Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 8.08 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Middle Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, milk, total — milk animals in Middle Africa stood at 8.08 million An.
The figure is down 1.0% on the previous year and up 35.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — milk animals in Middle Africa peaked at 8.16 million An in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1.78 million An, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.78 million An | — |
| 1962 | 1.80 million An | +1.4% |
| 1963 | 1.83 million An | +1.7% |
| 1964 | 1.85 million An | +0.9% |
| 1965 | 1.88 million An | +1.6% |
| 1966 | 1.92 million An | +2.5% |
| 1967 | 1.99 million An | +3.6% |
| 1968 | 2.07 million An | +3.9% |
| 1969 | 2.07 million An | +0.2% |
| 1970 | 2.18 million An | +5.0% |
| 1971 | 2.16 million An | -0.8% |
| 1972 | 2.33 million An | +8.0% |
| 1973 | 2.30 million An | -1.4% |
| 1974 | 2.20 million An | -4.1% |
| 1975 | 2.22 million An | +0.8% |
| 1976 | 2.22 million An | -0.3% |
| 1977 | 2.31 million An | +4.4% |
| 1978 | 2.40 million An | +3.9% |
| 1979 | 2.52 million An | +4.8% |
| 1980 | 2.60 million An | +3.1% |
| 1981 | 2.63 million An | +1.3% |
| 1982 | 2.60 million An | -1.0% |
| 1983 | 2.55 million An | -2.1% |
| 1984 | 2.32 million An | -9.0% |
| 1985 | 2.52 million An | +8.9% |
| 1986 | 2.90 million An | +15.0% |
| 1987 | 3.04 million An | +4.8% |
| 1988 | 3.25 million An | +6.8% |
| 1989 | 3.42 million An | +5.2% |
| 1990 | 3.60 million An | +5.4% |
| 1991 | 3.68 million An | +2.2% |
| 1992 | 3.62 million An | -1.8% |
| 1993 | 3.62 million An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 3.81 million An | +5.4% |
| 1995 | 3.80 million An | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 3.99 million An | +5.0% |
| 1997 | 4.25 million An | +6.4% |
| 1998 | 4.30 million An | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 4.35 million An | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 4.45 million An | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 4.61 million An | +3.5% |
| 2002 | 4.60 million An | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 4.65 million An | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 4.72 million An | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 4.81 million An | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 4.88 million An | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 4.98 million An | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 5.06 million An | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 5.08 million An | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 5.53 million An | +8.9% |
| 2011 | 5.21 million An | -5.8% |
| 2012 | 5.23 million An | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 5.24 million An | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 5.95 million An | +13.6% |
| 2015 | 6.46 million An | +8.6% |
| 2016 | 6.44 million An | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 6.79 million An | +5.4% |
| 2018 | 7.12 million An | +5.0% |
| 2019 | 7.22 million An | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 7.42 million An | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 7.67 million An | +3.5% |
| 2022 | 7.92 million An | +3.2% |
| 2023 | 8.16 million An | +3.0% |
| 2024 | 8.08 million An | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.91 million An | 1.78 million An | 2.07 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.28 million An | 2.16 million An | 2.52 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.78 million An | 2.32 million An | 3.42 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.90 million An | 3.60 million An | 4.35 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.79 million An | 4.45 million An | 5.08 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.12 million An | 5.21 million An | 7.22 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.85 million An | 7.42 million An | 8.16 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
- 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 21.17 million An compare
- 4 Sudan (former) 67.48 million An compare
- 5 Sudan 51.19 million An compare
- 5 Syrian Arab Republic 13.96 million An compare
- 6 Mali 44.78 million An compare
- 6 United Republic of Tanzania 12.35 million An compare
- 7 USSR 44.65 million An compare
- 8 Pakistan 43.14 million An compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3.29 million An compare
- 9 Algeria 24.14 million An compare
- 10 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.91 million An compare
- 10 South Sudan 22.62 million An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Middle Africa
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -6.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 5.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield, annual -3.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production, annual 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate 0.167 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.3406 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Production, annual growth rate 0.2752 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — milk animals in Middle Africa?
- Milk, total — milk animals in Middle Africa was 8.08 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 8.16 million An in 2023.
- What is the lowest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.78 million An in 1961.
- How does Middle Africa rank for milk, total — milk animals?
- Middle Africa ranks 7th out of 18 groups with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — milk animals rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle Africa 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.