Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Nigeria
Nigeria: Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 2.23 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Nigeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, milk, total — milk animals in Nigeria stood at 2.23 million An.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — milk animals in Nigeria peaked at 2.38 million An in 2014 and was at its lowest, 602,800 An, in 1961.
That places Nigeria 50th out of 185 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 602,800 An | — |
| 1962 | 631,100 An | +4.7% |
| 1963 | 662,700 An | +5.0% |
| 1964 | 694,600 An | +4.8% |
| 1965 | 723,600 An | +4.2% |
| 1966 | 751,600 An | +3.9% |
| 1967 | 782,800 An | +4.2% |
| 1968 | 819,000 An | +4.6% |
| 1969 | 857,800 An | +4.7% |
| 1970 | 888,700 An | +3.6% |
| 1971 | 920,300 An | +3.6% |
| 1972 | 955,000 An | +3.8% |
| 1973 | 997,500 An | +4.5% |
| 1974 | 1.03 million An | +2.8% |
| 1975 | 1.05 million An | +2.9% |
| 1976 | 1.10 million An | +3.9% |
| 1977 | 1.12 million An | +2.4% |
| 1978 | 1.16 million An | +3.1% |
| 1979 | 1.19 million An | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 1.21 million An | +1.9% |
| 1981 | 1.22 million An | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 1.24 million An | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 1.26 million An | +1.6% |
| 1984 | 1.27 million An | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 1.29 million An | +1.6% |
| 1986 | 1.32 million An | +1.9% |
| 1987 | 1.34 million An | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 1.38 million An | +2.6% |
| 1989 | 1.42 million An | +3.0% |
| 1990 | 1.46 million An | +3.3% |
| 1991 | 1.51 million An | +3.4% |
| 1992 | 1.57 million An | +3.7% |
| 1993 | 1.63 million An | +3.8% |
| 1994 | 1.67 million An | +2.5% |
| 1995 | 1.68 million An | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 1.69 million An | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 1.45 million An | -14.1% |
| 1998 | 1.51 million An | +4.5% |
| 1999 | 1.58 million An | +4.6% |
| 2000 | 1.59 million An | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 1.59 million An | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 1.67 million An | +4.8% |
| 2003 | 1.67 million An | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 1.73 million An | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 1.83 million An | +5.7% |
| 2006 | 1.93 million An | +5.6% |
| 2007 | 1.95 million An | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 1.72 million An | -12.1% |
| 2009 | 1.97 million An | +14.8% |
| 2010 | 1.84 million An | -6.6% |
| 2011 | 2.30 million An | +25.1% |
| 2012 | 2.35 million An | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 2.37 million An | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 2.38 million An | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 2.16 million An | -9.2% |
| 2016 | 2.14 million An | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 2.15 million An | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 2.17 million An | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 2.18 million An | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 2.20 million An | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 2.22 million An | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 2.22 million An | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 2.23 million An | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 2.23 million An | +0.2% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 2.23 million An is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 939,711 An, 2.4× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 2.23 million An is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.00 million An, 2.2× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Nigeria changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +25.1% | 1.84 million An | 2.30 million An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 725,111 An | 602,800 An | 857,800 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.04 million An | 888,700 An | 1.19 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.29 million An | 1.21 million An | 1.42 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.58 million An | 1.45 million An | 1.69 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.76 million An | 1.59 million An | 1.97 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.20 million An | 1.84 million An | 2.38 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.22 million An | 2.20 million An | 2.23 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
More agriculture & rural data for Nigeria
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.9222 % 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 0.1938 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.5433 % 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 0.2993 hectares per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2298 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 281.32 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1218 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — milk animals in Nigeria?
- Milk, total — milk animals in Nigeria was 2.23 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 2.38 million An in 2014.
- What is the lowest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 602,800 An in 1961.
- How does Nigeria rank for milk, total — milk animals?
- Nigeria ranks 50th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — milk animals rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nigeria 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.