Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 609,649 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 609,649 An for milk, total — milk animals in 2024.
The figure is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 19.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — milk animals in Sri Lanka peaked at 687,805 An in 1965 and was at its lowest, 418,766 An, in 2002.
Sri Lanka ranks 93rd of 185 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 514,095 An | — |
| 1962 | 452,000 An | -12.1% |
| 1963 | 567,000 An | +25.4% |
| 1964 | 609,863 An | +7.6% |
| 1965 | 687,805 An | +12.8% |
| 1966 | 623,745 An | -9.3% |
| 1967 | 619,741 An | -0.6% |
| 1968 | 614,055 An | -0.9% |
| 1969 | 581,357 An | -5.3% |
| 1970 | 534,960 An | -8.0% |
| 1971 | 537,820 An | +0.5% |
| 1972 | 544,780 An | +1.3% |
| 1973 | 549,775 An | +0.9% |
| 1974 | 550,225 An | +0.1% |
| 1975 | 562,045 An | +2.1% |
| 1976 | 580,490 An | +3.3% |
| 1977 | 557,885 An | -3.9% |
| 1978 | 496,760 An | -11.0% |
| 1979 | 520,115 An | +4.7% |
| 1980 | 530,675 An | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 552,885 An | +4.2% |
| 1982 | 546,205 An | -1.2% |
| 1983 | 555,475 An | +1.7% |
| 1984 | 573,375 An | +3.2% |
| 1985 | 582,605 An | +1.6% |
| 1986 | 601,350 An | +3.2% |
| 1987 | 567,217 An | -5.7% |
| 1988 | 581,400 An | +2.5% |
| 1989 | 558,700 An | -3.9% |
| 1990 | 646,900 An | +15.8% |
| 1991 | 617,900 An | -4.5% |
| 1992 | 647,300 An | +4.8% |
| 1993 | 663,200 An | +2.5% |
| 1994 | 676,000 An | +1.9% |
| 1995 | 676,600 An | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 644,100 An | -4.8% |
| 1997 | 623,800 An | -3.2% |
| 1998 | 474,644 An | -23.9% |
| 1999 | 457,100 An | -3.7% |
| 2000 | 439,900 An | -3.8% |
| 2001 | 443,000 An | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 418,766 An | -5.5% |
| 2003 | 431,360 An | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 431,110 An | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 434,720 An | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 455,110 An | +4.7% |
| 2007 | 462,190 An | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 482,440 An | +4.4% |
| 2009 | 487,592 An | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 492,071 An | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 527,710 An | +7.2% |
| 2012 | 566,540 An | +7.4% |
| 2013 | 602,190 An | +6.3% |
| 2014 | 511,801 An | -15.0% |
| 2015 | 519,055 An | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 483,041 An | -6.9% |
| 2017 | 506,514 An | +4.9% |
| 2018 | 557,198 An | +10.0% |
| 2019 | 548,618 An | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 581,096 An | +5.9% |
| 2021 | 607,451 An | +4.5% |
| 2022 | 602,257 An | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 599,051 An | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 609,649 An | +1.8% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 609,649 An is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 569,858 An, 1.1× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 609,649 An is below the median for South Asia, which is 5.01 million An, 12% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 585,518 An | 452,000 An | 687,805 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 543,486 An | 496,760 An | 580,490 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 564,989 An | 530,675 An | 601,350 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 612,754 An | 457,100 An | 676,600 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 448,619 An | 418,766 An | 487,592 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 531,474 An | 483,041 An | 602,190 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 599,901 An | 581,096 An | 609,649 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
More agriculture & rural data for Sri Lanka
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.0051 % 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 0.109 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.0043 % 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 0.1293 hectares per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 9.1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0836 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 418.3 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.9172 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — milk animals in Sri Lanka?
- Milk, total — milk animals in Sri Lanka was 609,649 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 687,805 An in 1965.
- What is the lowest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 418,766 An in 2002.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for milk, total — milk animals?
- Sri Lanka ranks 93rd out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — milk animals rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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.