Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in South America
South America: Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight was 2,346 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
In 2024, milk, total — yield/carcass weight in South America stood at 2,346 kg/An. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 40.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — yield/carcass weight in South America peaked at 2,346 kg/An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 769 kg/An, in 1963.
That places South America 12th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in South America, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 771 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 770 kg/An | -0.1% |
| 1963 | 769 kg/An | -0.1% |
| 1964 | 809 kg/An | +5.2% |
| 1965 | 814 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 1966 | 830 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 1967 | 835 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 1968 | 855 kg/An | +2.4% |
| 1969 | 842 kg/An | -1.5% |
| 1970 | 836 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 1971 | 832 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 1972 | 842 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 1973 | 846 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 1974 | 856 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 1975 | 863 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 1976 | 878 kg/An | +1.7% |
| 1977 | 803 kg/An | -8.5% |
| 1978 | 805 kg/An | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 792 kg/An | -1.6% |
| 1980 | 788 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 1981 | 785 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 1982 | 798 kg/An | +1.7% |
| 1983 | 799 kg/An | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 799 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 804 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 800 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 1987 | 839 kg/An | +4.9% |
| 1988 | 839 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 859 kg/An | +2.4% |
| 1990 | 851 kg/An | -0.9% |
| 1991 | 970 kg/An | +14.0% |
| 1992 | 1,008 kg/An | +3.9% |
| 1993 | 1,037 kg/An | +2.9% |
| 1994 | 1,052 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 1,084 kg/An | +3.0% |
| 1996 | 1,306 kg/An | +20.5% |
| 1997 | 1,291 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 1,289 kg/An | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 1,323 kg/An | +2.6% |
| 2000 | 1,332 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 1,328 kg/An | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 1,315 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 1,311 kg/An | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 1,349 kg/An | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 1,374 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 1,466 kg/An | +6.7% |
| 2007 | 1,498 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 1,585 kg/An | +5.8% |
| 2009 | 1,490 kg/An | -6.0% |
| 2010 | 1,552 kg/An | +4.2% |
| 2011 | 1,599 kg/An | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 1,601 kg/An | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 1,628 kg/An | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 1,672 kg/An | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 1,938 kg/An | +15.9% |
| 2016 | 1,847 kg/An | -4.7% |
| 2017 | 2,110 kg/An | +14.2% |
| 2018 | 2,175 kg/An | +3.1% |
| 2019 | 2,215 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 2,284 kg/An | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 2,304 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 2,292 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 2,307 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 2,346 kg/An | +1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 810.56 kg/An | 769 kg/An | 855 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 835.3 kg/An | 792 kg/An | 878 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 811 kg/An | 785 kg/An | 859 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,121 kg/An | 851 kg/An | 1,323 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,405 kg/An | 1,311 kg/An | 1,585 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,834 kg/An | 1,552 kg/An | 2,215 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,307 kg/An | 2,284 kg/An | 2,346 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 9 Japan 8,905 kg/An compare
- 9 Republic of Moldova 562 kg/An compare
- 10 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 402 kg/An compare
- 10 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 8,644 kg/An compare
- 11 Belgium 8,632 kg/An compare
- 11 United Republic of Tanzania 356 kg/An compare
- 12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 337 kg/An compare
- 12 Luxembourg 8,507 kg/An compare
- 13 Latvia 8,066 kg/An compare
- 13 Melanesia 333 kg/An compare
- 14 Poland 7,872 kg/An compare
- 15 Lao People's Democratic Republic 177 kg/An compare
- 15 Lithuania 7,280 kg/An compare
More agriculture & rural data for South America
- Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 9.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Yield, annual growth rate 0.8097 % change on previous year (2024)
- Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Goat fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth 2.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Goat fat, unrendered — Production, annual growth rate 2.06 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing -2.74 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual -1.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 2.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 2.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 1.17 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — yield/carcass weight in South America?
- Milk, total — yield/carcass weight in South America was 2,346 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 South America?
- The highest recorded value was 2,346 kg/An in 2024.
- What is the lowest milk, total — yield/carcass weight recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 769 kg/An in 1963.
- How does South America rank for milk, total — yield/carcass weight?
- South America ranks 12th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South America 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.