Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals in Portugal
Portugal: Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals was 213,500 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals in Portugal, 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 Portugal is 213,500 An, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 2.4% on the previous year and down 8.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of cattle — milk animals in Portugal peaked at 422,000 An in 1987 and was at its lowest, 213,500 An, in 2024.
Portugal ranks 102nd of 185 countries on this measure, 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 Portugal, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 265,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 274,000 An | +3.4% |
| 1963 | 275,000 An | +0.4% |
| 1964 | 270,000 An | -1.8% |
| 1965 | 260,000 An | -3.7% |
| 1966 | 260,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 255,000 An | -1.9% |
| 1968 | 265,000 An | +3.9% |
| 1969 | 275,000 An | +3.8% |
| 1970 | 280,000 An | +1.8% |
| 1971 | 270,000 An | -3.6% |
| 1972 | 275,000 An | +1.9% |
| 1973 | 285,000 An | +3.6% |
| 1974 | 290,000 An | +1.8% |
| 1975 | 298,000 An | +2.8% |
| 1976 | 304,200 An | +2.1% |
| 1977 | 300,000 An | -1.4% |
| 1978 | 306,000 An | +2.0% |
| 1979 | 320,000 An | +4.6% |
| 1980 | 343,835 An | +7.4% |
| 1981 | 397,000 An | +15.5% |
| 1982 | 394,000 An | -0.8% |
| 1983 | 375,000 An | -4.8% |
| 1984 | 354,000 An | -5.6% |
| 1985 | 369,000 An | +4.2% |
| 1986 | 403,000 An | +9.2% |
| 1987 | 422,000 An | +4.7% |
| 1988 | 401,000 An | -5.0% |
| 1989 | 402,000 An | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 380,000 An | -5.5% |
| 1991 | 382,000 An | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 381,000 An | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 386,000 An | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 379,000 An | -1.8% |
| 1995 | 384,000 An | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 376,000 An | -2.1% |
| 1997 | 377,000 An | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 372,000 An | -1.3% |
| 1999 | 357,000 An | -4.0% |
| 2000 | 329,000 An | -7.8% |
| 2001 | 305,000 An | -7.3% |
| 2002 | 299,000 An | -2.0% |
| 2003 | 288,000 An | -3.7% |
| 2004 | 297,000 An | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 285,000 An | -4.0% |
| 2006 | 270,000 An | -5.3% |
| 2007 | 269,000 An | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 265,000 An | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 255,000 An | -3.8% |
| 2010 | 243,000 An | -4.7% |
| 2011 | 242,000 An | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 237,000 An | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 231,000 An | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 234,000 An | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 243,000 An | +3.8% |
| 2016 | 239,000 An | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 239,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 235,470 An | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 234,230 An | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 232,750 An | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 230,020 An | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 221,540 An | -3.7% |
| 2023 | 218,840 An | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 213,500 An | -2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 266,556 An | 255,000 An | 275,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 292,820 An | 270,000 An | 320,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 386,084 An | 343,835 An | 422,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 377,400 An | 357,000 An | 386,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 286,200 An | 255,000 An | 329,000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 237,770 An | 231,000 An | 243,000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 223,330 An | 213,500 An | 232,750 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of cattle — milk animals in Portugal?
- Raw milk of cattle — milk animals in Portugal was 213,500 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 Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 422,000 An in 1987.
- What is the lowest raw milk of cattle — milk animals recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 213,500 An in 2024.
- How does Portugal rank for raw milk of cattle — milk animals?
- Portugal ranks 102nd out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of cattle — milk animals rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Portugal 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.