Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 1.62 million An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, milk, total — milk animals in Southern Africa stood at 1.62 million An.
The figure is down 2.0% on the previous year and up 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — milk animals in Southern Africa peaked at 1.90 million An in 1970 and was at its lowest, 1.26 million An, in 1994.
Southern Africa ranks 27th of 29 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.61 million An | — |
| 1962 | 1.54 million An | -4.4% |
| 1963 | 1.51 million An | -2.3% |
| 1964 | 1.42 million An | -5.8% |
| 1965 | 1.52 million An | +7.1% |
| 1966 | 1.59 million An | +4.7% |
| 1967 | 1.65 million An | +3.6% |
| 1968 | 1.69 million An | +2.3% |
| 1969 | 1.70 million An | +0.9% |
| 1970 | 1.90 million An | +11.7% |
| 1971 | 1.76 million An | -7.4% |
| 1972 | 1.77 million An | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 1.66 million An | -6.5% |
| 1974 | 1.73 million An | +4.3% |
| 1975 | 1.57 million An | -9.1% |
| 1976 | 1.58 million An | +0.9% |
| 1977 | 1.60 million An | +0.9% |
| 1978 | 1.67 million An | +4.1% |
| 1979 | 1.62 million An | -2.8% |
| 1980 | 1.58 million An | -2.5% |
| 1981 | 1.59 million An | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 1.64 million An | +2.8% |
| 1983 | 1.69 million An | +3.4% |
| 1984 | 1.65 million An | -2.7% |
| 1985 | 1.54 million An | -6.5% |
| 1986 | 1.72 million An | +11.7% |
| 1987 | 1.66 million An | -3.4% |
| 1988 | 1.69 million An | +1.6% |
| 1989 | 1.61 million An | -4.5% |
| 1990 | 1.65 million An | +2.3% |
| 1991 | 1.47 million An | -10.8% |
| 1992 | 1.36 million An | -7.9% |
| 1993 | 1.36 million An | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 1.26 million An | -7.1% |
| 1995 | 1.39 million An | +10.3% |
| 1996 | 1.35 million An | -3.2% |
| 1997 | 1.36 million An | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 1.35 million An | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 1.32 million An | -2.3% |
| 2000 | 1.61 million An | +21.5% |
| 2001 | 1.59 million An | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 1.43 million An | -10.4% |
| 2003 | 1.35 million An | -5.0% |
| 2004 | 1.33 million An | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 1.45 million An | +8.4% |
| 2006 | 1.40 million An | -3.0% |
| 2007 | 1.42 million An | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 1.61 million An | +12.9% |
| 2009 | 1.64 million An | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 1.62 million An | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 1.63 million An | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 1.60 million An | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 1.66 million An | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 1.59 million An | -3.9% |
| 2015 | 1.55 million An | -2.6% |
| 2016 | 1.64 million An | +6.0% |
| 2017 | 1.60 million An | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 1.60 million An | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 1.60 million An | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 1.54 million An | -3.2% |
| 2021 | 1.54 million An | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 1.64 million An | +6.4% |
| 2023 | 1.66 million An | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 1.62 million An | -2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.58 million An | 1.42 million An | 1.70 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.69 million An | 1.57 million An | 1.90 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.64 million An | 1.54 million An | 1.72 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.39 million An | 1.26 million An | 1.65 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.48 million An | 1.33 million An | 1.64 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.61 million An | 1.55 million An | 1.66 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.60 million An | 1.54 million An | 1.66 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
- 24 Italy 6.51 million An compare
- 25 Saudi Arabia 5.97 million An compare
- 26 Australia and New Zealand 5.93 million An compare
- 27 Uzbekistan 5.92 million An compare
- 28 France 5.65 million An compare
- 29 Yugoslav SFR 5.65 million An compare
- 30 Burkina Faso 5.44 million An compare
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- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate -3.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield 1,026 kg/ha (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Production 118,389 t (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Yield 837 kg/ha (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Area harvested 141,439 ha (2024)
- Poultry Birds — Stocks 183,952 1000 An (2024)
- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production 731,569 t (2024)
- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield 377.6 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — milk animals in Southern Africa?
- Milk, total — milk animals in Southern Africa was 1.62 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1.90 million An in 1970.
- What is the lowest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.26 million An in 1994.
- How does Southern Africa rank for milk, total — milk animals?
- Southern Africa ranks 27th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — milk animals rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern 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.