Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals in Malawi
Malawi: Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals was 165,503 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals in Malawi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for raw milk of cattle — milk animals in Malawi is 165,503 An, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.1% on the previous year and up 52.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of cattle — milk animals in Malawi peaked at 165,503 An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 36,000 An, in 1961.
Malawi ranks 111th 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.
Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals in Malawi, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 36,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 37,000 An | +2.8% |
| 1963 | 38,000 An | +2.7% |
| 1964 | 40,000 An | +5.3% |
| 1965 | 44,000 An | +10.0% |
| 1966 | 47,000 An | +6.8% |
| 1967 | 50,000 An | +6.4% |
| 1968 | 52,000 An | +4.0% |
| 1969 | 54,000 An | +3.8% |
| 1970 | 54,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 57,000 An | +5.6% |
| 1972 | 47,800 An | -16.1% |
| 1973 | 65,800 An | +37.7% |
| 1974 | 61,300 An | -6.8% |
| 1975 | 73,000 An | +19.1% |
| 1976 | 74,000 An | +1.4% |
| 1977 | 68,000 An | -8.1% |
| 1978 | 70,000 An | +2.9% |
| 1979 | 73,800 An | +5.4% |
| 1980 | 73,800 An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 81,000 An | +9.8% |
| 1982 | 82,500 An | +1.9% |
| 1983 | 84,400 An | +2.3% |
| 1984 | 88,200 An | +4.5% |
| 1985 | 94,900 An | +7.6% |
| 1986 | 94,000 An | -0.9% |
| 1987 | 98,100 An | +4.4% |
| 1988 | 79,900 An | -18.6% |
| 1989 | 79,100 An | -1.0% |
| 1990 | 80,000 An | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 90,000 An | +12.5% |
| 1992 | 97,000 An | +7.8% |
| 1993 | 80,000 An | -17.5% |
| 1994 | 68,000 An | -15.0% |
| 1995 | 69,000 An | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 70,000 An | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 75,000 An | +7.1% |
| 1998 | 74,000 An | -1.3% |
| 1999 | 75,000 An | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 76,000 An | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 77,000 An | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 38,000 An | -50.6% |
| 2003 | 42,600 An | +12.1% |
| 2004 | 79,000 An | +85.4% |
| 2005 | 94,000 An | +19.0% |
| 2006 | 57,000 An | -39.4% |
| 2007 | 66,000 An | +15.8% |
| 2008 | 78,600 An | +19.1% |
| 2009 | 83,800 An | +6.6% |
| 2010 | 97,000 An | +15.8% |
| 2011 | 105,000 An | +8.2% |
| 2012 | 106,000 An | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 103,848 An | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 108,587 An | +4.6% |
| 2015 | 113,665 An | +4.7% |
| 2016 | 118,128 An | +3.9% |
| 2017 | 119,837 An | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 128,675 An | +7.4% |
| 2019 | 140,691 An | +9.3% |
| 2020 | 145,423 An | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 146,229 An | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 151,572 An | +3.7% |
| 2023 | 158,937 An | +4.9% |
| 2024 | 165,503 An | +4.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 44,222 An | 36,000 An | 54,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 64,470 An | 47,800 An | 74,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 85,590 An | 73,800 An | 98,100 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 77,800 An | 68,000 An | 97,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 69,200 An | 38,000 An | 94,000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 114,143 An | 97,000 An | 140,691 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 153,533 An | 145,423 An | 165,503 An | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 24.6 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3003 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 201.66 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.19 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0012 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8241 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 30.03 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 30.03 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of cattle — milk animals in Malawi?
- Raw milk of cattle — milk animals in Malawi was 165,503 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 Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 165,503 An in 2024.
- What is the lowest raw milk of cattle — milk animals recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 36,000 An in 1961.
- How does Malawi rank for raw milk of cattle — milk animals?
- Malawi ranks 111th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of cattle — milk animals rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 52.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi 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.