Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Benin
Benin: Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight was 166 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Benin, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
In 2024, milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Benin stood at 166 kg/An.
That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and down 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Benin peaked at 185 kg/An in 1995 and was at its lowest, 66 kg/An, in 1973.
Benin ranks 156th of 185 countries on this measure, 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 Benin, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 68 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 70 kg/An | +2.9% |
| 1963 | 70 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 68 kg/An | -2.9% |
| 1965 | 70 kg/An | +2.9% |
| 1966 | 72 kg/An | +2.9% |
| 1967 | 74 kg/An | +2.8% |
| 1968 | 72 kg/An | -2.7% |
| 1969 | 74 kg/An | +2.8% |
| 1970 | 71 kg/An | -4.1% |
| 1971 | 69 kg/An | -2.8% |
| 1972 | 68 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 1973 | 66 kg/An | -2.9% |
| 1974 | 67 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 1975 | 72 kg/An | +7.5% |
| 1976 | 71 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 1977 | 66 kg/An | -7.0% |
| 1978 | 70 kg/An | +6.1% |
| 1979 | 70 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 71 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 1981 | 71 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 71 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 71 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 75 kg/An | +5.6% |
| 1985 | 72 kg/An | -4.0% |
| 1986 | 74 kg/An | +2.8% |
| 1987 | 78 kg/An | +5.4% |
| 1988 | 77 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 1989 | 74 kg/An | -3.9% |
| 1990 | 76 kg/An | +2.7% |
| 1991 | 183 kg/An | +140.8% |
| 1992 | 181 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1993 | 179 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1994 | 179 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 185 kg/An | +3.4% |
| 1996 | 185 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 184 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 183 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 180 kg/An | -1.6% |
| 2000 | 173 kg/An | -3.9% |
| 2001 | 174 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 174 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 174 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 173 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 173 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 173 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 173 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 173 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 173 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 172 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 171 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 171 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 171 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 172 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 172 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 172 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 172 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 171 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 171 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 153 kg/An | -10.5% |
| 2021 | 149 kg/An | -2.6% |
| 2022 | 151 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 164 kg/An | +8.6% |
| 2024 | 166 kg/An | +1.2% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 166 kg/An is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 496.5 kg/An, 33% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Benin's 166 kg/An is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 236 kg/An, 70% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Benin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +140.8% | 76 kg/An | 183 kg/An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 70.89 kg/An | 68 kg/An | 74 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 69 kg/An | 66 kg/An | 72 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 73.4 kg/An | 71 kg/An | 78 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 171.5 kg/An | 76 kg/An | 185 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 173.3 kg/An | 173 kg/An | 174 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 171.5 kg/An | 171 kg/An | 172 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 156.6 kg/An | 149 kg/An | 166 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 153 Jordan 177 kg/An compare
- 154 Afghanistan 173 kg/An compare
- 155 Oman 172 kg/An compare
- 157 Guinea 157 kg/An compare
- 158 South Sudan 156 kg/An compare
- 159 United Arab Emirates 155 kg/An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Benin
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 1.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0002 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.2998 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 1.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0002 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.337 hectares per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2292 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 380.06 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.6697 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Benin?
- Milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Benin was 166 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 Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 185 kg/An in 1995.
- What is the lowest milk, total — yield/carcass weight recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 66 kg/An in 1973.
- How does Benin rank for milk, total — yield/carcass weight?
- Benin ranks 156th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Benin 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.