Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 1.03 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Zimbabwe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, milk, total — milk animals in Zimbabwe stood at 1.03 million An.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 10.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — milk animals in Zimbabwe peaked at 1.30 million An in 1998 and was at its lowest, 625,000 An, in 1965.
Zimbabwe ranks 77th 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 Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 640,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 650,000 An | +1.6% |
| 1963 | 660,000 An | +1.5% |
| 1964 | 630,000 An | -4.5% |
| 1965 | 625,000 An | -0.8% |
| 1966 | 628,000 An | +0.5% |
| 1967 | 640,000 An | +1.9% |
| 1968 | 690,000 An | +7.8% |
| 1969 | 740,000 An | +7.2% |
| 1970 | 760,000 An | +2.7% |
| 1971 | 890,000 An | +17.1% |
| 1972 | 900,000 An | +1.1% |
| 1973 | 950,000 An | +5.6% |
| 1974 | 970,000 An | +2.1% |
| 1975 | 1.02 million An | +5.2% |
| 1976 | 1.07 million An | +4.9% |
| 1977 | 1.12 million An | +4.7% |
| 1978 | 1.06 million An | -5.4% |
| 1979 | 1.05 million An | -0.9% |
| 1980 | 1.00 million An | -4.8% |
| 1981 | 1.00 million An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1.00 million An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1.00 million An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 985,000 An | -1.5% |
| 1985 | 990,000 An | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 1.04 million An | +5.1% |
| 1987 | 1.06 million An | +2.4% |
| 1988 | 1.05 million An | -1.4% |
| 1989 | 1.05 million An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1.16 million An | +10.0% |
| 1991 | 965,000 An | -16.5% |
| 1992 | 1.08 million An | +11.9% |
| 1993 | 830,000 An | -23.1% |
| 1994 | 860,000 An | +3.6% |
| 1995 | 810,000 An | -5.8% |
| 1996 | 980,000 An | +21.0% |
| 1997 | 975,000 An | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 1.30 million An | +33.3% |
| 1999 | 1.09 million An | -16.0% |
| 2000 | 1.11 million An | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 1.16 million An | +3.8% |
| 2002 | 943,200 An | -18.4% |
| 2003 | 954,000 An | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 941,400 An | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 898,200 An | -4.6% |
| 2006 | 909,000 An | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 901,800 An | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 903,600 An | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 905,400 An | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 1.02 million An | +13.1% |
| 2011 | 930,000 An | -9.1% |
| 2012 | 925,000 An | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 925,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 930,000 An | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 982,561 An | +5.7% |
| 2016 | 990,578 An | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 963,430 An | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 961,604 An | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 923,282 An | -4.0% |
| 2020 | 943,877 An | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 986,402 An | +4.5% |
| 2022 | 995,056 An | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 1.03 million An | +3.3% |
| 2024 | 1.03 million An | -0.1% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 1.03 million An is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 939,711 An, 1.1× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 1.03 million An is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.00 million An, 1.0× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Zimbabwe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +33.3% | 975,000 An | 1.30 million An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 655,889 An | 625,000 An | 740,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 979,000 An | 760,000 An | 1.12 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.02 million An | 985,000 An | 1.06 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.00 million An | 810,000 An | 1.30 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 962,570 An | 898,200 An | 1.16 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 955,512 An | 923,282 An | 1.02 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 996,015 An | 943,877 An | 1.03 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
More agriculture & rural data for Zimbabwe
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate -1.42 % 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 0.1777 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.2864 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0003 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.8916 hectares per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 34.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0947 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 286.19 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8815 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — milk animals in Zimbabwe?
- Milk, total — milk animals in Zimbabwe was 1.03 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 1.30 million An in 1998.
- What is the lowest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 625,000 An in 1965.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for milk, total — milk animals?
- Zimbabwe ranks 77th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — milk animals rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zimbabwe 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.