Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight was 68 kg/An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Papua New Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
Papua New Guinea recorded 68 kg/An for milk, total — yield/carcass weight in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Papua New Guinea peaked at 357 kg/An in 1963 and was at its lowest, 68 kg/An, in 2003.
That places Papua New Guinea 183rd out of 185 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 331 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 332 kg/An | +0.3% |
| 1963 | 357 kg/An | +7.5% |
| 1964 | 335 kg/An | -6.2% |
| 1965 | 345 kg/An | +3.0% |
| 1966 | 263 kg/An | -23.8% |
| 1967 | 275 kg/An | +4.6% |
| 1968 | 273 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 1969 | 263 kg/An | -3.7% |
| 1970 | 320 kg/An | +21.7% |
| 1971 | 286 kg/An | -10.6% |
| 1972 | 300 kg/An | +4.9% |
| 1973 | 285 kg/An | -5.0% |
| 1974 | 222 kg/An | -22.1% |
| 1975 | 192 kg/An | -13.5% |
| 1976 | 172 kg/An | -10.4% |
| 1977 | 117 kg/An | -32.0% |
| 1978 | 129 kg/An | +10.3% |
| 1979 | 160 kg/An | +24.0% |
| 1980 | 197 kg/An | +23.1% |
| 1981 | 165 kg/An | -16.2% |
| 1982 | 128 kg/An | -22.4% |
| 1983 | 114 kg/An | -10.9% |
| 1984 | 102 kg/An | -10.5% |
| 1985 | 106 kg/An | +3.9% |
| 1986 | 86 kg/An | -18.9% |
| 1987 | 77 kg/An | -10.5% |
| 1988 | 75 kg/An | -2.6% |
| 1989 | 78 kg/An | +4.0% |
| 1990 | 72 kg/An | -7.7% |
| 1991 | 72 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 69 kg/An | -4.2% |
| 1993 | 72 kg/An | +4.3% |
| 1994 | 71 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 1995 | 71 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 70 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 1997 | 71 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 69 kg/An | -2.8% |
| 1999 | 71 kg/An | +2.9% |
| 2000 | 72 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 73 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 70 kg/An | -4.1% |
| 2003 | 68 kg/An | -2.9% |
| 2004 | 68 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 69 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 69 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 70 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 70 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 70 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 71 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 70 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 70 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 71 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 72 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 69 kg/An | -4.2% |
| 2016 | 69 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 68 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 68 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 68 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 69 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 68 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 68 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 68 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 68 kg/An | +0.0% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 68 kg/An is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 496.5 kg/An, 14% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 68 kg/An is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,047 kg/An, 6% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Papua New Guinea 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | -32.0% | 172 kg/An | 117 kg/An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 308.22 kg/An | 263 kg/An | 357 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 218.3 kg/An | 117 kg/An | 320 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 112.8 kg/An | 75 kg/An | 197 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 70.8 kg/An | 69 kg/An | 72 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 69.9 kg/An | 68 kg/An | 73 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 69.6 kg/An | 68 kg/An | 72 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 68.2 kg/An | 68 kg/An | 69 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
More agriculture & rural data for Papua New Guinea
- 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 0.1129 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 0.1305 hectares per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.3264 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1702 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 495.76 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.31 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Papua New Guinea?
- Milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Papua New Guinea was 68 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 Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 357 kg/An in 1963.
- What is the lowest milk, total — yield/carcass weight recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 68 kg/An in 2003.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for milk, total — yield/carcass weight?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 183rd out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea 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.