Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals was 1.03 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals in Zimbabwe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, raw milk of cattle — milk animals in Zimbabwe stood at 1.03 million An.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 10.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of cattle — milk animals in Zimbabwe peaked at 1.30 million An in 1998 and was at its lowest, 625,000 An, in 1965.
Zimbabwe ranks 53rd 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 Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 640,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 650,000 An | +1.6% |
| 1963 | 660,000 An | +1.5% |
| 1964 | 630,000 An | -4.5% |
| 1965 | 625,000 An | -0.8% |
| 1966 | 628,000 An | +0.5% |
| 1967 | 640,000 An | +1.9% |
| 1968 | 690,000 An | +7.8% |
| 1969 | 740,000 An | +7.2% |
| 1970 | 760,000 An | +2.7% |
| 1971 | 890,000 An | +17.1% |
| 1972 | 900,000 An | +1.1% |
| 1973 | 950,000 An | +5.6% |
| 1974 | 970,000 An | +2.1% |
| 1975 | 1.02 million An | +5.2% |
| 1976 | 1.07 million An | +4.9% |
| 1977 | 1.12 million An | +4.7% |
| 1978 | 1.06 million An | -5.4% |
| 1979 | 1.05 million An | -0.9% |
| 1980 | 1.00 million An | -4.8% |
| 1981 | 1.00 million An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1.00 million An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1.00 million An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 985,000 An | -1.5% |
| 1985 | 990,000 An | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 1.04 million An | +5.1% |
| 1987 | 1.06 million An | +2.4% |
| 1988 | 1.05 million An | -1.4% |
| 1989 | 1.05 million An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1.16 million An | +10.0% |
| 1991 | 965,000 An | -16.5% |
| 1992 | 1.08 million An | +11.9% |
| 1993 | 830,000 An | -23.1% |
| 1994 | 860,000 An | +3.6% |
| 1995 | 810,000 An | -5.8% |
| 1996 | 980,000 An | +21.0% |
| 1997 | 975,000 An | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 1.30 million An | +33.3% |
| 1999 | 1.09 million An | -16.0% |
| 2000 | 1.11 million An | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 1.16 million An | +3.8% |
| 2002 | 943,200 An | -18.4% |
| 2003 | 954,000 An | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 941,400 An | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 898,200 An | -4.6% |
| 2006 | 909,000 An | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 901,800 An | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 903,600 An | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 905,400 An | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 1.02 million An | +13.1% |
| 2011 | 930,000 An | -9.1% |
| 2012 | 925,000 An | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 925,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 930,000 An | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 982,561 An | +5.7% |
| 2016 | 990,578 An | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 963,430 An | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 961,604 An | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 923,282 An | -4.0% |
| 2020 | 943,877 An | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 986,402 An | +4.5% |
| 2022 | 995,056 An | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 1.03 million An | +3.3% |
| 2024 | 1.03 million An | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 655,889 An | 625,000 An | 740,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 979,000 An | 760,000 An | 1.12 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.02 million An | 985,000 An | 1.06 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.00 million An | 810,000 An | 1.30 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 962,570 An | 898,200 An | 1.16 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 955,512 An | 923,282 An | 1.02 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 996,015 An | 943,877 An | 1.03 million An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Zimbabwe
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 34.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0947 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 286.19 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8815 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.595 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 9.47 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 9.47 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of cattle — milk animals in Zimbabwe?
- Raw milk of cattle — milk animals in Zimbabwe was 1.03 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 Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 1.30 million An in 1998.
- What is the lowest raw milk of cattle — milk animals recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 625,000 An in 1965.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for raw milk of cattle — milk animals?
- Zimbabwe ranks 53rd out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of cattle — milk animals rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zimbabwe 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.