Raw milk of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight in Ireland
Ireland: Raw milk of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight was 5,779 kg/An in 2023. ▲ Rising
Raw milk of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight in Ireland, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
Ireland recorded 5,779 kg/An for raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight in 2023.
That represents a change of down 4.2% on the previous year and up 20.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight in Ireland peaked at 6,031 kg/An in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1,938 kg/An, in 1965.
That places Ireland 43rd out of 185 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Raw milk of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight in Ireland, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,954 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 2,009 kg/An | +2.8% |
| 1963 | 2,012 kg/An | +0.1% |
| 1964 | 1,999 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 1965 | 1,938 kg/An | -3.1% |
| 1966 | 1,940 kg/An | +0.1% |
| 1967 | 2,076 kg/An | +7.0% |
| 1968 | 2,123 kg/An | +2.3% |
| 1969 | 2,114 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 1970 | 2,167 kg/An | +2.5% |
| 1971 | 2,180 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 2,551 kg/An | +17.0% |
| 1973 | 2,502 kg/An | -1.9% |
| 1974 | 2,334 kg/An | -6.7% |
| 1975 | 2,555 kg/An | +9.5% |
| 1976 | 2,799 kg/An | +9.5% |
| 1977 | 2,895 kg/An | +3.4% |
| 1978 | 3,165 kg/An | +9.3% |
| 1979 | 3,165 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 3,139 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 1981 | 3,232 kg/An | +3.0% |
| 1982 | 3,502 kg/An | +8.4% |
| 1983 | 3,634 kg/An | +3.8% |
| 1984 | 3,737 kg/An | +2.8% |
| 1985 | 3,763 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 3,679 kg/An | -2.2% |
| 1987 | 3,709 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 3,692 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 1989 | 3,880 kg/An | +5.1% |
| 1990 | 4,026 kg/An | +3.8% |
| 1991 | 3,995 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 1992 | 4,135 kg/An | +3.5% |
| 1993 | 4,227 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 4,275 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 4,336 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 4,339 kg/An | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 4,324 kg/An | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 4,238 kg/An | -2.0% |
| 1999 | 4,272 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 4,382 kg/An | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 4,551 kg/An | +3.9% |
| 2002 | 4,611 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 4,595 kg/An | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 4,557 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 4,797 kg/An | +5.3% |
| 2006 | 4,816 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 4,794 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 4,648 kg/An | -3.0% |
| 2009 | 4,767 kg/An | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 4,975 kg/An | +4.4% |
| 2011 | 4,957 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 4,723 kg/An | -4.7% |
| 2013 | 4,800 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 4,743 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 5,082 kg/An | +7.1% |
| 2016 | 4,901 kg/An | -3.6% |
| 2017 | 5,220 kg/An | +6.5% |
| 2018 | 5,720 kg/An | +9.6% |
| 2019 | 5,783 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 5,880 kg/An | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 6,006 kg/An | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 6,031 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 5,779 kg/An | -4.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,018 kg/An | 1,938 kg/An | 2,123 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,631 kg/An | 2,167 kg/An | 3,165 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,597 kg/An | 3,139 kg/An | 3,880 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,217 kg/An | 3,995 kg/An | 4,339 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,652 kg/An | 4,382 kg/An | 4,816 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,090 kg/An | 4,723 kg/An | 5,783 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,924 kg/An | 5,779 kg/An | 6,031 kg/An | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight in Ireland?
- Raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight in Ireland was 5,779 kg/An in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 6,031 kg/An in 2022.
- What is the lowest raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,938 kg/An in 1965.
- How does Ireland rank for raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight?
- Ireland ranks 43rd out of 185 countries with data for 2023.
- Is raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ireland 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.