Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Rwanda
Rwanda: Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight was 235 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Rwanda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
Rwanda recorded 235 kg/An for milk, total — yield/carcass weight in 2024.
That represents a change of up 33.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Rwanda peaked at 267 kg/An in 2001 and was at its lowest, 96 kg/An, in 1962.
That places Rwanda 148th out of 185 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Rwanda, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 100 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 96 kg/An | -4.0% |
| 1963 | 108 kg/An | +12.5% |
| 1964 | 113 kg/An | +4.6% |
| 1965 | 118 kg/An | +4.4% |
| 1966 | 132 kg/An | +11.9% |
| 1967 | 121 kg/An | -8.3% |
| 1968 | 130 kg/An | +7.4% |
| 1969 | 133 kg/An | +2.3% |
| 1970 | 137 kg/An | +3.0% |
| 1971 | 127 kg/An | -7.3% |
| 1972 | 120 kg/An | -5.5% |
| 1973 | 113 kg/An | -5.8% |
| 1974 | 125 kg/An | +10.6% |
| 1975 | 96 kg/An | -23.2% |
| 1976 | 119 kg/An | +24.0% |
| 1977 | 144 kg/An | +21.0% |
| 1978 | 167 kg/An | +16.0% |
| 1979 | 162 kg/An | -3.0% |
| 1980 | 189 kg/An | +16.7% |
| 1981 | 173 kg/An | -8.5% |
| 1982 | 171 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 1983 | 167 kg/An | -2.3% |
| 1984 | 163 kg/An | -2.4% |
| 1985 | 171 kg/An | +4.9% |
| 1986 | 190 kg/An | +11.1% |
| 1987 | 190 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 185 kg/An | -2.6% |
| 1989 | 181 kg/An | -2.2% |
| 1990 | 178 kg/An | -1.7% |
| 1991 | 228 kg/An | +28.1% |
| 1992 | 222 kg/An | -2.6% |
| 1993 | 212 kg/An | -4.5% |
| 1994 | 209 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 1995 | 218 kg/An | +4.3% |
| 1996 | 214 kg/An | -1.8% |
| 1997 | 211 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 1998 | 258 kg/An | +22.3% |
| 1999 | 251 kg/An | -2.7% |
| 2000 | 237 kg/An | -5.6% |
| 2001 | 267 kg/An | +12.7% |
| 2002 | 222 kg/An | -16.9% |
| 2003 | 205 kg/An | -7.7% |
| 2004 | 187 kg/An | -8.8% |
| 2005 | 179 kg/An | -4.3% |
| 2006 | 198 kg/An | +10.6% |
| 2007 | 189 kg/An | -4.5% |
| 2008 | 170 kg/An | -10.1% |
| 2009 | 166 kg/An | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 182 kg/An | +9.6% |
| 2011 | 216 kg/An | +18.7% |
| 2012 | 218 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 199 kg/An | -8.7% |
| 2014 | 176 kg/An | -11.6% |
| 2015 | 182 kg/An | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 180 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 170 kg/An | -5.6% |
| 2018 | 178 kg/An | +4.7% |
| 2019 | 197 kg/An | +10.7% |
| 2020 | 227 kg/An | +15.2% |
| 2021 | 227 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 234 kg/An | +3.1% |
| 2023 | 235 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 235 kg/An | +0.0% |
Rwanda compared with similar countries
- Rwanda's 235 kg/An is above the median for low income countries, which is 135.5 kg/An, 1.7× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Rwanda's 235 kg/An is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 236 kg/An, 100% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 116.78 kg/An | 96 kg/An | 133 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 131 kg/An | 96 kg/An | 167 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 178 kg/An | 163 kg/An | 190 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 220.1 kg/An | 178 kg/An | 258 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 202 kg/An | 166 kg/An | 267 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 189.8 kg/An | 170 kg/An | 218 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 231.6 kg/An | 227 kg/An | 235 kg/An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Rwanda
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.203 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 228.16 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.6953 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6909 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 20.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 20.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Rwanda?
- Milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Rwanda was 235 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 Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 267 kg/An in 2001.
- What is the lowest milk, total — yield/carcass weight recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 96 kg/An in 1962.
- How does Rwanda rank for milk, total — yield/carcass weight?
- Rwanda ranks 148th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Rwanda 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.