Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Namibia
Namibia: Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight was 449 kg/An in 2024. ▬ Flat
Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Namibia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
In 2024, milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Namibia stood at 449 kg/An.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Namibia peaked at 543 kg/An in 1961 and was at its lowest, 375 kg/An, in 1973.
That places Namibia 132nd out of 185 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Namibia, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 543 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 522 kg/An | -3.9% |
| 1963 | 526 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 1964 | 528 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 1965 | 456 kg/An | -13.6% |
| 1966 | 470 kg/An | +3.1% |
| 1967 | 500 kg/An | +6.4% |
| 1968 | 539 kg/An | +7.8% |
| 1969 | 444 kg/An | -17.6% |
| 1970 | 394 kg/An | -11.3% |
| 1971 | 406 kg/An | +3.0% |
| 1972 | 424 kg/An | +4.4% |
| 1973 | 375 kg/An | -11.6% |
| 1974 | 375 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 388 kg/An | +3.5% |
| 1976 | 401 kg/An | +3.4% |
| 1977 | 409 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 1978 | 412 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 1979 | 413 kg/An | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 412 kg/An | -0.2% |
| 1981 | 412 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 412 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 412 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 412 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 412 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 412 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 412 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 411 kg/An | -0.2% |
| 1989 | 406 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 1990 | 404 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 1991 | 400 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 1992 | 396 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 401 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 404 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 459 kg/An | +13.6% |
| 1996 | 402 kg/An | -12.4% |
| 1997 | 400 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 401 kg/An | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 400 kg/An | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 402 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 400 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 500 kg/An | +25.0% |
| 2003 | 514 kg/An | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 454 kg/An | -11.7% |
| 2005 | 500 kg/An | +10.1% |
| 2006 | 500 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 500 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 500 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 500 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 523 kg/An | +4.6% |
| 2011 | 523 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 532 kg/An | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 538 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 449 kg/An | -16.5% |
| 2015 | 450 kg/An | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 446 kg/An | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 448 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 449 kg/An | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 450 kg/An | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 455 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 453 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 445 kg/An | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 447 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 449 kg/An | +0.4% |
Namibia compared with similar countries
- Namibia's 449 kg/An is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 496.5 kg/An, 90% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Namibia's 449 kg/An is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 236 kg/An, 1.9× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Namibia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +25.0% | 400 kg/An | 500 kg/An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 503.11 kg/An | 444 kg/An | 543 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 399.7 kg/An | 375 kg/An | 424 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 411.3 kg/An | 406 kg/An | 412 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 406.7 kg/An | 396 kg/An | 459 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 477 kg/An | 400 kg/An | 514 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 480.8 kg/An | 446 kg/An | 538 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 449.8 kg/An | 445 kg/An | 455 kg/An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Namibia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0699 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 340.78 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.13 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4913 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Namibia?
- Milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Namibia was 449 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 Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 543 kg/An in 1961.
- What is the lowest milk, total — yield/carcass weight recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 375 kg/An in 1973.
- How does Namibia rank for milk, total — yield/carcass weight?
- Namibia ranks 132nd out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Namibia 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.