
- South America ranks 15th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — milk animals rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South 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.