Raw milk of goats — Milk Animals in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Raw milk of goats — Milk Animals was 2.58 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Raw milk of goats — Milk Animals in Saudi Arabia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Saudi Arabia recorded 2.58 million An for raw milk of goats — milk animals in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.0% on the previous year and up 102.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of goats — milk animals in Saudi Arabia peaked at 2.58 million An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 390,000 An, in 1961.
Saudi Arabia ranks 16th of 108 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Raw milk of goats — Milk Animals in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 390,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 396,500 An | +1.7% |
| 1963 | 403,000 An | +1.6% |
| 1964 | 416,000 An | +3.2% |
| 1965 | 429,000 An | +3.1% |
| 1966 | 442,000 An | +3.0% |
| 1967 | 455,000 An | +2.9% |
| 1968 | 471,418 An | +3.6% |
| 1969 | 477,750 An | +1.3% |
| 1970 | 481,000 An | +0.7% |
| 1971 | 487,500 An | +1.4% |
| 1972 | 491,089 An | +0.7% |
| 1973 | 543,958 An | +10.8% |
| 1974 | 631,000 An | +16.0% |
| 1975 | 783,838 An | +24.2% |
| 1976 | 995,356 An | +27.0% |
| 1977 | 1.04 million An | +4.3% |
| 1978 | 1.16 million An | +12.0% |
| 1979 | 1.18 million An | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 1.08 million An | -8.9% |
| 1981 | 989,000 An | -8.0% |
| 1982 | 928,732 An | -6.1% |
| 1983 | 945,250 An | +1.8% |
| 1984 | 1.05 million An | +10.9% |
| 1985 | 1.02 million An | -3.0% |
| 1986 | 1.05 million An | +2.9% |
| 1987 | 1.14 million An | +9.1% |
| 1988 | 1.15 million An | +0.9% |
| 1989 | 1.06 million An | -8.1% |
| 1990 | 1.16 million An | +9.4% |
| 1991 | 1.28 million An | +10.5% |
| 1992 | 1.33 million An | +3.6% |
| 1993 | 1.40 million An | +5.3% |
| 1994 | 1.46 million An | +5.0% |
| 1995 | 1.49 million An | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 1.49 million An | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 1.51 million An | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 1.48 million An | -2.1% |
| 1999 | 1.46 million An | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 1.54 million An | +5.2% |
| 2001 | 1.92 million An | +24.8% |
| 2002 | 1.90 million An | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 1.86 million An | -2.1% |
| 2004 | 1.92 million An | +3.2% |
| 2005 | 1.92 million An | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 1.70 million An | -11.4% |
| 2007 | 1.65 million An | -3.0% |
| 2008 | 1.49 million An | -9.5% |
| 2009 | 1.29 million An | -13.3% |
| 2010 | 1.50 million An | +15.8% |
| 2011 | 1.52 million An | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 1.56 million An | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 1.57 million An | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 1.27 million An | -19.1% |
| 2015 | 1.32 million An | +3.8% |
| 2016 | 1.33 million An | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 1.35 million An | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 1.33 million An | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 1.36 million An | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 2.09 million An | +53.4% |
| 2021 | 2.09 million An | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 2.29 million An | +9.6% |
| 2023 | 2.48 million An | +8.1% |
| 2024 | 2.58 million An | +4.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 431,185 An | 390,000 An | 477,750 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 779,625 An | 481,000 An | 1.18 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.04 million An | 928,732 An | 1.15 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.41 million An | 1.16 million An | 1.51 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.72 million An | 1.29 million An | 1.92 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.41 million An | 1.27 million An | 1.57 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.31 million An | 2.09 million An | 2.58 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
- 13 Algeria 2.97 million An compare
- 14 Afghanistan 2.81 million An compare
- 15 Malawi 2.61 million An compare
- 17 Nepal 2.43 million An compare
- 18 Burkina Faso 2.35 million An compare
- 19 Ethiopia PDR 1.99 million An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Saudi Arabia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.2 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0259 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.48 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 3.68 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1539 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of goats — milk animals in Saudi Arabia?
- Raw milk of goats — milk animals in Saudi Arabia was 2.58 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 Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.58 million An in 2024.
- What is the lowest raw milk of goats — milk animals recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 390,000 An in 1961.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for raw milk of goats — milk animals?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 16th out of 108 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of goats — milk animals rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 102.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia 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.