Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Gambia
Gambia: Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 40,282 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Gambia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Gambia recorded 40,282 An for milk, total — milk animals in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.9% on the previous year and down 27.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — milk animals in Gambia peaked at 56,804 An in 2015 and was at its lowest, 15,000 An, in 1961.
Gambia ranks 148th of 185 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Gambia, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 16,060 An | +7.1% |
| 1963 | 18,200 An | +13.3% |
| 1964 | 18,800 An | +3.3% |
| 1965 | 19,500 An | +3.7% |
| 1966 | 20,000 An | +2.6% |
| 1967 | 20,733 An | +3.7% |
| 1968 | 22,123 An | +6.7% |
| 1969 | 23,270 An | +5.2% |
| 1970 | 24,870 An | +6.9% |
| 1971 | 26,000 An | +4.5% |
| 1972 | 27,000 An | +3.8% |
| 1973 | 27,500 An | +1.9% |
| 1974 | 28,000 An | +1.8% |
| 1975 | 28,500 An | +1.8% |
| 1976 | 28,800 An | +1.1% |
| 1977 | 29,000 An | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 29,100 An | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 29,200 An | +0.3% |
| 1980 | 29,300 An | +0.3% |
| 1981 | 29,500 An | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 29,700 An | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 30,000 An | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 28,000 An | -6.7% |
| 1985 | 29,000 An | +3.6% |
| 1986 | 30,000 An | +3.4% |
| 1987 | 31,000 An | +3.3% |
| 1988 | 32,000 An | +3.2% |
| 1989 | 33,000 An | +3.1% |
| 1990 | 34,000 An | +3.0% |
| 1991 | 40,900 An | +20.3% |
| 1992 | 41,000 An | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 41,400 An | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 41,700 An | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 42,000 An | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 42,300 An | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 42,600 An | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 43,000 An | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 43,300 An | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 43,600 An | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 45,000 An | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 46,000 An | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 47,500 An | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 48,960 An | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 49,200 An | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 49,560 An | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 49,800 An | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 50,400 An | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 51,850 An | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 50,707 An | -2.2% |
| 2011 | 53,500 An | +5.5% |
| 2012 | 54,000 An | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 54,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 55,653 An | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 56,804 An | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 53,563 An | -5.7% |
| 2017 | 51,358 An | -4.1% |
| 2018 | 43,793 An | -14.7% |
| 2019 | 40,463 An | -7.6% |
| 2020 | 37,823 An | -6.5% |
| 2021 | 37,655 An | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 37,488 An | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 39,548 An | +5.5% |
| 2024 | 40,282 An | +1.9% |
Gambia compared with similar countries
- Gambia's 40,282 An is below the median for low income countries, which is 3.36 million An, 1% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Gambia's 40,282 An is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.00 million An, 4% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19,298 An | 15,000 An | 23,270 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 27,797 An | 24,870 An | 29,200 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 30,150 An | 28,000 An | 33,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 41,220 An | 34,000 An | 43,300 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 48,187 An | 43,600 An | 51,850 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 51,384 An | 40,463 An | 56,804 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 38,559 An | 37,488 An | 40,282 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Gambia
More agriculture & rural data for Gambia
- 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 0.0002 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.1584 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % 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 0.2247 hectares per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 25.87 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2385 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 219.17 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2766 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — milk animals in Gambia?
- Milk, total — milk animals in Gambia was 40,282 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 56,804 An in 2015.
- What is the lowest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,000 An in 1961.
- How does Gambia rank for milk, total — milk animals?
- Gambia ranks 148th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — milk animals rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Gambia 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.