Raw milk of cattle — Production in Malta
Malta: Raw milk of cattle — Production was 38,160 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Raw milk of cattle — Production in Malta, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, raw milk of cattle — production in Malta stood at 38,160 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.3% on the previous year and down 10.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of cattle — production in Malta peaked at 51,422 t in 1992 and was at its lowest, 14,139 t, in 1963.
Malta ranks 141st of 185 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Raw milk of cattle — Production in Malta, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 14,786 t | -1.4% |
| 1963 | 14,139 t | -4.4% |
| 1964 | 15,000 t | +6.1% |
| 1965 | 15,584 t | +3.9% |
| 1966 | 17,427 t | +11.8% |
| 1967 | 18,350 t | +5.3% |
| 1968 | 18,645 t | +1.6% |
| 1969 | 19,831 t | +6.4% |
| 1970 | 20,529 t | +3.5% |
| 1971 | 21,579 t | +5.1% |
| 1972 | 21,307 t | -1.3% |
| 1973 | 21,748 t | +2.1% |
| 1974 | 23,280 t | +7.0% |
| 1975 | 25,558 t | +9.8% |
| 1976 | 28,534 t | +11.6% |
| 1977 | 30,527 t | +7.0% |
| 1978 | 34,394 t | +12.7% |
| 1979 | 32,422 t | -5.7% |
| 1980 | 28,651 t | -11.6% |
| 1981 | 26,464 t | -7.6% |
| 1982 | 26,430 t | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 27,680 t | +4.7% |
| 1984 | 28,000 t | +1.2% |
| 1985 | 28,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 28,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 27,000 t | -3.6% |
| 1988 | 26,000 t | -3.7% |
| 1989 | 24,000 t | -7.7% |
| 1990 | 24,482 t | +2.0% |
| 1991 | 34,964 t | +42.8% |
| 1992 | 51,422 t | +47.1% |
| 1993 | 50,275 t | -2.2% |
| 1994 | 46,322 t | -7.9% |
| 1995 | 33,061 t | -28.6% |
| 1996 | 41,000 t | +24.0% |
| 1997 | 47,001 t | +14.6% |
| 1998 | 47,968 t | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 48,679 t | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 47,969 t | -1.5% |
| 2001 | 46,888 t | -2.3% |
| 2002 | 44,220 t | -5.7% |
| 2003 | 41,306 t | -6.6% |
| 2004 | 41,122 t | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 41,474 t | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 41,250 t | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 40,593 t | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 40,029 t | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 39,455 t | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 42,127 t | +6.8% |
| 2011 | 41,693 t | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 43,360 t | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 40,986 t | -5.5% |
| 2014 | 42,833 t | +4.5% |
| 2015 | 41,638 t | -2.8% |
| 2016 | 43,213 t | +3.8% |
| 2017 | 41,091 t | -4.9% |
| 2018 | 40,410 t | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 41,270 t | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 42,110 t | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 39,540 t | -6.1% |
| 2022 | 38,970 t | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 37,300 t | -4.3% |
| 2024 | 38,160 t | +2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16,529 t | 14,139 t | 19,831 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 25,988 t | 20,529 t | 34,394 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 27,022 t | 24,000 t | 28,651 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 42,517 t | 24,482 t | 51,422 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 42,431 t | 39,455 t | 47,969 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 41,862 t | 40,410 t | 43,360 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 39,216 t | 37,300 t | 42,110 t | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0047 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 224.75 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.3 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Agriculture share gdp 0.4691 (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of cattle — production in Malta?
- Raw milk of cattle — production in Malta was 38,160 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest raw milk of cattle — production recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 51,422 t in 1992.
- What is the lowest raw milk of cattle — production recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,139 t in 1963.
- How does Malta rank for raw milk of cattle — production?
- Malta ranks 141st out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of cattle — production rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malta 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.