Raw milk of cattle — Production, per square kilometre in Nigeria
Nigeria: Raw milk of cattle — Production, per square kilometre was 0.5781 t per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Raw milk of cattle — Production, per square kilometre in Nigeria, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t per square kilometre.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 0.5781 t per square kilometre for raw milk of cattle — production, per square kilometre in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of cattle — production, per square kilometre in Nigeria peaked at 0.6423 t per square kilometre in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.1581 t per square kilometre, in 1961.
Nigeria ranks 128th of 164 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Raw milk of cattle — Production, per square kilometre in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | t per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.1581 t per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.1658 t per square kilometre | +4.9% |
| 1963 | 0.1746 t per square kilometre | +5.3% |
| 1964 | 0.1823 t per square kilometre | +4.4% |
| 1965 | 0.1899 t per square kilometre | +4.2% |
| 1966 | 0.1976 t per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 1967 | 0.2053 t per square kilometre | +3.9% |
| 1968 | 0.2152 t per square kilometre | +4.8% |
| 1969 | 0.2251 t per square kilometre | +4.6% |
| 1970 | 0.2339 t per square kilometre | +3.9% |
| 1971 | 0.2416 t per square kilometre | +3.3% |
| 1972 | 0.2514 t per square kilometre | +4.1% |
| 1973 | 0.2624 t per square kilometre | +4.4% |
| 1974 | 0.269 t per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 1975 | 0.2778 t per square kilometre | +3.3% |
| 1976 | 0.2877 t per square kilometre | +3.6% |
| 1977 | 0.2954 t per square kilometre | +2.7% |
| 1978 | 0.3041 t per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 1979 | 0.3118 t per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 1980 | 0.3184 t per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 1981 | 0.3206 t per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 0.3261 t per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 1983 | 0.3305 t per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 1984 | 0.3338 t per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 0.3393 t per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 1986 | 0.3459 t per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 1987 | 0.3524 t per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 1988 | 0.3612 t per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 1989 | 0.3722 t per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 1990 | 0.3854 t per square kilometre | +3.5% |
| 1991 | 0.3953 t per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 1992 | 0.4062 t per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 1993 | 0.4172 t per square kilometre | +2.7% |
| 1994 | 0.4479 t per square kilometre | +7.4% |
| 1995 | 0.4507 t per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 0.4521 t per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 0.3843 t per square kilometre | -15.0% |
| 1998 | 0.4035 t per square kilometre | +5.0% |
| 1999 | 0.4237 t per square kilometre | +5.0% |
| 2000 | 0.4271 t per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 0.4274 t per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 0.4482 t per square kilometre | +4.9% |
| 2003 | 0.4487 t per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 0.4644 t per square kilometre | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 0.4815 t per square kilometre | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 0.508 t per square kilometre | +5.5% |
| 2007 | 0.5141 t per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 0.4611 t per square kilometre | -10.3% |
| 2009 | 0.5186 t per square kilometre | +12.5% |
| 2010 | 0.4882 t per square kilometre | -5.9% |
| 2011 | 0.6182 t per square kilometre | +26.6% |
| 2012 | 0.6215 t per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 0.6258 t per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 0.6423 t per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 0.5634 t per square kilometre | -12.3% |
| 2016 | 0.5577 t per square kilometre | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 0.5606 t per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.5646 t per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 0.5677 t per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 0.5707 t per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 0.5746 t per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 0.5769 t per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 0.5781 t per square kilometre | +0.2% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 0.5781 t per square kilometre is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1.46 t per square kilometre, 40% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 0.5781 t per square kilometre is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.7303 t per square kilometre, 79% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Raw milk of cattle — Production, per square kilometre in Nigeria changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +26.6% | 0.4882 t per square kilometre | 0.6182 t per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1904 t per square kilometre | 0.1581 t per square kilometre | 0.2251 t per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.2735 t per square kilometre | 0.2339 t per square kilometre | 0.3118 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.34 t per square kilometre | 0.3184 t per square kilometre | 0.3722 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4166 t per square kilometre | 0.3843 t per square kilometre | 0.4521 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4699 t per square kilometre | 0.4271 t per square kilometre | 0.5186 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.581 t per square kilometre | 0.4882 t per square kilometre | 0.6423 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5751 t per square kilometre | 0.5707 t per square kilometre | 0.5781 t per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
- 125 Qatar 0.6527 t per square kilometre compare
- 126 Guinea-Bissau 0.6394 t per square kilometre compare
- 127 Sao Tome and Principe 0.6074 t per square kilometre compare
- 129 Samoa 0.5651 t per square kilometre compare
- 130 Iraq 0.5471 t per square kilometre compare
- 131 Yemen 0.5235 t per square kilometre compare
More agriculture & rural data for Nigeria
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2298 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 281.32 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1218 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3622 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of cattle — production, per square kilometre in Nigeria?
- Raw milk of cattle — production, per square kilometre in Nigeria was 0.5781 t per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest raw milk of cattle — production, per square kilometre recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6423 t per square kilometre in 2014.
- What is the lowest raw milk of cattle — production, per square kilometre recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1581 t per square kilometre in 1961.
- How does Nigeria rank for raw milk of cattle — production, per square kilometre?
- Nigeria ranks 128th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is raw milk of cattle — production, per square kilometre rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Raw milk of cattle — Production, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Raw milk of cattle — Production divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Raw milk of cattle — Production ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Raw milk of cattle — Production Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Raw milk of cattle — Production divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.