Table 1.

Population of goats and their proportionate distribution in sub-Saharan Africa

SSA region	Total goat population	% of total goat population in SSA	Population of goats for milk	% Milk goats to the regional total
Eastern Africa	141,945,838	38.08	25,279,669	17.81
Western Africa	165,196,182	44.32	29,318,272	17.75
Central Africa	55,529,942	14.9	4,858,491	8.75
Southern Africa	10,044,078	2.69	110,693	1.10
Total	372,716,040	100	59,567,125	15.98

SSA, sub-Saharan Africa.

FAOSTAT [10].