Milking machines — In Use by country

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Countries reporting
75
Highest
410,000 No
USSR
Lowest
1 No
Belize
Median
1,569 No
Years covered
49
1961–2009
Data points
1,993

What the numbers show

Milking machines — In Use is currently reported for 75 countries. The highest value is 410,000 No in USSR; the lowest is 1 No in Belize.

The median across all reporting countries is 1,569 No, and the mean is 33,015 No.

Over the past decade 32 countries rose and 38 fell. The largest increase was in Jamaica (up 900.0%), and the largest decrease in Kazakhstan (down 89.2%).

Milking machines — In Use: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 USSR 410,000 No 1990 up 15.5% rising
2 Poland 272,622 No 2002 down 39.4% volatile
3 Germany 250,000 No 2007 falling
4 France 245,600 No 1988 down 37.3% rising
5 Australia 211,888 No 1972 down 7.6% falling
6 T�rkiye 183,846 No 2008 up 130.1% volatile
7 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 141,540 No 1979 down 3.7% falling
8 Spain 132,618 No 1995 up 11.8% volatile
9 Japan 123,000 No 1975 up 105.0% rising
10 Austria 95,875 No 1995 down 10.2% rising
11 China, mainland 44,900 No 2007 up 763.5% volatile
12 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 42,000 No 1987 down 40.0% falling
13 Switzerland 37,300 No 2009 down 28.4% rising
14 Russian Federation 33,164 No 2009 down 62.7% volatile
15 Finland 28,500 No 1997 down 49.1% falling
16 Ireland 26,300 No 2005 down 24.9% rising
17 Belgium-Luxembourg 25,983 No 1997 down 34.8% falling
18 Czechoslovakia 22,500 No 1991 down 7.5% rising
19 Hungary 18,879 No 2001 up 81.5% volatile
20 New Zealand 13,800 No 2002 down 1.0% falling
21 Belarus 13,500 No 2009 down 8.6% falling
22 Greece 13,020 No 2006 down 9.7% volatile
23 Norway 12,142 No 2009 down 55.0% falling
24 Ukraine 10,547 No 2009 down 73.8% volatile
25 Czechia 6,794 No 2007 down 28.5% falling
26 Estonia 6,793 No 2001 down 34.7% falling
27 Argentina 6,709 No 1977 up 14.3% rising
28 Latvia 6,000 No 2002 up 85.4% rising
29 Denmark 5,942 No 2006 down 57.6% volatile
30 Lithuania 4,500 No 1999 down 4.3% falling
31 Bulgaria 4,246 No 1992 down 22.0% rising
32 Yugoslav SFR 4,239 No 1988 up 313.6% volatile
33 Puerto Rico 3,820 No 2007 down 5.7% rising
34 Uruguay 2,823 No 2008 down 0.3% rising
35 Jordan 2,344 No 2008 up 174.5% volatile
36 Slovakia 1,850 No 2004 down 45.3% falling
37 Israel 1,700 No 1995 down 38.2% falling
38 Ecuador 1,569 No 2000 up 36.8% volatile
39 Lebanon 1,026 No 1999 up 28.2% rising
40 Fiji 907 No 1992 up 44.0% rising
41 Cyprus 900 No 1998 up 13.9% volatile
42 Iceland 685 No 2009 down 36.2% falling
43 Kazakhstan 559 No 2007 down 89.2% volatile
44 Jamaica 500 No 1966 up 900.0% volatile
45 Panama 360 No 2000 up 38.5% volatile
46 Malta 359 No 2002 up 147.6% volatile
47 Croatia 312 No 2002 down 20.0% rising
48 Luxembourg 294 No 2009 down 44.3% falling
49 Eritrea 286 No 2000 up 14.4% rising
50 Liechtenstein 153 No 1990 up 8.5% rising
51 North Macedonia 150 No 1999 down 31.8% falling
52 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 140 No 1996 up 75.0% volatile
53 Republic of Moldova 126 No 2009 down 85.9% volatile
54 Kenya 120 No 2002 up 20.0% rising
55 Syrian Arab Republic 89 No 1967 up 36.9% rising
56 Kyrgyzstan 72 No 2008 down 70.2% falling
57 Guadeloupe 50 No 1992 up 233.3% volatile
58 French Guiana 36 No 1990 up 125.0% volatile
59 Nigeria 35 No 2007 up 75.0% rising
60 Martinique 25 No 1989 down 7.4% rising
61 El Salvador 22 No 1971 up 175.0% rising
62 Saint Lucia 12 No 2000 up 50.0% volatile
63 Saudi Arabia 10 No 1965 flat
64 Uganda 8 No 1967 up 100.0% rising
65 Samoa 7 No 2002 up 40.0% volatile
66 United States Virgin Islands 6 No 1986 down 40.0% rising
66 Eswatini 6 No 2007 up 50.0% rising
68 China, Hong Kong SAR 4 No 2007 down 60.0% volatile
68 Tonga 4 No 1996 up 33.3% rising
70 Norfolk Island 3 No 1967 unchanged flat
70 Dominica 3 No 1968 up 200.0% volatile
72 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 No 1987 down 50.0% rising
72 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 No 2003 down 75.0% falling
72 Guam 1 No 1965 flat
72 Belize 1 No 1972 unchanged volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Milking machines — In Use
Unit
No
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
77 places, 1,993 data points, 1961–2009
Last refreshed

Important notice: FAOSTAT database on Agriculture Machinery is no longer active. The latest online version of the database has as reference year 2009 (with data collected in year 2011). FAOSTAT database on Agriculture Machinery provides statistical series on Agricultural Machinery and Equipment statistical series referring to the following items: tractors, harvesters and threshers, irrigation pumps, milking machines, hand tools, and soil machines. The database includes estimates of agriculture machinery in use and value of import and export of agriculture machinery.