Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Kenya
Kenya: Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight was 454 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
In 2024, milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Kenya stood at 454 kg/An.
The figure is up 8.6% on the previous year and up 27.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Kenya peaked at 498 kg/An in 2005 and was at its lowest, 223 kg/An, in 1963.
Kenya ranks 130th 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 Kenya, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 224 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 233 kg/An | +4.0% |
| 1963 | 223 kg/An | -4.3% |
| 1964 | 223 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 226 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 1966 | 236 kg/An | +4.4% |
| 1967 | 229 kg/An | -3.0% |
| 1968 | 239 kg/An | +4.4% |
| 1969 | 252 kg/An | +5.4% |
| 1970 | 279 kg/An | +10.7% |
| 1971 | 290 kg/An | +3.9% |
| 1972 | 298 kg/An | +2.8% |
| 1973 | 293 kg/An | -1.7% |
| 1974 | 303 kg/An | +3.4% |
| 1975 | 305 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 302 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 1977 | 279 kg/An | -7.6% |
| 1978 | 257 kg/An | -7.9% |
| 1979 | 265 kg/An | +3.1% |
| 1980 | 248 kg/An | -6.4% |
| 1981 | 244 kg/An | -1.6% |
| 1982 | 256 kg/An | +4.9% |
| 1983 | 265 kg/An | +3.5% |
| 1984 | 278 kg/An | +4.9% |
| 1985 | 274 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 1986 | 298 kg/An | +8.8% |
| 1987 | 325 kg/An | +9.1% |
| 1988 | 312 kg/An | -4.0% |
| 1989 | 301 kg/An | -3.5% |
| 1990 | 302 kg/An | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 285 kg/An | -5.6% |
| 1992 | 277 kg/An | -2.8% |
| 1993 | 283 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 285 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 282 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1996 | 296 kg/An | +5.0% |
| 1997 | 286 kg/An | -3.4% |
| 1998 | 283 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 323 kg/An | +14.1% |
| 2000 | 317 kg/An | -1.9% |
| 2001 | 395 kg/An | +24.6% |
| 2002 | 419 kg/An | +6.1% |
| 2003 | 362 kg/An | -13.6% |
| 2004 | 408 kg/An | +12.7% |
| 2005 | 498 kg/An | +22.1% |
| 2006 | 416 kg/An | -16.5% |
| 2007 | 334 kg/An | -19.7% |
| 2008 | 421 kg/An | +26.0% |
| 2009 | 358 kg/An | -15.0% |
| 2010 | 405 kg/An | +13.1% |
| 2011 | 387 kg/An | -4.4% |
| 2012 | 411 kg/An | +6.2% |
| 2013 | 392 kg/An | -4.6% |
| 2014 | 355 kg/An | -9.4% |
| 2015 | 367 kg/An | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 386 kg/An | +5.2% |
| 2017 | 381 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 384 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 381 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 372 kg/An | -2.4% |
| 2021 | 427 kg/An | +14.8% |
| 2022 | 441 kg/An | +3.3% |
| 2023 | 418 kg/An | -5.2% |
| 2024 | 454 kg/An | +8.6% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 454 kg/An is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 496.5 kg/An, 91% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 454 kg/An is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 236 kg/An, 1.9× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 231.67 kg/An | 223 kg/An | 252 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 287.1 kg/An | 257 kg/An | 305 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 280.1 kg/An | 244 kg/An | 325 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 290.2 kg/An | 277 kg/An | 323 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 392.8 kg/An | 317 kg/An | 498 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 384.9 kg/An | 355 kg/An | 411 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 422.4 kg/An | 372 kg/An | 454 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
More agriculture & rural data for Kenya
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 16.52 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2316 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 547.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6779 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 12.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Kenya?
- Milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Kenya was 454 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 Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 498 kg/An in 2005.
- What is the lowest milk, total — yield/carcass weight recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 223 kg/An in 1963.
- How does Kenya rank for milk, total — yield/carcass weight?
- Kenya ranks 130th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya 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.