Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Switzerland
Switzerland: Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 570,269 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Switzerland, 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 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 96th 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 Switzerland, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.01 million An | — |
| 1962 | 1.01 million An | +0.5% |
| 1963 | 978,000 An | -3.6% |
| 1964 | 954,000 An | -2.5% |
| 1965 | 973,000 An | +2.0% |
| 1966 | 971,288 An | -0.2% |
| 1967 | 978,000 An | +0.7% |
| 1968 | 973,000 An | -0.5% |
| 1969 | 952,000 An | -2.2% |
| 1970 | 942,000 An | -1.1% |
| 1971 | 919,000 An | -2.4% |
| 1972 | 922,000 An | +0.3% |
| 1973 | 936,017 An | +1.5% |
| 1974 | 939,000 An | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 931,000 An | -0.9% |
| 1976 | 935,000 An | +0.4% |
| 1977 | 930,000 An | -0.5% |
| 1978 | 930,530 An | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 932,600 An | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 925,650 An | -0.7% |
| 1981 | 908,000 An | -1.9% |
| 1982 | 896,000 An | -1.3% |
| 1983 | 880,658 An | -1.7% |
| 1984 | 881,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 862,000 An | -2.2% |
| 1986 | 852,000 An | -1.2% |
| 1987 | 834,000 An | -2.1% |
| 1988 | 830,166 An | -0.5% |
| 1989 | 834,600 An | +0.5% |
| 1990 | 822,800 An | -1.4% |
| 1991 | 824,600 An | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 807,800 An | -2.0% |
| 1993 | 789,307 An | -2.3% |
| 1994 | 789,007 An | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 777,551 An | -1.5% |
| 1996 | 763,289 An | -1.8% |
| 1997 | 736,857 An | -3.5% |
| 1998 | 732,570 An | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 718,336 An | -1.9% |
| 2000 | 705,793 An | -1.7% |
| 2001 | 707,143 An | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 696,532 An | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 678,096 An | -2.6% |
| 2004 | 661,542 An | -2.4% |
| 2005 | 663,932 An | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 666,400 An | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 661,094 An | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 675,513 An | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 647,585 An | -4.1% |
| 2010 | 644,337 An | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 646,056 An | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 643,926 An | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 639,887 An | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 633,831 An | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 623,036 An | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 613,027 An | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 611,561 An | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 615,487 An | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 595,777 An | -3.2% |
| 2020 | 590,055 An | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 588,340 An | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 581,775 An | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 572,892 An | -1.5% |
| 2024 | 570,269 An | -0.5% |
Switzerland compared with similar countries
- Switzerland's 570,269 An is above the median for high income countries, which is 341,030 An, 1.7× the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Switzerland's 570,269 An is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 570,352 An, 100% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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
More agriculture & rural data for Switzerland
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.1556 % 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 0.0462 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.206 % 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 0.1636 hectares per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0064 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 739.83 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.8806 % change on previous year (2025)
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 96th out of 185 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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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.