Raw milk of goats — Milk Animals in Western Europe
Western Europe: Raw milk of goats — Milk Animals was 1.79 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Raw milk of goats — Milk Animals in Western Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, raw milk of goats — milk animals in Western Europe stood at 1.79 million An.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and up 39.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of goats — milk animals in Western Europe peaked at 1.85 million An in 2021 and was at its lowest, 914,507 An, in 1994.
Western Europe ranks 18th of 28 groups on this measure, 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 Western Europe, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.76 million An | — |
| 1962 | 1.63 million An | -7.8% |
| 1963 | 1.52 million An | -6.8% |
| 1964 | 1.43 million An | -5.9% |
| 1965 | 1.33 million An | -7.0% |
| 1966 | 1.27 million An | -4.1% |
| 1967 | 1.16 million An | -9.1% |
| 1968 | 1.12 million An | -3.6% |
| 1969 | 1.07 million An | -4.2% |
| 1970 | 1.03 million An | -3.8% |
| 1971 | 985,000 An | -4.2% |
| 1972 | 951,200 An | -3.4% |
| 1973 | 954,541 An | +0.4% |
| 1974 | 975,205 An | +2.2% |
| 1975 | 984,535 An | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 991,000 An | +0.7% |
| 1977 | 1.00 million An | +0.9% |
| 1978 | 1.01 million An | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 1.05 million An | +3.3% |
| 1980 | 1.04 million An | -0.4% |
| 1981 | 1.02 million An | -2.2% |
| 1982 | 1.01 million An | -0.7% |
| 1983 | 986,158 An | -2.6% |
| 1984 | 942,000 An | -4.5% |
| 1985 | 926,000 An | -1.7% |
| 1986 | 942,784 An | +1.8% |
| 1987 | 977,123 An | +3.6% |
| 1988 | 999,057 An | +2.2% |
| 1989 | 1.00 million An | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 984,632 An | -2.0% |
| 1991 | 982,542 An | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 956,479 An | -2.7% |
| 1993 | 925,078 An | -3.3% |
| 1994 | 914,507 An | -1.1% |
| 1995 | 929,707 An | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 940,113 An | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 942,725 An | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 940,297 An | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 930,780 An | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 953,364 An | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 939,397 An | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 950,849 An | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 962,225 An | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 938,528 An | -2.5% |
| 2005 | 945,044 An | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 1.13 million An | +19.6% |
| 2007 | 1.20 million An | +6.0% |
| 2008 | 1.23 million An | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 1.29 million An | +5.2% |
| 2010 | 1.36 million An | +4.7% |
| 2011 | 1.32 million An | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 1.31 million An | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 1.28 million An | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 1.28 million An | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 1.29 million An | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 1.30 million An | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 1.33 million An | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 1.68 million An | +26.2% |
| 2019 | 1.70 million An | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 1.82 million An | +7.3% |
| 2021 | 1.85 million An | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 1.82 million An | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 1.80 million An | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 1.79 million An | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.36 million An | 1.07 million An | 1.76 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 992,981 An | 951,200 An | 1.05 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 985,282 An | 926,000 An | 1.04 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 944,686 An | 914,507 An | 984,632 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.05 million An | 938,528 An | 1.29 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.38 million An | 1.28 million An | 1.70 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.82 million An | 1.79 million An | 1.85 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
- 15 Malawi 2.61 million An compare
- 16 Saudi Arabia 2.58 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
- 20 Greece 1.94 million An compare
- 21 Chad 1.89 million An compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of goats — milk animals in Western Europe?
- Raw milk of goats — milk animals in Western Europe was 1.79 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 Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 1.85 million An in 2021.
- What is the lowest raw milk of goats — milk animals recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 914,507 An in 1994.
- How does Western Europe rank for raw milk of goats — milk animals?
- Western Europe ranks 18th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of goats — milk animals rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Europe 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.