Raw milk of goats — Milk Animals in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Raw milk of goats — Milk Animals was 147,049 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Raw milk of goats — Milk Animals in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 147,049 An for raw milk of goats — milk animals in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 15.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of goats — milk animals in Sri Lanka peaked at 210,000 An in 1965 and was at its lowest, 115,491 An, in 2016.
Sri Lanka ranks 66th of 108 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Raw milk of goats — Milk Animals in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 172,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 159,000 An | -7.6% |
| 1963 | 188,000 An | +18.2% |
| 1964 | 199,000 An | +5.9% |
| 1965 | 210,000 An | +5.5% |
| 1966 | 207,000 An | -1.4% |
| 1967 | 203,000 An | -1.9% |
| 1968 | 205,000 An | +1.0% |
| 1969 | 190,000 An | -7.3% |
| 1970 | 195,000 An | +2.6% |
| 1971 | 192,000 An | -1.5% |
| 1972 | 197,000 An | +2.6% |
| 1973 | 193,000 An | -2.0% |
| 1974 | 192,000 An | -0.5% |
| 1975 | 192,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 197,000 An | +2.6% |
| 1977 | 191,000 An | -3.0% |
| 1978 | 158,000 An | -17.3% |
| 1979 | 162,000 An | +2.5% |
| 1980 | 173,000 An | +6.8% |
| 1981 | 180,000 An | +4.0% |
| 1982 | 179,000 An | -0.6% |
| 1983 | 182,000 An | +1.7% |
| 1984 | 188,000 An | +3.3% |
| 1985 | 189,000 An | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 205,000 An | +8.5% |
| 1987 | 176,000 An | -14.1% |
| 1988 | 179,000 An | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 181,000 An | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 183,000 An | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 161,000 An | -12.0% |
| 1992 | 176,000 An | +9.3% |
| 1993 | 204,000 An | +15.9% |
| 1994 | 206,000 An | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 207,000 An | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 188,000 An | -9.2% |
| 1997 | 182,000 An | -3.2% |
| 1998 | 202,044 An | +11.0% |
| 1999 | 180,000 An | -10.9% |
| 2000 | 173,000 An | -3.9% |
| 2001 | 175,000 An | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 160,000 An | -8.6% |
| 2003 | 168,000 An | +5.0% |
| 2004 | 162,000 An | -3.6% |
| 2005 | 157,800 An | -2.6% |
| 2006 | 170,000 An | +7.7% |
| 2007 | 166,000 An | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 170,000 An | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 172,000 An | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 153,431 An | -10.8% |
| 2011 | 190,000 An | +23.8% |
| 2012 | 192,000 An | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 193,500 An | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 127,191 An | -34.3% |
| 2015 | 130,915 An | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 115,491 An | -11.8% |
| 2017 | 123,774 An | +7.2% |
| 2018 | 133,618 An | +8.0% |
| 2019 | 133,338 An | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 140,696 An | +5.5% |
| 2021 | 150,441 An | +6.9% |
| 2022 | 151,947 An | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 146,651 An | -3.5% |
| 2024 | 147,049 An | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 192,556 An | 159,000 An | 210,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 186,900 An | 158,000 An | 197,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 183,200 An | 173,000 An | 205,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 188,904 An | 161,000 An | 207,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 167,380 An | 157,800 An | 175,000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 149,326 An | 115,491 An | 193,500 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 147,357 An | 140,696 An | 151,947 An | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 9.1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0836 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 418.3 current US$ per person (2025)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.4% (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of goats — milk animals in Sri Lanka?
- Raw milk of goats — milk animals in Sri Lanka was 147,049 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 Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 210,000 An in 1965.
- What is the lowest raw milk of goats — milk animals recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 115,491 An in 2016.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for raw milk of goats — milk animals?
- Sri Lanka ranks 66th out of 108 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of goats — milk animals rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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.