Raw milk of buffalo — Production in Africa

Africa: Raw milk of buffalo — Production was 1.32 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
1.32 million t
Change on year
up 14.2%
Rank
7th
of 18 groups
All-time high
2.92 million t
in 2014
All-time low
739,000 t
in 1963
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Raw milk of buffalo — Production in Africa, 1961–2024

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

The most recent figure for raw milk of buffalo — production in Africa is 1.32 million t, measured in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 14.2% on the previous year and down 54.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, raw milk of buffalo — production in Africa peaked at 2.92 million t in 2014 and was at its lowest, 739,000 t, in 1963.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Raw milk of buffalo — Production in Africa, year by year

Annual values for Raw milk of buffalo — Production in Africa, 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 761,054 t
1962 784,988 t +3.1%
1963 739,000 t -5.9%
1964 749,000 t +1.4%
1965 744,000 t -0.7%
1966 754,000 t +1.3%
1967 764,000 t +1.3%
1968 971,000 t +27.1%
1969 989,000 t +1.9%
1970 1.00 million t +1.6%
1971 1.04 million t +3.4%
1972 1.06 million t +2.4%
1973 1.09 million t +2.2%
1974 1.11 million t +2.4%
1975 1.14 million t +2.1%
1976 1.16 million t +2.1%
1977 1.18 million t +1.9%
1978 1.20 million t +1.9%
1979 1.23 million t +1.9%
1980 1.25 million t +1.7%
1981 1.27 million t +1.7%
1982 1.23 million t -3.1%
1983 1.20 million t -2.4%
1984 1.18 million t -1.7%
1985 1.20 million t +1.7%
1986 1.20 million t +0.2%
1987 1.20 million t +0.1%
1988 1.20 million t -0.1%
1989 1.21 million t +0.5%
1990 1.25 million t +3.5%
1991 1.32 million t +6.0%
1992 1.42 million t +7.2%
1993 1.56 million t +9.5%
1994 1.42 million t -8.9%
1995 1.36 million t -4.2%
1996 1.62 million t +19.6%
1997 1.89 million t +16.4%
1998 2.02 million t +7.0%
1999 2.02 million t -0.2%
2000 2.03 million t +0.6%
2001 2.21 million t +9.0%
2002 2.09 million t -5.7%
2003 2.55 million t +22.2%
2004 2.27 million t -11.1%
2005 2.30 million t +1.5%
2006 2.68 million t +16.5%
2007 2.61 million t -2.6%
2008 2.64 million t +1.2%
2009 2.70 million t +2.1%
2010 2.65 million t -1.6%
2011 2.57 million t -3.2%
2012 2.56 million t -0.1%
2013 2.52 million t -1.6%
2014 2.92 million t +15.9%
2015 2.39 million t -18.1%
2016 2.33 million t -2.5%
2017 2.35 million t +0.7%
2018 2.21 million t -5.9%
2019 1.23 million t -44.6%
2020 1.26 million t +3.2%
2021 1.34 million t +5.7%
2022 1.47 million t +10.0%
2023 1.16 million t -21.3%
2024 1.32 million t +14.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 806,227 t 739,000 t 989,000 t 9
1970s 1.12 million t 1.00 million t 1.23 million t 10
1980s 1.21 million t 1.18 million t 1.27 million t 10
1990s 1.59 million t 1.25 million t 2.02 million t 10
2000s 2.41 million t 2.03 million t 2.70 million t 10
2010s 2.37 million t 1.23 million t 2.92 million t 10
2020s 1.31 million t 1.16 million t 1.47 million t 5

Countries ranked near Africa

  1. 5 Nepal 1.40 million t compare
  2. 5 Türkiye 58,122 t compare
  3. 6 Egypt 1.32 million t compare
  4. 6 Viet Nam 25,154 t compare
  5. 7 Bangladesh 376,100 t compare
  6. 8 Myanmar 330,000 t compare
  7. 9 Italy 254,130 t compare
  8. 10 Sri Lanka 91,705 t compare

See the full ranking of 66 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is raw milk of buffalo — production in Africa?
Raw milk of buffalo — production in Africa was 1.32 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest raw milk of buffalo — production recorded in Africa?
The highest recorded value was 2.92 million t in 2014.
What is the lowest raw milk of buffalo — production recorded in Africa?
The lowest recorded value was 739,000 t in 1963.
How does Africa rank for raw milk of buffalo — production?
Africa ranks 7th out of 18 groups with data for 2024.
Is raw milk of buffalo — production rising or falling in Africa?
Over the last ten years it is down 54.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Africa data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Raw milk of buffalo — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Raw milk of buffalo — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
66 places, 2,587 data points, 1961–2024
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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.