Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Switzerland
Switzerland: Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight was 6,542 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Switzerland, 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 Switzerland is 6,542 kg/An, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Switzerland peaked at 6,576 kg/An in 2023 and was at its lowest, 3,064 kg/An, in 1961.
That places Switzerland 20th out of 199 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,235 kg/An | 3,064 kg/An | 3,414 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,632 kg/An | 3,401 kg/An | 3,936 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,362 kg/An | 3,975 kg/An | 4,686 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,962 kg/An | 4,721 kg/An | 5,356 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,820 kg/An | 5,449 kg/An | 6,322 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,420 kg/An | 6,300 kg/An | 6,533 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,506 kg/An | 6,430 kg/An | 6,576 kg/An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Switzerland
- Agriculture share gdp 0.6446 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.6446 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
- Rural population 14.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.9% (2025)
- Rural population 1.30 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 0.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.73 billion current US$ (2025)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 756.04 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Switzerland?
- Milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Switzerland was 6,542 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 Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 6,576 kg/An in 2023.
- What is the lowest milk, total — yield/carcass weight recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,064 kg/An in 1961.
- How does Switzerland rank for milk, total — yield/carcass weight?
- Switzerland ranks 20th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Switzerland 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.