Raw milk of buffalo — Yield/Carcass Weight in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Raw milk of buffalo — Yield/Carcass Weight was 823 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Raw milk of buffalo — Yield/Carcass Weight in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 823 kg/An for raw milk of buffalo — yield/carcass weight in 2024.
That represents a change of down 6.4% on the previous year and up 62.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of buffalo — yield/carcass weight in Sri Lanka peaked at 882 kg/An in 2022 and was at its lowest, 325 kg/An, in 1961.
That places Sri Lanka 11th out of 20 countries 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.
Raw milk of buffalo — Yield/Carcass Weight in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 325 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 327 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 1963 | 326 kg/An | -0.3% |
| 1964 | 329 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 1965 | 327 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 1966 | 325 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 1967 | 327 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 1968 | 325 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 1969 | 337 kg/An | +3.7% |
| 1970 | 355 kg/An | +5.3% |
| 1971 | 402 kg/An | +13.2% |
| 1972 | 411 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 1973 | 352 kg/An | -14.4% |
| 1974 | 408 kg/An | +15.9% |
| 1975 | 446 kg/An | +9.3% |
| 1976 | 471 kg/An | +5.6% |
| 1977 | 477 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 1978 | 510 kg/An | +6.9% |
| 1979 | 546 kg/An | +7.1% |
| 1980 | 569 kg/An | +4.2% |
| 1981 | 611 kg/An | +7.4% |
| 1982 | 586 kg/An | -4.1% |
| 1983 | 670 kg/An | +14.3% |
| 1984 | 672 kg/An | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 676 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 371 kg/An | -45.1% |
| 1987 | 474 kg/An | +27.8% |
| 1988 | 464 kg/An | -2.1% |
| 1989 | 492 kg/An | +6.0% |
| 1990 | 459 kg/An | -6.7% |
| 1991 | 480 kg/An | +4.6% |
| 1992 | 504 kg/An | +5.0% |
| 1993 | 596 kg/An | +18.3% |
| 1994 | 589 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 1995 | 585 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 608 kg/An | +3.9% |
| 1997 | 607 kg/An | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 471 kg/An | -22.4% |
| 1999 | 460 kg/An | -2.3% |
| 2000 | 479 kg/An | +4.1% |
| 2001 | 479 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 496 kg/An | +3.5% |
| 2003 | 496 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 487 kg/An | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 478 kg/An | -1.8% |
| 2006 | 478 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 473 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 477 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 534 kg/An | +11.9% |
| 2010 | 523 kg/An | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 537 kg/An | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 654 kg/An | +21.8% |
| 2013 | 526 kg/An | -19.6% |
| 2014 | 508 kg/An | -3.4% |
| 2015 | 817 kg/An | +60.8% |
| 2016 | 819 kg/An | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 821 kg/An | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 833 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 825 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 786 kg/An | -4.7% |
| 2021 | 858 kg/An | +9.2% |
| 2022 | 882 kg/An | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 879 kg/An | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 823 kg/An | -6.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 327.56 kg/An | 325 kg/An | 337 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 437.8 kg/An | 352 kg/An | 546 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 558.5 kg/An | 371 kg/An | 676 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 535.9 kg/An | 459 kg/An | 608 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 487.7 kg/An | 473 kg/An | 534 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 686.3 kg/An | 508 kg/An | 833 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 845.6 kg/An | 786 kg/An | 882 kg/An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of buffalo — yield/carcass weight in Sri Lanka?
- Raw milk of buffalo — yield/carcass weight in Sri Lanka was 823 kg/An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest raw milk of buffalo — yield/carcass weight recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 882 kg/An in 2022.
- What is the lowest raw milk of buffalo — yield/carcass weight recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 325 kg/An in 1961.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for raw milk of buffalo — yield/carcass weight?
- Sri Lanka ranks 11th out of 20 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of buffalo — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 62.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Raw milk of buffalo — 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.