Skim milk of cows — Production in Rwanda
Rwanda: Skim milk of cows — Production was 44,329 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Skim milk of cows — Production in Rwanda, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for skim milk of cows — production in Rwanda is 44,329 t, measured in 2023.
The figure is up 2.4% on the previous year and down 7.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, skim milk of cows — production in Rwanda peaked at 50,382 t in 2011 and was at its lowest, 1,456 t, in 1962.
That places Rwanda 93rd out of 129 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Skim milk of cows — Production in Rwanda, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,574 t | — |
| 1962 | 1,456 t | -7.5% |
| 1963 | 1,638 t | +12.5% |
| 1964 | 1,665 t | +1.7% |
| 1965 | 1,711 t | +2.7% |
| 1966 | 1,911 t | +11.7% |
| 1967 | 1,956 t | +2.4% |
| 1968 | 2,066 t | +5.6% |
| 1969 | 2,211 t | +7.0% |
| 1970 | 2,702 t | +22.2% |
| 1971 | 2,346 t | -13.2% |
| 1972 | 2,158 t | -8.0% |
| 1973 | 2,346 t | +8.7% |
| 1974 | 2,275 t | -3.0% |
| 1975 | 1,911 t | -16.0% |
| 1976 | 2,730 t | +42.9% |
| 1977 | 3,640 t | +33.3% |
| 1978 | 4,550 t | +25.0% |
| 1979 | 4,675 t | +2.7% |
| 1980 | 6,302 t | +34.8% |
| 1981 | 6,116 t | -2.9% |
| 1982 | 6,557 t | +7.2% |
| 1983 | 6,244 t | -4.8% |
| 1984 | 5,839 t | -6.5% |
| 1985 | 6,825 t | +16.9% |
| 1986 | 7,920 t | +16.0% |
| 1987 | 7,650 t | -3.4% |
| 1988 | 7,440 t | -2.7% |
| 1989 | 7,633 t | +2.6% |
| 1990 | 7,470 t | -2.1% |
| 1991 | 7,995 t | +7.0% |
| 1992 | 8,089 t | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 7,744 t | -4.3% |
| 1994 | 7,286 t | -5.9% |
| 1995 | 7,381 t | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 7,937 t | +7.5% |
| 1997 | 7,736 t | -2.5% |
| 1998 | 8,919 t | +15.3% |
| 1999 | 10,010 t | +12.2% |
| 2000 | 9,697 t | -3.1% |
| 2001 | 11,464 t | +18.2% |
| 2002 | 10,192 t | -11.1% |
| 2003 | 10,237 t | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 11,049 t | +7.9% |
| 2005 | 10,924 t | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 13,198 t | +20.8% |
| 2007 | 15,188 t | +15.1% |
| 2008 | 13,216 t | -13.0% |
| 2009 | 13,206 t | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 46,694 t | +253.6% |
| 2011 | 50,382 t | +7.9% |
| 2012 | 50,296 t | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 48,081 t | -4.4% |
| 2014 | 43,365 t | -9.8% |
| 2015 | 45,649 t | +5.3% |
| 2016 | 34,743 t | -23.9% |
| 2017 | 39,696 t | +14.3% |
| 2018 | 38,980 t | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 41,928 t | +7.6% |
| 2020 | 47,996 t | +14.5% |
| 2021 | 45,215 t | -5.8% |
| 2022 | 43,280 t | -4.3% |
| 2023 | 44,329 t | +2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,799 t | 1,456 t | 2,211 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,933 t | 1,911 t | 4,675 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,852 t | 5,839 t | 7,920 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,057 t | 7,286 t | 10,010 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,837 t | 9,697 t | 15,188 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 43,982 t | 34,743 t | 50,382 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 45,205 t | 43,280 t | 47,996 t | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is skim milk of cows — production in Rwanda?
- Skim milk of cows — production in Rwanda was 44,329 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest skim milk of cows — production recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 50,382 t in 2011.
- What is the lowest skim milk of cows — production recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,456 t in 1962.
- How does Rwanda rank for skim milk of cows — production?
- Rwanda ranks 93rd out of 129 countries with data for 2023.
- Is skim milk of cows — production rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Rwanda data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Skim milk of cows — Production. 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.