Raw milk of buffalo — Milk Animals in Italy
Italy: Raw milk of buffalo — Milk Animals was 249,059 An in 2017. ◆ Volatile
Raw milk of buffalo — Milk Animals in Italy, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Italy recorded 249,059 An for raw milk of buffalo — milk animals in 2017. That is the highest value across all 57 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.3% on the previous year and up 70.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of buffalo — milk animals in Italy peaked at 249,059 An in 2017 and was at its lowest, 11,100 An, in 1961.
Italy ranks 9th of 20 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Raw milk of buffalo — Milk Animals in Italy, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,100 An | — |
| 1962 | 21,500 An | +93.7% |
| 1963 | 25,100 An | +16.7% |
| 1964 | 27,700 An | +10.4% |
| 1965 | 29,000 An | +4.7% |
| 1966 | 29,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 29,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 31,500 An | +8.6% |
| 1969 | 34,000 An | +7.9% |
| 1970 | 37,600 An | +10.6% |
| 1971 | 38,910 An | +3.5% |
| 1972 | 36,660 An | -5.8% |
| 1973 | 44,100 An | +20.3% |
| 1974 | 51,700 An | +17.2% |
| 1975 | 56,600 An | +9.5% |
| 1976 | 48,000 An | -15.2% |
| 1977 | 42,800 An | -10.8% |
| 1978 | 42,500 An | -0.7% |
| 1979 | 43,600 An | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 46,300 An | +6.2% |
| 1981 | 56,700 An | +22.5% |
| 1982 | 56,600 An | -0.2% |
| 1983 | 56,300 An | -0.5% |
| 1984 | 55,900 An | -0.7% |
| 1985 | 43,100 An | -22.9% |
| 1986 | 44,600 An | +3.5% |
| 1987 | 45,200 An | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 46,600 An | +3.1% |
| 1989 | 50,200 An | +7.7% |
| 1990 | 62,500 An | +24.5% |
| 1991 | 61,800 An | -1.1% |
| 1992 | 52,300 An | -15.4% |
| 1993 | 65,800 An | +25.8% |
| 1994 | 63,300 An | -3.8% |
| 1995 | 67,600 An | +6.8% |
| 1996 | 107,300 An | +58.7% |
| 1997 | 101,000 An | -5.9% |
| 1998 | 120,000 An | +18.8% |
| 1999 | 130,000 An | +8.3% |
| 2000 | 124,000 An | -4.6% |
| 2001 | 161,000 An | +29.8% |
| 2002 | 161,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 161,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 166,000 An | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 154,174 An | -7.1% |
| 2006 | 137,000 An | -11.1% |
| 2007 | 146,000 An | +6.6% |
| 2008 | 186,937 An | +28.0% |
| 2009 | 220,138 An | +17.8% |
| 2010 | 244,599 An | +11.1% |
| 2011 | 236,534 An | -3.3% |
| 2012 | 211,909 An | -10.4% |
| 2013 | 241,164 An | +13.8% |
| 2014 | 238,396 An | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 230,323 An | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 238,702 An | +3.6% |
| 2017 | 249,059 An | +4.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 26,433 An | 11,100 An | 34,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 44,247 An | 36,660 An | 56,600 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 50,150 An | 43,100 An | 56,700 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 83,160 An | 52,300 An | 130,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 161,725 An | 124,000 An | 220,138 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 236,336 An | 211,909 An | 249,059 An | 8 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of buffalo — milk animals in Italy?
- Raw milk of buffalo — milk animals in Italy was 249,059 An in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest raw milk of buffalo — milk animals recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 249,059 An in 2017.
- What is the lowest raw milk of buffalo — milk animals recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,100 An in 1961.
- How does Italy rank for raw milk of buffalo — milk animals?
- Italy ranks 9th out of 20 countries with data for 2017.
- Is raw milk of buffalo — milk animals rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 70.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Italy data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Raw milk of buffalo — 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.