Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Portugal
Portugal: Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight was 2,889 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Portugal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
In 2024, milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Portugal stood at 2,889 kg/An.
The figure is up 3.9% on the previous year and down 13.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Portugal peaked at 3,863 kg/An in 1989 and was at its lowest, 1,647 kg/An, in 1994.
That places Portugal 44th out of 185 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Portugal, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,215 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 2,204 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 1963 | 2,237 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 1964 | 2,300 kg/An | +2.8% |
| 1965 | 2,512 kg/An | +9.2% |
| 1966 | 2,509 kg/An | -0.1% |
| 1967 | 2,627 kg/An | +4.7% |
| 1968 | 2,597 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1969 | 2,647 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 1970 | 2,630 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 1971 | 2,589 kg/An | -1.6% |
| 1972 | 2,613 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 2,692 kg/An | +3.0% |
| 1974 | 2,715 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 1975 | 2,673 kg/An | -1.5% |
| 1976 | 2,722 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 2,637 kg/An | -3.1% |
| 1978 | 2,652 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 2,504 kg/An | -5.6% |
| 1980 | 2,561 kg/An | +2.3% |
| 1981 | 2,345 kg/An | -8.4% |
| 1982 | 2,379 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 2,517 kg/An | +5.8% |
| 1984 | 2,659 kg/An | +5.6% |
| 1985 | 2,699 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 1986 | 2,672 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 1987 | 3,271 kg/An | +22.4% |
| 1988 | 3,626 kg/An | +10.9% |
| 1989 | 3,863 kg/An | +6.5% |
| 1990 | 1,737 kg/An | -55.0% |
| 1991 | 1,895 kg/An | +9.1% |
| 1992 | 1,879 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 1993 | 1,762 kg/An | -6.2% |
| 1994 | 1,647 kg/An | -6.5% |
| 1995 | 1,746 kg/An | +6.0% |
| 1996 | 1,810 kg/An | +3.7% |
| 1997 | 1,852 kg/An | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 1,870 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 2,132 kg/An | +14.0% |
| 2000 | 2,344 kg/An | +9.9% |
| 2001 | 2,354 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 2,560 kg/An | +8.8% |
| 2003 | 2,409 kg/An | -5.9% |
| 2004 | 2,431 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 2,497 kg/An | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 2,522 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 2,609 kg/An | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 2,769 kg/An | +6.1% |
| 2009 | 2,893 kg/An | +4.5% |
| 2010 | 2,902 kg/An | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 2,995 kg/An | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 3,209 kg/An | +7.1% |
| 2013 | 3,136 kg/An | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 3,338 kg/An | +6.4% |
| 2015 | 3,540 kg/An | +6.1% |
| 2016 | 3,256 kg/An | -8.0% |
| 2017 | 3,303 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 2,544 kg/An | -23.0% |
| 2019 | 2,703 kg/An | +6.2% |
| 2020 | 2,565 kg/An | -5.1% |
| 2021 | 2,622 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 2,633 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 2,780 kg/An | +5.6% |
| 2024 | 2,889 kg/An | +3.9% |
Portugal compared with similar countries
- Portugal's 2,889 kg/An is below the median for high income countries, which is 3,308 kg/An, 87% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Portugal's 2,889 kg/An is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3,560 kg/An, 81% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Portugal 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 | -55.0% | 3,863 kg/An | 1,737 kg/An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,428 kg/An | 2,204 kg/An | 2,647 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,643 kg/An | 2,504 kg/An | 2,722 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,859 kg/An | 2,345 kg/An | 3,863 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,833 kg/An | 1,647 kg/An | 2,132 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,539 kg/An | 2,344 kg/An | 2,893 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,093 kg/An | 2,544 kg/An | 3,540 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,698 kg/An | 2,565 kg/An | 2,889 kg/An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Portugal?
- Milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Portugal was 2,889 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 Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 3,863 kg/An in 1989.
- What is the lowest milk, total — yield/carcass weight recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,647 kg/An in 1994.
- How does Portugal rank for milk, total — yield/carcass weight?
- Portugal ranks 44th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Portugal 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.