Raw milk of cattle — Production in Western Asia

Western Asia: Raw milk of cattle — Production was 32.08 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)
32.08 million t
Change on year
up 2.9%
Rank
17th
of 29 groups
All-time high
32.72 million t
in 2021
All-time low
5.75 million t
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Raw milk of cattle — Production in Western Asia, 1961–2024

10.0M20.0M30.0M196119922024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

In 2024, raw milk of cattle — production in Western Asia stood at 32.08 million t.

The figure is up 2.9% on the previous year and up 20.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, raw milk of cattle — production in Western Asia peaked at 32.72 million t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 5.75 million t, in 1961.

That places Western Asia 17th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Raw milk of cattle — Production in Western Asia, year by year

Annual values for Raw milk of cattle — Production in Western Asia, 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 5.75 million t
1962 6.17 million t +7.2%
1963 6.17 million t +0.1%
1964 6.35 million t +2.9%
1965 6.40 million t +0.8%
1966 6.78 million t +5.9%
1967 6.99 million t +3.2%
1968 6.98 million t -0.2%
1969 6.96 million t -0.2%
1970 6.91 million t -0.8%
1971 7.04 million t +1.9%
1972 7.16 million t +1.7%
1973 7.44 million t +4.0%
1974 7.63 million t +2.6%
1975 7.88 million t +3.3%
1976 8.25 million t +4.7%
1977 8.54 million t +3.5%
1978 8.90 million t +4.1%
1979 9.37 million t +5.4%
1980 9.50 million t +1.4%
1981 9.80 million t +3.1%
1982 9.22 million t -5.9%
1983 8.99 million t -2.5%
1984 9.95 million t +10.7%
1985 10.23 million t +2.9%
1986 10.49 million t +2.5%
1987 10.50 million t +0.1%
1988 10.78 million t +2.7%
1989 10.73 million t -0.5%
1990 10.74 million t +0.1%
1991 11.47 million t +6.7%
1992 13.12 million t +14.4%
1993 13.39 million t +2.1%
1994 13.87 million t +3.5%
1995 14.37 million t +3.6%
1996 14.78 million t +2.9%
1997 14.48 million t -2.0%
1998 14.76 million t +1.9%
1999 15.10 million t +2.3%
2000 14.99 million t -0.7%
2001 14.97 million t -0.1%
2002 14.33 million t -4.3%
2003 16.24 million t +13.3%
2004 16.67 million t +2.6%
2005 17.46 million t +4.8%
2006 18.33 million t +5.0%
2007 19.09 million t +4.1%
2008 19.58 million t +2.6%
2009 19.78 million t +1.0%
2010 20.71 million t +4.7%
2011 22.67 million t +9.5%
2012 24.90 million t +9.8%
2013 26.11 million t +4.9%
2014 26.66 million t +2.1%
2015 26.27 million t -1.5%
2016 26.42 million t +0.6%
2017 28.40 million t +7.5%
2018 29.70 million t +4.6%
2019 30.77 million t +3.6%
2020 32.30 million t +5.0%
2021 32.72 million t +1.3%
2022 30.29 million t -7.4%
2023 31.17 million t +2.9%
2024 32.08 million t +2.9%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 6.51 million t 5.75 million t 6.99 million t 9
1970s 7.91 million t 6.91 million t 9.37 million t 10
1980s 10.02 million t 8.99 million t 10.78 million t 10
1990s 13.61 million t 10.74 million t 15.10 million t 10
2000s 17.14 million t 14.33 million t 19.78 million t 10
2010s 26.26 million t 20.71 million t 30.77 million t 10
2020s 31.71 million t 30.29 million t 32.72 million t 5

Countries ranked near Western Asia

  1. 14 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 14.35 million t compare
  2. 15 Democratic Republic of the Congo 10,374 t compare
  3. 15 Mexico 13.96 million t compare
  4. 16 Bangladesh 13.54 million t compare
  5. 17 Italy 13.19 million t compare
  6. 18 Uzbekistan 12.42 million t compare
  7. 19 Argentina 10.91 million t compare
  8. 20 Canada 9.96 million t compare

See the full ranking of 231 places →

More agriculture & rural data for Western Asia

All data for Western Asia →

Frequently asked questions

What is raw milk of cattle — production in Western Asia?
Raw milk of cattle — production in Western Asia was 32.08 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 Western Asia?
The highest recorded value was 32.72 million t in 2021.
What is the lowest raw milk of cattle — production recorded in Western Asia?
The lowest recorded value was 5.75 million t in 1961.
How does Western Asia rank for raw milk of cattle — production?
Western Asia ranks 17th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is raw milk of cattle — production rising or falling in Western Asia?
Over the last ten years it is up 20.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Western Asia 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).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Raw milk of cattle — Production in Western Asia. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 01 September 2026, from https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/raw-milk-of-cattle-production-2/western-asia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/raw-milk-of-cattle-production-2/western-asia/">Raw milk of cattle — Production in Western Asia</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Raw milk of cattle — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
231 places, 13,348 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.