Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight was 173 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Afghanistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
In 2024, milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Afghanistan stood at 173 kg/An.
That represents a change of down 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Afghanistan peaked at 200 kg/An in 2002 and was at its lowest, 75 kg/An, in 1961.
That places Afghanistan 154th out of 185 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 75 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 75 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 78 kg/An | +4.0% |
| 1964 | 75 kg/An | -3.8% |
| 1965 | 78 kg/An | +4.0% |
| 1966 | 87 kg/An | +11.5% |
| 1967 | 88 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 1968 | 91 kg/An | +3.4% |
| 1969 | 91 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 86 kg/An | -5.5% |
| 1971 | 96 kg/An | +11.6% |
| 1972 | 104 kg/An | +8.3% |
| 1973 | 102 kg/An | -1.9% |
| 1974 | 98 kg/An | -3.9% |
| 1975 | 93 kg/An | -5.1% |
| 1976 | 93 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 86 kg/An | -7.5% |
| 1978 | 86 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 86 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 86 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 82 kg/An | -4.7% |
| 1982 | 83 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 1983 | 86 kg/An | +3.6% |
| 1984 | 93 kg/An | +8.1% |
| 1985 | 95 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 1986 | 82 kg/An | -13.7% |
| 1987 | 89 kg/An | +8.5% |
| 1988 | 82 kg/An | -7.9% |
| 1989 | 76 kg/An | -7.3% |
| 1990 | 90 kg/An | +18.4% |
| 1991 | 89 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1992 | 94 kg/An | +5.6% |
| 1993 | 107 kg/An | +13.8% |
| 1994 | 122 kg/An | +14.0% |
| 1995 | 136 kg/An | +11.5% |
| 1996 | 146 kg/An | +7.4% |
| 1997 | 144 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 1998 | 139 kg/An | -3.5% |
| 1999 | 150 kg/An | +7.9% |
| 2000 | 141 kg/An | -6.0% |
| 2001 | 105 kg/An | -25.5% |
| 2002 | 200 kg/An | +90.5% |
| 2003 | 186 kg/An | -7.0% |
| 2004 | 183 kg/An | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 169 kg/An | -7.7% |
| 2006 | 170 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 147 kg/An | -13.5% |
| 2008 | 141 kg/An | -4.1% |
| 2009 | 147 kg/An | +4.3% |
| 2010 | 134 kg/An | -8.8% |
| 2011 | 129 kg/An | -3.7% |
| 2012 | 137 kg/An | +6.2% |
| 2013 | 140 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 179 kg/An | +27.9% |
| 2015 | 167 kg/An | -6.7% |
| 2016 | 167 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 159 kg/An | -4.8% |
| 2018 | 164 kg/An | +3.1% |
| 2019 | 167 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 168 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 168 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 170 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 173 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 173 kg/An | +0.0% |
Afghanistan compared with similar countries
- Afghanistan's 173 kg/An is above the median for low income countries, which is 135.5 kg/An, 1.3× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Afghanistan's 173 kg/An is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 372 kg/An, 47% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Afghanistan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +90.5% | 105 kg/An | 200 kg/An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 82 kg/An | 75 kg/An | 91 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 93 kg/An | 86 kg/An | 104 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 85.4 kg/An | 76 kg/An | 95 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 121.7 kg/An | 89 kg/An | 150 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 158.9 kg/An | 105 kg/An | 200 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 154.3 kg/An | 129 kg/An | 179 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 170.4 kg/An | 168 kg/An | 173 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.1522 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0005 hectares per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.1847 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.2358 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0022 hectares per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.8814 hectares per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3429 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 142.96 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Afghanistan?
- Milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Afghanistan was 173 kg/An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — yield/carcass weight recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 200 kg/An in 2002.
- What is the lowest milk, total — yield/carcass weight recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 75 kg/An in 1961.
- How does Afghanistan rank for milk, total — yield/carcass weight?
- Afghanistan ranks 154th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight. 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.