Milk, Total — Production in South America
South America: Milk, Total — Production was 69.74 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Milk, Total — Production in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
South America recorded 69.74 million t for milk, total — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — production in South America peaked at 69.74 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 14.36 million t, in 1961.
That places South America 11th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Milk, Total — Production in South America, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14.36 million t | — |
| 1962 | 14.64 million t | +2.0% |
| 1963 | 15.15 million t | +3.5% |
| 1964 | 16.26 million t | +7.3% |
| 1965 | 16.83 million t | +3.5% |
| 1966 | 17.56 million t | +4.3% |
| 1967 | 17.19 million t | -2.1% |
| 1968 | 18.07 million t | +5.1% |
| 1969 | 18.38 million t | +1.7% |
| 1970 | 18.43 million t | +0.3% |
| 1971 | 19.11 million t | +3.7% |
| 1972 | 19.72 million t | +3.2% |
| 1973 | 19.78 million t | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 21.04 million t | +6.3% |
| 1975 | 22.62 million t | +7.5% |
| 1976 | 23.76 million t | +5.0% |
| 1977 | 22.52 million t | -5.2% |
| 1978 | 22.32 million t | -0.9% |
| 1979 | 23.11 million t | +3.5% |
| 1980 | 24.84 million t | +7.5% |
| 1981 | 25.01 million t | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 25.46 million t | +1.8% |
| 1983 | 25.57 million t | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 26.12 million t | +2.1% |
| 1985 | 26.60 million t | +1.8% |
| 1986 | 27.16 million t | +2.1% |
| 1987 | 28.96 million t | +6.7% |
| 1988 | 29.71 million t | +2.6% |
| 1989 | 31.28 million t | +5.3% |
| 1990 | 31.51 million t | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 32.30 million t | +2.5% |
| 1992 | 34.13 million t | +5.6% |
| 1993 | 34.99 million t | +2.5% |
| 1994 | 36.20 million t | +3.5% |
| 1995 | 38.38 million t | +6.0% |
| 1996 | 41.39 million t | +7.8% |
| 1997 | 42.50 million t | +2.7% |
| 1998 | 43.48 million t | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 44.52 million t | +2.4% |
| 2000 | 44.99 million t | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 45.98 million t | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 46.31 million t | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 46.28 million t | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 48.97 million t | +5.8% |
| 2005 | 50.79 million t | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 53.23 million t | +4.8% |
| 2007 | 52.92 million t | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 57.24 million t | +8.2% |
| 2009 | 56.81 million t | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 60.24 million t | +6.0% |
| 2011 | 63.38 million t | +5.2% |
| 2012 | 63.83 million t | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 65.16 million t | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 66.12 million t | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 66.50 million t | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 63.29 million t | -4.8% |
| 2017 | 63.72 million t | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 65.07 million t | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 66.26 million t | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 68.53 million t | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 69.20 million t | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 69.10 million t | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 69.45 million t | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 69.74 million t | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16.50 million t | 14.36 million t | 18.38 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 21.24 million t | 18.43 million t | 23.76 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 27.07 million t | 24.84 million t | 31.28 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 37.94 million t | 31.51 million t | 44.52 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 50.35 million t | 44.99 million t | 57.24 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 64.36 million t | 60.24 million t | 66.50 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 69.20 million t | 68.53 million t | 69.74 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 8 Russian Federation 33.04 million t compare
- 9 Viet Nam 1.30 million t compare
- 9 Australia and New Zealand 30.20 million t compare
- 10 France 25.24 million t compare
- 11 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 643,822 t compare
- 11 New Zealand 21.53 million t compare
- 12 Poland 16.05 million t compare
- 12 Republic of Moldova 267,171 t compare
- 13 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 84,170 t compare
- 13 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 15.94 million t compare
- 14 Bangladesh 15.04 million t compare
- 14 Melanesia 18,873 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for South America
- Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 9.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Yield, annual growth rate 0.8097 % change on previous year (2024)
- Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Goat fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth 2.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Goat fat, unrendered — Production, annual growth rate 2.06 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing -2.74 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual -1.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 2.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 2.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 1.17 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — production in South America?
- Milk, total — production in South America was 69.74 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — production recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 69.74 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest milk, total — production recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.36 million t in 1961.
- How does South America rank for milk, total — production?
- South America ranks 11th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — production rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Milk, Total — Production. 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.