Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Liberia
Liberia: Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 6,585 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Liberia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Liberia recorded 6,585 An for milk, total — milk animals in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — milk animals in Liberia peaked at 6,665 An in 2015 and was at its lowest, 2,850 An, in 1961.
Liberia ranks 160th 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 Liberia, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,850 An | — |
| 1962 | 3,000 An | +5.3% |
| 1963 | 3,150 An | +5.0% |
| 1964 | 3,300 An | +4.8% |
| 1965 | 3,450 An | +4.5% |
| 1966 | 3,600 An | +4.3% |
| 1967 | 3,750 An | +4.2% |
| 1968 | 3,900 An | +4.0% |
| 1969 | 4,050 An | +3.8% |
| 1970 | 4,200 An | +3.7% |
| 1971 | 4,500 An | +7.1% |
| 1972 | 4,650 An | +3.3% |
| 1973 | 4,800 An | +3.2% |
| 1974 | 4,950 An | +3.1% |
| 1975 | 5,100 An | +3.0% |
| 1976 | 5,300 An | +3.9% |
| 1977 | 5,400 An | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 5,600 An | +3.7% |
| 1979 | 5,700 An | +1.8% |
| 1980 | 5,850 An | +2.6% |
| 1981 | 6,000 An | +2.6% |
| 1982 | 6,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 6,300 An | +5.0% |
| 1984 | 6,300 An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 6,300 An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 6,300 An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 6,300 An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 6,300 An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 6,000 An | -4.8% |
| 1990 | 5,700 An | -5.0% |
| 1991 | 5,600 An | -1.8% |
| 1992 | 5,500 An | -1.8% |
| 1993 | 5,672 An | +3.1% |
| 1994 | 5,675 An | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 5,678 An | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 5,681 An | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 5,684 An | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 5,686 An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 5,689 An | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 5,692 An | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 5,695 An | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 5,698 An | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 5,700 An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 5,703 An | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 5,706 An | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 5,660 An | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 5,700 An | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 5,800 An | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 6,148 An | +6.0% |
| 2010 | 6,300 An | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 6,450 An | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 6,500 An | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 6,500 An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 6,525 An | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 6,665 An | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 6,524 An | -2.1% |
| 2017 | 6,489 An | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 6,478 An | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 6,466 An | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 6,461 An | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 6,535 An | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 6,551 An | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 6,568 An | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 6,585 An | +0.3% |
Liberia compared with similar countries
- Liberia's 6,585 An is below the median for low income countries, which is 3.36 million An, 0% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Liberia's 6,585 An is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.00 million An, 1% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,450 An | 2,850 An | 4,050 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,020 An | 4,200 An | 5,700 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,165 An | 5,850 An | 6,300 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,656 An | 5,500 An | 5,700 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,750 An | 5,660 An | 6,148 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,490 An | 6,300 An | 6,665 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,540 An | 6,461 An | 6,585 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Liberia
More agriculture & rural data for Liberia
- 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 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.1221 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.1671 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0004 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.3378 hectares per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3265 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 298.89 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8615 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — milk animals in Liberia?
- Milk, total — milk animals in Liberia was 6,585 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 6,665 An in 2015.
- What is the lowest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,850 An in 1961.
- How does Liberia rank for milk, total — milk animals?
- Liberia ranks 160th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — milk animals rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Liberia 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.