Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Nigeria
Nigeria: Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight was 236 kg/An in 2024. ▬ Flat
Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Nigeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Nigeria is 236 kg/An, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Nigeria peaked at 246 kg/An in 2014 and was at its lowest, 233 kg/An, in 1993.
Nigeria ranks 147th of 185 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 239 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 239 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 240 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 1964 | 239 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 1965 | 239 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 239 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 239 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 239 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 239 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 240 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 1971 | 239 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 1972 | 240 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 1973 | 240 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 239 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 1975 | 240 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 239 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 1977 | 240 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 1978 | 239 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 1979 | 239 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 240 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 239 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 1982 | 240 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 239 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 1984 | 239 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 239 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 239 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 239 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 239 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 239 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 240 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 238 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 1992 | 236 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 1993 | 233 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 1994 | 244 kg/An | +4.7% |
| 1995 | 244 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 244 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 241 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 243 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 243 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 245 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 245 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 245 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 245 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 245 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 240 kg/An | -2.0% |
| 2006 | 240 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 240 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 245 kg/An | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 240 kg/An | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 242 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 245 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 241 kg/An | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 241 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 246 kg/An | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 238 kg/An | -3.3% |
| 2016 | 238 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 238 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 237 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 237 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 236 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 236 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 236 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 236 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 236 kg/An | +0.0% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 236 kg/An is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 496.5 kg/An, 48% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 236 kg/An is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 236 kg/An, 1.0× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 239.11 kg/An | 239 kg/An | 240 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 239.5 kg/An | 239 kg/An | 240 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 239.2 kg/An | 239 kg/An | 240 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 240.6 kg/An | 233 kg/An | 244 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 243 kg/An | 240 kg/An | 245 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 240.3 kg/An | 237 kg/An | 246 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 236 kg/An | 236 kg/An | 236 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
More agriculture & rural data for Nigeria
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2298 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 281.32 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1218 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3622 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Nigeria?
- Milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Nigeria was 236 kg/An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — yield/carcass weight recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 246 kg/An in 2014.
- What is the lowest milk, total — yield/carcass weight recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 233 kg/An in 1993.
- How does Nigeria rank for milk, total — yield/carcass weight?
- Nigeria ranks 147th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight. 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.