Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Eswatini
Eswatini: Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 144,091 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Eswatini, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Eswatini recorded 144,091 An for milk, total — milk animals in 2024.
The figure is up 5.2% on the previous year and up 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — milk animals in Eswatini peaked at 158,000 An in 1992 and was at its lowest, 110,000 An, in 1966.
Eswatini ranks 129th 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 Eswatini, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 130,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 130,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 125,000 An | -3.8% |
| 1964 | 125,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 115,000 An | -8.0% |
| 1966 | 110,000 An | -4.3% |
| 1967 | 110,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 110,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 115,000 An | +4.5% |
| 1970 | 120,000 An | +4.3% |
| 1971 | 120,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 125,000 An | +4.2% |
| 1973 | 125,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 128,000 An | +2.4% |
| 1975 | 130,000 An | +1.6% |
| 1976 | 135,000 An | +3.8% |
| 1977 | 138,000 An | +2.2% |
| 1978 | 140,000 An | +1.4% |
| 1979 | 142,000 An | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 144,000 An | +1.4% |
| 1981 | 146,000 An | +1.4% |
| 1982 | 147,000 An | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 148,000 An | +0.7% |
| 1984 | 148,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 150,000 An | +1.4% |
| 1986 | 151,000 An | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 152,000 An | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 153,000 An | +0.7% |
| 1989 | 154,000 An | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 155,000 An | +0.6% |
| 1991 | 154,852 An | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 158,000 An | +2.0% |
| 1993 | 130,000 An | -17.7% |
| 1994 | 132,000 An | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 133,000 An | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 122,500 An | -7.9% |
| 1997 | 125,000 An | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 135,196 An | +8.2% |
| 1999 | 114,000 An | -15.7% |
| 2000 | 130,000 An | +14.0% |
| 2001 | 114,303 An | -12.1% |
| 2002 | 135,000 An | +18.1% |
| 2003 | 140,000 An | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 133,222 An | -4.8% |
| 2005 | 135,000 An | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 130,000 An | -3.7% |
| 2007 | 135,000 An | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 141,000 An | +4.4% |
| 2009 | 145,000 An | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 135,393 An | -6.6% |
| 2011 | 136,346 An | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 137,298 An | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 135,601 An | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 135,307 An | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 134,285 An | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 133,172 An | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 132,888 An | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 132,321 An | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 121,093 An | -8.5% |
| 2020 | 125,095 An | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 126,160 An | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 127,261 An | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 137,030 An | +7.7% |
| 2024 | 144,091 An | +5.2% |
Eswatini compared with similar countries
- Eswatini's 144,091 An is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 939,711 An, 15% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Eswatini's 144,091 An is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.00 million An, 14% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 118,889 An | 110,000 An | 130,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 130,300 An | 120,000 An | 142,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 149,300 An | 144,000 An | 154,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 135,955 An | 114,000 An | 158,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 133,852 An | 114,303 An | 145,000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 133,370 An | 121,093 An | 137,298 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 131,927 An | 125,095 An | 144,091 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eswatini
More agriculture & rural data for Eswatini
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.1552 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.1175 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0002 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.947 hectares per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0641 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 263.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4281 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — milk animals in Eswatini?
- Milk, total — milk animals in Eswatini was 144,091 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 158,000 An in 1992.
- What is the lowest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 110,000 An in 1966.
- How does Eswatini rank for milk, total — milk animals?
- Eswatini ranks 129th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — milk animals rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eswatini 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.