Raw milk of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight in Malawi
Malawi: Raw milk of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight was 431 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Raw milk of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight in Malawi, 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 Malawi is 431 kg/An, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and down 27.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight in Malawi peaked at 596 kg/An in 2014 and was at its lowest, 296 kg/An, in 1970.
That places Malawi 154th out of 185 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Malawi, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 300 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 300 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 300 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 300 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 300 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 300 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 300 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 300 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 300 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 296 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 1971 | 298 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 1972 | 299 kg/An | +0.3% |
| 1973 | 300 kg/An | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 300 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 345 kg/An | +15.0% |
| 1976 | 448 kg/An | +29.9% |
| 1977 | 451 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 478 kg/An | +6.0% |
| 1979 | 455 kg/An | -4.8% |
| 1980 | 459 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 1981 | 460 kg/An | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 461 kg/An | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 461 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 460 kg/An | -0.2% |
| 1985 | 460 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 461 kg/An | +0.2% |
| 1987 | 462 kg/An | +0.2% |
| 1988 | 461 kg/An | -0.2% |
| 1989 | 460 kg/An | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 460 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 461 kg/An | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 454 kg/An | -1.5% |
| 1993 | 450 kg/An | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 456 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 457 kg/An | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 457 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 440 kg/An | -3.7% |
| 1998 | 476 kg/An | +8.2% |
| 1999 | 453 kg/An | -4.8% |
| 2000 | 461 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 474 kg/An | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 447 kg/An | -5.7% |
| 2003 | 453 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 443 kg/An | -2.2% |
| 2005 | 453 kg/An | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 447 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 451 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 451 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 482 kg/An | +6.9% |
| 2010 | 481 kg/An | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 480 kg/An | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 553 kg/An | +15.2% |
| 2013 | 462 kg/An | -16.5% |
| 2014 | 596 kg/An | +29.0% |
| 2015 | 458 kg/An | -23.2% |
| 2016 | 518 kg/An | +13.1% |
| 2017 | 525 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 452 kg/An | -13.9% |
| 2019 | 446 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 438 kg/An | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 438 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 436 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 433 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 431 kg/An | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 300 kg/An | 300 kg/An | 300 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 367 kg/An | 296 kg/An | 478 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 460.5 kg/An | 459 kg/An | 462 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 456.4 kg/An | 440 kg/An | 476 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 456.2 kg/An | 443 kg/An | 482 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 497.1 kg/An | 446 kg/An | 596 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 435.2 kg/An | 431 kg/An | 438 kg/An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight in Malawi?
- Raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight in Malawi was 431 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 Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 596 kg/An in 2014.
- What is the lowest raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 296 kg/An in 1970.
- How does Malawi rank for raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight?
- Malawi ranks 154th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi 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.