Raw milk of goats — Milk Animals in Germany
Germany: Raw milk of goats — Milk Animals was 25,000 An in 2017. ◆ Volatile
Raw milk of goats — Milk Animals in Germany, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Germany recorded 25,000 An for raw milk of goats — milk animals in 2017. That is the lowest value across all 57 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.4% on the previous year and down 32.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of goats — milk animals in Germany peaked at 677,598 An in 1961 and was at its lowest, 25,000 An, in 1999.
Germany ranks 90th of 108 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Raw milk of goats — Milk Animals in Germany, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 677,598 An | — |
| 1962 | 575,886 An | -15.0% |
| 1963 | 513,418 An | -10.8% |
| 1964 | 454,652 An | -11.4% |
| 1965 | 374,084 An | -17.7% |
| 1966 | 332,903 An | -11.0% |
| 1967 | 285,500 An | -14.2% |
| 1968 | 241,000 An | -15.6% |
| 1969 | 207,000 An | -14.1% |
| 1970 | 161,500 An | -22.0% |
| 1971 | 135,600 An | -16.0% |
| 1972 | 110,200 An | -18.7% |
| 1973 | 100,500 An | -8.8% |
| 1974 | 87,300 An | -13.1% |
| 1975 | 78,300 An | -10.3% |
| 1976 | 69,900 An | -10.7% |
| 1977 | 68,200 An | -2.4% |
| 1978 | 60,200 An | -11.7% |
| 1979 | 56,000 An | -7.0% |
| 1980 | 52,000 An | -7.1% |
| 1981 | 50,000 An | -3.8% |
| 1982 | 49,000 An | -2.0% |
| 1983 | 47,000 An | -4.1% |
| 1984 | 49,000 An | +4.3% |
| 1985 | 49,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 50,000 An | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 50,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 48,000 An | -4.0% |
| 1989 | 48,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 48,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 45,000 An | -6.2% |
| 1992 | 48,000 An | +6.7% |
| 1993 | 33,500 An | -30.2% |
| 1994 | 38,000 An | +13.4% |
| 1995 | 28,079 An | -26.1% |
| 1996 | 38,000 An | +35.3% |
| 1997 | 38,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 38,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 25,000 An | -34.2% |
| 2000 | 38,000 An | +52.0% |
| 2001 | 25,000 An | -34.2% |
| 2002 | 30,500 An | +22.0% |
| 2003 | 36,580 An | +19.9% |
| 2004 | 36,000 An | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 35,300 An | -1.9% |
| 2006 | 35,000 An | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 37,000 An | +5.7% |
| 2008 | 39,000 An | +5.4% |
| 2009 | 45,000 An | +15.4% |
| 2010 | 41,602 An | -7.6% |
| 2011 | 43,967 An | +5.7% |
| 2012 | 44,446 An | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 36,896 An | -17.0% |
| 2014 | 33,872 An | -8.2% |
| 2015 | 32,206 An | -4.9% |
| 2016 | 27,000 An | -16.2% |
| 2017 | 25,000 An | -7.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 406,893 An | 207,000 An | 677,598 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 92,770 An | 56,000 An | 161,500 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 49,200 An | 47,000 An | 52,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 37,958 An | 25,000 An | 48,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 35,738 An | 25,000 An | 45,000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 35,624 An | 25,000 An | 44,446 An | 8 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0087 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of goats — milk animals in Germany?
- Raw milk of goats — milk animals in Germany was 25,000 An in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest raw milk of goats — milk animals recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 677,598 An in 1961.
- What is the lowest raw milk of goats — milk animals recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 25,000 An in 1999.
- How does Germany rank for raw milk of goats — milk animals?
- Germany ranks 90th out of 108 countries with data for 2017.
- Is raw milk of goats — milk animals rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Germany 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.