Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in World
World: Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight was 1,161 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in World, 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 World is 1,161 kg/An, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — yield/carcass weight in World peaked at 1,161 kg/An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 885 kg/An, in 1961.
That places World 16th 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 World, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 885 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 895 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 1963 | 885 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1964 | 895 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 1965 | 925 kg/An | +3.4% |
| 1966 | 928 kg/An | +0.3% |
| 1967 | 942 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 1968 | 946 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 1969 | 947 kg/An | +0.1% |
| 1970 | 951 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 1971 | 953 kg/An | +0.2% |
| 1972 | 972 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 1973 | 985 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 987 kg/An | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 976 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1976 | 975 kg/An | -0.1% |
| 1977 | 978 kg/An | +0.3% |
| 1978 | 973 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 1979 | 966 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 1980 | 959 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 1981 | 950 kg/An | -0.9% |
| 1982 | 960 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 980 kg/An | +2.1% |
| 1984 | 996 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 1985 | 1,001 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 1,005 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 995 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 1988 | 994 kg/An | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 990 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 961 kg/An | -2.9% |
| 1991 | 952 kg/An | -0.9% |
| 1992 | 934 kg/An | -1.9% |
| 1993 | 931 kg/An | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 913 kg/An | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 914 kg/An | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 923 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 922 kg/An | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 927 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 928 kg/An | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 941 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 955 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 968 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 978 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 989 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 996 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 1,010 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 1,003 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 1,027 kg/An | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 1,014 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 943 kg/An | -7.0% |
| 2011 | 954 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 989 kg/An | +3.7% |
| 2013 | 1,034 kg/An | +4.6% |
| 2014 | 1,061 kg/An | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 1,075 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 1,069 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 1,091 kg/An | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 1,102 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 1,096 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 1,126 kg/An | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 1,142 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 1,134 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 1,144 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 1,161 kg/An | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 916.44 kg/An | 885 kg/An | 947 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 971.6 kg/An | 951 kg/An | 987 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 983 kg/An | 950 kg/An | 1,005 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 930.5 kg/An | 913 kg/An | 961 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 988.1 kg/An | 941 kg/An | 1,027 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,041 kg/An | 943 kg/An | 1,102 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,141 kg/An | 1,126 kg/An | 1,161 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near World
- 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
- 16 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 7,227 kg/An compare
- 16 Syrian Arab Republic 147 kg/An compare
- 17 Argentina 7,059 kg/An compare
- 17 Timor-Leste 143 kg/An compare
- 17 Caribbean 727 kg/An compare
- 18 Hungary 6,829 kg/An compare
- 19 Republic of Korea 6,739 kg/An compare
More agriculture & rural data for World
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 577.68 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4217 units per person (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2025)
- Rural population 42.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — yield/carcass weight in World?
- Milk, total — yield/carcass weight in World was 1,161 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 World?
- The highest recorded value was 1,161 kg/An in 2024.
- What is the lowest milk, total — yield/carcass weight recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 885 kg/An in 1961.
- How does World rank for milk, total — yield/carcass weight?
- World ranks 16th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World 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.