Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Uganda
Uganda: Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 3.84 million An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Uganda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Uganda recorded 3.84 million An for milk, total — milk animals in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 9.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — milk animals in Uganda peaked at 3.88 million An in 2020 and was at its lowest, 558,200 An, in 1962.
Uganda ranks 40th of 185 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Uganda, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 597,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 558,200 An | -6.5% |
| 1963 | 571,700 An | +2.4% |
| 1964 | 571,500 An | -0.0% |
| 1965 | 577,000 An | +1.0% |
| 1966 | 577,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 598,400 An | +3.7% |
| 1968 | 607,600 An | +1.5% |
| 1969 | 655,200 An | +7.8% |
| 1970 | 706,300 An | +7.8% |
| 1971 | 696,900 An | -1.3% |
| 1972 | 738,000 An | +5.9% |
| 1973 | 763,700 An | +3.5% |
| 1974 | 787,600 An | +3.1% |
| 1975 | 806,202 An | +2.4% |
| 1976 | 807,684 An | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 814,639 An | +0.9% |
| 1978 | 1.09 million An | +33.5% |
| 1979 | 1.05 million An | -3.6% |
| 1980 | 954,000 An | -9.0% |
| 1981 | 949,000 An | -0.5% |
| 1982 | 964,000 An | +1.6% |
| 1983 | 974,000 An | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 999,000 An | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 1.00 million An | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 1.04 million An | +4.0% |
| 1987 | 977,000 An | -6.1% |
| 1988 | 1.06 million An | +9.0% |
| 1989 | 1.10 million An | +3.7% |
| 1990 | 1.23 million An | +11.2% |
| 1991 | 1.28 million An | +4.2% |
| 1992 | 1.30 million An | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 1.34 million An | +3.1% |
| 1994 | 1.28 million An | -4.9% |
| 1995 | 1.31 million An | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 1.32 million An | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 1.34 million An | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 1.41 million An | +5.3% |
| 1999 | 1.46 million An | +3.2% |
| 2000 | 1.46 million An | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 1.50 million An | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 2.00 million An | +33.3% |
| 2003 | 2.69 million An | +34.4% |
| 2004 | 2.85 million An | +5.9% |
| 2005 | 2.95 million An | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 3.00 million An | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 3.10 million An | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 3.20 million An | +3.2% |
| 2009 | 3.30 million An | +3.1% |
| 2010 | 3.40 million An | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 3.40 million An | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 3.45 million An | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 3.45 million An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 3.50 million An | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 3.72 million An | +6.2% |
| 2016 | 3.60 million An | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 3.71 million An | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 3.80 million An | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 3.84 million An | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 3.88 million An | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 3.79 million An | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 3.80 million An | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 3.83 million An | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 3.84 million An | +0.4% |
Uganda compared with similar countries
- Uganda's 3.84 million An is above the median for low income countries, which is 3.36 million An, 1.1× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Uganda's 3.84 million An is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.00 million An, 3.8× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Uganda 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +34.4% | 2.00 million An | 2.69 million An |
| 1978 | +33.5% | 814,639 An | 1.09 million An |
| 2002 | +33.3% | 1.50 million An | 2.00 million An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 590,400 An | 558,200 An | 655,200 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 825,736 An | 696,900 An | 1.09 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.00 million An | 949,000 An | 1.10 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.33 million An | 1.23 million An | 1.46 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.60 million An | 1.46 million An | 3.30 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.59 million An | 3.40 million An | 3.84 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.83 million An | 3.79 million An | 3.88 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
More agriculture & rural data for Uganda
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.1771 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % 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 0.2805 hectares per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 22.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2613 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 315.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.75 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — milk animals in Uganda?
- Milk, total — milk animals in Uganda was 3.84 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 3.88 million An in 2020.
- What is the lowest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 558,200 An in 1962.
- How does Uganda rank for milk, total — milk animals?
- Uganda ranks 40th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — milk animals rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Uganda 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.