Raw milk of goats — Milk Animals in Switzerland
Switzerland: Raw milk of goats — Milk Animals was 33,262 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Raw milk of goats — Milk Animals in Switzerland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for raw milk of goats — milk animals in Switzerland is 33,262 An, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 2.8% on the previous year and down 9.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of goats — milk animals in Switzerland peaked at 66,638 An in 1961 and was at its lowest, 19,383 An, in 1997.
Switzerland ranks 83rd of 108 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Raw milk of goats — Milk Animals in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 66,638 An | — |
| 1962 | 65,000 An | -2.5% |
| 1963 | 60,000 An | -7.7% |
| 1964 | 57,000 An | -5.0% |
| 1965 | 53,000 An | -7.0% |
| 1966 | 53,288 An | +0.5% |
| 1967 | 50,000 An | -6.2% |
| 1968 | 49,000 An | -2.0% |
| 1969 | 47,000 An | -4.1% |
| 1970 | 46,000 An | -2.1% |
| 1971 | 45,000 An | -2.2% |
| 1972 | 45,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 46,931 An | +4.3% |
| 1974 | 47,000 An | +0.1% |
| 1975 | 47,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 47,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 47,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 50,530 An | +7.5% |
| 1979 | 50,600 An | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 50,650 An | +0.1% |
| 1981 | 52,000 An | +2.7% |
| 1982 | 52,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 45,658 An | -12.2% |
| 1984 | 46,000 An | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 46,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 46,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 46,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 44,166 An | -4.0% |
| 1989 | 40,600 An | -8.1% |
| 1990 | 39,800 An | -2.0% |
| 1991 | 38,100 An | -4.3% |
| 1992 | 34,300 An | -10.0% |
| 1993 | 33,307 An | -2.9% |
| 1994 | 33,307 An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 30,951 An | -7.1% |
| 1996 | 19,515 An | -36.9% |
| 1997 | 19,383 An | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 20,291 An | +4.7% |
| 1999 | 29,022 An | +43.0% |
| 2000 | 29,652 An | +2.2% |
| 2001 | 30,783 An | +3.8% |
| 2002 | 31,449 An | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 31,820 An | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 33,352 An | +4.8% |
| 2005 | 34,343 An | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 35,300 An | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 36,087 An | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 36,278 An | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 36,512 An | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 36,501 An | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 37,181 An | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 37,325 An | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 36,747 An | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 36,551 An | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 34,935 An | -4.4% |
| 2016 | 34,945 An | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 35,732 An | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 36,821 An | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 36,593 An | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 36,137 An | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 35,362 An | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 35,216 An | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 34,225 An | -2.8% |
| 2024 | 33,262 An | -2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 55,658 An | 47,000 An | 66,638 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 47,206 An | 45,000 An | 50,600 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 46,907 An | 40,600 An | 52,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 29,798 An | 19,383 An | 39,800 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 33,558 An | 29,652 An | 36,512 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 36,333 An | 34,935 An | 37,325 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 34,840 An | 33,262 An | 36,137 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Switzerland
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0064 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 739.83 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.8806 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1427 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of goats — milk animals in Switzerland?
- Raw milk of goats — milk animals in Switzerland was 33,262 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 Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 66,638 An in 1961.
- What is the lowest raw milk of goats — milk animals recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 19,383 An in 1997.
- How does Switzerland rank for raw milk of goats — milk animals?
- Switzerland ranks 83rd out of 108 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of goats — milk animals rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Switzerland 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.