Milk production, per square kilometre in Samoa
Samoa: Milk production, per square kilometre was 0.5651 tonnes per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
0.5651 tonnes per square kilometre
Change on year
down 0.9%
World rank
150th
of 185 countries
All-time high
0.6965 tonnes per square kilometre
in 2015
All-time low
0.1767 tonnes per square kilometre
in 1966
Years of data
63
1961–2023
Milk production, per square kilometre in Samoa, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in tonnes per square kilometre.
Analysis
Samoa recorded 0.5651 tonnes per square kilometre for milk production, per square kilometre in 2023.
That represents a change of down 0.9% on the previous year and up 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk production, per square kilometre in Samoa peaked at 0.6965 tonnes per square kilometre in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.1767 tonnes per square kilometre, in 1966.
Samoa ranks 150th of 185 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Milk production, per square kilometre in Samoa, year by year
| Year | tonnes per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.2473 tonnes per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.2484 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 1963 | 0.2484 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.3975 tonnes per square kilometre | +60.0% |
| 1965 | 0.3728 tonnes per square kilometre | -6.2% |
| 1966 | 0.1767 tonnes per square kilometre | -52.6% |
| 1967 | 0.1767 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.1767 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.1767 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.1767 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.1767 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.212 tonnes per square kilometre | +20.0% |
| 1973 | 0.2071 tonnes per square kilometre | -2.3% |
| 1974 | 0.2191 tonnes per square kilometre | +5.8% |
| 1975 | 0.212 tonnes per square kilometre | -3.2% |
| 1976 | 0.212 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.212 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.212 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.2827 tonnes per square kilometre | +33.3% |
| 1980 | 0.3534 tonnes per square kilometre | +25.0% |
| 1981 | 0.3534 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.3534 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.3534 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.3534 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.3887 tonnes per square kilometre | +10.0% |
| 1986 | 0.3534 tonnes per square kilometre | -9.1% |
| 1987 | 0.4594 tonnes per square kilometre | +30.0% |
| 1988 | 0.4594 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.4594 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.424 tonnes per square kilometre | -7.7% |
| 1991 | 0.4417 tonnes per square kilometre | +4.2% |
| 1992 | 0.424 tonnes per square kilometre | -4.0% |
| 1993 | 0.4417 tonnes per square kilometre | +4.2% |
| 1994 | 0.4594 tonnes per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 1995 | 0.4386 tonnes per square kilometre | -4.5% |
| 1996 | 0.4389 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 0.4391 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 0.477 tonnes per square kilometre | +8.6% |
| 1999 | 0.5124 tonnes per square kilometre | +7.4% |
| 2000 | 0.53 tonnes per square kilometre | +3.4% |
| 2001 | 0.4596 tonnes per square kilometre | -13.3% |
| 2002 | 0.4598 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 0.4696 tonnes per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 0.4792 tonnes per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 0.4795 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 0.4798 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.4801 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 0.4804 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 0.5593 tonnes per square kilometre | +16.4% |
| 2010 | 0.53 tonnes per square kilometre | -5.2% |
| 2011 | 0.523 tonnes per square kilometre | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 0.5247 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.5247 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.642 tonnes per square kilometre | +22.4% |
| 2015 | 0.6965 tonnes per square kilometre | +8.5% |
| 2016 | 0.6399 tonnes per square kilometre | -8.1% |
| 2017 | 0.63 tonnes per square kilometre | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 0.602 tonnes per square kilometre | -4.4% |
| 2019 | 0.5564 tonnes per square kilometre | -7.6% |
| 2020 | 0.5931 tonnes per square kilometre | +6.6% |
| 2021 | 0.5818 tonnes per square kilometre | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 0.5705 tonnes per square kilometre | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 0.5651 tonnes per square kilometre | -0.9% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 0.5651 tonnes per square kilometre is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4.26 tonnes per square kilometre, 13% of the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 0.5651 tonnes per square kilometre is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.4094 tonnes per square kilometre, 1.4× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Milk production, per square kilometre 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 | +60.0% | 0.2484 tonnes per square kilometre | 0.3975 tonnes per square kilometre |
| 1966 | -52.6% | 0.3728 tonnes per square kilometre | 0.1767 tonnes per square kilometre |
| 1979 | +33.3% | 0.212 tonnes per square kilometre | 0.2827 tonnes per square kilometre |
| 1987 | +30.0% | 0.3534 tonnes per square kilometre | 0.4594 tonnes per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2468 tonnes per square kilometre | 0.1767 tonnes per square kilometre | 0.3975 tonnes per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.2122 tonnes per square kilometre | 0.1767 tonnes per square kilometre | 0.2827 tonnes per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.3887 tonnes per square kilometre | 0.3534 tonnes per square kilometre | 0.4594 tonnes per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4497 tonnes per square kilometre | 0.424 tonnes per square kilometre | 0.5124 tonnes per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4877 tonnes per square kilometre | 0.4596 tonnes per square kilometre | 0.5593 tonnes per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5869 tonnes per square kilometre | 0.523 tonnes per square kilometre | 0.6965 tonnes per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5776 tonnes per square kilometre | 0.5651 tonnes per square kilometre | 0.5931 tonnes per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
- 147 Cameroon 0.5989 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 148 Bolivia 0.5883 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 149 Nigeria 0.5781 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 151 Tonga 0.4516 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 152 Chad 0.3727 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 153 East Timor 0.3672 tonnes per square kilometre compare
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 square kilometre in Samoa?
- Milk production, per square kilometre in Samoa was 0.5651 tonnes per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest milk production, per square kilometre recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6965 tonnes per square kilometre in 2015.
- What is the lowest milk production, per square kilometre recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1767 tonnes per square kilometre in 1966.
- How does Samoa rank for milk production, per square kilometre?
- Samoa ranks 150th out of 185 countries with data for 2023.
- Is milk production, per square kilometre rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.7%. 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 square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Milk production divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Milk production ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Milk production Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.