Raw milk of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Raw milk of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight was 1,225 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Raw milk of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight in Sri Lanka, 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 Sri Lanka is 1,225 kg/An, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and up 82.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight in Sri Lanka peaked at 1,259 kg/An in 2020 and was at its lowest, 279 kg/An, in 1961.
That places Sri Lanka 116th out of 185 countries 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 Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 279 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 279 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 320 kg/An | +14.7% |
| 1964 | 376 kg/An | +17.5% |
| 1965 | 351 kg/An | -6.6% |
| 1966 | 325 kg/An | -7.4% |
| 1967 | 312 kg/An | -4.0% |
| 1968 | 362 kg/An | +16.0% |
| 1969 | 342 kg/An | -5.5% |
| 1970 | 411 kg/An | +20.2% |
| 1971 | 420 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 1972 | 395 kg/An | -6.0% |
| 1973 | 415 kg/An | +5.1% |
| 1974 | 422 kg/An | +1.7% |
| 1975 | 498 kg/An | +18.0% |
| 1976 | 572 kg/An | +14.9% |
| 1977 | 650 kg/An | +13.6% |
| 1978 | 717 kg/An | +10.3% |
| 1979 | 633 kg/An | -11.7% |
| 1980 | 699 kg/An | +10.4% |
| 1981 | 729 kg/An | +4.3% |
| 1982 | 629 kg/An | -13.7% |
| 1983 | 646 kg/An | +2.7% |
| 1984 | 727 kg/An | +12.5% |
| 1985 | 735 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 379 kg/An | -48.4% |
| 1987 | 478 kg/An | +26.1% |
| 1988 | 475 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 1989 | 550 kg/An | +15.8% |
| 1990 | 562 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 1991 | 584 kg/An | +3.9% |
| 1992 | 593 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 1993 | 600 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 600 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 604 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 616 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 1997 | 641 kg/An | +4.1% |
| 1998 | 568 kg/An | -11.4% |
| 1999 | 570 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 598 kg/An | +4.9% |
| 2001 | 601 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 623 kg/An | +3.7% |
| 2003 | 624 kg/An | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 624 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 615 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 608 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 601 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 584 kg/An | -2.8% |
| 2009 | 654 kg/An | +12.0% |
| 2010 | 652 kg/An | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 683 kg/An | +4.8% |
| 2012 | 837 kg/An | +22.5% |
| 2013 | 732 kg/An | -12.5% |
| 2014 | 670 kg/An | -8.5% |
| 2015 | 1,045 kg/An | +56.0% |
| 2016 | 1,151 kg/An | +10.1% |
| 2017 | 1,144 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 1,224 kg/An | +7.0% |
| 2019 | 1,191 kg/An | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 1,259 kg/An | +5.7% |
| 2021 | 1,247 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 1,239 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 1,233 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 1,225 kg/An | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 327.33 kg/An | 279 kg/An | 376 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 513.3 kg/An | 395 kg/An | 717 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 604.7 kg/An | 379 kg/An | 735 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 593.8 kg/An | 562 kg/An | 641 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 613.2 kg/An | 584 kg/An | 654 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 932.9 kg/An | 652 kg/An | 1,224 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,241 kg/An | 1,225 kg/An | 1,259 kg/An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight in Sri Lanka?
- Raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight in Sri Lanka was 1,225 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 Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 1,259 kg/An in 2020.
- What is the lowest raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 279 kg/An in 1961.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight?
- Sri Lanka ranks 116th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 82.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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.