Milk, Total — Production in Eswatini
Eswatini: Milk, Total — Production was 42,309 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Milk, Total — Production in Eswatini, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, milk, total — production in Eswatini stood at 42,309 t.
The figure is up 4.3% on the previous year and up 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — production in Eswatini peaked at 45,000 t in 1992 and was at its lowest, 22,000 t, in 1966.
That places Eswatini 142nd out of 185 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Milk, Total — Production in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 24,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 25,000 t | +4.2% |
| 1963 | 24,000 t | -4.0% |
| 1964 | 25,000 t | +4.2% |
| 1965 | 23,000 t | -8.0% |
| 1966 | 22,000 t | -4.3% |
| 1967 | 23,000 t | +4.5% |
| 1968 | 23,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 24,000 t | +4.3% |
| 1970 | 26,000 t | +8.3% |
| 1971 | 27,000 t | +3.8% |
| 1972 | 29,000 t | +7.4% |
| 1973 | 30,000 t | +3.4% |
| 1974 | 31,000 t | +3.3% |
| 1975 | 32,000 t | +3.2% |
| 1976 | 33,000 t | +3.1% |
| 1977 | 34,000 t | +3.0% |
| 1978 | 35,000 t | +2.9% |
| 1979 | 36,000 t | +2.9% |
| 1980 | 36,500 t | +1.4% |
| 1981 | 36,500 t | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 37,000 t | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 37,500 t | +1.4% |
| 1984 | 37,500 t | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 39,000 t | +4.0% |
| 1986 | 40,000 t | +2.6% |
| 1987 | 40,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 40,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 41,000 t | +2.5% |
| 1990 | 42,000 t | +2.4% |
| 1991 | 44,000 t | +4.8% |
| 1992 | 45,000 t | +2.3% |
| 1993 | 42,000 t | -6.7% |
| 1994 | 42,400 t | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 36,300 t | -14.4% |
| 1996 | 36,700 t | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 37,100 t | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 37,600 t | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 34,000 t | -9.6% |
| 2000 | 37,500 t | +10.3% |
| 2001 | 38,000 t | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 39,764 t | +4.6% |
| 2003 | 39,500 t | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 39,317 t | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 38,700 t | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 37,500 t | -3.1% |
| 2007 | 39,000 t | +4.0% |
| 2008 | 41,337 t | +6.0% |
| 2009 | 42,000 t | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 39,909 t | -5.0% |
| 2011 | 40,160 t | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 40,410 t | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 39,979 t | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 39,909 t | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 39,651 t | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 39,369 t | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 39,284 t | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 39,187 t | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 36,364 t | -7.2% |
| 2020 | 37,591 t | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 37,871 t | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 38,159 t | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 40,575 t | +6.3% |
| 2024 | 42,309 t | +4.3% |
Eswatini compared with similar countries
- Eswatini's 42,309 t is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 289,670 t, 15% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Eswatini's 42,309 t is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 221,864 t, 19% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23,667 t | 22,000 t | 25,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 31,300 t | 26,000 t | 36,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 38,500 t | 36,500 t | 41,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 39,710 t | 34,000 t | 45,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 39,262 t | 37,500 t | 42,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 39,422 t | 36,364 t | 40,410 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 39,301 t | 37,591 t | 42,309 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eswatini
More agriculture & rural data for Eswatini
- 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 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.1552 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.1175 % 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 0.947 hectares per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0641 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 263.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4281 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — production in Eswatini?
- Milk, total — production in Eswatini was 42,309 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — production recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 45,000 t in 1992.
- What is the lowest milk, total — production recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 22,000 t in 1966.
- How does Eswatini rank for milk, total — production?
- Eswatini ranks 142nd out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — production rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eswatini data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Milk, Total — Production. 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.