Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Cameroon
Cameroon: Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 2.46 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, milk, total — milk animals in Cameroon stood at 2.46 million An.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — milk animals in Cameroon peaked at 2.48 million An in 2018 and was at its lowest, 464,400 An, in 1961.
Cameroon ranks 48th of 185 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 464,400 An | — |
| 1962 | 472,500 An | +1.7% |
| 1963 | 483,200 An | +2.3% |
| 1964 | 482,500 An | -0.1% |
| 1965 | 506,200 An | +4.9% |
| 1966 | 540,100 An | +6.7% |
| 1967 | 569,200 An | +5.4% |
| 1968 | 600,500 An | +5.5% |
| 1969 | 615,900 An | +2.6% |
| 1970 | 663,000 An | +7.6% |
| 1971 | 680,000 An | +2.6% |
| 1972 | 683,000 An | +0.4% |
| 1973 | 693,000 An | +1.5% |
| 1974 | 746,000 An | +7.6% |
| 1975 | 764,000 An | +2.4% |
| 1976 | 780,000 An | +2.1% |
| 1977 | 786,700 An | +0.9% |
| 1978 | 815,000 An | +3.6% |
| 1979 | 850,000 An | +4.3% |
| 1980 | 876,000 An | +3.1% |
| 1981 | 864,000 An | -1.4% |
| 1982 | 785,600 An | -9.1% |
| 1983 | 771,550 An | -1.8% |
| 1984 | 780,000 An | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 939,500 An | +20.4% |
| 1986 | 1.27 million An | +35.5% |
| 1987 | 1.39 million An | +9.1% |
| 1988 | 1.55 million An | +11.9% |
| 1989 | 1.70 million An | +9.4% |
| 1990 | 1.83 million An | +8.0% |
| 1991 | 1.87 million An | +2.0% |
| 1992 | 1.78 million An | -5.1% |
| 1993 | 1.79 million An | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 1.93 million An | +7.8% |
| 1995 | 1.85 million An | -4.3% |
| 1996 | 1.91 million An | +3.2% |
| 1997 | 1.92 million An | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 1.94 million An | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 1.95 million An | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 1.96 million An | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 2.11 million An | +7.5% |
| 2002 | 2.08 million An | -1.6% |
| 2003 | 2.08 million An | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 2.09 million An | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 2.09 million An | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 2.12 million An | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 2.12 million An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 2.13 million An | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 2.13 million An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 2.15 million An | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 2.17 million An | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 2.17 million An | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 2.18 million An | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 2.25 million An | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 2.31 million An | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 2.31 million An | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 2.33 million An | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 2.48 million An | +6.4% |
| 2019 | 2.38 million An | -3.8% |
| 2020 | 2.38 million An | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 2.44 million An | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 2.45 million An | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 2.46 million An | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 2.46 million An | +0.2% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 2.46 million An is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 939,711 An, 2.6× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 2.46 million An is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.00 million An, 2.5× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Cameroon changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | +35.5% | 939,500 An | 1.27 million An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 526,056 An | 464,400 An | 615,900 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 746,070 An | 663,000 An | 850,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.09 million An | 771,550 An | 1.70 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.88 million An | 1.78 million An | 1.95 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.09 million An | 1.96 million An | 2.13 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.27 million An | 2.15 million An | 2.48 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.44 million An | 2.38 million An | 2.46 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
More agriculture & rural data for Cameroon
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.9031 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1685 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 332.28 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4433 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 14.9% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — milk animals in Cameroon?
- Milk, total — milk animals in Cameroon was 2.46 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 2.48 million An in 2018.
- What is the lowest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 464,400 An in 1961.
- How does Cameroon rank for milk, total — milk animals?
- Cameroon ranks 48th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — milk animals rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon 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.