Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Americas
Americas: Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight was 4,139 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
In 2024, milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Americas stood at 4,139 kg/An. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 30.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Americas peaked at 4,139 kg/An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,921 kg/An, in 1963.
That places Americas 6th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Americas, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,922 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 1,931 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 1963 | 1,921 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 1964 | 1,983 kg/An | +3.2% |
| 1965 | 1,971 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 1966 | 1,991 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 1967 | 2,024 kg/An | +1.7% |
| 1968 | 2,036 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 1969 | 2,031 kg/An | -0.2% |
| 1970 | 2,046 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 1971 | 2,053 kg/An | +0.3% |
| 1972 | 2,098 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 1973 | 2,068 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 1974 | 2,057 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 1975 | 2,024 kg/An | -1.6% |
| 1976 | 2,061 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 2,023 kg/An | -1.8% |
| 1978 | 2,029 kg/An | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 2,004 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 1980 | 2,000 kg/An | -0.2% |
| 1981 | 2,031 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 1982 | 2,063 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 1983 | 2,086 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 2,048 kg/An | -1.8% |
| 1985 | 2,106 kg/An | +2.8% |
| 1986 | 2,109 kg/An | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 2,141 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 1988 | 2,149 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 1989 | 2,125 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1990 | 2,134 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 2,329 kg/An | +9.1% |
| 1992 | 2,372 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 1993 | 2,416 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 1994 | 2,444 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 2,454 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 2,698 kg/An | +9.9% |
| 1997 | 2,681 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 2,683 kg/An | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 2,742 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 2,780 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 2,732 kg/An | -1.7% |
| 2002 | 2,724 kg/An | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 2,730 kg/An | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 2,736 kg/An | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 2,785 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 2,911 kg/An | +4.5% |
| 2007 | 2,989 kg/An | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 3,051 kg/An | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 2,933 kg/An | -3.9% |
| 2010 | 2,991 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 3,023 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 3,056 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 3,081 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 3,170 kg/An | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 3,522 kg/An | +11.1% |
| 2016 | 3,507 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 3,858 kg/An | +10.0% |
| 2018 | 3,916 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 3,950 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 4,036 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 4,066 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 4,057 kg/An | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 4,074 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 4,139 kg/An | +1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,979 kg/An | 1,921 kg/An | 2,036 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,046 kg/An | 2,004 kg/An | 2,098 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,086 kg/An | 2,000 kg/An | 2,149 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,495 kg/An | 2,134 kg/An | 2,742 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,837 kg/An | 2,724 kg/An | 3,051 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,407 kg/An | 2,991 kg/An | 3,950 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,074 kg/An | 4,036 kg/An | 4,139 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 3 Canada 10,345 kg/An compare
- 3 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,221 kg/An compare
- 4 Czechia 9,874 kg/An compare
- 4 Polynesia 1,062 kg/An compare
- 5 Sweden 9,693 kg/An compare
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 871 kg/An compare
- 6 Finland 9,675 kg/An compare
- 7 Faroe Islands 9,358 kg/An compare
- 7 Türkiye 742 kg/An compare
- 8 Germany 9,324 kg/An compare
- 9 Japan 8,905 kg/An compare
- 9 Republic of Moldova 562 kg/An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Americas
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -5.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -4.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 0.7578 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Americas?
- Milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Americas was 4,139 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 Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 4,139 kg/An in 2024.
- What is the lowest milk, total — yield/carcass weight recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,921 kg/An in 1963.
- How does Americas rank for milk, total — yield/carcass weight?
- Americas ranks 6th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Americas 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.