Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Switzerland

Switzerland: Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 570,269 An in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
570,269 An
Change on year
down 0.5%
World rank
102nd
of 199 countries
All-time high
1.01 million An
in 1962
All-time low
570,269 An
in 2024
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Switzerland, 1961–2024

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for milk, total — milk animals in Switzerland is 570,269 An, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.

That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and down 10.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, milk, total — milk animals in Switzerland peaked at 1.01 million An in 1962 and was at its lowest, 570,269 An, in 2024.

Switzerland ranks 102nd of 199 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.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 978,214 An 952,000 An 1.01 million An 9
1970s 931,715 An 919,000 An 942,000 An 10
1980s 870,407 An 830,166 An 925,650 An 10
1990s 776,212 An 718,336 An 824,600 An 10
2000s 676,363 An 647,585 An 707,143 An 10
2010s 626,692 An 595,777 An 646,056 An 10
2020s 580,666 An 570,269 An 590,055 An 5

Countries ranked near Switzerland

  1. 99 Sri Lanka 609,649 An compare
  2. 100 Lebanon 570,727 An compare
  3. 101 Georgia 570,434 An compare
  4. 103 Jamaica 569,283 An compare
  5. 104 Dominican Republic 568,395 An compare
  6. 105 Denmark 542,780 An compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is milk, total — milk animals in Switzerland?
Milk, total — milk animals in Switzerland was 570,269 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Switzerland?
The highest recorded value was 1.01 million An in 1962.
What is the lowest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Switzerland?
The lowest recorded value was 570,269 An in 2024.
How does Switzerland rank for milk, total — milk animals?
Switzerland ranks 102nd out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
Is milk, total — milk animals rising or falling in Switzerland?
Over the last ten years it is down 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Switzerland 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.