Raw milk of goats — Production in Western Africa
Western Africa: Raw milk of goats — Production was 1.11 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Raw milk of goats — Production in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 1.11 million t for raw milk of goats — production in 2024.
The figure is up 2.2% on the previous year and up 43.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of goats — production in Western Africa peaked at 1.21 million t in 2009 and was at its lowest, 270,306 t, in 1961.
That places Western Africa 13th out of 28 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Raw milk of goats — Production in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 270,306 t | — |
| 1962 | 274,809 t | +1.7% |
| 1963 | 298,277 t | +8.5% |
| 1964 | 307,194 t | +3.0% |
| 1965 | 316,700 t | +3.1% |
| 1966 | 322,005 t | +1.7% |
| 1967 | 329,702 t | +2.4% |
| 1968 | 334,892 t | +1.6% |
| 1969 | 352,858 t | +5.4% |
| 1970 | 380,980 t | +8.0% |
| 1971 | 381,575 t | +0.2% |
| 1972 | 353,205 t | -7.4% |
| 1973 | 278,080 t | -21.3% |
| 1974 | 321,632 t | +15.7% |
| 1975 | 347,448 t | +8.0% |
| 1976 | 367,549 t | +5.8% |
| 1977 | 374,476 t | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 391,676 t | +4.6% |
| 1979 | 400,645 t | +2.3% |
| 1980 | 405,644 t | +1.2% |
| 1981 | 399,232 t | -1.6% |
| 1982 | 408,232 t | +2.3% |
| 1983 | 393,595 t | -3.6% |
| 1984 | 335,463 t | -14.8% |
| 1985 | 303,013 t | -9.7% |
| 1986 | 326,993 t | +7.9% |
| 1987 | 331,249 t | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 341,940 t | +3.2% |
| 1989 | 353,540 t | +3.4% |
| 1990 | 414,565 t | +17.3% |
| 1991 | 405,040 t | -2.3% |
| 1992 | 455,815 t | +12.5% |
| 1993 | 463,413 t | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 475,347 t | +2.6% |
| 1995 | 486,985 t | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 497,937 t | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 508,456 t | +2.1% |
| 1998 | 536,388 t | +5.5% |
| 1999 | 565,739 t | +5.5% |
| 2000 | 590,250 t | +4.3% |
| 2001 | 613,281 t | +3.9% |
| 2002 | 643,547 t | +4.9% |
| 2003 | 703,607 t | +9.3% |
| 2004 | 788,598 t | +12.1% |
| 2005 | 883,017 t | +12.0% |
| 2006 | 966,686 t | +9.5% |
| 2007 | 1.08 million t | +11.4% |
| 2008 | 1.12 million t | +4.2% |
| 2009 | 1.21 million t | +7.4% |
| 2010 | 891,536 t | -26.0% |
| 2011 | 930,616 t | +4.4% |
| 2012 | 801,430 t | -13.9% |
| 2013 | 696,762 t | -13.1% |
| 2014 | 770,784 t | +10.6% |
| 2015 | 839,048 t | +8.9% |
| 2016 | 863,644 t | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 889,341 t | +3.0% |
| 2018 | 957,562 t | +7.7% |
| 2019 | 985,898 t | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 999,831 t | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 1.01 million t | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 1.05 million t | +4.1% |
| 2023 | 1.08 million t | +3.2% |
| 2024 | 1.11 million t | +2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 311,860 t | 270,306 t | 352,858 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 359,727 t | 278,080 t | 400,645 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 359,890 t | 303,013 t | 408,232 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 480,968 t | 405,040 t | 565,739 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 859,338 t | 590,250 t | 1.21 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 862,662 t | 696,762 t | 985,898 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.05 million t | 999,831 t | 1.11 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 10 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 30,573 t compare
- 10 Niger 449,182 t compare
- 11 Republic of Moldova 9,075 t compare
- 11 Somalia 375,202 t compare
- 12 Indonesia 362,612 t compare
- 12 Timor-Leste 5,179 t compare
- 13 Greece 337,830 t compare
- 13 Melanesia 40.02 t compare
- 14 Algeria 320,791 t compare
- 15 Mali 300,636 t compare
- 16 USSR 300,000 t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of goats — production in Western Africa?
- Raw milk of goats — production in Western Africa was 1.11 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest raw milk of goats — production recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1.21 million t in 2009.
- What is the lowest raw milk of goats — production recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 270,306 t in 1961.
- How does Western Africa rank for raw milk of goats — production?
- Western Africa ranks 13th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of goats — production rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.4%. 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 goats — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.