Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 119,967 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Sierra Leone, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Sierra Leone recorded 119,967 An for milk, total — milk animals in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.8% on the previous year and down 0.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — milk animals in Sierra Leone peaked at 126,774 An in 2021 and was at its lowest, 32,000 An, in 2001.
Sierra Leone ranks 133rd of 185 countries on this measure, 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 Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 46,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 49,000 An | +6.5% |
| 1963 | 52,000 An | +6.1% |
| 1964 | 54,000 An | +3.8% |
| 1965 | 56,000 An | +3.7% |
| 1966 | 58,000 An | +3.6% |
| 1967 | 59,000 An | +1.7% |
| 1968 | 60,000 An | +1.7% |
| 1969 | 61,000 An | +1.7% |
| 1970 | 62,000 An | +1.6% |
| 1971 | 63,000 An | +1.6% |
| 1972 | 64,000 An | +1.6% |
| 1973 | 65,000 An | +1.6% |
| 1974 | 66,000 An | +1.5% |
| 1975 | 67,000 An | +1.5% |
| 1976 | 68,000 An | +1.5% |
| 1977 | 69,000 An | +1.5% |
| 1978 | 70,000 An | +1.4% |
| 1979 | 71,000 An | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 73,000 An | +2.8% |
| 1981 | 76,000 An | +4.1% |
| 1982 | 78,000 An | +2.6% |
| 1983 | 74,000 An | -5.1% |
| 1984 | 69,000 An | -6.8% |
| 1985 | 69,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 69,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 69,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 69,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 69,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 69,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 69,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 71,000 An | +2.9% |
| 1993 | 73,000 An | +2.8% |
| 1994 | 75,000 An | +2.7% |
| 1995 | 74,000 An | -1.3% |
| 1996 | 63,000 An | -14.9% |
| 1997 | 55,000 An | -12.7% |
| 1998 | 55,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 40,000 An | -27.3% |
| 2000 | 40,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 32,000 An | -20.0% |
| 2002 | 32,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 35,000 An | +9.4% |
| 2004 | 40,000 An | +14.3% |
| 2005 | 53,000 An | +32.5% |
| 2006 | 74,000 An | +39.6% |
| 2007 | 66,276 An | -10.4% |
| 2008 | 76,668 An | +15.7% |
| 2009 | 95,000 An | +23.9% |
| 2010 | 107,000 An | +12.6% |
| 2011 | 117,000 An | +9.3% |
| 2012 | 119,000 An | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 119,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 120,000 An | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 111,848 An | -6.8% |
| 2016 | 105,410 An | -5.8% |
| 2017 | 100,217 An | -4.9% |
| 2018 | 102,988 An | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 105,656 An | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 111,312 An | +5.4% |
| 2021 | 126,774 An | +13.9% |
| 2022 | 114,832 An | -9.4% |
| 2023 | 117,815 An | +2.6% |
| 2024 | 119,967 An | +1.8% |
Sierra Leone compared with similar countries
- Sierra Leone's 119,967 An is below the median for low income countries, which is 3.36 million An, 4% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Sierra Leone's 119,967 An is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.00 million An, 12% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Sierra Leone 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +39.6% | 53,000 An | 74,000 An |
| 2005 | +32.5% | 40,000 An | 53,000 An |
| 1999 | -27.3% | 55,000 An | 40,000 An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 55,000 An | 46,000 An | 61,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 66,500 An | 62,000 An | 71,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 71,500 An | 69,000 An | 78,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 64,400 An | 40,000 An | 75,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 54,394 An | 32,000 An | 95,000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 110,812 An | 100,217 An | 120,000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 118,140 An | 111,312 An | 126,774 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
More agriculture & rural data for Sierra Leone
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2954 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 250 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5407 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 29.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 29.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.4% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — milk animals in Sierra Leone?
- Milk, total — milk animals in Sierra Leone was 119,967 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 126,774 An in 2021.
- What is the lowest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 32,000 An in 2001.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for milk, total — milk animals?
- Sierra Leone ranks 133rd out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — milk animals rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sierra Leone 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.