Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in India
India: Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight was 1,539 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in India, 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 India is 1,539 kg/An, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 22.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — yield/carcass weight in India peaked at 1,545 kg/An in 2022 and was at its lowest, 489 kg/An, in 1966.
India ranks 67th of 185 countries on this measure, 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 India, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 529 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 555 kg/An | +4.9% |
| 1963 | 563 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 1964 | 569 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 1965 | 572 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 1966 | 489 kg/An | -14.5% |
| 1967 | 539 kg/An | +10.2% |
| 1968 | 540 kg/An | +0.2% |
| 1969 | 542 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 1970 | 539 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 1971 | 536 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 1972 | 517 kg/An | -3.5% |
| 1973 | 558 kg/An | +7.9% |
| 1974 | 566 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 1975 | 577 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 1976 | 587 kg/An | +1.7% |
| 1977 | 586 kg/An | -0.2% |
| 1978 | 602 kg/An | +2.7% |
| 1979 | 594 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 1980 | 598 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 625 kg/An | +4.5% |
| 1982 | 643 kg/An | +2.9% |
| 1983 | 663 kg/An | +3.1% |
| 1984 | 671 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 1985 | 694 kg/An | +3.4% |
| 1986 | 705 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 1987 | 697 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1988 | 701 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 724 kg/An | +3.3% |
| 1990 | 670 kg/An | -7.5% |
| 1991 | 657 kg/An | -1.9% |
| 1992 | 708 kg/An | +7.8% |
| 1993 | 717 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 724 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 771 kg/An | +6.5% |
| 1996 | 806 kg/An | +4.5% |
| 1997 | 843 kg/An | +4.6% |
| 1998 | 866 kg/An | +2.7% |
| 1999 | 848 kg/An | -2.1% |
| 2000 | 894 kg/An | +5.4% |
| 2001 | 892 kg/An | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 871 kg/An | -2.4% |
| 2003 | 882 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 944 kg/An | +7.0% |
| 2005 | 961 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 1,007 kg/An | +4.8% |
| 2007 | 1,017 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 1,055 kg/An | +3.7% |
| 2009 | 1,066 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 1,103 kg/An | +3.5% |
| 2011 | 1,133 kg/An | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 1,151 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 1,197 kg/An | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 1,254 kg/An | +4.8% |
| 2015 | 1,286 kg/An | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 1,308 kg/An | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 1,352 kg/An | +3.4% |
| 2018 | 1,396 kg/An | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 1,454 kg/An | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 1,519 kg/An | +4.5% |
| 2021 | 1,531 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 1,545 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 1,536 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 1,539 kg/An | +0.2% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 1,539 kg/An is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 496.5 kg/An, 3.1× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- India's 1,539 kg/An is above the median for South Asia, which is 816 kg/An, 1.9× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 544.22 kg/An | 489 kg/An | 572 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 566.2 kg/An | 517 kg/An | 602 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 672.1 kg/An | 598 kg/An | 724 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 761 kg/An | 657 kg/An | 866 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 958.9 kg/An | 871 kg/An | 1,066 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,263 kg/An | 1,103 kg/An | 1,454 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,534 kg/An | 1,519 kg/An | 1,545 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
- 64 Dominican Republic 1,570 kg/An compare
- 65 Tonga 1,565 kg/An compare
- 66 Pakistan 1,545 kg/An compare
- 68 Serbia and Montenegro 1,536 kg/An compare
- 69 Kyrgyzstan 1,495 kg/An compare
- 70 Montenegro 1,436 kg/An compare
More agriculture & rural data for India
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1623 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 438.73 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4067 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6431 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — yield/carcass weight in India?
- Milk, total — yield/carcass weight in India was 1,539 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 India?
- The highest recorded value was 1,545 kg/An in 2022.
- What is the lowest milk, total — yield/carcass weight recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 489 kg/An in 1966.
- How does India rank for milk, total — yield/carcass weight?
- India ranks 67th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India 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.