Raw milk of goats — Production in Rwanda
Rwanda: Raw milk of goats — Production was 49,438 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Raw milk of goats — Production in Rwanda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Rwanda recorded 49,438 t for raw milk of goats — production in 2024.
The figure is up 3.3% on the previous year and down 27.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of goats — production in Rwanda peaked at 75,218 t in 2017 and was at its lowest, 3,752 t, in 1966.
That places Rwanda 43rd out of 112 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Raw milk of goats — Production in Rwanda, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,600 t | — |
| 1962 | 4,600 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 4,500 t | -2.2% |
| 1964 | 4,592 t | +2.0% |
| 1965 | 4,120 t | -10.3% |
| 1966 | 3,752 t | -8.9% |
| 1967 | 5,000 t | +33.3% |
| 1968 | 4,000 t | -20.0% |
| 1969 | 4,400 t | +10.0% |
| 1970 | 4,812 t | +9.4% |
| 1971 | 5,116 t | +6.3% |
| 1972 | 5,060 t | -1.1% |
| 1973 | 6,284 t | +24.2% |
| 1974 | 5,036 t | -19.9% |
| 1975 | 6,332 t | +25.7% |
| 1976 | 7,200 t | +13.7% |
| 1977 | 8,000 t | +11.1% |
| 1978 | 8,160 t | +2.0% |
| 1979 | 8,720 t | +6.9% |
| 1980 | 9,200 t | +5.5% |
| 1981 | 10,400 t | +13.0% |
| 1982 | 12,000 t | +15.4% |
| 1983 | 11,600 t | -3.3% |
| 1984 | 11,560 t | -0.3% |
| 1985 | 12,624 t | +9.2% |
| 1986 | 12,312 t | -2.5% |
| 1987 | 12,664 t | +2.9% |
| 1988 | 12,972 t | +2.4% |
| 1989 | 13,400 t | +3.3% |
| 1990 | 13,360 t | -0.3% |
| 1991 | 32,121 t | +140.4% |
| 1992 | 32,499 t | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 32,653 t | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 32,134 t | -1.6% |
| 1995 | 29,868 t | -7.1% |
| 1996 | 32,143 t | +7.6% |
| 1997 | 32,895 t | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 26,269 t | -20.1% |
| 1999 | 28,386 t | +8.1% |
| 2000 | 33,652 t | +18.6% |
| 2001 | 29,846 t | -11.3% |
| 2002 | 36,595 t | +22.6% |
| 2003 | 40,029 t | +9.4% |
| 2004 | 50,490 t | +26.1% |
| 2005 | 53,149 t | +5.3% |
| 2006 | 55,123 t | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 60,838 t | +10.4% |
| 2008 | 68,101 t | +11.9% |
| 2009 | 69,986 t | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 71,252 t | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 60,132 t | -15.6% |
| 2012 | 60,332 t | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 71,628 t | +18.7% |
| 2014 | 68,544 t | -4.3% |
| 2015 | 71,770 t | +4.7% |
| 2016 | 69,975 t | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 75,218 t | +7.5% |
| 2018 | 69,620 t | -7.4% |
| 2019 | 61,590 t | -11.5% |
| 2020 | 51,601 t | -16.2% |
| 2021 | 50,516 t | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 47,176 t | -6.6% |
| 2023 | 47,849 t | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 49,438 t | +3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,396 t | 3,752 t | 5,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,472 t | 4,812 t | 8,720 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,873 t | 9,200 t | 13,400 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 29,233 t | 13,360 t | 32,895 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 49,781 t | 29,846 t | 69,986 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 68,006 t | 60,132 t | 75,218 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 49,316 t | 47,176 t | 51,601 t | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.203 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 228.16 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.6953 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6909 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 20.3 (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2022)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of goats — production in Rwanda?
- Raw milk of goats — production in Rwanda was 49,438 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest raw milk of goats — production recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 75,218 t in 2017.
- What is the lowest raw milk of goats — production recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,752 t in 1966.
- How does Rwanda rank for raw milk of goats — production?
- Rwanda ranks 43rd out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of goats — production rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Rwanda data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Raw milk of goats — Production. 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.