Raw milk of cattle — Production in South America
South America: Raw milk of cattle — Production was 68.90 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Raw milk of cattle — Production in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, raw milk of cattle — production in South America stood at 68.90 million t. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of cattle — production in South America peaked at 68.90 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 14.18 million t, in 1961.
South America ranks 11th of 29 groups 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 South America, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14.18 million t | — |
| 1962 | 14.45 million t | +1.9% |
| 1963 | 14.96 million t | +3.5% |
| 1964 | 16.07 million t | +7.4% |
| 1965 | 16.64 million t | +3.6% |
| 1966 | 17.39 million t | +4.5% |
| 1967 | 17.06 million t | -1.9% |
| 1968 | 17.94 million t | +5.2% |
| 1969 | 18.24 million t | +1.7% |
| 1970 | 18.29 million t | +0.3% |
| 1971 | 18.97 million t | +3.7% |
| 1972 | 19.58 million t | +3.2% |
| 1973 | 19.63 million t | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 20.88 million t | +6.3% |
| 1975 | 22.46 million t | +7.6% |
| 1976 | 23.59 million t | +5.0% |
| 1977 | 22.36 million t | -5.2% |
| 1978 | 22.15 million t | -0.9% |
| 1979 | 22.93 million t | +3.5% |
| 1980 | 24.66 million t | +7.5% |
| 1981 | 24.83 million t | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 25.28 million t | +1.8% |
| 1983 | 25.39 million t | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 25.94 million t | +2.1% |
| 1985 | 26.41 million t | +1.8% |
| 1986 | 26.96 million t | +2.1% |
| 1987 | 28.76 million t | +6.7% |
| 1988 | 29.50 million t | +2.6% |
| 1989 | 31.07 million t | +5.3% |
| 1990 | 31.29 million t | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 32.20 million t | +2.9% |
| 1992 | 34.02 million t | +5.7% |
| 1993 | 34.89 million t | +2.5% |
| 1994 | 36.10 million t | +3.5% |
| 1995 | 38.28 million t | +6.0% |
| 1996 | 41.29 million t | +7.9% |
| 1997 | 42.39 million t | +2.7% |
| 1998 | 43.37 million t | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 44.40 million t | +2.4% |
| 2000 | 44.87 million t | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 45.86 million t | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 46.18 million t | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 46.16 million t | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 48.84 million t | +5.8% |
| 2005 | 50.66 million t | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 53.10 million t | +4.8% |
| 2007 | 52.79 million t | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 57.11 million t | +8.2% |
| 2009 | 56.68 million t | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 60.11 million t | +6.1% |
| 2011 | 63.25 million t | +5.2% |
| 2012 | 63.70 million t | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 65.03 million t | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 65.99 million t | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 66.37 million t | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 63.15 million t | -4.8% |
| 2017 | 63.59 million t | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 64.81 million t | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 65.93 million t | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 67.85 million t | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 68.46 million t | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 68.26 million t | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 68.57 million t | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 68.90 million t | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16.33 million t | 14.18 million t | 18.24 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 21.09 million t | 18.29 million t | 23.59 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 26.88 million t | 24.66 million t | 31.07 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 37.82 million t | 31.29 million t | 44.40 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 50.22 million t | 44.87 million t | 57.11 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 64.19 million t | 60.11 million t | 66.37 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 68.41 million t | 67.85 million t | 68.90 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 8 Viet Nam 1.28 million t compare
- 8 Australia and New Zealand 30.20 million t compare
- 9 Pakistan 24.79 million t compare
- 10 France 24.20 million t compare
- 11 New Zealand 21.53 million t compare
- 12 Poland 16.04 million t compare
- 13 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 15.94 million t compare
- 14 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 14.35 million t compare
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- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate 2.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.1424 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 1.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 2.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 2.34 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of cattle — production in South America?
- Raw milk of cattle — production in South America was 68.90 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 South America?
- The highest recorded value was 68.90 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest raw milk of cattle — production recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.18 million t in 1961.
- How does South America rank for raw milk of cattle — production?
- South America ranks 11th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of cattle — production rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South America 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.