Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight was 3,667 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Puerto Rico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
In 2024, milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Puerto Rico stood at 3,667 kg/An.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Puerto Rico peaked at 4,396 kg/An in 1991 and was at its lowest, 1,625 kg/An, in 1961.
Puerto Rico ranks 39th of 185 countries on this measure, 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 Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,625 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 1,745 kg/An | +7.4% |
| 1963 | 1,784 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 1964 | 1,808 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 1965 | 2,040 kg/An | +12.8% |
| 1966 | 2,026 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 1967 | 2,117 kg/An | +4.5% |
| 1968 | 2,069 kg/An | -2.3% |
| 1969 | 2,091 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 1970 | 2,046 kg/An | -2.2% |
| 1971 | 2,039 kg/An | -0.3% |
| 1972 | 2,035 kg/An | -0.2% |
| 1973 | 1,987 kg/An | -2.4% |
| 1974 | 2,086 kg/An | +5.0% |
| 1975 | 2,070 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 1976 | 2,088 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 1977 | 2,232 kg/An | +6.9% |
| 1978 | 2,147 kg/An | -3.8% |
| 1979 | 2,265 kg/An | +5.5% |
| 1980 | 2,317 kg/An | +2.3% |
| 1981 | 2,389 kg/An | +3.1% |
| 1982 | 2,190 kg/An | -8.3% |
| 1983 | 1,919 kg/An | -12.4% |
| 1984 | 1,748 kg/An | -8.9% |
| 1985 | 3,322 kg/An | +90.0% |
| 1986 | 3,561 kg/An | +7.2% |
| 1987 | 4,093 kg/An | +14.9% |
| 1988 | 3,953 kg/An | -3.4% |
| 1989 | 4,162 kg/An | +5.3% |
| 1990 | 4,141 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 1991 | 4,396 kg/An | +6.2% |
| 1992 | 4,266 kg/An | -3.0% |
| 1993 | 4,137 kg/An | -3.0% |
| 1994 | 4,088 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 1995 | 4,161 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 4,030 kg/An | -3.1% |
| 1997 | 3,933 kg/An | -2.4% |
| 1998 | 3,640 kg/An | -7.4% |
| 1999 | 3,776 kg/An | +3.7% |
| 2000 | 3,945 kg/An | +4.5% |
| 2001 | 4,108 kg/An | +4.1% |
| 2002 | 4,037 kg/An | -1.7% |
| 2003 | 3,886 kg/An | -3.7% |
| 2004 | 3,734 kg/An | -3.9% |
| 2005 | 3,717 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 3,658 kg/An | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 3,309 kg/An | -9.5% |
| 2008 | 3,380 kg/An | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 3,390 kg/An | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 3,529 kg/An | +4.1% |
| 2011 | 3,610 kg/An | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 3,538 kg/An | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 3,584 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 3,522 kg/An | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 3,563 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 3,563 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 3,526 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 3,578 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 3,558 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 3,608 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 3,652 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 3,732 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 3,669 kg/An | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 3,667 kg/An | -0.1% |
Puerto Rico compared with similar countries
- Puerto Rico's 3,667 kg/An is above the median for high income countries, which is 3,308 kg/An, 1.1× the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Puerto Rico's 3,667 kg/An is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,388 kg/An, 2.6× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Puerto Rico 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +90.0% | 1,748 kg/An | 3,322 kg/An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,923 kg/An | 1,625 kg/An | 2,117 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,100 kg/An | 1,987 kg/An | 2,265 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,965 kg/An | 1,748 kg/An | 4,162 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,057 kg/An | 3,640 kg/An | 4,396 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,716 kg/An | 3,309 kg/An | 4,108 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,557 kg/An | 3,522 kg/An | 3,610 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,666 kg/An | 3,608 kg/An | 3,732 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Puerto Rico
- 36 Ukraine 4,230 kg/An compare
- 37 Costa Rica 4,166 kg/An compare
- 38 South Africa 3,877 kg/An compare
- 40 Russian Federation 3,128 kg/An compare
- 41 China, Hong Kong SAR 3,000 kg/An compare
- 42 Chile 2,949 kg/An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Puerto Rico
- 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 0.0208 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 0.053 hectares per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4415 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0069 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 278.57 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.05 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Puerto Rico?
- Milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Puerto Rico was 3,667 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 Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 4,396 kg/An in 1991.
- What is the lowest milk, total — yield/carcass weight recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,625 kg/An in 1961.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for milk, total — yield/carcass weight?
- Puerto Rico ranks 39th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Puerto Rico 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.