Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals in Western Africa
Western Africa: Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals was 13.02 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals in Western Africa, 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 Western Africa is 13.02 million An, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 23.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of cattle — milk animals in Western Africa peaked at 13.02 million An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2.54 million An, in 1961.
Western Africa ranks 13th of 29 groups 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 Western Africa, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2.54 million An | — |
| 1962 | 2.67 million An | +4.7% |
| 1963 | 2.77 million An | +4.0% |
| 1964 | 2.92 million An | +5.4% |
| 1965 | 3.09 million An | +5.7% |
| 1966 | 3.21 million An | +3.9% |
| 1967 | 3.27 million An | +2.0% |
| 1968 | 3.34 million An | +1.9% |
| 1969 | 3.44 million An | +3.0% |
| 1970 | 3.47 million An | +0.9% |
| 1971 | 3.49 million An | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 3.37 million An | -3.5% |
| 1973 | 3.35 million An | -0.7% |
| 1974 | 3.32 million An | -0.8% |
| 1975 | 3.44 million An | +3.7% |
| 1976 | 3.59 million An | +4.3% |
| 1977 | 3.68 million An | +2.6% |
| 1978 | 3.79 million An | +2.8% |
| 1979 | 3.90 million An | +3.1% |
| 1980 | 4.10 million An | +5.1% |
| 1981 | 4.24 million An | +3.4% |
| 1982 | 4.38 million An | +3.2% |
| 1983 | 4.38 million An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 4.01 million An | -8.3% |
| 1985 | 3.93 million An | -2.0% |
| 1986 | 4.02 million An | +2.2% |
| 1987 | 4.17 million An | +3.8% |
| 1988 | 4.34 million An | +4.0% |
| 1989 | 4.46 million An | +2.8% |
| 1990 | 4.87 million An | +9.2% |
| 1991 | 5.22 million An | +7.2% |
| 1992 | 5.35 million An | +2.3% |
| 1993 | 5.59 million An | +4.6% |
| 1994 | 5.72 million An | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 5.80 million An | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 6.01 million An | +3.6% |
| 1997 | 5.88 million An | -2.2% |
| 1998 | 6.09 million An | +3.7% |
| 1999 | 6.26 million An | +2.8% |
| 2000 | 6.48 million An | +3.5% |
| 2001 | 6.65 million An | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 6.89 million An | +3.6% |
| 2003 | 7.58 million An | +10.0% |
| 2004 | 8.03 million An | +6.0% |
| 2005 | 8.39 million An | +4.5% |
| 2006 | 8.59 million An | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 9.04 million An | +5.2% |
| 2008 | 9.10 million An | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 9.80 million An | +7.7% |
| 2010 | 9.01 million An | -8.0% |
| 2011 | 9.79 million An | +8.6% |
| 2012 | 10.61 million An | +8.4% |
| 2013 | 10.14 million An | -4.5% |
| 2014 | 10.51 million An | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 10.50 million An | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 10.92 million An | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 11.18 million An | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 11.45 million An | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 11.78 million An | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 11.89 million An | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 12.27 million An | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 12.57 million An | +2.4% |
| 2023 | 12.86 million An | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 13.02 million An | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.03 million An | 2.54 million An | 3.44 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 3.54 million An | 3.32 million An | 3.90 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.20 million An | 3.93 million An | 4.46 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.68 million An | 4.87 million An | 6.26 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 8.06 million An | 6.48 million An | 9.80 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.59 million An | 9.01 million An | 11.78 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.52 million An | 11.89 million An | 13.02 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 10 South Sudan 8.72 million An compare
- 10 Viet Nam 330,000 An compare
- 11 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 231,447 An compare
- 11 Sudan 8.10 million An compare
- 12 Republic of Moldova 61,352 An compare
- 12 Russian Federation 6.36 million An compare
- 13 Australia and New Zealand 5.93 million An compare
- 13 Melanesia 55,359 An compare
- 14 Lao People's Democratic Republic 52,669 An compare
- 14 Uzbekistan 5.92 million An compare
- 15 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 35,933 An compare
- 15 Kenya 4.98 million An compare
- 16 Democratic Republic of the Congo 11,911 An compare
- 16 New Zealand 4.60 million An compare
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- Cabbages — Production, annual growth rate -7.53 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Yield, annual growth rate -2.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate -4.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate -2.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production, annual growth rate -0.3867 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 2.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 3.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 0.0114 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of cattle — milk animals in Western Africa?
- Raw milk of cattle — milk animals in Western Africa was 13.02 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 Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 13.02 million An in 2024.
- What is the lowest raw milk of cattle — milk animals recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.54 million An in 1961.
- How does Western Africa rank for raw milk of cattle — milk animals?
- Western Africa ranks 13th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of cattle — milk animals rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western 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.