Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight was 2,620 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Southern Africa is 2,620 kg/An, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 2.8% on the previous year and up 11.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Southern Africa peaked at 2,693 kg/An in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1,413 kg/An, in 1986.
That places Southern Africa 11th 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 Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,720 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 1,747 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 1963 | 1,733 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 1964 | 1,624 kg/An | -6.3% |
| 1965 | 1,781 kg/An | +9.7% |
| 1966 | 1,717 kg/An | -3.6% |
| 1967 | 1,805 kg/An | +5.1% |
| 1968 | 1,864 kg/An | +3.3% |
| 1969 | 1,781 kg/An | -4.5% |
| 1970 | 1,622 kg/An | -8.9% |
| 1971 | 1,626 kg/An | +0.2% |
| 1972 | 1,732 kg/An | +6.5% |
| 1973 | 1,790 kg/An | +3.3% |
| 1974 | 1,536 kg/An | -14.2% |
| 1975 | 1,708 kg/An | +11.2% |
| 1976 | 1,724 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 1977 | 1,707 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 1978 | 1,548 kg/An | -9.3% |
| 1979 | 1,646 kg/An | +6.3% |
| 1980 | 1,724 kg/An | +4.7% |
| 1981 | 1,706 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 1982 | 1,692 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 1983 | 1,640 kg/An | -3.1% |
| 1984 | 1,592 kg/An | -2.9% |
| 1985 | 1,576 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 1986 | 1,413 kg/An | -10.3% |
| 1987 | 1,525 kg/An | +7.9% |
| 1988 | 1,534 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 1,611 kg/An | +5.0% |
| 1990 | 1,657 kg/An | +2.9% |
| 1991 | 2,028 kg/An | +22.4% |
| 1992 | 2,069 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 1993 | 2,005 kg/An | -3.1% |
| 1994 | 2,122 kg/An | +5.8% |
| 1995 | 2,104 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 2,313 kg/An | +9.9% |
| 1997 | 2,163 kg/An | -6.5% |
| 1998 | 2,324 kg/An | +7.4% |
| 1999 | 2,517 kg/An | +8.3% |
| 2000 | 1,658 kg/An | -34.1% |
| 2001 | 1,911 kg/An | +15.3% |
| 2002 | 2,010 kg/An | +5.2% |
| 2003 | 2,177 kg/An | +8.3% |
| 2004 | 2,235 kg/An | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 2,373 kg/An | +6.2% |
| 2006 | 2,342 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 2,360 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 2,130 kg/An | -9.7% |
| 2009 | 2,049 kg/An | -3.8% |
| 2010 | 2,165 kg/An | +5.7% |
| 2011 | 2,152 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 2,268 kg/An | +5.4% |
| 2013 | 2,214 kg/An | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 2,341 kg/An | +5.7% |
| 2015 | 2,525 kg/An | +7.9% |
| 2016 | 2,391 kg/An | -5.3% |
| 2017 | 2,496 kg/An | +4.4% |
| 2018 | 2,568 kg/An | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 2,651 kg/An | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 2,693 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 2,672 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 2,536 kg/An | -5.1% |
| 2023 | 2,548 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 2,620 kg/An | +2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,752 kg/An | 1,624 kg/An | 1,864 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,664 kg/An | 1,536 kg/An | 1,790 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,601 kg/An | 1,413 kg/An | 1,724 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,130 kg/An | 1,657 kg/An | 2,517 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,124 kg/An | 1,658 kg/An | 2,373 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,377 kg/An | 2,152 kg/An | 2,651 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,614 kg/An | 2,536 kg/An | 2,693 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
More agriculture & rural data for Southern Africa
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate -3.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield 1,026 kg/ha (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Production 118,389 t (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Yield 837 kg/ha (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Area harvested 141,439 ha (2024)
- Poultry Birds — Stocks 183,952 1000 An (2024)
- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production 731,569 t (2024)
- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield 377.6 kg/ha (2024)
- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested 1.94 million ha (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Production 1.98 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Southern Africa?
- Milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Southern Africa was 2,620 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 Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2,693 kg/An in 2020.
- What is the lowest milk, total — yield/carcass weight recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,413 kg/An in 1986.
- How does Southern Africa rank for milk, total — yield/carcass weight?
- Southern Africa ranks 11th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Africa 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.