Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Southern Asia

Southern Asia: Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 264.16 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
264.16 million An
Change on year
up 3.0%
Rank
5th
of 29 groups
All-time high
264.16 million An
in 2024
All-time low
80.88 million An
in 1963
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Southern Asia, 1961–2024

100.0M150.0M200.0M250.0M196119922024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.

Analysis

In 2024, milk, total — milk animals in Southern Asia stood at 264.16 million An. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.0% on the previous year and up 29.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, milk, total — milk animals in Southern Asia peaked at 264.16 million An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 80.88 million An, in 1963.

Southern Asia ranks 5th of 29 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 83.94 million An 80.88 million An 89.08 million An 9
1970s 98.91 million An 87.72 million An 114.15 million An 10
1980s 127.65 million An 114.68 million An 141.43 million An 10
1990s 158.86 million An 146.27 million An 179.23 million An 10
2000s 176.62 million An 170.23 million An 186.24 million An 10
2010s 210.40 million An 194.97 million An 231.07 million An 10
2020s 249.73 million An 234.02 million An 264.16 million An 5

Countries ranked near Southern Asia

  1. 2 China 68.97 million An compare
  2. 3 China, mainland 68.87 million An compare
  3. 4 Sudan (former) 67.48 million An compare
  4. 5 Sudan 51.19 million An compare
  5. 6 Mali 44.78 million An compare
  6. 7 USSR 44.65 million An compare
  7. 8 Pakistan 43.14 million An compare

See the full ranking of 232 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is milk, total — milk animals in Southern Asia?
Milk, total — milk animals in Southern Asia was 264.16 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Southern Asia?
The highest recorded value was 264.16 million An in 2024.
What is the lowest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Southern Asia?
The lowest recorded value was 80.88 million An in 1963.
How does Southern Asia rank for milk, total — milk animals?
Southern Asia ranks 5th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is milk, total — milk animals rising or falling in Southern Asia?
Over the last ten years it is up 29.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Southern Asia 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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Indicator
Milk, Total — Milk Animals
Unit
An
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
232 places, 13,445 data points, 1961–2024
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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.