Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight was 5,094 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
In 2024, milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Australia and New Zealand stood at 5,094 kg/An. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 12.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 5,094 kg/An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,258 kg/An, in 1961.
Australia and New Zealand ranks 29th of 185 countries on this measure, 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 Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,258 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 2,307 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 1963 | 2,324 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 1964 | 2,463 kg/An | +6.0% |
| 1965 | 2,570 kg/An | +4.3% |
| 1966 | 2,684 kg/An | +4.4% |
| 1967 | 2,748 kg/An | +2.4% |
| 1968 | 2,626 kg/An | -4.4% |
| 1969 | 2,726 kg/An | +3.8% |
| 1970 | 2,752 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 1971 | 2,707 kg/An | -1.6% |
| 1972 | 2,873 kg/An | +6.1% |
| 1973 | 2,866 kg/An | -0.2% |
| 1974 | 2,859 kg/An | -0.2% |
| 1975 | 2,897 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 1976 | 2,969 kg/An | +2.5% |
| 1977 | 3,014 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 1978 | 2,880 kg/An | -4.4% |
| 1979 | 3,109 kg/An | +8.0% |
| 1980 | 2,947 kg/An | -5.2% |
| 1981 | 2,956 kg/An | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 2,962 kg/An | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 3,005 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 3,199 kg/An | +6.5% |
| 1985 | 3,240 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 1986 | 3,292 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 1987 | 3,200 kg/An | -2.8% |
| 1988 | 3,320 kg/An | +3.8% |
| 1989 | 3,206 kg/An | -3.4% |
| 1990 | 3,192 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 3,382 kg/An | +6.0% |
| 1992 | 3,427 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 3,675 kg/An | +7.2% |
| 1994 | 3,794 kg/An | +3.2% |
| 1995 | 3,568 kg/An | -6.0% |
| 1996 | 3,722 kg/An | +4.3% |
| 1997 | 3,805 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 3,767 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 3,820 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 4,190 kg/An | +9.7% |
| 2001 | 4,129 kg/An | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 4,282 kg/An | +3.7% |
| 2003 | 4,128 kg/An | -3.6% |
| 2004 | 4,088 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 4,095 kg/An | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 4,198 kg/An | +2.5% |
| 2007 | 4,226 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 4,081 kg/An | -3.4% |
| 2009 | 4,117 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 4,177 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 4,128 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 4,264 kg/An | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 4,332 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 4,523 kg/An | +4.4% |
| 2015 | 4,659 kg/An | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 4,562 kg/An | -2.1% |
| 2017 | 4,643 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 4,764 kg/An | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 4,899 kg/An | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 4,971 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 5,002 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 4,948 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 5,023 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 5,094 kg/An | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,523 kg/An | 2,258 kg/An | 2,748 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,893 kg/An | 2,707 kg/An | 3,109 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,133 kg/An | 2,947 kg/An | 3,320 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,615 kg/An | 3,192 kg/An | 3,820 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,153 kg/An | 4,081 kg/An | 4,282 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,495 kg/An | 4,128 kg/An | 4,899 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,008 kg/An | 4,948 kg/An | 5,094 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia and New Zealand
- 26 Belarus 6,008 kg/An compare
- 27 Cabo Verde 139 kg/An compare
- 27 Ireland 5,779 kg/An compare
- 28 Belgium-Luxembourg 5,374 kg/An compare
- 30 China, Taiwan Province of 4,807 kg/An compare
- 31 New Zealand 4,682 kg/An compare
- 32 Thailand 4,601 kg/An compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Australia and New Zealand?
- Milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Australia and New Zealand was 5,094 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 Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 5,094 kg/An in 2024.
- What is the lowest milk, total — yield/carcass weight recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,258 kg/An in 1961.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for milk, total — yield/carcass weight?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 29th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand 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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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.