Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Eritrea
Eritrea: Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 1.23 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Eritrea, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, milk, total — milk animals in Eritrea stood at 1.23 million An. That is the highest value across all 32 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — milk animals in Eritrea peaked at 1.23 million An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 505,500 An, in 1993.
That places Eritrea 69th out of 185 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 505,500 An | — |
| 1994 | 514,820 An | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 523,130 An | +1.6% |
| 1996 | 564,450 An | +7.9% |
| 1997 | 619,770 An | +9.8% |
| 1998 | 682,090 An | +10.1% |
| 1999 | 686,410 An | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 706,285 An | +2.9% |
| 2001 | 798,693 An | +13.1% |
| 2002 | 854,102 An | +6.9% |
| 2003 | 975,715 An | +14.2% |
| 2004 | 1.06 million An | +8.3% |
| 2005 | 1.10 million An | +4.3% |
| 2006 | 873,389 An | -20.8% |
| 2007 | 1.15 million An | +31.3% |
| 2008 | 1.15 million An | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 1.16 million An | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 906,548 An | -21.7% |
| 2011 | 1.19 million An | +31.3% |
| 2012 | 1.20 million An | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 1.18 million An | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 1.19 million An | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 1.19 million An | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 1.20 million An | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 1.20 million An | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 1.21 million An | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 1.21 million An | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 1.22 million An | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 1.22 million An | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 1.22 million An | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 1.22 million An | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 1.23 million An | +0.0% |
Eritrea compared with similar countries
- Eritrea's 1.23 million An is below the median for low income countries, which is 3.36 million An, 36% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Eritrea's 1.23 million An is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.00 million An, 1.2× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Eritrea 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +31.3% | 873,389 An | 1.15 million An |
| 2011 | +31.3% | 906,548 An | 1.19 million An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 585,167 An | 505,500 An | 686,410 An | 7 |
| 2000s | 982,583 An | 706,285 An | 1.16 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.17 million An | 906,548 An | 1.21 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.22 million An | 1.22 million An | 1.23 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
- 66 Belarus 1.46 million An compare
- 67 Madagascar 1.36 million An compare
- 68 Australia 1.33 million An compare
- 70 Kyrgyzstan 1.22 million An compare
- 71 Serbia and Montenegro 1.21 million An compare
- 72 Peru 1.18 million An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eritrea
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.8871 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0005 hectares per US$ of GDP (2011)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.3071 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.1218 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0038 hectares per US$ of GDP (2011)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 2.22 hectares per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.26 % change on previous year (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1412 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 90.81 current US$ per person (2009)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.01 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — milk animals in Eritrea?
- Milk, total — milk animals in Eritrea was 1.23 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 1.23 million An in 2024.
- What is the lowest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 505,500 An in 1993.
- How does Eritrea rank for milk, total — milk animals?
- Eritrea ranks 69th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — milk animals rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eritrea 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.