Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Middle Africa

Middle Africa: Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 8.08 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
8.08 million An
Change on year
down 1.0%
Rank
20th
of 38 regions
All-time high
8.16 million An
in 2023
All-time low
1.78 million An
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Middle Africa, 1961–2024

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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.

Middle Africa ranks 20th of 38 regions on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 17 Somalia 14.24 million An compare
  2. 18 Indonesia 13.45 million An compare
  3. 19 Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of 13.03 million An compare
  4. 20 Russian Federation 10.56 million An compare
  5. 21 Romania 10.16 million An compare
  6. 22 Ethiopia PDR 8.24 million An compare
  7. 23 Greece 7.59 million An compare

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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 20th out of 38 regions 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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Indicator
Milk, Total — Milk Animals
Unit
An
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
232 places, 13,445 data points, 1961–2024
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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.