Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals was 351,150 An in 2024. ▬ Flat
Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 351,150 An for raw milk of cattle — milk animals in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 19.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of cattle — milk animals in Sri Lanka peaked at 354,400 An in 1995 and was at its lowest, 207,110 An, in 2002.
That places Sri Lanka 90th out of 185 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 266,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 237,000 An | -10.9% |
| 1963 | 292,000 An | +23.2% |
| 1964 | 310,863 An | +6.5% |
| 1965 | 350,805 An | +12.8% |
| 1966 | 313,245 An | -10.7% |
| 1967 | 316,741 An | +1.1% |
| 1968 | 307,055 An | -3.1% |
| 1969 | 298,735 An | -2.7% |
| 1970 | 257,760 An | -13.7% |
| 1971 | 263,820 An | +2.4% |
| 1972 | 261,630 An | -0.8% |
| 1973 | 275,850 An | +5.4% |
| 1974 | 273,600 An | -0.8% |
| 1975 | 278,370 An | +1.7% |
| 1976 | 288,390 An | +3.6% |
| 1977 | 276,360 An | -4.2% |
| 1978 | 247,710 An | -10.4% |
| 1979 | 262,590 An | +6.0% |
| 1980 | 261,900 An | -0.3% |
| 1981 | 270,960 An | +3.5% |
| 1982 | 266,430 An | -1.7% |
| 1983 | 268,350 An | +0.7% |
| 1984 | 274,350 An | +2.2% |
| 1985 | 280,980 An | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 283,350 An | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 279,100 An | -1.5% |
| 1988 | 287,200 An | +2.9% |
| 1989 | 265,600 An | -7.5% |
| 1990 | 324,800 An | +22.3% |
| 1991 | 323,000 An | -0.6% |
| 1992 | 331,600 An | +2.7% |
| 1993 | 344,300 An | +3.8% |
| 1994 | 352,600 An | +2.4% |
| 1995 | 354,400 An | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 342,300 An | -3.4% |
| 1997 | 331,800 An | -3.1% |
| 1998 | 219,300 An | -33.9% |
| 1999 | 221,700 An | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 213,600 An | -3.7% |
| 2001 | 214,600 An | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 207,110 An | -3.5% |
| 2003 | 211,800 An | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 216,050 An | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 222,300 An | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 229,180 An | +3.1% |
| 2007 | 238,610 An | +4.1% |
| 2008 | 249,320 An | +4.5% |
| 2009 | 237,680 An | -4.7% |
| 2010 | 248,740 An | +4.7% |
| 2011 | 251,490 An | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 280,250 An | +11.4% |
| 2013 | 305,930 An | +9.2% |
| 2014 | 294,390 An | -3.8% |
| 2015 | 301,140 An | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 284,400 An | -5.6% |
| 2017 | 296,250 An | +4.2% |
| 2018 | 329,380 An | +11.2% |
| 2019 | 323,490 An | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 338,350 An | +4.6% |
| 2021 | 351,410 An | +3.9% |
| 2022 | 348,380 An | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 343,350 An | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 351,150 An | +2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 299,160 An | 237,000 An | 350,805 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 268,608 An | 247,710 An | 288,390 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 273,822 An | 261,900 An | 287,200 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 314,580 An | 219,300 An | 354,400 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 224,025 An | 207,110 An | 249,320 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 291,546 An | 248,740 An | 329,380 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 346,528 An | 338,350 An | 351,410 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Sri Lanka
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 9.1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0836 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 418.3 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.9172 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7955 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of cattle — milk animals in Sri Lanka?
- Raw milk of cattle — milk animals in Sri Lanka was 351,150 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 Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 354,400 An in 1995.
- What is the lowest raw milk of cattle — milk animals recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 207,110 An in 2002.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for raw milk of cattle — milk animals?
- Sri Lanka ranks 90th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of cattle — milk animals rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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.