Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Jamaica
Jamaica: Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight was 369 kg/An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
Jamaica recorded 369 kg/An for milk, total — yield/carcass weight in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and down 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Jamaica peaked at 1,001 kg/An in 1961 and was at its lowest, 369 kg/An, in 2024.
That places Jamaica 138th out of 185 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,001 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 1,001 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,001 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,000 kg/An | -0.1% |
| 1965 | 1,000 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 999 kg/An | -0.1% |
| 1967 | 1,000 kg/An | +0.1% |
| 1968 | 1,001 kg/An | +0.1% |
| 1969 | 1,001 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 999 kg/An | -0.2% |
| 1971 | 999 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,000 kg/An | +0.1% |
| 1973 | 1,000 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1,000 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,000 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 1,000 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 999 kg/An | -0.1% |
| 1978 | 1,000 kg/An | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 1,000 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,000 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,000 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 999 kg/An | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 999 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,000 kg/An | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 1,000 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,001 kg/An | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 1,000 kg/An | -0.1% |
| 1988 | 1,000 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,000 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 406 kg/An | -59.4% |
| 1991 | 371 kg/An | -8.6% |
| 1992 | 373 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 373 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 372 kg/An | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 375 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 379 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 386 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 405 kg/An | +4.9% |
| 1999 | 403 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 406 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 406 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 410 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 406 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 408 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 398 kg/An | -2.5% |
| 2006 | 412 kg/An | +3.5% |
| 2007 | 412 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 384 kg/An | -6.8% |
| 2009 | 403 kg/An | +4.9% |
| 2010 | 394 kg/An | -2.2% |
| 2011 | 398 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 399 kg/An | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 404 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 396 kg/An | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 393 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 394 kg/An | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 391 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 388 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 377 kg/An | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 377 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 374 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 375 kg/An | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 372 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 369 kg/An | -0.8% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 369 kg/An is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,156 kg/An, 32% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 369 kg/An is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,388 kg/An, 27% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Jamaica 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | -59.4% | 1,000 kg/An | 406 kg/An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,000 kg/An | 999 kg/An | 1,001 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 999.7 kg/An | 999 kg/An | 1,000 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 999.9 kg/An | 999 kg/An | 1,001 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 384.3 kg/An | 371 kg/An | 406 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 404.5 kg/An | 384 kg/An | 412 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 393.4 kg/An | 377 kg/An | 404 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 373.4 kg/An | 369 kg/An | 377 kg/An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Jamaica
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % 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 0.0663 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % 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 0.147 hectares per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0874 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 699.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.28 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Jamaica?
- Milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Jamaica was 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 Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 1,001 kg/An in 1961.
- What is the lowest milk, total — yield/carcass weight recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 369 kg/An in 2024.
- How does Jamaica rank for milk, total — yield/carcass weight?
- Jamaica ranks 138th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Jamaica 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.