Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Iraq
Iraq: Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight was 81 kg/An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Iraq, 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 Iraq is 81 kg/An, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 12.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Iraq peaked at 136 kg/An in 1970 and was at its lowest, 52 kg/An, in 2003.
That places Iraq 179th out of 185 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Iraq, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 129 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 130 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 1963 | 131 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 1964 | 130 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 1965 | 127 kg/An | -2.3% |
| 1966 | 125 kg/An | -1.6% |
| 1967 | 130 kg/An | +4.0% |
| 1968 | 129 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 1969 | 132 kg/An | +2.3% |
| 1970 | 136 kg/An | +3.0% |
| 1971 | 133 kg/An | -2.2% |
| 1972 | 130 kg/An | -2.3% |
| 1973 | 127 kg/An | -2.3% |
| 1974 | 125 kg/An | -1.6% |
| 1975 | 121 kg/An | -3.2% |
| 1976 | 118 kg/An | -2.5% |
| 1977 | 117 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 1978 | 120 kg/An | +2.6% |
| 1979 | 115 kg/An | -4.2% |
| 1980 | 106 kg/An | -7.8% |
| 1981 | 117 kg/An | +10.4% |
| 1982 | 123 kg/An | +5.1% |
| 1983 | 120 kg/An | -2.4% |
| 1984 | 122 kg/An | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 118 kg/An | -3.3% |
| 1986 | 117 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 1987 | 117 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 119 kg/An | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 129 kg/An | +8.4% |
| 1990 | 118 kg/An | -8.5% |
| 1991 | 87 kg/An | -26.3% |
| 1992 | 79 kg/An | -9.2% |
| 1993 | 86 kg/An | +8.9% |
| 1994 | 99 kg/An | +15.1% |
| 1995 | 101 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 1996 | 93 kg/An | -7.9% |
| 1997 | 96 kg/An | +3.2% |
| 1998 | 102 kg/An | +6.2% |
| 1999 | 108 kg/An | +5.9% |
| 2000 | 100 kg/An | -7.4% |
| 2001 | 103 kg/An | +3.0% |
| 2002 | 104 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 52 kg/An | -50.0% |
| 2004 | 76 kg/An | +46.2% |
| 2005 | 76 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 88 kg/An | +15.8% |
| 2007 | 67 kg/An | -23.9% |
| 2008 | 66 kg/An | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 63 kg/An | -4.5% |
| 2010 | 57 kg/An | -9.5% |
| 2011 | 56 kg/An | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 57 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 68 kg/An | +19.3% |
| 2014 | 72 kg/An | +5.9% |
| 2015 | 73 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 74 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 74 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 75 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 76 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 77 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 78 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 79 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 80 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 81 kg/An | +1.2% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 81 kg/An is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,156 kg/An, 7% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 81 kg/An is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 372 kg/An, 22% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Iraq 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | -50.0% | 104 kg/An | 52 kg/An |
| 2004 | +46.2% | 52 kg/An | 76 kg/An |
| 1991 | -26.3% | 118 kg/An | 87 kg/An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 129.22 kg/An | 125 kg/An | 132 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 124.2 kg/An | 115 kg/An | 136 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 118.8 kg/An | 106 kg/An | 129 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 96.9 kg/An | 79 kg/An | 118 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 79.5 kg/An | 52 kg/An | 104 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 68.2 kg/An | 56 kg/An | 76 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 79 kg/An | 77 kg/An | 81 kg/An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Iraq
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.4718 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.1178 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.2266 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.2022 hectares per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -8.53 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0341 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 184.67 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.94 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Iraq?
- Milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Iraq was 81 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 Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 136 kg/An in 1970.
- What is the lowest milk, total — yield/carcass weight recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 52 kg/An in 2003.
- How does Iraq rank for milk, total — yield/carcass weight?
- Iraq ranks 179th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Iraq 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.