Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 18.00 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, milk, total — milk animals in Ethiopia stood at 18.00 million An.
That represents a change of up 3.0% on the previous year and up 19.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — milk animals in Ethiopia peaked at 18.06 million An in 2020 and was at its lowest, 5.36 million An, in 1993.
Ethiopia ranks 13th of 185 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 5.36 million An | — |
| 1994 | 6.03 million An | +12.4% |
| 1995 | 5.45 million An | -9.7% |
| 1996 | 5.68 million An | +4.4% |
| 1997 | 5.86 million An | +3.2% |
| 1998 | 6.26 million An | +6.7% |
| 1999 | 6.43 million An | +2.7% |
| 2000 | 5.93 million An | -7.8% |
| 2001 | 6.47 million An | +9.1% |
| 2002 | 6.16 million An | -4.8% |
| 2003 | 6.25 million An | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 6.55 million An | +4.9% |
| 2005 | 5.78 million An | -11.8% |
| 2006 | 7.48 million An | +29.4% |
| 2007 | 8.61 million An | +15.1% |
| 2008 | 10.85 million An | +26.0% |
| 2009 | 12.94 million An | +19.3% |
| 2010 | 14.13 million An | +9.1% |
| 2011 | 14.14 million An | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 14.33 million An | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 14.73 million An | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 15.12 million An | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 15.17 million An | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 15.72 million An | +3.7% |
| 2017 | 15.95 million An | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 16.32 million An | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 17.81 million An | +9.1% |
| 2020 | 18.06 million An | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 17.84 million An | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 17.60 million An | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 17.48 million An | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 18.00 million An | +3.0% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 18.00 million An is above the median for low income countries, which is 3.36 million An, 5.4× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 18.00 million An is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.00 million An, 18.0× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.87 million An | 5.36 million An | 6.43 million An | 7 |
| 2000s | 7.70 million An | 5.78 million An | 12.94 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.34 million An | 14.13 million An | 17.81 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.79 million An | 17.48 million An | 18.06 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 10 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.91 million An compare
- 10 South Sudan 22.62 million An compare
- 11 Bangladesh 20.14 million An compare
- 11 Republic of Moldova 475,099 An compare
- 12 Mongolia 18.72 million An compare
- 12 Viet Nam 354,787 An compare
- 13 Melanesia 56,732 An compare
- 14 Kenya 15.35 million An compare
- 14 Lao People's Democratic Republic 52,669 An compare
- 15 Brazil 15.26 million An compare
- 15 Timor-Leste 36,202 An compare
- 16 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 35,933 An compare
- 16 Niger 15.06 million An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Ethiopia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -20.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3282 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 306.11 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7589 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 32.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 32.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — milk animals in Ethiopia?
- Milk, total — milk animals in Ethiopia was 18.00 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 18.06 million An in 2020.
- What is the lowest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.36 million An in 1993.
- How does Ethiopia rank for milk, total — milk animals?
- Ethiopia ranks 13th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — milk animals rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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.