Milk production in Nigeria

Milk production in Nigeria was 527,765 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 0.2% from 2023. That is the 92nd highest of 184 countries in 2024.

2024, tonnes527,765 Estimated

Change on 2023+0.2%

Rank92nd of 184Countries ranked

Series high585,0002014

Series low144,0001961

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Milk production in Nigeria, 1961 to 2024

tonnes. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Milk; Total, production, t (item 1780, element 5510). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-12-31.

All 64 values

Period	tonnes
2024	527,765 Estimated
2023	526,502 Estimated
2022	525,458 Estimated
2021	523,324 Estimated
2020	519,811 Estimated
2019	517,077 Estimated
2018	514,240 Estimated
2017	510,568 Estimated
2016	507,950 Estimated
2015	513,116 Estimated
2014	585,000 Estimated
2013	570,000 Estimated
2012	566,000 Estimated
2011	563,000 Estimated
2010	444,669 Estimated
2009	472,320 Estimated
2008	420,000 Estimated
2007	468,240 Estimated
2006	462,700 Estimated
2005	438,500 Estimated
2004	423,000 Estimated
2003	408,700 Estimated
2002	408,200 Estimated
2001	389,300 Estimated
2000	389,000 Estimated
1999	385,875
1998	367,500
1997	350,000
1996	411,723 Estimated
1995	410,512 Estimated
1994	407,960 Estimated
1993	380,000 Estimated
1992	370,000
1991	360,000
1990	351,000
1989	339,000
1988	329,000
1987	321,000
1986	315,000
1985	309,000
1984	304,000
1983	301,000
1982	297,000
1981	292,000
1980	290,000
1979	284,000
1978	277,000
1977	269,000
1976	262,000
1975	253,000
1974	245,000
1973	239,000
1972	229,000
1971	220,000
1970	213,000
1969	205,000
1968	196,000
1967	187,000
1966	180,000
1965	173,000
1964	166,000
1963	159,000
1962	151,000
1961	144,000

Rankings

Countries by milk production 191 places
EU countries by milk production 27 places

Definition

Raw milk produced in the calendar year from cattle, buffaloes, goats, sheep and camels, in tonnes. FAOSTAT item "Milk; Total", the sum FAO calculates from the raw milk of each species.

All species: in India and Pakistan buffalo milk is a large share, so the figure is well above cow milk alone. FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.

How to cite

FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Milk; Total, production, t (item 1780, element 5510). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2025). Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Milk; Total, production, t (item 1780, element 5510) (Milk production, Nigeria, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

MLA 9

Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Milk; Total, production, t (item 1780, element 5510), Milk production, Nigeria, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 31 Dec. 2025, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/milk-production/nigeria. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2025. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Milk; Total, production, t (item 1780, element 5510). Milk production, Nigeria, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/milk-production/nigeria.

Harvard

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Milk; Total, production, t (item 1780, element 5510), Milk production, Nigeria, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/milk-production/nigeria (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{food_milk_production_nigeria_2024,
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  title = {{Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Milk; Total, production, t (item 1780, element 5510): Milk production, Nigeria, 1961 to 2024}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/milk-production/nigeria. Publisher attribution: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Milk; Total, production, t (item 1780, element 5510). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production\_Crops\_Livestock\_E\_All\_Data\_\%28Normalized\%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.},
}

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585,000 tonnes in 2014, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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