Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Europe
Europe: Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight was 3,369 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
In 2024, milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Europe stood at 3,369 kg/An. 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 17.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Europe peaked at 3,369 kg/An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,407 kg/An, in 1963.
That places Europe 7th 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 Europe, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,434 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 1,428 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 1963 | 1,407 kg/An | -1.5% |
| 1964 | 1,430 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 1965 | 1,538 kg/An | +7.6% |
| 1966 | 1,574 kg/An | +2.3% |
| 1967 | 1,600 kg/An | +1.7% |
| 1968 | 1,645 kg/An | +2.8% |
| 1969 | 1,657 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 1970 | 1,688 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 1971 | 1,705 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 1972 | 1,754 kg/An | +2.9% |
| 1973 | 1,791 kg/An | +2.1% |
| 1974 | 1,814 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 1975 | 1,819 kg/An | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 1,840 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 1,899 kg/An | +3.2% |
| 1978 | 1,928 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 1979 | 1,937 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 1,933 kg/An | -0.2% |
| 1981 | 1,918 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 1982 | 1,936 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 2,011 kg/An | +3.9% |
| 1984 | 2,046 kg/An | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 2,055 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 1986 | 2,127 kg/An | +3.5% |
| 1987 | 2,126 kg/An | -0.0% |
| 1988 | 2,150 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 2,193 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 2,142 kg/An | -2.3% |
| 1991 | 2,090 kg/An | -2.4% |
| 1992 | 1,960 kg/An | -6.2% |
| 1993 | 1,969 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 1,948 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1995 | 1,980 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 1996 | 2,034 kg/An | +2.7% |
| 1997 | 2,071 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 2,144 kg/An | +3.5% |
| 1999 | 2,200 kg/An | +2.6% |
| 2000 | 2,255 kg/An | +2.5% |
| 2001 | 2,313 kg/An | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 2,361 kg/An | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 2,431 kg/An | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 2,508 kg/An | +3.2% |
| 2005 | 2,572 kg/An | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 2,540 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 2,577 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 2,573 kg/An | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 2,615 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 2,626 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 2,678 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 2,694 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 2,747 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 2,870 kg/An | +4.5% |
| 2015 | 2,894 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 2,868 kg/An | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 2,974 kg/An | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 2,905 kg/An | -2.3% |
| 2019 | 2,995 kg/An | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 3,094 kg/An | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 3,186 kg/An | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 3,192 kg/An | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 3,283 kg/An | +2.9% |
| 2024 | 3,369 kg/An | +2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,524 kg/An | 1,407 kg/An | 1,657 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,818 kg/An | 1,688 kg/An | 1,937 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,050 kg/An | 1,918 kg/An | 2,193 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,054 kg/An | 1,948 kg/An | 2,200 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,474 kg/An | 2,255 kg/An | 2,615 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,825 kg/An | 2,626 kg/An | 2,995 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,225 kg/An | 3,094 kg/An | 3,369 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 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
- 10 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 402 kg/An compare
- 10 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 8,644 kg/An compare
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- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.5624 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 4.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Non Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 6.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -6.63 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 0.6691 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Europe?
- Milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Europe was 3,369 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 3,369 kg/An in 2024.
- What is the lowest milk, total — yield/carcass weight recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,407 kg/An in 1963.
- How does Europe rank for milk, total — yield/carcass weight?
- Europe ranks 7th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Europe 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.