Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Central America
Central America: Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight was 2,947 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
Central America recorded 2,947 kg/An for milk, total — yield/carcass weight in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.2% on the previous year and up 13.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Central America peaked at 2,947 kg/An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 905 kg/An, in 1963.
That places Central America 9th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Central America, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 979 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 945 kg/An | -3.5% |
| 1963 | 905 kg/An | -4.2% |
| 1964 | 980 kg/An | +8.3% |
| 1965 | 985 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 1966 | 1,220 kg/An | +23.9% |
| 1967 | 1,256 kg/An | +3.0% |
| 1968 | 1,263 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 1969 | 1,290 kg/An | +2.1% |
| 1970 | 1,312 kg/An | +1.7% |
| 1971 | 1,367 kg/An | +4.2% |
| 1972 | 1,621 kg/An | +18.6% |
| 1973 | 1,679 kg/An | +3.6% |
| 1974 | 1,732 kg/An | +3.2% |
| 1975 | 1,756 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 1976 | 1,750 kg/An | -0.3% |
| 1977 | 1,747 kg/An | -0.2% |
| 1978 | 1,765 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 1,797 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 1980 | 1,830 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 1981 | 1,812 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 1982 | 1,811 kg/An | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 1,770 kg/An | -2.3% |
| 1984 | 1,770 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,807 kg/An | +2.1% |
| 1986 | 1,934 kg/An | +7.0% |
| 1987 | 1,917 kg/An | -0.9% |
| 1988 | 1,941 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 1,747 kg/An | -10.0% |
| 1990 | 1,871 kg/An | +7.1% |
| 1991 | 2,149 kg/An | +14.9% |
| 1992 | 2,222 kg/An | +3.4% |
| 1993 | 2,463 kg/An | +10.8% |
| 1994 | 2,441 kg/An | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 2,435 kg/An | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 2,481 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 2,545 kg/An | +2.6% |
| 1998 | 2,619 kg/An | +2.9% |
| 1999 | 2,507 kg/An | -4.3% |
| 2000 | 2,473 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 2,415 kg/An | -2.3% |
| 2002 | 2,301 kg/An | -4.7% |
| 2003 | 2,335 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 2,303 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 2,307 kg/An | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 2,359 kg/An | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 2,398 kg/An | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 2,413 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 2,389 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 2,438 kg/An | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 2,405 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 2,440 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 2,536 kg/An | +3.9% |
| 2014 | 2,601 kg/An | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 2,698 kg/An | +3.7% |
| 2016 | 2,747 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 2,816 kg/An | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 2,710 kg/An | -3.8% |
| 2019 | 2,743 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 2,758 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 2,780 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 2,792 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 2,800 kg/An | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 2,947 kg/An | +5.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,091 kg/An | 905 kg/An | 1,290 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,653 kg/An | 1,312 kg/An | 1,797 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,834 kg/An | 1,747 kg/An | 1,941 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,373 kg/An | 1,871 kg/An | 2,619 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,369 kg/An | 2,301 kg/An | 2,473 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,613 kg/An | 2,405 kg/An | 2,816 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,815 kg/An | 2,758 kg/An | 2,947 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 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
- 10 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 402 kg/An compare
- 10 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 8,644 kg/An compare
- 11 Belgium 8,632 kg/An compare
- 11 United Republic of Tanzania 356 kg/An compare
- 12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 337 kg/An compare
- 12 Luxembourg 8,507 kg/An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Central America
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Gross Production -6.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -1.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -3.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -10.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -1.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.7054 % change on previous year (2024)
- Potatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 6.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant) 0.4048 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.02 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Central America?
- Milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Central America was 2,947 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 Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 2,947 kg/An in 2024.
- What is the lowest milk, total — yield/carcass weight recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 905 kg/An in 1963.
- How does Central America rank for milk, total — yield/carcass weight?
- Central America ranks 9th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central America 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.