Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Benin
Benin: Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 1.14 million An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Benin, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Benin recorded 1.14 million An for milk, total — milk animals in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.3% on the previous year and up 44.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — milk animals in Benin peaked at 1.14 million An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 102,939 An, in 1961.
Benin ranks 80th of 199 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 131,129 An | 102,939 An | 153,500 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 196,650 An | 158,800 An | 229,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 260,670 An | 242,600 An | 280,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 464,320 An | 275,000 An | 540,274 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 623,798 An | 555,526 An | 695,637 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 801,135 An | 717,898 An | 884,874 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.00 million An | 841,702 An | 1.14 million An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Benin
- Agriculture share gdp 22.92 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 22.92 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 52.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2024)
- Rural population 46.6% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 6.91 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 22.9% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 5.63 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 20,973 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — milk animals in Benin?
- Milk, total — milk animals in Benin was 1.14 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 1.14 million An in 2024.
- What is the lowest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 102,939 An in 1961.
- How does Benin rank for milk, total — milk animals?
- Benin ranks 80th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — milk animals rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Milk, Total — 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.