Raw milk of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight in Lesotho
Lesotho: Raw milk of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight was 1,400 kg/An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Raw milk of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight in Lesotho, 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 Lesotho stood at 1,400 kg/An.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.6% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight in Lesotho peaked at 1,417 kg/An in 2017 and was at its lowest, 290 kg/An, in 1961.
Lesotho ranks 100th of 185 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Raw milk of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 290 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 290 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 290 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 290 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 290 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 290 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 290 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 290 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 290 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 290 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 290 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 290 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 290 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 290 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 290 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 290 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 290 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 290 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 290 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 290 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 290 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 290 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 290 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 290 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 290 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 290 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 290 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 290 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 290 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 290 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 1,391 kg/An | +379.7% |
| 1992 | 1,392 kg/An | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 1,392 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 1,392 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 1,392 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 1,392 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 1,393 kg/An | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 1,393 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 1,395 kg/An | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 1,395 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 1,396 kg/An | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 1,395 kg/An | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 1,395 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1,395 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1,397 kg/An | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 1,395 kg/An | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 1,397 kg/An | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 1,397 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1,397 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1,397 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1,398 kg/An | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 1,398 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1,398 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,399 kg/An | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 1,385 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 1,400 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 1,417 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 1,417 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1,385 kg/An | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 1,400 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 1,412 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 1,367 kg/An | -3.2% |
| 2023 | 1,364 kg/An | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 1,400 kg/An | +2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 290 kg/An | 290 kg/An | 290 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 290 kg/An | 290 kg/An | 290 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 290 kg/An | 290 kg/An | 290 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,282 kg/An | 290 kg/An | 1,395 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,396 kg/An | 1,395 kg/An | 1,397 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,399 kg/An | 1,385 kg/An | 1,417 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,389 kg/An | 1,364 kg/An | 1,412 kg/An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight in Lesotho?
- Raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight in Lesotho was 1,400 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 Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 1,417 kg/An in 2017.
- What is the lowest raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 290 kg/An in 1961.
- How does Lesotho rank for raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight?
- Lesotho ranks 100th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Lesotho 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.