Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals in Western Europe
Western Europe: Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals was 9.82 million An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals in Western Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Western Europe recorded 9.82 million An for raw milk of cattle — milk animals in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.6% on the previous year and down 13.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of cattle — milk animals in Western Europe peaked at 20.37 million An in 1983 and was at its lowest, 9.82 million An, in 2024.
That places Western Europe 19th out of 29 groups 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 Western Europe, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 19.92 million An | — |
| 1962 | 20.01 million An | +0.5% |
| 1963 | 19.72 million An | -1.4% |
| 1964 | 19.51 million An | -1.1% |
| 1965 | 19.75 million An | +1.2% |
| 1966 | 19.85 million An | +0.5% |
| 1967 | 20.15 million An | +1.5% |
| 1968 | 20.23 million An | +0.4% |
| 1969 | 20.15 million An | -0.4% |
| 1970 | 19.71 million An | -2.2% |
| 1971 | 19.61 million An | -0.5% |
| 1972 | 19.72 million An | +0.5% |
| 1973 | 20.06 million An | +1.7% |
| 1974 | 20.20 million An | +0.7% |
| 1975 | 20.10 million An | -0.5% |
| 1976 | 20.14 million An | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 20.05 million An | -0.5% |
| 1978 | 20.09 million An | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 20.21 million An | +0.6% |
| 1980 | 20.08 million An | -0.6% |
| 1981 | 20.16 million An | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 20.31 million An | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 20.37 million An | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 19.99 million An | -1.9% |
| 1985 | 19.37 million An | -3.1% |
| 1986 | 18.98 million An | -2.0% |
| 1987 | 18.09 million An | -4.7% |
| 1988 | 17.39 million An | -3.9% |
| 1989 | 17.04 million An | -2.0% |
| 1990 | 16.32 million An | -4.2% |
| 1991 | 14.98 million An | -8.2% |
| 1992 | 14.33 million An | -4.4% |
| 1993 | 14.00 million An | -2.3% |
| 1994 | 13.90 million An | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 13.62 million An | -2.1% |
| 1996 | 13.39 million An | -1.6% |
| 1997 | 13.13 million An | -2.0% |
| 1998 | 12.84 million An | -2.2% |
| 1999 | 12.58 million An | -2.0% |
| 2000 | 12.44 million An | -1.1% |
| 2001 | 12.38 million An | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 12.16 million An | -1.8% |
| 2003 | 11.85 million An | -2.6% |
| 2004 | 11.57 million An | -2.3% |
| 2005 | 11.39 million An | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 11.11 million An | -2.5% |
| 2007 | 11.12 million An | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 11.38 million An | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 11.21 million An | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 11.13 million An | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 11.06 million An | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 11.02 million An | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 11.18 million An | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 11.29 million An | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 11.35 million An | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 11.33 million An | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 11.14 million An | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 10.89 million An | -2.2% |
| 2019 | 10.75 million An | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 10.55 million An | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 10.37 million An | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 10.29 million An | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 10.09 million An | -2.0% |
| 2024 | 9.82 million An | -2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19.92 million An | 19.51 million An | 20.23 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 19.99 million An | 19.61 million An | 20.21 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 19.18 million An | 17.04 million An | 20.37 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 13.91 million An | 12.58 million An | 16.32 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 11.66 million An | 11.11 million An | 12.44 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.11 million An | 10.75 million An | 11.35 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.22 million An | 9.82 million An | 10.55 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
- 16 Democratic Republic of the Congo 11,911 An compare
- 16 New Zealand 4.60 million An compare
- 17 Colombia 3.85 million An compare
- 17 Polynesia 2,461 An compare
- 18 Uganda 3.84 million An compare
- 19 Ethiopia PDR 3.72 million An compare
- 20 Afghanistan 3.69 million An compare
- 21 Germany 3.59 million An compare
- 22 France 3.08 million An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Western Europe
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 3.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Production, annual growth rate 6.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Yield, annual growth rate -1.16 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate 7.8 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Production, annual growth rate 5.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 2.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 8.97 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth -6.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate -2.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 0.9364 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of cattle — milk animals in Western Europe?
- Raw milk of cattle — milk animals in Western Europe was 9.82 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 Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 20.37 million An in 1983.
- What is the lowest raw milk of cattle — milk animals recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.82 million An in 2024.
- How does Western Europe rank for raw milk of cattle — milk animals?
- Western Europe ranks 19th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of cattle — milk animals rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Western Europe 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.