Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals in Africa
Africa: Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals was 72.41 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, raw milk of cattle — milk animals in Africa stood at 72.41 million An. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of cattle — milk animals in Africa peaked at 72.41 million An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 17.01 million An, in 1961.
That places Africa 5th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals in Africa, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 17.01 million An | — |
| 1962 | 17.24 million An | +1.4% |
| 1963 | 17.39 million An | +0.9% |
| 1964 | 17.75 million An | +2.0% |
| 1965 | 18.47 million An | +4.1% |
| 1966 | 19.12 million An | +3.5% |
| 1967 | 19.53 million An | +2.1% |
| 1968 | 20.31 million An | +4.0% |
| 1969 | 20.94 million An | +3.1% |
| 1970 | 21.56 million An | +3.0% |
| 1971 | 21.66 million An | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 21.79 million An | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 21.60 million An | -0.9% |
| 1974 | 21.51 million An | -0.4% |
| 1975 | 22.02 million An | +2.4% |
| 1976 | 22.31 million An | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 23.26 million An | +4.3% |
| 1978 | 24.30 million An | +4.5% |
| 1979 | 25.00 million An | +2.9% |
| 1980 | 25.52 million An | +2.1% |
| 1981 | 26.40 million An | +3.5% |
| 1982 | 27.27 million An | +3.3% |
| 1983 | 27.88 million An | +2.2% |
| 1984 | 26.89 million An | -3.6% |
| 1985 | 28.03 million An | +4.2% |
| 1986 | 30.07 million An | +7.3% |
| 1987 | 30.72 million An | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 31.54 million An | +2.7% |
| 1989 | 32.70 million An | +3.7% |
| 1990 | 33.64 million An | +2.9% |
| 1991 | 33.42 million An | -0.7% |
| 1992 | 33.67 million An | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 34.26 million An | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 35.48 million An | +3.6% |
| 1995 | 35.63 million An | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 36.71 million An | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 37.31 million An | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 38.78 million An | +4.0% |
| 1999 | 39.87 million An | +2.8% |
| 2000 | 41.92 million An | +5.1% |
| 2001 | 43.73 million An | +4.3% |
| 2002 | 44.35 million An | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 49.49 million An | +11.6% |
| 2004 | 52.02 million An | +5.1% |
| 2005 | 52.19 million An | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 55.24 million An | +5.8% |
| 2007 | 58.29 million An | +5.5% |
| 2008 | 59.37 million An | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 63.33 million An | +6.7% |
| 2010 | 62.95 million An | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 64.53 million An | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 65.51 million An | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 65.82 million An | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 66.98 million An | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 68.51 million An | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 69.32 million An | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 68.86 million An | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 69.80 million An | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 71.05 million An | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 71.33 million An | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 71.27 million An | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 71.27 million An | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 72.35 million An | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 72.41 million An | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18.64 million An | 17.01 million An | 20.94 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 22.50 million An | 21.51 million An | 25.00 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 28.70 million An | 25.52 million An | 32.70 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 35.88 million An | 33.42 million An | 39.87 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 51.99 million An | 41.92 million An | 63.33 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 67.33 million An | 62.95 million An | 71.05 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 71.73 million An | 71.27 million An | 72.41 million An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of cattle — milk animals in Africa?
- Raw milk of cattle — milk animals in Africa was 72.41 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest raw milk of cattle — milk animals recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 72.41 million An in 2024.
- What is the lowest raw milk of cattle — milk animals recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.01 million An in 1961.
- How does Africa rank for raw milk of cattle — milk animals?
- Africa ranks 5th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of cattle — milk animals rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.1%. 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 cattle — 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.