Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight was 281 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Eastern Africa is 281 kg/An, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.6% on the previous year and up 26.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Eastern Africa peaked at 281 kg/An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 141 kg/An, in 1961.
Eastern Africa ranks 22nd of 29 groups 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 Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 141 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 141 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 141 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 142 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 1965 | 142 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 143 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 1967 | 142 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 1968 | 144 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 1969 | 147 kg/An | +2.1% |
| 1970 | 150 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 1971 | 152 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 1972 | 154 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 1973 | 152 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 1974 | 154 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 1975 | 153 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 1976 | 157 kg/An | +2.6% |
| 1977 | 157 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 156 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 1979 | 161 kg/An | +3.2% |
| 1980 | 157 kg/An | -2.5% |
| 1981 | 154 kg/An | -1.9% |
| 1982 | 157 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 1983 | 161 kg/An | +2.5% |
| 1984 | 160 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 1985 | 160 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 167 kg/An | +4.4% |
| 1987 | 169 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 1988 | 170 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 170 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 173 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 182 kg/An | +5.2% |
| 1992 | 189 kg/An | +3.8% |
| 1993 | 200 kg/An | +5.8% |
| 1994 | 195 kg/An | -2.5% |
| 1995 | 198 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 200 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 197 kg/An | -1.5% |
| 1998 | 199 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 209 kg/An | +5.0% |
| 2000 | 209 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 220 kg/An | +5.3% |
| 2002 | 258 kg/An | +17.3% |
| 2003 | 257 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 265 kg/An | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 275 kg/An | +3.8% |
| 2006 | 259 kg/An | -5.8% |
| 2007 | 247 kg/An | -4.6% |
| 2008 | 265 kg/An | +7.3% |
| 2009 | 244 kg/An | -7.9% |
| 2010 | 272 kg/An | +11.5% |
| 2011 | 252 kg/An | -7.4% |
| 2012 | 237 kg/An | -6.0% |
| 2013 | 231 kg/An | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 222 kg/An | -3.9% |
| 2015 | 224 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 228 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 227 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 228 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 236 kg/An | +3.5% |
| 2020 | 239 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 263 kg/An | +10.0% |
| 2022 | 269 kg/An | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 274 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 2024 | 281 kg/An | +2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 142.56 kg/An | 141 kg/An | 147 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 154.6 kg/An | 150 kg/An | 161 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 162.5 kg/An | 154 kg/An | 170 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 194.2 kg/An | 173 kg/An | 209 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 249.9 kg/An | 209 kg/An | 275 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 235.7 kg/An | 222 kg/An | 272 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 265.2 kg/An | 239 kg/An | 281 kg/An | 5 |
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- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 7.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -2.06 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 1.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.0158 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 10.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 0.3517 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Eastern Africa?
- Milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Eastern Africa was 281 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 Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 281 kg/An in 2024.
- What is the lowest milk, total — yield/carcass weight recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 141 kg/An in 1961.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for milk, total — yield/carcass weight?
- Eastern Africa ranks 22nd out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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.