Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals in Spain
Spain: Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals was 774,010 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals in Spain, 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 Spain is 774,010 An, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.5% on the previous year and down 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of cattle — milk animals in Spain peaked at 2.03 million An in 1982 and was at its lowest, 726,131 An, in 2017.
Spain ranks 64th 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 Spain, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.45 million An | — |
| 1962 | 1.49 million An | +3.1% |
| 1963 | 1.50 million An | +0.5% |
| 1964 | 1.53 million An | +1.9% |
| 1965 | 1.51 million An | -1.5% |
| 1966 | 1.58 million An | +5.0% |
| 1967 | 1.65 million An | +4.4% |
| 1968 | 1.70 million An | +3.0% |
| 1969 | 1.79 million An | +5.1% |
| 1970 | 1.83 million An | +2.1% |
| 1971 | 1.86 million An | +1.9% |
| 1972 | 1.87 million An | +0.5% |
| 1973 | 1.94 million An | +3.5% |
| 1974 | 1.85 million An | -4.3% |
| 1975 | 1.81 million An | -2.2% |
| 1976 | 1.82 million An | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 1.95 million An | +7.0% |
| 1978 | 1.95 million An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1.81 million An | -7.2% |
| 1980 | 1.85 million An | +2.3% |
| 1981 | 1.85 million An | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 2.03 million An | +9.7% |
| 1983 | 1.88 million An | -7.4% |
| 1984 | 1.89 million An | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 1.89 million An | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 1.96 million An | +3.5% |
| 1987 | 1.79 million An | -8.4% |
| 1988 | 1.75 million An | -2.5% |
| 1989 | 1.78 million An | +1.9% |
| 1990 | 1.59 million An | -10.9% |
| 1991 | 1.57 million An | -1.4% |
| 1992 | 1.45 million An | -7.2% |
| 1993 | 1.38 million An | -5.2% |
| 1994 | 1.34 million An | -3.0% |
| 1995 | 1.29 million An | -3.4% |
| 1996 | 1.29 million An | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 1.26 million An | -2.3% |
| 1998 | 1.28 million An | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 1.21 million An | -5.7% |
| 2000 | 1.14 million An | -5.5% |
| 2001 | 1.18 million An | +3.6% |
| 2002 | 1.15 million An | -2.4% |
| 2003 | 1.12 million An | -3.1% |
| 2004 | 1.06 million An | -5.4% |
| 2005 | 1.01 million An | -4.3% |
| 2006 | 942,345 An | -6.9% |
| 2007 | 967,449 An | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 903,287 An | -6.6% |
| 2009 | 888,300 An | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 828,300 An | -6.8% |
| 2011 | 797,900 An | -3.7% |
| 2012 | 827,200 An | +3.7% |
| 2013 | 856,800 An | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 844,800 An | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 844,114 An | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 818,671 An | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 726,131 An | -11.3% |
| 2018 | 816,690 An | +12.5% |
| 2019 | 812,870 An | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 810,740 An | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 808,860 An | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 809,990 An | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 785,590 An | -3.0% |
| 2024 | 774,010 An | -1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.58 million An | 1.45 million An | 1.79 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.87 million An | 1.81 million An | 1.95 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.87 million An | 1.75 million An | 2.03 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.37 million An | 1.21 million An | 1.59 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.04 million An | 888,300 An | 1.18 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 817,348 An | 726,131 An | 856,800 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 797,838 An | 774,010 An | 810,740 An | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0268 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,036 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0113 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Agriculture share gdp 2.68 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.68 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of cattle — milk animals in Spain?
- Raw milk of cattle — milk animals in Spain was 774,010 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 Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 2.03 million An in 1982.
- What is the lowest raw milk of cattle — milk animals recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 726,131 An in 2017.
- How does Spain rank for raw milk of cattle — milk animals?
- Spain ranks 64th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of cattle — milk animals rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Spain 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.