Raw milk of goats — Milk Animals in China
China: Raw milk of goats — Milk Animals was 1.16 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Raw milk of goats — Milk Animals in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, raw milk of goats — milk animals in China stood at 1.16 million An.
The figure is down 6.3% on the previous year and down 26.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of goats — milk animals in China peaked at 1.58 million An in 2014 and was at its lowest, 530,000 An, in 1961.
That places China 31st out of 108 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Raw milk of goats — Milk Animals in China, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 530,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 535,000 An | +0.9% |
| 1963 | 540,000 An | +0.9% |
| 1964 | 550,000 An | +1.9% |
| 1965 | 550,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 550,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 550,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 560,000 An | +1.8% |
| 1969 | 560,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 570,000 An | +1.8% |
| 1971 | 580,000 An | +1.8% |
| 1972 | 580,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 590,000 An | +1.7% |
| 1974 | 590,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 600,000 An | +1.7% |
| 1976 | 600,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 610,000 An | +1.7% |
| 1978 | 651,000 An | +6.7% |
| 1979 | 895,518 An | +37.6% |
| 1980 | 902,182 An | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 907,521 An | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 915,708 An | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 930,588 An | +1.6% |
| 1984 | 935,278 An | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 943,181 An | +0.8% |
| 1986 | 970,707 An | +2.9% |
| 1987 | 983,118 An | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 992,981 An | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 993,535 An | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 995,167 An | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 999,385 An | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 1.00 million An | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 1.02 million An | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 1.05 million An | +3.1% |
| 1995 | 1.23 million An | +17.5% |
| 1996 | 1.42 million An | +15.3% |
| 1997 | 1.12 million An | -21.1% |
| 1998 | 1.20 million An | +7.0% |
| 1999 | 1.21 million An | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 1.21 million An | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 1.24 million An | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 1.27 million An | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 1.31 million An | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 1.24 million An | -5.8% |
| 2005 | 1.29 million An | +4.1% |
| 2006 | 1.38 million An | +7.1% |
| 2007 | 1.43 million An | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 1.40 million An | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 1.46 million An | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 1.51 million An | +3.2% |
| 2011 | 1.53 million An | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 1.54 million An | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 1.55 million An | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 1.58 million An | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 1.32 million An | -16.3% |
| 2016 | 1.34 million An | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 1.30 million An | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 1.28 million An | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 1.29 million An | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 1.26 million An | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 1.26 million An | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 1.25 million An | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 1.23 million An | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 1.16 million An | -6.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 547,222 An | 530,000 An | 560,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 626,652 An | 570,000 An | 895,518 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 947,480 An | 902,182 An | 993,535 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.12 million An | 995,167 An | 1.42 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.32 million An | 1.21 million An | 1.46 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.42 million An | 1.28 million An | 1.58 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.23 million An | 1.16 million An | 1.26 million An | 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)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of goats — milk animals in China?
- Raw milk of goats — milk animals in China was 1.16 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest raw milk of goats — milk animals recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 1.58 million An in 2014.
- What is the lowest raw milk of goats — milk animals recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 530,000 An in 1961.
- How does China rank for raw milk of goats — milk animals?
- China ranks 31st out of 108 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of goats — milk animals rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 goats — Milk Animals. 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.