Raw milk of cattle — Production in Iceland
Iceland: Raw milk of cattle — Production was 158,139 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Raw milk of cattle — Production in Iceland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for raw milk of cattle — production in Iceland is 158,139 t, measured 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 18.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of cattle — production in Iceland peaked at 158,139 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 99,900 t, in 1993.
Iceland ranks 122nd of 185 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Raw milk of cattle — Production in Iceland, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 108,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 113,500 t | +5.1% |
| 1963 | 118,500 t | +4.4% |
| 1964 | 123,500 t | +4.2% |
| 1965 | 128,000 t | +3.6% |
| 1966 | 119,938 t | -6.3% |
| 1967 | 121,500 t | +1.3% |
| 1968 | 118,804 t | -2.2% |
| 1969 | 112,345 t | -5.4% |
| 1970 | 117,500 t | +4.6% |
| 1971 | 121,861 t | +3.7% |
| 1972 | 126,000 t | +3.4% |
| 1973 | 127,800 t | +1.4% |
| 1974 | 131,417 t | +2.8% |
| 1975 | 126,175 t | -4.0% |
| 1976 | 125,700 t | -0.4% |
| 1977 | 131,600 t | +4.7% |
| 1978 | 132,900 t | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 128,843 t | -3.1% |
| 1980 | 120,163 t | -6.7% |
| 1981 | 115,000 t | -4.3% |
| 1982 | 118,000 t | +2.6% |
| 1983 | 119,439 t | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 121,211 t | +1.5% |
| 1985 | 125,104 t | +3.2% |
| 1986 | 123,348 t | -1.4% |
| 1987 | 119,000 t | -3.5% |
| 1988 | 115,000 t | -3.4% |
| 1989 | 107,207 t | -6.8% |
| 1990 | 113,032 t | +5.4% |
| 1991 | 114,480 t | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 114,000 t | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 99,900 t | -12.4% |
| 1994 | 105,216 t | +5.3% |
| 1995 | 106,156 t | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 104,896 t | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 105,264 t | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 105,716 t | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 107,166 t | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 104,025 t | -2.9% |
| 2001 | 106,149 t | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 110,761 t | +4.3% |
| 2003 | 108,384 t | -2.1% |
| 2004 | 112,030 t | +3.4% |
| 2005 | 109,445 t | -2.3% |
| 2006 | 117,541 t | +7.4% |
| 2007 | 126,358 t | +7.5% |
| 2008 | 126,052 t | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 125,569 t | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 123,218 t | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 123,997 t | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 125,093 t | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 122,900 t | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 133,514 t | +8.6% |
| 2015 | 146,034 t | +9.4% |
| 2016 | 150,322 t | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 155,649 t | +3.5% |
| 2018 | 156,980 t | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 156,394 t | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 155,495 t | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 153,294 t | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 152,405 t | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 155,975 t | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 158,139 t | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 118,232 t | 108,000 t | 128,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 126,980 t | 117,500 t | 132,900 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 118,347 t | 107,207 t | 125,104 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 107,583 t | 99,900 t | 114,480 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 114,631 t | 104,025 t | 126,358 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 139,410 t | 122,900 t | 156,980 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 155,062 t | 152,405 t | 158,139 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iceland
- 119 Lesotho 182,000 t compare
- 120 Palestine, State of 172,000 t compare
- 121 Panama 168,490 t compare
- 123 Sierra Leone 153,285 t compare
- 124 Montenegro 151,860 t compare
- 125 Mauritania 150,883 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Iceland
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 19.96 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0365 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 3,593 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8983 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0578 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 3.65 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 3.65 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of cattle — production in Iceland?
- Raw milk of cattle — production in Iceland was 158,139 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest raw milk of cattle — production recorded in Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 158,139 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest raw milk of cattle — production recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 99,900 t in 1993.
- How does Iceland rank for raw milk of cattle — production?
- Iceland ranks 122nd out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of cattle — production rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iceland 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.