Raw milk of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight in Africa
Africa: Raw milk of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight was 606 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Raw milk of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight in Africa is 606 kg/An, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.9% on the previous year and up 18.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight in Africa peaked at 606 kg/An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 431 kg/An, in 1964.
Africa ranks 25th of 29 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Raw milk of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight in Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 460 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 455 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1963 | 447 kg/An | -1.8% |
| 1964 | 431 kg/An | -3.6% |
| 1965 | 447 kg/An | +3.7% |
| 1966 | 445 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 1967 | 453 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 1968 | 460 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 1969 | 450 kg/An | -2.2% |
| 1970 | 445 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1971 | 441 kg/An | -0.9% |
| 1972 | 452 kg/An | +2.5% |
| 1973 | 451 kg/An | -0.2% |
| 1974 | 439 kg/An | -2.7% |
| 1975 | 444 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 1976 | 450 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 1977 | 446 kg/An | -0.9% |
| 1978 | 440 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 1979 | 449 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 1980 | 448 kg/An | -0.2% |
| 1981 | 446 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 1982 | 452 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 1983 | 456 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 445 kg/An | -2.4% |
| 1985 | 450 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 441 kg/An | -2.0% |
| 1987 | 448 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 1988 | 454 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 456 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 452 kg/An | -0.9% |
| 1991 | 471 kg/An | +4.2% |
| 1992 | 471 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 469 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 462 kg/An | -1.5% |
| 1995 | 480 kg/An | +3.9% |
| 1996 | 484 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 491 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 483 kg/An | -1.6% |
| 1999 | 507 kg/An | +5.0% |
| 2000 | 483 kg/An | -4.7% |
| 2001 | 496 kg/An | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 555 kg/An | +11.9% |
| 2003 | 531 kg/An | -4.3% |
| 2004 | 519 kg/An | -2.3% |
| 2005 | 551 kg/An | +6.2% |
| 2006 | 528 kg/An | -4.2% |
| 2007 | 509 kg/An | -3.6% |
| 2008 | 519 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 488 kg/An | -6.0% |
| 2010 | 523 kg/An | +7.2% |
| 2011 | 514 kg/An | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 531 kg/An | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 519 kg/An | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 511 kg/An | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 510 kg/An | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 516 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 520 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 519 kg/An | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 552 kg/An | +6.4% |
| 2020 | 559 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 589 kg/An | +5.4% |
| 2022 | 598 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 589 kg/An | -1.5% |
| 2024 | 606 kg/An | +2.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 449.78 kg/An | 431 kg/An | 460 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 445.7 kg/An | 439 kg/An | 452 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 449.6 kg/An | 441 kg/An | 456 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 477 kg/An | 452 kg/An | 507 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 517.9 kg/An | 483 kg/An | 555 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 521.5 kg/An | 510 kg/An | 552 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 588.2 kg/An | 559 kg/An | 606 kg/An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight in Africa?
- Raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight in Africa was 606 kg/An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 606 kg/An in 2024.
- What is the lowest raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 431 kg/An in 1964.
- How does Africa rank for raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight?
- Africa ranks 25th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Raw milk of cattle — 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.