Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals in Belgium
Belgium: Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals was 518,360 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals in Belgium, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Belgium recorded 518,360 An for raw milk of cattle — milk animals in 2024.
The figure is down 3.2% on the previous year and down 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of cattle — milk animals in Belgium peaked at 625,139 An in 2001 and was at its lowest, 460,307 An, in 2013.
That places Belgium 75th out of 185 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals in Belgium, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 615,857 An | — |
| 2001 | 625,139 An | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 602,276 An | -3.7% |
| 2003 | 559,423 An | -7.1% |
| 2004 | 542,674 An | -3.0% |
| 2005 | 523,281 An | -3.6% |
| 2006 | 507,327 An | -3.0% |
| 2007 | 500,005 An | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 517,190 An | +3.4% |
| 2009 | 524,580 An | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 500,000 An | -4.7% |
| 2011 | 488,000 An | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 485,112 An | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 460,307 An | -5.1% |
| 2014 | 519,088 An | +12.8% |
| 2015 | 528,778 An | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 530,587 An | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 519,159 An | -2.2% |
| 2018 | 529,250 An | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 537,960 An | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 537,940 An | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 537,250 An | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 543,680 An | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 535,550 An | -1.5% |
| 2024 | 518,360 An | -3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 551,775 An | 500,005 An | 625,139 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 509,824 An | 460,307 An | 537,960 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 534,556 An | 518,360 An | 543,680 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Belgium
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.3325 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0073 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 443.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2138 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1233 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of cattle — milk animals in Belgium?
- Raw milk of cattle — milk animals in Belgium was 518,360 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest raw milk of cattle — milk animals recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 625,139 An in 2001.
- What is the lowest raw milk of cattle — milk animals recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 460,307 An in 2013.
- How does Belgium rank for raw milk of cattle — milk animals?
- Belgium ranks 75th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of cattle — milk animals rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Raw milk of cattle — 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.