Raw milk of buffalo — Production in India

India: Raw milk of buffalo — Production was 105.50 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)
105.50 million t
Change on year
up 1.1%
World rank
1st
of 41 countries
All-time high
105.50 million t
in 2024
All-time low
10.93 million t
in 1967
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Raw milk of buffalo — Production in India, 1961–2024

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

Analysis

India recorded 105.50 million t for raw milk of buffalo — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and up 41.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, raw milk of buffalo — production in India peaked at 105.50 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 10.93 million t, in 1967.

That places India 1st out of 41 countries 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.

Raw milk of buffalo — Production in India, year by year

Annual values for Raw milk of buffalo — Production in India, 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 11.09 million t
1962 11.35 million t +2.4%
1963 11.60 million t +2.2%
1964 11.70 million t +0.9%
1965 11.80 million t +0.9%
1966 11.88 million t +0.7%
1967 10.93 million t -8.0%
1968 11.66 million t +6.7%
1969 11.88 million t +1.9%
1970 11.44 million t -3.7%
1971 12.38 million t +8.2%
1972 12.54 million t +1.3%
1973 12.76 million t +1.8%
1974 13.47 million t +5.6%
1975 14.08 million t +4.5%
1976 15.02 million t +6.6%
1977 15.68 million t +4.4%
1978 15.95 million t +1.8%
1979 16.90 million t +6.0%
1980 17.36 million t +2.7%
1981 18.86 million t +8.7%
1982 19.69 million t +4.4%
1983 22.14 million t +12.4%
1984 23.73 million t +7.2%
1985 25.20 million t +6.2%
1986 26.23 million t +4.1%
1987 25.82 million t -1.6%
1988 26.44 million t +2.4%
1989 28.42 million t +7.5%
1990 29.06 million t +2.2%
1991 28.68 million t -1.3%
1992 29.60 million t +3.2%
1993 30.85 million t +4.2%
1994 32.53 million t +5.4%
1995 35.87 million t +10.3%
1996 37.54 million t +4.7%
1997 38.71 million t +3.1%
1998 40.41 million t +4.4%
1999 42.27 million t +4.6%
2000 43.43 million t +2.7%
2001 45.40 million t +4.5%
2002 46.51 million t +2.4%
2003 47.98 million t +3.2%
2004 50.18 million t +4.6%
2005 52.07 million t +3.8%
2006 54.38 million t +4.4%
2007 56.63 million t +4.1%
2008 57.90 million t +2.2%
2009 59.76 million t +3.2%
2010 62.35 million t +4.3%
2011 65.35 million t +4.8%
2012 67.68 million t +3.6%
2013 70.44 million t +4.1%
2014 74.71 million t +6.1%
2015 76.46 million t +2.3%
2016 81.27 million t +6.3%
2017 86.26 million t +6.1%
2018 91.82 million t +6.4%
2019 95.94 million t +4.5%
2020 95.39 million t -0.6%
2021 99.63 million t +4.4%
2022 103.30 million t +3.7%
2023 104.39 million t +1.1%
2024 105.50 million t +1.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 11.54 million t 10.93 million t 11.88 million t 9
1970s 14.02 million t 11.44 million t 16.90 million t 10
1980s 23.39 million t 17.36 million t 28.42 million t 10
1990s 34.55 million t 28.68 million t 42.27 million t 10
2000s 51.42 million t 43.43 million t 59.76 million t 10
2010s 77.23 million t 62.35 million t 95.94 million t 10
2020s 101.64 million t 95.39 million t 105.50 million t 5

Countries ranked near India

  1. 2 Pakistan 39.79 million t compare
  2. 3 China 3.17 million t compare
  3. 3 China, mainland 3.17 million t compare

See the full ranking of 66 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is raw milk of buffalo — production in India?
Raw milk of buffalo — production in India was 105.50 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest raw milk of buffalo — production recorded in India?
The highest recorded value was 105.50 million t in 2024.
What is the lowest raw milk of buffalo — production recorded in India?
The lowest recorded value was 10.93 million t in 1967.
How does India rank for raw milk of buffalo — production?
India ranks 1st out of 41 countries with data for 2024.
Is raw milk of buffalo — production rising or falling in India?
Over the last ten years it is up 41.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this India data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Raw milk of buffalo — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Raw milk of buffalo — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
66 places, 2,587 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.