Cameroon vs Nigeria: Milk, Total — Milk Animals

Cameroon
2.46 million An
in 2024
Nigeria
2.23 million An
in 2024
Cameroon rank
53rd
Nigeria rank
56th

Milk, Total — Milk Animals over time

  • Cameroon
  • Nigeria
500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M2.5M196119922024

How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 2.46 million An against 2.23 million An in Nigeria, a difference of 226,440 An.

That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.1 times Nigeria's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nigeria ahead.

Cameroon ranks 53rd and Nigeria ranks 56th of 199 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 4 and Nigeria in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cameroon Nigeria Difference Ahead
1960s 526,056 An 725,111 An 199,056 An Nigeria
1970s 746,070 An 1.04 million An 294,470 An Nigeria
1980s 1.09 million An 1.29 million An 201,010 An Nigeria
1990s 1.88 million An 1.58 million An 300,692 An Cameroon
2000s 2.09 million An 1.76 million An 328,790 An Cameroon
2010s 2.27 million An 2.20 million An 69,732 An Cameroon
2020s 2.44 million An 2.22 million An 215,804 An Cameroon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher milk, total — milk animals, Cameroon or Nigeria?
Cameroon, at 2.46 million An against 2.23 million An in Nigeria as of 2024.
What is the difference in milk, total — milk animals between Cameroon and Nigeria?
226,440 An, with Cameroon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Nigeria?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Cameroon and Nigeria rank globally for milk, total — milk animals?
Cameroon ranks 53rd and Nigeria ranks 56th of 199 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.