Raw milk of cattle — Production in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Raw milk of cattle — Production was 30.20 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Raw milk of cattle — Production in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, raw milk of cattle — production in Australia and New Zealand stood at 30.20 million t.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.6% on the previous year and down 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of cattle — production in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 31.43 million t in 2015 and was at its lowest, 11.49 million t, in 1961.
Australia and New Zealand ranks 8th of 185 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Raw milk of cattle — Production in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11.49 million t | — |
| 1962 | 11.99 million t | +4.3% |
| 1963 | 12.23 million t | +2.0% |
| 1964 | 12.53 million t | +2.5% |
| 1965 | 12.96 million t | +3.4% |
| 1966 | 13.41 million t | +3.4% |
| 1967 | 13.77 million t | +2.7% |
| 1968 | 13.20 million t | -4.2% |
| 1969 | 13.64 million t | +3.3% |
| 1970 | 13.74 million t | +0.8% |
| 1971 | 13.44 million t | -2.2% |
| 1972 | 13.54 million t | +0.8% |
| 1973 | 13.24 million t | -2.2% |
| 1974 | 12.61 million t | -4.7% |
| 1975 | 12.79 million t | +1.4% |
| 1976 | 13.01 million t | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 12.60 million t | -3.1% |
| 1978 | 11.74 million t | -6.8% |
| 1979 | 12.20 million t | +3.9% |
| 1980 | 12.27 million t | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 12.09 million t | -1.4% |
| 1982 | 12.21 million t | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 12.61 million t | +3.3% |
| 1984 | 13.73 million t | +8.9% |
| 1985 | 14.11 million t | +2.8% |
| 1986 | 14.46 million t | +2.5% |
| 1987 | 13.65 million t | -5.6% |
| 1988 | 14.07 million t | +3.0% |
| 1989 | 13.74 million t | -2.4% |
| 1990 | 13.96 million t | +1.7% |
| 1991 | 14.47 million t | +3.6% |
| 1992 | 14.99 million t | +3.6% |
| 1993 | 16.56 million t | +10.4% |
| 1994 | 18.14 million t | +9.6% |
| 1995 | 17.75 million t | -2.2% |
| 1996 | 19.00 million t | +7.0% |
| 1997 | 20.37 million t | +7.3% |
| 1998 | 20.82 million t | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 21.06 million t | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 23.08 million t | +9.6% |
| 2001 | 23.67 million t | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 25.14 million t | +6.2% |
| 2003 | 24.68 million t | -1.8% |
| 2004 | 25.11 million t | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 24.76 million t | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 25.26 million t | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 25.20 million t | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 24.44 million t | -3.0% |
| 2009 | 25.87 million t | +5.9% |
| 2010 | 26.03 million t | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 26.44 million t | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 28.61 million t | +8.2% |
| 2013 | 28.99 million t | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 30.86 million t | +6.5% |
| 2015 | 31.43 million t | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 30.86 million t | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 30.48 million t | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 31.24 million t | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 30.63 million t | -1.9% |
| 2020 | 30.97 million t | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 30.95 million t | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 29.50 million t | -4.7% |
| 2023 | 29.71 million t | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 30.20 million t | +1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12.80 million t | 11.49 million t | 13.77 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 12.89 million t | 11.74 million t | 13.74 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 13.29 million t | 12.09 million t | 14.46 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 17.71 million t | 13.96 million t | 21.06 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 24.72 million t | 23.08 million t | 25.87 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 29.56 million t | 26.03 million t | 31.43 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 30.27 million t | 29.50 million t | 30.97 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia and New Zealand
- 5 Brazil 36.82 million t compare
- 5 United Republic of Tanzania 4.13 million t compare
- 6 Germany 33.78 million t compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3.31 million t compare
- 7 Russian Federation 32.79 million t compare
- 8 Viet Nam 1.28 million t compare
- 9 Pakistan 24.79 million t compare
- 9 Syrian Arab Republic 1.20 million t compare
- 10 France 24.20 million t compare
- 11 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 582,164 t compare
- 11 New Zealand 21.53 million t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of cattle — production in Australia and New Zealand?
- Raw milk of cattle — production in Australia and New Zealand was 30.20 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest raw milk of cattle — production recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 31.43 million t in 2015.
- What is the lowest raw milk of cattle — production recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.49 million t in 1961.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for raw milk of cattle — production?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 8th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of cattle — production rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Raw milk of cattle — Production. 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.