Raw milk of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Raw milk of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight was 5,239 kg/An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Raw milk of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight in Costa Rica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 5,239 kg/An for raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.1% on the previous year and down 7.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight in Costa Rica peaked at 6,576 kg/An in 2020 and was at its lowest, 873 kg/An, in 1964.
That places Costa Rica 47th out of 185 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Raw milk of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 889 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 982 kg/An | +10.5% |
| 1963 | 905 kg/An | -7.8% |
| 1964 | 873 kg/An | -3.5% |
| 1965 | 959 kg/An | +9.9% |
| 1966 | 976 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 1967 | 912 kg/An | -6.6% |
| 1968 | 965 kg/An | +5.8% |
| 1969 | 940 kg/An | -2.6% |
| 1970 | 943 kg/An | +0.3% |
| 1971 | 944 kg/An | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 979 kg/An | +3.7% |
| 1973 | 913 kg/An | -6.7% |
| 1974 | 1,057 kg/An | +15.8% |
| 1975 | 1,043 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 1976 | 1,040 kg/An | -0.3% |
| 1977 | 1,040 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,040 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,040 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,077 kg/An | +3.6% |
| 1981 | 1,084 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 1,204 kg/An | +11.1% |
| 1983 | 1,205 kg/An | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 1,310 kg/An | +8.7% |
| 1985 | 1,341 kg/An | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 1,344 kg/An | +0.2% |
| 1987 | 1,330 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 1988 | 1,316 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1989 | 1,321 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 1,393 kg/An | +5.5% |
| 1991 | 5,489 kg/An | +294.0% |
| 1992 | 5,497 kg/An | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 5,506 kg/An | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 5,514 kg/An | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 5,523 kg/An | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 5,531 kg/An | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 5,539 kg/An | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 5,548 kg/An | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 5,556 kg/An | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 5,565 kg/An | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 5,573 kg/An | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 5,582 kg/An | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 5,590 kg/An | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 5,599 kg/An | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 5,608 kg/An | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 5,616 kg/An | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 5,625 kg/An | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 5,633 kg/An | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 5,642 kg/An | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 5,651 kg/An | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 5,659 kg/An | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 5,668 kg/An | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 5,676 kg/An | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 5,685 kg/An | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 5,694 kg/An | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 5,703 kg/An | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 5,284 kg/An | -7.3% |
| 2018 | 5,606 kg/An | +6.1% |
| 2019 | 5,734 kg/An | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 6,576 kg/An | +14.7% |
| 2021 | 5,870 kg/An | -10.7% |
| 2022 | 5,837 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 5,893 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 5,239 kg/An | -11.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 933.44 kg/An | 873 kg/An | 982 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,004 kg/An | 913 kg/An | 1,057 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,253 kg/An | 1,077 kg/An | 1,344 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,110 kg/An | 1,393 kg/An | 5,556 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,603 kg/An | 5,565 kg/An | 5,642 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,636 kg/An | 5,284 kg/An | 5,734 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,883 kg/An | 5,239 kg/An | 6,576 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 44 Mexico 5,727 kg/An compare
- 45 Kuwait 5,392 kg/An compare
- 46 Belgium-Luxembourg 5,374 kg/An compare
- 48 Russian Federation 5,157 kg/An compare
- 49 Australia and New Zealand 5,094 kg/An compare
- 50 New Zealand 4,682 kg/An compare
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight in Costa Rica?
- Raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight in Costa Rica was 5,239 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 Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 6,576 kg/An in 2020.
- What is the lowest raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 873 kg/An in 1964.
- How does Costa Rica rank for raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight?
- Costa Rica ranks 47th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Costa Rica 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.