Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals in South America
South America: Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals was 26.55 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
South America recorded 26.55 million An for raw milk of cattle — milk animals in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.3% on the previous year and down 28.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of cattle — milk animals in South America peaked at 37.13 million An in 2013 and was at its lowest, 14.02 million An, in 1961.
South America ranks 10th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals in South America, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14.02 million An | — |
| 1962 | 14.31 million An | +2.1% |
| 1963 | 14.83 million An | +3.6% |
| 1964 | 15.06 million An | +1.5% |
| 1965 | 15.63 million An | +3.8% |
| 1966 | 16.62 million An | +6.3% |
| 1967 | 16.45 million An | -1.0% |
| 1968 | 16.90 million An | +2.8% |
| 1969 | 17.46 million An | +3.3% |
| 1970 | 17.69 million An | +1.3% |
| 1971 | 18.57 million An | +5.0% |
| 1972 | 18.94 million An | +2.0% |
| 1973 | 18.47 million An | -2.5% |
| 1974 | 19.50 million An | +5.6% |
| 1975 | 21.17 million An | +8.5% |
| 1976 | 21.79 million An | +3.0% |
| 1977 | 22.82 million An | +4.7% |
| 1978 | 22.38 million An | -1.9% |
| 1979 | 23.65 million An | +5.7% |
| 1980 | 25.69 million An | +8.6% |
| 1981 | 26.05 million An | +1.4% |
| 1982 | 25.98 million An | -0.3% |
| 1983 | 26.09 million An | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 26.60 million An | +2.0% |
| 1985 | 26.79 million An | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 27.63 million An | +3.2% |
| 1987 | 27.98 million An | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 28.45 million An | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 29.34 million An | +3.1% |
| 1990 | 29.89 million An | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 30.90 million An | +3.4% |
| 1992 | 31.38 million An | +1.5% |
| 1993 | 31.40 million An | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 31.92 million An | +1.7% |
| 1995 | 32.98 million An | +3.3% |
| 1996 | 29.27 million An | -11.3% |
| 1997 | 30.35 million An | +3.7% |
| 1998 | 31.14 million An | +2.6% |
| 1999 | 31.11 million An | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 31.22 million An | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 32.10 million An | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 32.67 million An | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 32.74 million An | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 33.64 million An | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 34.34 million An | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 33.60 million An | -2.1% |
| 2007 | 32.57 million An | -3.1% |
| 2008 | 33.27 million An | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 35.26 million An | +6.0% |
| 2010 | 36.02 million An | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 36.81 million An | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 37.06 million An | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 37.13 million An | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 36.94 million An | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 31.75 million An | -14.1% |
| 2016 | 31.68 million An | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 27.63 million An | -12.8% |
| 2018 | 27.42 million An | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 27.32 million An | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 26.97 million An | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 26.91 million An | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 26.95 million An | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 26.89 million An | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 26.55 million An | -1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15.70 million An | 14.02 million An | 17.46 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 20.50 million An | 17.69 million An | 23.65 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 27.06 million An | 25.69 million An | 29.34 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 31.03 million An | 29.27 million An | 32.98 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 33.14 million An | 31.22 million An | 35.26 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 32.98 million An | 27.32 million An | 37.13 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.85 million An | 26.55 million An | 26.97 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 7 Sudan (former) 14.76 million An compare
- 8 Ethiopia 12.80 million An compare
- 9 Bangladesh 8.75 million An compare
- 10 South Sudan 8.72 million An compare
- 10 Viet Nam 330,000 An compare
- 11 Sudan 8.10 million An compare
- 12 Russian Federation 6.36 million An compare
- 13 Australia and New Zealand 5.93 million An compare
More agriculture & rural data for South America
- Pulses, Total — Production, annual growth rate 0.9882 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate 2.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.1424 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production, annual growth rate -2.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 1.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 3.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.3049 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of cattle — milk animals in South America?
- Raw milk of cattle — milk animals in South America was 26.55 million 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 South America?
- The highest recorded value was 37.13 million An in 2013.
- What is the lowest raw milk of cattle — milk animals recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.02 million An in 1961.
- How does South America rank for raw milk of cattle — milk animals?
- South America ranks 10th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of cattle — milk animals rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South America 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.