Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight was 551 kg/An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Saudi Arabia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
In 2024, milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Saudi Arabia stood at 551 kg/An.
The figure is down 1.3% on the previous year and up 7.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Saudi Arabia peaked at 640 kg/An in 2021 and was at its lowest, 58 kg/An, in 1961.
Saudi Arabia ranks 125th of 185 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 58 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 58 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 58 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 59 kg/An | +1.7% |
| 1965 | 59 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 59 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 61 kg/An | +3.4% |
| 1968 | 61 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 62 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 1970 | 64 kg/An | +3.2% |
| 1971 | 65 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 1972 | 65 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 64 kg/An | -1.5% |
| 1974 | 63 kg/An | -1.6% |
| 1975 | 67 kg/An | +6.3% |
| 1976 | 69 kg/An | +3.0% |
| 1977 | 72 kg/An | +4.3% |
| 1978 | 72 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 72 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 72 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 75 kg/An | +4.2% |
| 1982 | 79 kg/An | +5.3% |
| 1983 | 78 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 1984 | 89 kg/An | +14.1% |
| 1985 | 100 kg/An | +12.4% |
| 1986 | 111 kg/An | +11.0% |
| 1987 | 115 kg/An | +3.6% |
| 1988 | 122 kg/An | +6.1% |
| 1989 | 138 kg/An | +13.1% |
| 1990 | 142 kg/An | +2.9% |
| 1991 | 139 kg/An | -2.1% |
| 1992 | 143 kg/An | +2.9% |
| 1993 | 150 kg/An | +4.9% |
| 1994 | 159 kg/An | +6.0% |
| 1995 | 166 kg/An | +4.4% |
| 1996 | 170 kg/An | +2.4% |
| 1997 | 189 kg/An | +11.2% |
| 1998 | 201 kg/An | +6.3% |
| 1999 | 208 kg/An | +3.5% |
| 2000 | 227 kg/An | +9.1% |
| 2001 | 217 kg/An | -4.4% |
| 2002 | 235 kg/An | +8.3% |
| 2003 | 240 kg/An | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 229 kg/An | -4.6% |
| 2005 | 250 kg/An | +9.2% |
| 2006 | 270 kg/An | +8.0% |
| 2007 | 285 kg/An | +5.6% |
| 2008 | 379 kg/An | +33.0% |
| 2009 | 469 kg/An | +23.7% |
| 2010 | 407 kg/An | -13.2% |
| 2011 | 440 kg/An | +8.1% |
| 2012 | 444 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 433 kg/An | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 514 kg/An | +18.7% |
| 2015 | 510 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 510 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 510 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 509 kg/An | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 565 kg/An | +11.0% |
| 2020 | 531 kg/An | -6.0% |
| 2021 | 640 kg/An | +20.5% |
| 2022 | 448 kg/An | -30.0% |
| 2023 | 558 kg/An | +24.6% |
| 2024 | 551 kg/An | -1.3% |
Saudi Arabia compared with similar countries
- Saudi Arabia's 551 kg/An is below the median for high income countries, which is 3,308 kg/An, 17% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Saudi Arabia's 551 kg/An is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 372 kg/An, 1.5× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Saudi Arabia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | -30.0% | 640 kg/An | 448 kg/An |
| 2008 | +33.0% | 285 kg/An | 379 kg/An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 59.44 kg/An | 58 kg/An | 62 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 67.3 kg/An | 63 kg/An | 72 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 97.9 kg/An | 72 kg/An | 138 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 166.7 kg/An | 139 kg/An | 208 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 280.1 kg/An | 217 kg/An | 469 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 484.2 kg/An | 407 kg/An | 565 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 545.6 kg/An | 448 kg/An | 640 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
More agriculture & rural data for Saudi Arabia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.2 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0259 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.48 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 3.68 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1539 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Saudi Arabia?
- Milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Saudi Arabia was 551 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 Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 640 kg/An in 2021.
- What is the lowest milk, total — yield/carcass weight recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 58 kg/An in 1961.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for milk, total — yield/carcass weight?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 125th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.