Milk production, per capita in Tanzania
Tanzania: Milk production, per capita was 0.0642 tonnes per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Milk production, per capita in Tanzania, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in tonnes per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for milk production, per capita in Tanzania is 0.0642 tonnes per person, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and up 43.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk production, per capita in Tanzania peaked at 0.0648 tonnes per person in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.0217 tonnes per person, in 1984.
That places Tanzania 92nd out of 185 countries 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.
Milk production, per capita in Tanzania, year by year
| Year | tonnes per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0275 tonnes per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0272 tonnes per person | -1.0% |
| 1963 | 0.0273 tonnes per person | +0.3% |
| 1964 | 0.0268 tonnes per person | -1.8% |
| 1965 | 0.0273 tonnes per person | +1.7% |
| 1966 | 0.0274 tonnes per person | +0.5% |
| 1967 | 0.0282 tonnes per person | +3.0% |
| 1968 | 0.0283 tonnes per person | +0.3% |
| 1969 | 0.0296 tonnes per person | +4.3% |
| 1970 | 0.0293 tonnes per person | -1.0% |
| 1971 | 0.0272 tonnes per person | -7.0% |
| 1972 | 0.0251 tonnes per person | -7.9% |
| 1973 | 0.0232 tonnes per person | -7.7% |
| 1974 | 0.0231 tonnes per person | -0.4% |
| 1975 | 0.023 tonnes per person | -0.4% |
| 1976 | 0.023 tonnes per person | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 0.0227 tonnes per person | -1.4% |
| 1978 | 0.0226 tonnes per person | -0.4% |
| 1979 | 0.0221 tonnes per person | -2.1% |
| 1980 | 0.0218 tonnes per person | -1.6% |
| 1981 | 0.0232 tonnes per person | +6.7% |
| 1982 | 0.0223 tonnes per person | -3.9% |
| 1983 | 0.0219 tonnes per person | -1.6% |
| 1984 | 0.0217 tonnes per person | -1.3% |
| 1985 | 0.0222 tonnes per person | +2.5% |
| 1986 | 0.0224 tonnes per person | +1.1% |
| 1987 | 0.0229 tonnes per person | +1.9% |
| 1988 | 0.0229 tonnes per person | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 0.023 tonnes per person | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 0.0229 tonnes per person | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 0.0249 tonnes per person | +8.7% |
| 1992 | 0.0248 tonnes per person | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 0.0257 tonnes per person | +3.7% |
| 1994 | 0.0238 tonnes per person | -7.2% |
| 1995 | 0.0243 tonnes per person | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 0.0237 tonnes per person | -2.4% |
| 1997 | 0.0237 tonnes per person | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 0.0253 tonnes per person | +6.6% |
| 1999 | 0.0251 tonnes per person | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 0.0251 tonnes per person | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 0.0275 tonnes per person | +9.4% |
| 2002 | 0.0292 tonnes per person | +6.4% |
| 2003 | 0.0308 tonnes per person | +5.2% |
| 2004 | 0.0352 tonnes per person | +14.4% |
| 2005 | 0.0395 tonnes per person | +12.2% |
| 2006 | 0.0392 tonnes per person | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 0.0382 tonnes per person | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 0.0392 tonnes per person | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 0.0407 tonnes per person | +3.7% |
| 2010 | 0.0417 tonnes per person | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 0.0425 tonnes per person | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 0.0438 tonnes per person | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 0.044 tonnes per person | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.0446 tonnes per person | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 0.0447 tonnes per person | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.0444 tonnes per person | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 0.0425 tonnes per person | -4.3% |
| 2018 | 0.0468 tonnes per person | +10.1% |
| 2019 | 0.0436 tonnes per person | -6.7% |
| 2020 | 0.0564 tonnes per person | +29.1% |
| 2021 | 0.0605 tonnes per person | +7.4% |
| 2022 | 0.0613 tonnes per person | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 0.0648 tonnes per person | +5.8% |
| 2024 | 0.0642 tonnes per person | -1.0% |
Tanzania compared with similar countries
- Tanzania's 0.0642 tonnes per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0353 tonnes per person, 1.8× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Tanzania's 0.0642 tonnes per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0177 tonnes per person, 3.6× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Milk production, per capita in Tanzania 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +29.1% | 0.0436 tonnes per person | 0.0564 tonnes per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0277 tonnes per person | 0.0268 tonnes per person | 0.0296 tonnes per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0241 tonnes per person | 0.0221 tonnes per person | 0.0293 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0224 tonnes per person | 0.0217 tonnes per person | 0.0232 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0244 tonnes per person | 0.0229 tonnes per person | 0.0257 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0345 tonnes per person | 0.0251 tonnes per person | 0.0407 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0439 tonnes per person | 0.0417 tonnes per person | 0.0468 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0614 tonnes per person | 0.0564 tonnes per person | 0.0648 tonnes per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tanzania
More reference data data for Tanzania
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.6405 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 11.44 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 14.14 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.7582 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 14.14 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 2.15 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 1.26 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 59.37 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 72.45 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 4.13 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk production, per capita in Tanzania?
- Milk production, per capita in Tanzania was 0.0642 tonnes per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest milk production, per capita recorded in Tanzania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0648 tonnes per person in 2023.
- What is the lowest milk production, per capita recorded in Tanzania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0217 tonnes per person in 1984.
- How does Tanzania rank for milk production, per capita?
- Tanzania ranks 92nd out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk production, per capita rising or falling in Tanzania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tanzania data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Milk production, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Milk production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Milk production ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Milk production Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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
Milk production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.