Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals in Bhutan
Bhutan: Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals was 53,967 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals in Bhutan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Bhutan recorded 53,967 An for raw milk of cattle — milk animals in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.4% on the previous year and up 15.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of cattle — milk animals in Bhutan peaked at 140,000 An in 1990 and was at its lowest, 26,900 An, in 2007.
That places Bhutan 134th 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 64 years of available data.
Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 63,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 65,000 An | +3.2% |
| 1963 | 66,000 An | +1.5% |
| 1964 | 68,000 An | +3.0% |
| 1965 | 70,000 An | +2.9% |
| 1966 | 71,000 An | +1.4% |
| 1967 | 73,000 An | +2.8% |
| 1968 | 75,000 An | +2.7% |
| 1969 | 77,000 An | +2.7% |
| 1970 | 79,000 An | +2.6% |
| 1971 | 81,000 An | +2.5% |
| 1972 | 83,000 An | +2.5% |
| 1973 | 84,000 An | +1.2% |
| 1974 | 86,000 An | +2.4% |
| 1975 | 89,000 An | +3.5% |
| 1976 | 93,000 An | +4.5% |
| 1977 | 95,000 An | +2.2% |
| 1978 | 98,000 An | +3.2% |
| 1979 | 98,500 An | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 100,000 An | +1.5% |
| 1981 | 107,500 An | +7.5% |
| 1982 | 107,900 An | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 108,000 An | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 108,420 An | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 108,500 An | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 109,000 An | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 109,500 An | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 110,000 An | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 120,000 An | +9.1% |
| 1990 | 140,000 An | +16.7% |
| 1991 | 33,700 An | -75.9% |
| 1992 | 31,300 An | -7.1% |
| 1993 | 31,100 An | -0.6% |
| 1994 | 31,000 An | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 34,200 An | +10.3% |
| 1996 | 32,500 An | -5.0% |
| 1997 | 32,500 An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 32,600 An | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 35,300 An | +8.3% |
| 2000 | 32,700 An | -7.4% |
| 2001 | 30,000 An | -8.3% |
| 2002 | 30,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 30,600 An | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 31,100 An | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 35,400 An | +13.8% |
| 2006 | 28,800 An | -18.6% |
| 2007 | 26,900 An | -6.6% |
| 2008 | 30,700 An | +14.1% |
| 2009 | 34,500 An | +12.4% |
| 2010 | 34,500 An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 36,800 An | +6.7% |
| 2012 | 39,800 An | +8.2% |
| 2013 | 41,500 An | +4.3% |
| 2014 | 46,700 An | +12.5% |
| 2015 | 53,500 An | +14.6% |
| 2016 | 63,500 An | +18.7% |
| 2017 | 67,500 An | +6.3% |
| 2018 | 70,500 An | +4.4% |
| 2019 | 77,300 An | +9.6% |
| 2020 | 76,981 An | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 65,788 An | -14.5% |
| 2022 | 62,835 An | -4.5% |
| 2023 | 55,846 An | -11.1% |
| 2024 | 53,967 An | -3.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 69,778 An | 63,000 An | 77,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 88,650 An | 79,000 An | 98,500 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 108,882 An | 100,000 An | 120,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 43,420 An | 31,000 An | 140,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 31,070 An | 26,900 An | 35,400 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 53,160 An | 34,500 An | 77,300 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 63,083 An | 53,967 An | 76,981 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
- 131 Lebanon 61,667 An compare
- 132 Puerto Rico 58,222 An compare
- 133 Luxembourg 54,980 An compare
- 135 United Arab Emirates 47,656 An compare
- 136 Jordan 45,820 An compare
- 137 Malaysia 44,901 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Bhutan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1368 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 614.64 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.8653 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5657 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 13.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 13.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of cattle — milk animals in Bhutan?
- Raw milk of cattle — milk animals in Bhutan was 53,967 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 Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 140,000 An in 1990.
- What is the lowest raw milk of cattle — milk animals recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 26,900 An in 2007.
- How does Bhutan rank for raw milk of cattle — milk animals?
- Bhutan ranks 134th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of cattle — milk animals rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bhutan 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.