Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals in Malta
Malta: Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals was 5,820 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals in Malta, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for raw milk of cattle — milk animals in Malta is 5,820 An, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.9% on the previous year and down 10.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of cattle — milk animals in Malta peaked at 10,000 An in 1999 and was at its lowest, 3,096 An, in 1963.
Malta ranks 155th of 185 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals in Malta, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,721 An | — |
| 1962 | 3,439 An | -7.6% |
| 1963 | 3,096 An | -10.0% |
| 1964 | 3,448 An | +11.4% |
| 1965 | 3,629 An | +5.2% |
| 1966 | 5,100 An | +40.5% |
| 1967 | 5,400 An | +5.9% |
| 1968 | 5,500 An | +1.9% |
| 1969 | 5,800 An | +5.5% |
| 1970 | 5,900 An | +1.7% |
| 1971 | 6,200 An | +5.1% |
| 1972 | 6,000 An | -3.2% |
| 1973 | 6,200 An | +3.3% |
| 1974 | 6,700 An | +8.1% |
| 1975 | 7,300 An | +9.0% |
| 1976 | 7,898 An | +8.2% |
| 1977 | 7,729 An | -2.1% |
| 1978 | 8,124 An | +5.1% |
| 1979 | 7,636 An | -6.0% |
| 1980 | 7,180 An | -6.0% |
| 1981 | 6,458 An | -10.1% |
| 1982 | 6,770 An | +4.8% |
| 1983 | 7,206 An | +6.4% |
| 1984 | 7,200 An | -0.1% |
| 1985 | 7,200 An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 7,200 An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 7,000 An | -2.8% |
| 1988 | 6,800 An | -2.9% |
| 1989 | 6,200 An | -8.8% |
| 1990 | 5,965 An | -3.8% |
| 1991 | 6,300 An | +5.6% |
| 1992 | 8,784 An | +39.4% |
| 1993 | 8,614 An | -1.9% |
| 1994 | 8,026 An | -6.8% |
| 1995 | 6,000 An | -25.2% |
| 1996 | 8,600 An | +43.3% |
| 1997 | 9,800 An | +14.0% |
| 1998 | 7,753 An | -20.9% |
| 1999 | 10,000 An | +29.0% |
| 2000 | 8,666 An | -13.3% |
| 2001 | 8,200 An | -5.4% |
| 2002 | 8,241 An | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 8,033 An | -2.5% |
| 2004 | 7,607 An | -5.3% |
| 2005 | 7,835 An | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 7,832 An | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 7,545 An | -3.7% |
| 2008 | 7,247 An | -3.9% |
| 2009 | 6,931 An | -4.4% |
| 2010 | 6,362 An | -8.2% |
| 2011 | 6,308 An | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 6,420 An | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 6,430 An | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 6,502 An | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 6,374 An | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 6,498 An | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 6,138 An | -5.5% |
| 2018 | 6,230 An | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 6,120 An | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 6,060 An | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 5,870 An | -3.1% |
| 2022 | 6,120 An | +4.3% |
| 2023 | 5,930 An | -3.1% |
| 2024 | 5,820 An | -1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,348 An | 3,096 An | 5,800 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,969 An | 5,900 An | 8,124 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,921 An | 6,200 An | 7,206 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,984 An | 5,965 An | 10,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,814 An | 6,931 An | 8,666 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,338 An | 6,120 An | 6,502 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,960 An | 5,820 An | 6,120 An | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0047 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 224.75 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.3 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0432 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 0.4691 (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of cattle — milk animals in Malta?
- Raw milk of cattle — milk animals in Malta was 5,820 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 Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 10,000 An in 1999.
- What is the lowest raw milk of cattle — milk animals recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,096 An in 1963.
- How does Malta rank for raw milk of cattle — milk animals?
- Malta ranks 155th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of cattle — milk animals rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malta 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.