Burkina Faso vs Southern Africa: Milk, Total — Milk Animals

Burkina Faso
5.44 million An
in 2024
Southern Africa
1.62 million An
in 2024
Burkina Faso rank
30th
Southern Africa rank
27th

Milk, Total — Milk Animals over time

  • Burkina Faso
  • Southern Africa
1.0M2.0M3.0M4.0M5.0M196119922024

How they compare

Burkina Faso currently reports 5.44 million An against 1.62 million An in Southern Africa, a difference of 3.81 million An.

That makes Burkina Faso's figure about 3.3 times Southern Africa's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Southern Africa ahead.

Burkina Faso ranks 30th and Southern Africa ranks 27th of 185 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Burkina Faso averaged higher in 4 and Southern Africa in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Burkina Faso Southern Africa Difference Ahead
1960s 671,222 An 1.58 million An 909,858 An Southern Africa
1970s 797,500 An 1.69 million An 888,925 An Southern Africa
1980s 1.11 million An 1.64 million An 524,100 An Southern Africa
1990s 2.36 million An 1.39 million An 976,500 An Burkina Faso
2000s 3.32 million An 1.48 million An 1.84 million An Burkina Faso
2010s 4.68 million An 1.61 million An 3.07 million An Burkina Faso
2020s 5.38 million An 1.60 million An 3.78 million An Burkina Faso

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher milk, total — milk animals, Burkina Faso or Southern Africa?
Burkina Faso, at 5.44 million An against 1.62 million An in Southern Africa as of 2024.
What is the difference in milk, total — milk animals between Burkina Faso and Southern Africa?
3.81 million An, with Burkina Faso ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Southern Africa?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Burkina Faso and Southern Africa rank globally for milk, total — milk animals?
Burkina Faso ranks 30th and Southern Africa ranks 27th of 185 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Milk, Total — Milk Animals. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Milk, Total — Milk Animals
Unit
An
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
232 places, 13,445 data points, 1961–2024
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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.