Milk, Total — Production in Western Asia

Western Asia: Milk, Total — Production was 35.84 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
35.84 million t
Change on year
up 2.1%
Rank
17th
of 29 groups
All-time high
36.84 million t
in 2021
All-time low
8.09 million t
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

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

10.0M20.0M30.0M40.0M196119922024

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for milk, total — production in Western Asia is 35.84 million t, measured in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 18.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, milk, total — production in Western Asia peaked at 36.84 million t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 8.09 million t, in 1961.

Western Asia ranks 17th 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 — Production in Western Asia, year by year

Annual values for Milk, Total — Production in Western Asia, 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 8.09 million t —
1962 8.45 million t +4.5%
1963 8.62 million t +2.0%
1964 8.82 million t +2.3%
1965 8.95 million t +1.5%
1966 9.36 million t +4.5%
1967 9.50 million t +1.5%
1968 9.53 million t +0.3%
1969 9.48 million t -0.5%
1970 9.33 million t -1.6%
1971 9.51 million t +1.9%
1972 9.68 million t +1.8%
1973 9.97 million t +3.1%
1974 10.22 million t +2.5%
1975 10.54 million t +3.1%
1976 11.01 million t +4.5%
1977 11.29 million t +2.5%
1978 11.75 million t +4.1%
1979 12.35 million t +5.1%
1980 12.58 million t +1.8%
1981 12.95 million t +3.0%
1982 12.32 million t -4.9%
1983 12.11 million t -1.7%
1984 12.68 million t +4.7%
1985 13.09 million t +3.3%
1986 13.38 million t +2.2%
1987 13.42 million t +0.3%
1988 13.79 million t +2.7%
1989 13.61 million t -1.3%
1990 13.71 million t +0.7%
1991 14.32 million t +4.4%
1992 15.93 million t +11.3%
1993 16.10 million t +1.0%
1994 16.53 million t +2.7%
1995 17.02 million t +3.0%
1996 17.52 million t +2.9%
1997 17.12 million t -2.3%
1998 17.46 million t +2.0%
1999 17.64 million t +1.0%
2000 17.55 million t -0.5%
2001 17.55 million t +0.0%
2002 16.89 million t -3.7%
2003 19.16 million t +13.4%
2004 19.64 million t +2.5%
2005 20.51 million t +4.4%
2006 21.41 million t +4.4%
2007 22.17 million t +3.5%
2008 22.43 million t +1.2%
2009 22.53 million t +0.4%
2010 23.59 million t +4.7%
2011 25.79 million t +9.3%
2012 28.20 million t +9.4%
2013 29.62 million t +5.0%
2014 30.31 million t +2.3%
2015 29.89 million t -1.4%
2016 30.05 million t +0.5%
2017 32.34 million t +7.6%
2018 33.81 million t +4.5%
2019 34.99 million t +3.5%
2020 36.31 million t +3.8%
2021 36.84 million t +1.5%
2022 34.22 million t -7.1%
2023 35.09 million t +2.6%
2024 35.84 million t +2.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 8.98 million t 8.09 million t 9.53 million t 9
1970s 10.56 million t 9.33 million t 12.35 million t 10
1980s 12.99 million t 12.11 million t 13.79 million t 10
1990s 16.33 million t 13.71 million t 17.64 million t 10
2000s 19.98 million t 16.89 million t 22.53 million t 10
2010s 29.86 million t 23.59 million t 34.99 million t 10
2020s 35.66 million t 34.22 million t 36.84 million t 5

Countries ranked near Western Asia

  1. 14 Bangladesh 15.04 million t compare
  2. 14 Melanesia 18,873 t compare
  3. 15 Democratic Republic of the Congo 10,374 t compare
  4. 15 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 14.82 million t compare
  5. 16 Lao People's Democratic Republic 9,307 t compare
  6. 16 Mexico 14.14 million t compare
  7. 17 Italy 13.97 million t compare
  8. 17 Timor-Leste 5,179 t compare
  9. 18 Uzbekistan 12.42 million t compare
  10. 18 Polynesia 2,612 t compare
  11. 19 Argentina 10.91 million t compare
  12. 20 Canada 9.96 million t compare

See the full ranking of 232 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is milk, total — production in Western Asia?
Milk, total — production in Western Asia was 35.84 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest milk, total — production recorded in Western Asia?
The highest recorded value was 36.84 million t in 2021.
What is the lowest milk, total — production recorded in Western Asia?
The lowest recorded value was 8.09 million t in 1961.
How does Western Asia rank for milk, total — production?
Western Asia ranks 17th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is milk, total — production rising or falling in Western Asia?
Over the last ten years it is up 18.2%. 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 — 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.