Milk production, per capita in Samoa
Samoa: Milk production, per capita was 0.0072 tonnes per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Milk production, per capita in Samoa, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in tonnes per person.
Analysis
Samoa recorded 0.0072 tonnes per person for milk production, per capita in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 20.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk production, per capita in Samoa peaked at 0.0098 tonnes per person in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.0035 tonnes per person, in 1971.
Samoa ranks 151st of 185 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Milk production, per capita in Samoa, year by year
| Year | tonnes per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0061 tonnes per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0059 tonnes per person | -2.2% |
| 1963 | 0.0058 tonnes per person | -2.6% |
| 1964 | 0.009 tonnes per person | +56.0% |
| 1965 | 0.0082 tonnes per person | -8.5% |
| 1966 | 0.0038 tonnes per person | -53.7% |
| 1967 | 0.0037 tonnes per person | -2.0% |
| 1968 | 0.0037 tonnes per person | -1.7% |
| 1969 | 0.0036 tonnes per person | -1.6% |
| 1970 | 0.0036 tonnes per person | -1.5% |
| 1971 | 0.0035 tonnes per person | -1.5% |
| 1972 | 0.0042 tonnes per person | +18.3% |
| 1973 | 0.004 tonnes per person | -3.7% |
| 1974 | 0.0041 tonnes per person | +3.7% |
| 1975 | 0.0039 tonnes per person | -5.7% |
| 1976 | 0.0038 tonnes per person | -2.4% |
| 1977 | 0.0038 tonnes per person | -1.7% |
| 1978 | 0.0037 tonnes per person | -1.0% |
| 1979 | 0.0049 tonnes per person | +32.1% |
| 1980 | 0.0061 tonnes per person | +23.9% |
| 1981 | 0.006 tonnes per person | -0.8% |
| 1982 | 0.006 tonnes per person | -0.5% |
| 1983 | 0.006 tonnes per person | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 0.006 tonnes per person | -0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0066 tonnes per person | +10.0% |
| 1986 | 0.006 tonnes per person | -9.2% |
| 1987 | 0.0078 tonnes per person | +29.5% |
| 1988 | 0.0077 tonnes per person | -0.4% |
| 1989 | 0.0077 tonnes per person | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 0.0071 tonnes per person | -7.8% |
| 1991 | 0.0074 tonnes per person | +4.0% |
| 1992 | 0.007 tonnes per person | -4.5% |
| 1993 | 0.0073 tonnes per person | +3.3% |
| 1994 | 0.0075 tonnes per person | +3.2% |
| 1995 | 0.0071 tonnes per person | -5.3% |
| 1996 | 0.0071 tonnes per person | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 0.007 tonnes per person | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 0.0075 tonnes per person | +7.8% |
| 1999 | 0.008 tonnes per person | +6.6% |
| 2000 | 0.0083 tonnes per person | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 0.0071 tonnes per person | -14.0% |
| 2002 | 0.0071 tonnes per person | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 0.0072 tonnes per person | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 0.0073 tonnes per person | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 0.0073 tonnes per person | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 0.0072 tonnes per person | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 0.0072 tonnes per person | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.0072 tonnes per person | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 0.0083 tonnes per person | +15.6% |
| 2010 | 0.0078 tonnes per person | -6.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0076 tonnes per person | -2.2% |
| 2012 | 0.0076 tonnes per person | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 0.0075 tonnes per person | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.0091 tonnes per person | +21.3% |
| 2015 | 0.0098 tonnes per person | +7.6% |
| 2016 | 0.0089 tonnes per person | -8.9% |
| 2017 | 0.0085 tonnes per person | -4.2% |
| 2018 | 0.0081 tonnes per person | -5.4% |
| 2019 | 0.0074 tonnes per person | -8.5% |
| 2020 | 0.0078 tonnes per person | +5.5% |
| 2021 | 0.0076 tonnes per person | -2.8% |
| 2022 | 0.0074 tonnes per person | -2.6% |
| 2023 | 0.0073 tonnes per person | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 0.0072 tonnes per person | -0.1% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 0.0072 tonnes per person is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0661 tonnes per person, 11% of the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 0.0072 tonnes per person is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0044 tonnes per person, 1.7× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Milk production, per capita in Samoa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | +56.0% | 0.0058 tonnes per person | 0.009 tonnes per person |
| 1966 | -53.7% | 0.0082 tonnes per person | 0.0038 tonnes per person |
| 1979 | +32.1% | 0.0037 tonnes per person | 0.0049 tonnes per person |
| 1987 | +29.5% | 0.006 tonnes per person | 0.0078 tonnes per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0055 tonnes per person | 0.0036 tonnes per person | 0.009 tonnes per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0039 tonnes per person | 0.0035 tonnes per person | 0.0049 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0066 tonnes per person | 0.006 tonnes per person | 0.0078 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0073 tonnes per person | 0.007 tonnes per person | 0.008 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0074 tonnes per person | 0.0071 tonnes per person | 0.0083 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0082 tonnes per person | 0.0074 tonnes per person | 0.0098 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0074 tonnes per person | 0.0072 tonnes per person | 0.0078 tonnes per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
More reference data data for Samoa
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.023 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0165 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0396 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0396 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.077 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0626 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0918 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.2319 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Burning - Crop residues 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.1693 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk production, per capita in Samoa?
- Milk production, per capita in Samoa was 0.0072 tonnes per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest milk production, per capita recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0098 tonnes per person in 2015.
- What is the lowest milk production, per capita recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0035 tonnes per person in 1971.
- How does Samoa rank for milk production, per capita?
- Samoa ranks 151st out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk production, per capita rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Samoa data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Milk production, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Milk production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Milk production ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Milk production Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Milk production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.