Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Zambia
Zambia: Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight was 1,301 kg/An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Zambia, 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 Zambia is 1,301 kg/An, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Zambia peaked at 1,392 kg/An in 2017 and was at its lowest, 300 kg/An, in 1961.
That places Zambia 83rd out of 185 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Zambia, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 300 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 300 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 300 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 300 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 300 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 300 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 300 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 300 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 300 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 300 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 300 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 300 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 300 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 300 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 300 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 300 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 300 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 300 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 300 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 300 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 300 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 300 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 300 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 300 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 300 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 300 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 300 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 300 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 300 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 300 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 1,386 kg/An | +362.0% |
| 1992 | 1,386 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 1,387 kg/An | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 1,386 kg/An | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 1,387 kg/An | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 1,386 kg/An | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 1,385 kg/An | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 1,385 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 1,386 kg/An | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 1,387 kg/An | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 1,388 kg/An | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 1,388 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1,388 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1,388 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1,389 kg/An | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 1,389 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1,389 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1,389 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1,390 kg/An | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 1,390 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1,390 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1,390 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1,391 kg/An | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 1,391 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1,391 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1,391 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1,392 kg/An | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 1,316 kg/An | -5.5% |
| 2019 | 1,314 kg/An | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 1,311 kg/An | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 1,308 kg/An | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 1,302 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 1,298 kg/An | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 1,301 kg/An | +0.2% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 1,301 kg/An is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 496.5 kg/An, 2.6× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 1,301 kg/An is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 236 kg/An, 5.5× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 300 kg/An | 300 kg/An | 300 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 300 kg/An | 300 kg/An | 300 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 300 kg/An | 300 kg/An | 300 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,277 kg/An | 300 kg/An | 1,387 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,388 kg/An | 1,387 kg/An | 1,390 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,376 kg/An | 1,314 kg/An | 1,392 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,304 kg/An | 1,298 kg/An | 1,311 kg/An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Zambia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 65.37 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0411 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 54.11 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5408 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Zambia?
- Milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Zambia was 1,301 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 Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,392 kg/An in 2017.
- What is the lowest milk, total — yield/carcass weight recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 300 kg/An in 1961.
- How does Zambia rank for milk, total — yield/carcass weight?
- Zambia ranks 83rd out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Zambia 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.