Raw milk of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight in South America
South America: Raw milk of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight was 2,595 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Raw milk of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight in South America, 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 South America stood at 2,595 kg/An. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.8% on the previous year and up 45.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight in South America peaked at 2,595 kg/An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 953 kg/An, in 1981.
That places South America 16th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 South America, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,011 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 1,010 kg/An | -0.1% |
| 1963 | 1,009 kg/An | -0.1% |
| 1964 | 1,067 kg/An | +5.7% |
| 1965 | 1,065 kg/An | -0.2% |
| 1966 | 1,046 kg/An | -1.8% |
| 1967 | 1,037 kg/An | -0.9% |
| 1968 | 1,061 kg/An | +2.3% |
| 1969 | 1,045 kg/An | -1.5% |
| 1970 | 1,034 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1971 | 1,021 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 1972 | 1,034 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 1973 | 1,063 kg/An | +2.8% |
| 1974 | 1,070 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 1975 | 1,061 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 1976 | 1,083 kg/An | +2.1% |
| 1977 | 980 kg/An | -9.5% |
| 1978 | 990 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 970 kg/An | -2.0% |
| 1980 | 960 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 1981 | 953 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 1982 | 973 kg/An | +2.1% |
| 1983 | 973 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 975 kg/An | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 986 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 976 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 1987 | 1,028 kg/An | +5.3% |
| 1988 | 1,037 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 1989 | 1,059 kg/An | +2.1% |
| 1990 | 1,047 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1991 | 1,042 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 1992 | 1,084 kg/An | +4.0% |
| 1993 | 1,111 kg/An | +2.5% |
| 1994 | 1,131 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 1,161 kg/An | +2.7% |
| 1996 | 1,411 kg/An | +21.5% |
| 1997 | 1,396 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 1,393 kg/An | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 1,427 kg/An | +2.4% |
| 2000 | 1,437 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 1,429 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 1,413 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 1,410 kg/An | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 1,452 kg/An | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 1,475 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 1,580 kg/An | +7.1% |
| 2007 | 1,621 kg/An | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 1,717 kg/An | +5.9% |
| 2009 | 1,607 kg/An | -6.4% |
| 2010 | 1,668 kg/An | +3.8% |
| 2011 | 1,718 kg/An | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 1,719 kg/An | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 1,751 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 1,786 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 2,090 kg/An | +17.0% |
| 2016 | 1,993 kg/An | -4.6% |
| 2017 | 2,302 kg/An | +15.5% |
| 2018 | 2,364 kg/An | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 2,413 kg/An | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 2,516 kg/An | +4.3% |
| 2021 | 2,544 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 2,533 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 2,550 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 2,595 kg/An | +1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,039 kg/An | 1,009 kg/An | 1,067 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,031 kg/An | 970 kg/An | 1,083 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 992 kg/An | 953 kg/An | 1,059 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,220 kg/An | 1,042 kg/An | 1,427 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,514 kg/An | 1,410 kg/An | 1,717 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,980 kg/An | 1,668 kg/An | 2,413 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,548 kg/An | 2,516 kg/An | 2,595 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 13 Republic of Korea 9,138 kg/An compare
- 14 Portugal 9,102 kg/An compare
- 15 Japan 8,905 kg/An compare
- 16 Belgium 8,868 kg/An compare
- 17 Luxembourg 8,784 kg/An compare
- 18 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 8,644 kg/An compare
- 19 Latvia 8,491 kg/An compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight in South America?
- Raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight in South America was 2,595 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 South America?
- The highest recorded value was 2,595 kg/An in 2024.
- What is the lowest raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 953 kg/An in 1981.
- How does South America rank for raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight?
- South America ranks 16th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 45.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South America 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.