Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Western Asia
Western Asia: Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 70.79 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Western Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Western Asia recorded 70.79 million An for milk, total — milk animals in 2024.
That represents a change of down 3.3% on the previous year and up 12.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — milk animals in Western Asia peaked at 73.18 million An in 2023 and was at its lowest, 40.94 million An, in 1962.
Western Asia ranks 11th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Western Asia, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 42.74 million An | — |
| 1962 | 40.94 million An | -4.2% |
| 1963 | 41.99 million An | +2.6% |
| 1964 | 42.54 million An | +1.3% |
| 1965 | 43.09 million An | +1.3% |
| 1966 | 44.31 million An | +2.8% |
| 1967 | 44.51 million An | +0.4% |
| 1968 | 45.37 million An | +1.9% |
| 1969 | 45.67 million An | +0.7% |
| 1970 | 45.86 million An | +0.4% |
| 1971 | 46.20 million An | +0.7% |
| 1972 | 46.74 million An | +1.2% |
| 1973 | 48.28 million An | +3.3% |
| 1974 | 48.79 million An | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 50.43 million An | +3.4% |
| 1976 | 51.82 million An | +2.8% |
| 1977 | 52.70 million An | +1.7% |
| 1978 | 53.86 million An | +2.2% |
| 1979 | 56.60 million An | +5.1% |
| 1980 | 59.07 million An | +4.4% |
| 1981 | 58.99 million An | -0.1% |
| 1982 | 58.82 million An | -0.3% |
| 1983 | 59.36 million An | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 55.27 million An | -6.9% |
| 1985 | 56.00 million An | +1.3% |
| 1986 | 56.47 million An | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 57.05 million An | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 59.15 million An | +3.7% |
| 1989 | 57.75 million An | -2.4% |
| 1990 | 58.75 million An | +1.7% |
| 1991 | 58.84 million An | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 58.71 million An | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 55.57 million An | -5.4% |
| 1994 | 56.08 million An | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 55.07 million An | -1.8% |
| 1996 | 57.42 million An | +4.3% |
| 1997 | 55.89 million An | -2.7% |
| 1998 | 56.05 million An | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 54.35 million An | -3.0% |
| 2000 | 54.27 million An | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 53.90 million An | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 52.81 million An | -2.0% |
| 2003 | 54.75 million An | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 51.16 million An | -6.5% |
| 2005 | 52.52 million An | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 53.67 million An | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 56.06 million An | +4.5% |
| 2008 | 53.35 million An | -4.8% |
| 2009 | 51.03 million An | -4.4% |
| 2010 | 53.57 million An | +5.0% |
| 2011 | 57.91 million An | +8.1% |
| 2012 | 61.49 million An | +6.2% |
| 2013 | 64.66 million An | +5.2% |
| 2014 | 62.93 million An | -2.7% |
| 2015 | 60.79 million An | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 61.68 million An | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 64.31 million An | +4.3% |
| 2018 | 66.43 million An | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 68.54 million An | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 71.01 million An | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 70.91 million An | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 71.17 million An | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 73.18 million An | +2.8% |
| 2024 | 70.79 million An | -3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 43.46 million An | 40.94 million An | 45.67 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 50.13 million An | 45.86 million An | 56.60 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 57.79 million An | 55.27 million An | 59.36 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 56.67 million An | 54.35 million An | 58.84 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 53.35 million An | 51.03 million An | 56.06 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 62.23 million An | 53.57 million An | 68.54 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 71.41 million An | 70.79 million An | 73.18 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
- 8 Pakistan 43.14 million An compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3.29 million An compare
- 9 Algeria 24.14 million An compare
- 10 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.91 million An compare
- 10 South Sudan 22.62 million An compare
- 11 Bangladesh 20.14 million An compare
- 11 Republic of Moldova 475,099 An compare
- 12 Mongolia 18.72 million An compare
- 12 Viet Nam 354,787 An compare
- 13 Ethiopia 18.00 million An compare
- 13 Melanesia 56,732 An compare
- 14 Kenya 15.35 million An compare
- 14 Lao People's Democratic Republic 52,669 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Western Asia
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross -4.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -10.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.6534 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production 0.8791 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate -4.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate -9.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -9.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 4.97 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield, annual -3.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production, annual 1.3 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — milk animals in Western Asia?
- Milk, total — milk animals in Western Asia was 70.79 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 73.18 million An in 2023.
- What is the lowest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 40.94 million An in 1962.
- How does Western Asia rank for milk, total — milk animals?
- Western Asia ranks 11th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — milk animals rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western 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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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.