Raw milk of cattle — Production in Brazil
Brazil: Raw milk of cattle — Production was 36.82 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Raw milk of cattle — Production in Brazil, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Brazil recorded 36.82 million t for raw milk of cattle — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of cattle — production in Brazil peaked at 36.82 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5.23 million t, in 1961.
Brazil ranks 5th of 185 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Raw milk of cattle — Production in Brazil, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5.23 million t | — |
| 1962 | 5.46 million t | +4.4% |
| 1963 | 5.55 million t | +1.7% |
| 1964 | 6.34 million t | +14.2% |
| 1965 | 6.77 million t | +6.9% |
| 1966 | 6.89 million t | +1.7% |
| 1967 | 6.90 million t | +0.2% |
| 1968 | 7.24 million t | +4.8% |
| 1969 | 7.25 million t | +0.2% |
| 1970 | 7.35 million t | +1.4% |
| 1971 | 7.35 million t | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 7.32 million t | -0.3% |
| 1973 | 7.76 million t | +6.0% |
| 1974 | 9.02 million t | +16.2% |
| 1975 | 9.97 million t | +10.5% |
| 1976 | 10.67 million t | +7.0% |
| 1977 | 9.86 million t | -7.5% |
| 1978 | 10.09 million t | +2.3% |
| 1979 | 10.50 million t | +4.1% |
| 1980 | 11.96 million t | +13.8% |
| 1981 | 11.68 million t | -2.3% |
| 1982 | 11.82 million t | +1.2% |
| 1983 | 11.82 million t | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 12.30 million t | +4.1% |
| 1985 | 12.45 million t | +1.2% |
| 1986 | 12.88 million t | +3.4% |
| 1987 | 13.40 million t | +4.0% |
| 1988 | 13.94 million t | +4.0% |
| 1989 | 14.53 million t | +4.2% |
| 1990 | 14.93 million t | +2.8% |
| 1991 | 15.55 million t | +4.1% |
| 1992 | 16.27 million t | +4.7% |
| 1993 | 16.07 million t | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 16.27 million t | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 16.99 million t | +4.4% |
| 1996 | 19.09 million t | +12.4% |
| 1997 | 19.24 million t | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 19.27 million t | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 19.66 million t | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 20.38 million t | +3.7% |
| 2001 | 21.15 million t | +3.8% |
| 2002 | 22.31 million t | +5.5% |
| 2003 | 22.94 million t | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 24.20 million t | +5.5% |
| 2005 | 25.38 million t | +4.9% |
| 2006 | 26.19 million t | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 26.14 million t | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 28.44 million t | +8.8% |
| 2009 | 29.09 million t | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 31.64 million t | +8.8% |
| 2011 | 33.06 million t | +4.5% |
| 2012 | 33.27 million t | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 35.28 million t | +6.0% |
| 2014 | 36.18 million t | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 35.65 million t | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 34.69 million t | -2.7% |
| 2017 | 34.31 million t | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 34.93 million t | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 35.97 million t | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 36.38 million t | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 36.24 million t | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 35.59 million t | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 36.31 million t | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 36.82 million t | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.40 million t | 5.23 million t | 7.25 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 8.99 million t | 7.32 million t | 10.67 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 12.68 million t | 11.68 million t | 14.53 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 17.34 million t | 14.93 million t | 19.66 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 24.62 million t | 20.38 million t | 29.09 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 34.50 million t | 31.64 million t | 36.18 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 36.27 million t | 35.59 million t | 36.82 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
- 2 USSR 100.92 million t compare
- 3 China 41.26 million t compare
- 4 China, mainland 40.79 million t compare
- 6 Germany 33.78 million t compare
- 7 Russian Federation 32.79 million t compare
- 8 Australia and New Zealand 30.20 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Brazil
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0609 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 652.04 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1182 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 6.09 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.09 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of cattle — production in Brazil?
- Raw milk of cattle — production in Brazil was 36.82 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 Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 36.82 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest raw milk of cattle — production recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.23 million t in 1961.
- How does Brazil rank for raw milk of cattle — production?
- Brazil ranks 5th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of cattle — production rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Brazil 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.