Raw milk of goats — Milk Animals in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Raw milk of goats — Milk Animals was 96,658 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Raw milk of goats — Milk Animals in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for raw milk of goats — milk animals in Southern Africa is 96,658 An, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.8% on the previous year and down 18.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of goats — milk animals in Southern Africa peaked at 165,000 An in 2013 and was at its lowest, 60,000 An, in 1961.
Southern Africa ranks 25th of 28 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Raw milk of goats — Milk Animals in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 60,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 62,000 An | +3.3% |
| 1963 | 65,000 An | +4.8% |
| 1964 | 67,000 An | +3.1% |
| 1965 | 70,000 An | +4.5% |
| 1966 | 72,000 An | +2.9% |
| 1967 | 75,000 An | +4.2% |
| 1968 | 77,000 An | +2.7% |
| 1969 | 80,000 An | +3.9% |
| 1970 | 83,000 An | +3.8% |
| 1971 | 86,000 An | +3.6% |
| 1972 | 90,000 An | +4.7% |
| 1973 | 93,000 An | +3.3% |
| 1974 | 95,000 An | +2.2% |
| 1975 | 97,000 An | +2.1% |
| 1976 | 100,000 An | +3.1% |
| 1977 | 103,000 An | +3.0% |
| 1978 | 105,000 An | +1.9% |
| 1979 | 107,000 An | +1.9% |
| 1980 | 110,000 An | +2.8% |
| 1981 | 113,000 An | +2.7% |
| 1982 | 115,000 An | +1.8% |
| 1983 | 117,000 An | +1.7% |
| 1984 | 120,000 An | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 123,000 An | +2.5% |
| 1986 | 125,000 An | +1.6% |
| 1987 | 128,000 An | +2.4% |
| 1988 | 130,000 An | +1.6% |
| 1989 | 132,000 An | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 134,000 An | +1.5% |
| 1991 | 139,000 An | +3.7% |
| 1992 | 134,000 An | -3.6% |
| 1993 | 129,000 An | -3.7% |
| 1994 | 130,000 An | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 155,000 An | +19.2% |
| 1996 | 135,000 An | -12.9% |
| 1997 | 155,000 An | +14.8% |
| 1998 | 135,000 An | -12.9% |
| 1999 | 120,000 An | -11.1% |
| 2000 | 133,731 An | +11.4% |
| 2001 | 115,000 An | -14.0% |
| 2002 | 105,000 An | -8.7% |
| 2003 | 90,000 An | -14.3% |
| 2004 | 100,000 An | +11.1% |
| 2005 | 120,000 An | +20.0% |
| 2006 | 154,000 An | +28.3% |
| 2007 | 155,000 An | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 133,143 An | -14.1% |
| 2009 | 156,000 An | +17.2% |
| 2010 | 136,400 An | -12.6% |
| 2011 | 162,200 An | +18.9% |
| 2012 | 164,000 An | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 165,000 An | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 118,735 An | -28.0% |
| 2015 | 95,859 An | -19.3% |
| 2016 | 103,952 An | +8.4% |
| 2017 | 96,128 An | -7.5% |
| 2018 | 100,689 An | +4.7% |
| 2019 | 97,876 An | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 98,588 An | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 99,165 An | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 96,806 An | -2.4% |
| 2023 | 94,992 An | -1.9% |
| 2024 | 96,658 An | +1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 69,778 An | 60,000 An | 80,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 95,900 An | 83,000 An | 107,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 121,300 An | 110,000 An | 132,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 136,600 An | 120,000 An | 155,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 126,187 An | 90,000 An | 156,000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 124,084 An | 95,859 An | 165,000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 97,242 An | 94,992 An | 99,165 An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of goats — milk animals in Southern Africa?
- Raw milk of goats — milk animals in Southern Africa was 96,658 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest raw milk of goats — milk animals recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 165,000 An in 2013.
- What is the lowest raw milk of goats — milk animals recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 60,000 An in 1961.
- How does Southern Africa rank for raw milk of goats — milk animals?
- Southern Africa ranks 25th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of goats — milk animals rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Raw milk of goats — 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.