Raw milk of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight in Switzerland
Switzerland: Raw milk of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight was 7,086 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Raw milk of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight in Switzerland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
Switzerland recorded 7,086 kg/An for raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight in Switzerland peaked at 7,135 kg/An in 2023 and was at its lowest, 3,251 kg/An, in 1961.
That places Switzerland 32nd out of 185 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Raw milk of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,251 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 3,277 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 1963 | 3,368 kg/An | +2.8% |
| 1964 | 3,360 kg/An | -0.2% |
| 1965 | 3,364 kg/An | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 3,411 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 1967 | 3,504 kg/An | +2.7% |
| 1968 | 3,571 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 1969 | 3,528 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 1970 | 3,552 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 1971 | 3,593 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 1972 | 3,665 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 1973 | 3,682 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 1974 | 3,743 kg/An | +1.7% |
| 1975 | 3,818 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 1976 | 3,887 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 3,951 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 1978 | 3,998 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 1979 | 4,135 kg/An | +3.4% |
| 1980 | 4,177 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 4,271 kg/An | +2.3% |
| 1982 | 4,340 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 1983 | 4,471 kg/An | +3.0% |
| 1984 | 4,614 kg/An | +3.2% |
| 1985 | 4,712 kg/An | +2.1% |
| 1986 | 4,770 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 1987 | 4,773 kg/An | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 4,804 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 4,902 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 4,937 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 4,945 kg/An | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 4,941 kg/An | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 5,044 kg/An | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 5,073 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 5,193 kg/An | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 5,121 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 1997 | 5,295 kg/An | +3.4% |
| 1998 | 5,425 kg/An | +2.5% |
| 1999 | 5,611 kg/An | +3.4% |
| 2000 | 5,718 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 5,787 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 5,898 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 6,030 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 6,242 kg/An | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 6,237 kg/An | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 6,274 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 6,362 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 6,478 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 6,788 kg/An | +4.8% |
| 2010 | 6,851 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 6,901 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 6,877 kg/An | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 6,786 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 6,968 kg/An | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 7,036 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 7,001 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 6,925 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 6,936 kg/An | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 6,963 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 7,000 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 7,075 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 6,980 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 7,135 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 7,086 kg/An | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,404 kg/An | 3,251 kg/An | 3,571 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,802 kg/An | 3,552 kg/An | 4,135 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,583 kg/An | 4,177 kg/An | 4,902 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,158 kg/An | 4,937 kg/An | 5,611 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,181 kg/An | 5,718 kg/An | 6,788 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,924 kg/An | 6,786 kg/An | 7,036 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,055 kg/An | 6,980 kg/An | 7,135 kg/An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight in Switzerland?
- Raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight in Switzerland was 7,086 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 Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 7,135 kg/An in 2023.
- What is the lowest raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,251 kg/An in 1961.
- How does Switzerland rank for raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight?
- Switzerland ranks 32nd out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of cattle — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Switzerland 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.