Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals in Switzerland
Switzerland: Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals was 522,547 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals in Switzerland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Switzerland recorded 522,547 An for raw milk of cattle — milk animals in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and down 10.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of cattle — milk animals in Switzerland peaked at 950,000 An in 1962 and was at its lowest, 522,547 An, in 2024.
That places Switzerland 74th out of 185 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Switzerland, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 943,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 950,000 An | +0.7% |
| 1963 | 918,000 An | -3.4% |
| 1964 | 897,000 An | -2.3% |
| 1965 | 920,000 An | +2.6% |
| 1966 | 918,000 An | -0.2% |
| 1967 | 928,000 An | +1.1% |
| 1968 | 924,000 An | -0.4% |
| 1969 | 905,000 An | -2.1% |
| 1970 | 896,000 An | -1.0% |
| 1971 | 874,000 An | -2.5% |
| 1972 | 877,000 An | +0.3% |
| 1973 | 889,086 An | +1.4% |
| 1974 | 892,000 An | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 884,000 An | -0.9% |
| 1976 | 888,000 An | +0.5% |
| 1977 | 883,000 An | -0.6% |
| 1978 | 880,000 An | -0.3% |
| 1979 | 882,000 An | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 875,000 An | -0.8% |
| 1981 | 856,000 An | -2.2% |
| 1982 | 844,000 An | -1.4% |
| 1983 | 835,000 An | -1.1% |
| 1984 | 835,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 816,000 An | -2.3% |
| 1986 | 806,000 An | -1.2% |
| 1987 | 788,000 An | -2.2% |
| 1988 | 786,000 An | -0.3% |
| 1989 | 794,000 An | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 783,000 An | -1.4% |
| 1991 | 783,500 An | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 770,500 An | -1.7% |
| 1993 | 753,000 An | -2.3% |
| 1994 | 752,700 An | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 743,600 An | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 741,000 An | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 714,400 An | -3.6% |
| 1998 | 707,900 An | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 683,545 An | -3.4% |
| 2000 | 669,410 An | -2.1% |
| 2001 | 669,410 An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 657,924 An | -1.7% |
| 2003 | 638,288 An | -3.0% |
| 2004 | 620,041 An | -2.9% |
| 2005 | 620,708 An | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 618,100 An | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 614,795 An | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 628,516 An | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 599,361 An | -4.6% |
| 2010 | 595,474 An | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 596,502 An | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 593,829 An | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 589,827 An | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 583,584 An | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 574,537 An | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 565,173 An | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 562,082 An | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 564,190 An | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 544,645 An | -3.5% |
| 2020 | 540,102 An | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 538,746 An | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 531,785 An | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 524,051 An | -1.5% |
| 2024 | 522,547 An | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 922,556 An | 897,000 An | 950,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 884,509 An | 874,000 An | 896,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 823,500 An | 786,000 An | 875,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 743,314 An | 683,545 An | 783,500 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 633,655 An | 599,361 An | 669,410 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 576,984 An | 544,645 An | 596,502 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 531,446 An | 522,547 An | 540,102 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Switzerland
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0064 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 739.83 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.8806 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1427 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of cattle — milk animals in Switzerland?
- Raw milk of cattle — milk animals in Switzerland was 522,547 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 Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 950,000 An in 1962.
- What is the lowest raw milk of cattle — milk animals recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 522,547 An in 2024.
- How does Switzerland rank for raw milk of cattle — milk animals?
- Switzerland ranks 74th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of cattle — milk animals rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Switzerland 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.