Milk, Total — Production in Southern Asia

Southern Asia: Milk, Total — Production was 343.74 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)
343.74 million t
Change on year
up 3.5%
Rank
2nd
of 29 groups
All-time high
343.74 million t
in 2024
All-time low
30.04 million t
in 1962
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Milk, Total — Production in Southern Asia, 1961–2024

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

Analysis

Southern Asia recorded 343.74 million t for milk, total — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.

That represents a change of up 3.5% on the previous year and up 58.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, milk, total — production in Southern Asia peaked at 343.74 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 30.04 million t, in 1962.

That places Southern Asia 2nd out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Milk, Total — Production in Southern Asia, year by year

Annual values for Milk, Total — Production in Southern Asia, 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 30.11 million t —
1962 30.04 million t -0.2%
1963 30.17 million t +0.4%
1964 30.08 million t -0.3%
1965 30.10 million t +0.1%
1966 30.20 million t +0.3%
1967 31.02 million t +2.7%
1968 32.70 million t +5.4%
1969 33.44 million t +2.2%
1970 32.85 million t -1.8%
1971 34.57 million t +5.2%
1972 35.19 million t +1.8%
1973 36.00 million t +2.3%
1974 37.69 million t +4.7%
1975 39.14 million t +3.9%
1976 41.26 million t +5.4%
1977 42.69 million t +3.5%
1978 43.60 million t +2.1%
1979 45.25 million t +3.8%
1980 46.39 million t +2.5%
1981 49.49 million t +6.7%
1982 51.49 million t +4.0%
1983 54.84 million t +6.5%
1984 58.13 million t +6.0%
1985 61.28 million t +5.4%
1986 64.05 million t +4.5%
1987 65.54 million t +2.3%
1988 68.20 million t +4.1%
1989 72.06 million t +5.7%
1990 75.94 million t +5.4%
1991 76.60 million t +0.9%
1992 79.92 million t +4.3%
1993 83.51 million t +4.5%
1994 87.59 million t +4.9%
1995 92.85 million t +6.0%
1996 100.59 million t +8.3%
1997 104.20 million t +3.6%
1998 108.39 million t +4.0%
1999 114.60 million t +5.7%
2000 116.84 million t +2.0%
2001 120.95 million t +3.5%
2002 123.75 million t +2.3%
2003 127.04 million t +2.7%
2004 132.73 million t +4.5%
2005 138.59 million t +4.4%
2006 145.54 million t +5.0%
2007 154.90 million t +6.4%
2008 159.34 million t +2.9%
2009 170.93 million t +7.3%
2010 178.84 million t +4.6%
2011 186.44 million t +4.2%
2012 193.43 million t +3.7%
2013 202.02 million t +4.4%
2014 216.75 million t +7.3%
2015 225.30 million t +3.9%
2016 235.48 million t +4.5%
2017 251.04 million t +6.6%
2018 264.48 million t +5.4%
2019 277.78 million t +5.0%
2020 292.92 million t +5.4%
2021 308.85 million t +5.4%
2022 320.05 million t +3.6%
2023 332.00 million t +3.7%
2024 343.74 million t +3.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 30.87 million t 30.04 million t 33.44 million t 9
1970s 38.82 million t 32.85 million t 45.25 million t 10
1980s 59.15 million t 46.39 million t 72.06 million t 10
1990s 92.42 million t 75.94 million t 114.60 million t 10
2000s 139.06 million t 116.84 million t 170.93 million t 10
2010s 223.16 million t 178.84 million t 277.78 million t 10
2020s 319.51 million t 292.92 million t 343.74 million t 5

Countries ranked near Southern Asia

  1. 1 India 247.84 million t compare
  2. 2 USSR 101.33 million t compare
  3. 3 Pakistan 66.67 million t compare
  4. 3 Türkiye 22.49 million t compare
  5. 4 China 45.93 million t compare
  6. 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 8.51 million t compare
  7. 5 China, mainland 45.44 million t compare
  8. 5 United Republic of Tanzania 4.40 million t compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is milk, total — production in Southern Asia?
Milk, total — production in Southern Asia was 343.74 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest milk, total — production recorded in Southern Asia?
The highest recorded value was 343.74 million t in 2024.
What is the lowest milk, total — production recorded in Southern Asia?
The lowest recorded value was 30.04 million t in 1962.
How does Southern Asia rank for milk, total — production?
Southern Asia ranks 2nd out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is milk, total — production rising or falling in Southern Asia?
Over the last ten years it is up 58.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Southern Asia 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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Indicator
Milk, Total — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
232 places, 13,450 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.