Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Vanuatu
Vanuatu: Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 14,700 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Vanuatu, 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 Vanuatu is 14,700 An, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — milk animals in Vanuatu peaked at 15,863 An in 2014 and was at its lowest, 3,400 An, in 1961.
That places Vanuatu 154th out of 185 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Vanuatu, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,400 An | — |
| 1962 | 3,900 An | +14.7% |
| 1963 | 4,400 An | +12.8% |
| 1964 | 4,900 An | +11.4% |
| 1965 | 5,400 An | +10.2% |
| 1966 | 6,000 An | +11.1% |
| 1967 | 6,300 An | +5.0% |
| 1968 | 6,900 An | +9.5% |
| 1969 | 7,300 An | +5.8% |
| 1970 | 7,700 An | +5.5% |
| 1971 | 8,000 An | +3.9% |
| 1972 | 8,200 An | +2.5% |
| 1973 | 8,500 An | +3.7% |
| 1974 | 8,800 An | +3.5% |
| 1975 | 9,200 An | +4.5% |
| 1976 | 9,700 An | +5.4% |
| 1977 | 9,000 An | -7.2% |
| 1978 | 9,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 9,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 9,100 An | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 9,350 An | +2.7% |
| 1982 | 9,400 An | +0.5% |
| 1983 | 9,500 An | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 9,550 An | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 9,600 An | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 9,800 An | +2.1% |
| 1987 | 10,500 An | +7.1% |
| 1988 | 10,600 An | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 11,000 An | +3.8% |
| 1990 | 11,800 An | +7.3% |
| 1991 | 12,300 An | +4.2% |
| 1992 | 11,500 An | -6.5% |
| 1993 | 13,000 An | +13.0% |
| 1994 | 14,300 An | +10.0% |
| 1995 | 14,134 An | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 14,141 An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 14,148 An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 14,155 An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 14,800 An | +4.6% |
| 2000 | 14,500 An | -2.0% |
| 2001 | 14,000 An | -3.4% |
| 2002 | 12,737 An | -9.0% |
| 2003 | 14,485 An | +13.7% |
| 2004 | 13,308 An | -8.1% |
| 2005 | 15,000 An | +12.7% |
| 2006 | 14,500 An | -3.3% |
| 2007 | 14,000 An | -3.4% |
| 2008 | 15,816 An | +13.0% |
| 2009 | 14,837 An | -6.2% |
| 2010 | 15,176 An | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 15,000 An | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 15,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 15,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 15,863 An | +5.8% |
| 2015 | 14,370 An | -9.4% |
| 2016 | 11,784 An | -18.0% |
| 2017 | 10,690 An | -9.3% |
| 2018 | 10,795 An | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 9,979 An | -7.6% |
| 2020 | 10,015 An | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 10,018 An | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 14,696 An | +46.7% |
| 2023 | 14,700 An | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 14,700 An | +0.0% |
Vanuatu compared with similar countries
- Vanuatu's 14,700 An is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 939,711 An, 2% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Vanuatu's 14,700 An is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 49,177 An, 30% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Vanuatu changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +46.7% | 10,018 An | 14,696 An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,389 An | 3,400 An | 7,300 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,710 An | 7,700 An | 9,700 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,840 An | 9,100 An | 11,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,428 An | 11,500 An | 14,800 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,318 An | 12,737 An | 15,816 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,366 An | 9,979 An | 15,863 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,826 An | 10,015 An | 14,700 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Vanuatu
More agriculture & rural data for Vanuatu
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2663 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,054 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7768 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 26.6% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 26.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.8% (2011)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2011)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — milk animals in Vanuatu?
- Milk, total — milk animals in Vanuatu was 14,700 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Vanuatu?
- The highest recorded value was 15,863 An in 2014.
- What is the lowest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Vanuatu?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,400 An in 1961.
- How does Vanuatu rank for milk, total — milk animals?
- Vanuatu ranks 154th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — milk animals rising or falling in Vanuatu?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Vanuatu 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.