Raw milk of cattle — Production in China
China: Raw milk of cattle — Production was 41.26 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Raw milk of cattle — Production in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
China recorded 41.26 million t for raw milk of cattle — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.8% on the previous year and up 29.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of cattle — production in China peaked at 42.44 million t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 601,480 t, in 1968.
China ranks 3rd 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 China, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 612,001 t | — |
| 1962 | 630,595 t | +3.0% |
| 1963 | 647,896 t | +2.7% |
| 1964 | 656,889 t | +1.4% |
| 1965 | 664,898 t | +1.2% |
| 1966 | 650,095 t | -2.2% |
| 1967 | 630,129 t | -3.1% |
| 1968 | 601,480 t | -4.5% |
| 1969 | 621,481 t | +3.3% |
| 1970 | 662,853 t | +6.7% |
| 1971 | 704,603 t | +6.3% |
| 1972 | 754,633 t | +7.1% |
| 1973 | 813,440 t | +7.8% |
| 1974 | 847,095 t | +4.1% |
| 1975 | 890,838 t | +5.2% |
| 1976 | 919,893 t | +3.3% |
| 1977 | 950,245 t | +3.3% |
| 1978 | 1.15 million t | +20.9% |
| 1979 | 903,228 t | -21.4% |
| 1980 | 1.19 million t | +32.1% |
| 1981 | 1.35 million t | +12.8% |
| 1982 | 1.68 million t | +24.8% |
| 1983 | 1.91 million t | +13.6% |
| 1984 | 2.26 million t | +18.3% |
| 1985 | 2.59 million t | +14.8% |
| 1986 | 3.01 million t | +16.3% |
| 1987 | 3.45 million t | +14.5% |
| 1988 | 3.84 million t | +11.2% |
| 1989 | 4.00 million t | +4.2% |
| 1990 | 4.36 million t | +9.1% |
| 1991 | 4.87 million t | +11.7% |
| 1992 | 5.28 million t | +8.3% |
| 1993 | 5.26 million t | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 5.58 million t | +5.9% |
| 1995 | 6.08 million t | +9.0% |
| 1996 | 6.61 million t | +8.7% |
| 1997 | 6.34 million t | -4.1% |
| 1998 | 6.96 million t | +9.7% |
| 1999 | 7.51 million t | +8.0% |
| 2000 | 8.63 million t | +14.9% |
| 2001 | 10.60 million t | +22.8% |
| 2002 | 13.36 million t | +26.0% |
| 2003 | 17.82 million t | +33.4% |
| 2004 | 22.93 million t | +28.7% |
| 2005 | 27.84 million t | +21.4% |
| 2006 | 29.77 million t | +6.9% |
| 2007 | 29.79 million t | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 30.42 million t | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 30.27 million t | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 30.73 million t | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 31.45 million t | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 32.10 million t | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 30.37 million t | -5.4% |
| 2014 | 31.96 million t | +5.3% |
| 2015 | 32.17 million t | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 31.02 million t | -3.6% |
| 2017 | 30.77 million t | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 31.16 million t | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 32.44 million t | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 34.84 million t | +7.4% |
| 2021 | 37.28 million t | +7.0% |
| 2022 | 39.78 million t | +6.7% |
| 2023 | 42.44 million t | +6.7% |
| 2024 | 41.26 million t | -2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 635,052 t | 601,480 t | 664,898 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 859,543 t | 662,853 t | 1.15 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.53 million t | 1.19 million t | 4.00 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.89 million t | 4.36 million t | 7.51 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 22.14 million t | 8.63 million t | 30.42 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 31.42 million t | 30.37 million t | 32.44 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 39.12 million t | 34.84 million t | 42.44 million t | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 923.03 current US$ per person (2025)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 6.66 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.66 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of cattle — production in China?
- Raw milk of cattle — production in China was 41.26 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 China?
- The highest recorded value was 42.44 million t in 2023.
- What is the lowest raw milk of cattle — production recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 601,480 t in 1968.
- How does China rank for raw milk of cattle — production?
- China ranks 3rd out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of cattle — production rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China 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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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.