Raw milk of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight in China
China: Raw milk of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight was 2,713 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Raw milk of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
In 2024, raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight in China stood at 2,713 kg/An. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 3.6% on the previous year and up 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight in China peaked at 2,713 kg/An in 2015 and was at its lowest, 1,162 kg/An, in 1966.
China ranks 69th of 185 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Raw milk of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight in China, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,208 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 1,197 kg/An | -0.9% |
| 1963 | 1,205 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 1964 | 1,199 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 1965 | 1,190 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 1966 | 1,162 kg/An | -2.4% |
| 1967 | 1,168 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 1968 | 1,180 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 1969 | 1,267 kg/An | +7.4% |
| 1970 | 1,298 kg/An | +2.4% |
| 1971 | 1,288 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 1972 | 1,313 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 1973 | 1,359 kg/An | +3.5% |
| 1974 | 1,316 kg/An | -3.2% |
| 1975 | 1,314 kg/An | -0.2% |
| 1976 | 1,295 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 1977 | 1,310 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 1,617 kg/An | +23.4% |
| 1979 | 1,801 kg/An | +11.4% |
| 1980 | 1,772 kg/An | -1.6% |
| 1981 | 1,842 kg/An | +4.0% |
| 1982 | 1,972 kg/An | +7.1% |
| 1983 | 1,932 kg/An | -2.0% |
| 1984 | 1,639 kg/An | -15.2% |
| 1985 | 1,541 kg/An | -6.0% |
| 1986 | 1,578 kg/An | +2.4% |
| 1987 | 1,540 kg/An | -2.4% |
| 1988 | 1,664 kg/An | +8.1% |
| 1989 | 1,529 kg/An | -8.1% |
| 1990 | 1,568 kg/An | +2.6% |
| 1991 | 1,589 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 1,570 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 1993 | 1,541 kg/An | -1.8% |
| 1994 | 1,563 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 1,559 kg/An | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 1,560 kg/An | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 1,399 kg/An | -10.3% |
| 1998 | 1,493 kg/An | +6.7% |
| 1999 | 1,584 kg/An | +6.1% |
| 2000 | 1,774 kg/An | +12.0% |
| 2001 | 2,140 kg/An | +20.6% |
| 2002 | 2,332 kg/An | +9.0% |
| 2003 | 2,568 kg/An | +10.1% |
| 2004 | 2,550 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 2,500 kg/An | -2.0% |
| 2006 | 2,414 kg/An | -3.4% |
| 2007 | 2,357 kg/An | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 2,456 kg/An | +4.2% |
| 2009 | 2,473 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 2,476 kg/An | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 2,557 kg/An | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 2,629 kg/An | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 2,497 kg/An | -5.0% |
| 2014 | 2,545 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 2,713 kg/An | +6.6% |
| 2016 | 2,618 kg/An | -3.5% |
| 2017 | 2,620 kg/An | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 2,622 kg/An | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 2,622 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 2,621 kg/An | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 2,620 kg/An | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 2,619 kg/An | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 2,619 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 2,713 kg/An | +3.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,197 kg/An | 1,162 kg/An | 1,267 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,391 kg/An | 1,288 kg/An | 1,801 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,701 kg/An | 1,529 kg/An | 1,972 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,543 kg/An | 1,399 kg/An | 1,589 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,356 kg/An | 1,774 kg/An | 2,568 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,590 kg/An | 2,476 kg/An | 2,713 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,638 kg/An | 2,619 kg/An | 2,713 kg/An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight in China?
- Raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight in China was 2,713 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 China?
- The highest recorded value was 2,713 kg/An in 2015.
- What is the lowest raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,162 kg/An in 1966.
- How does China rank for raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight?
- China ranks 69th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China 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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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.