Belgium vs China: Butter and Ghee — Production

Belgium
119,860 t
in 2023
China
119,425 t
in 2023
Belgium rank
15th
China rank
16th

Butter and Ghee — Production over time

  • Belgium
  • China
25.0k50.0k75.0k100.0k125.0k196119922023

How they compare

Belgium currently reports 119,860 t against 119,425 t in China, a difference of 435 t.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Belgium ahead.

Belgium ranks 15th and China ranks 16th of 126 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 2 and China in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Belgium China Difference Ahead
2000s 107,464 t 96,451 t 11,013 t Belgium
2010s 63,075 t 96,505 t 33,430 t China
2020s 115,078 t 108,844 t 6,233 t Belgium

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher butter and ghee — production, Belgium or China?
Belgium, at 119,860 t against 119,425 t in China as of 2023.
What is the difference in butter and ghee — production between Belgium and China?
435 t, with Belgium ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and China?
24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.
How do Belgium and China rank globally for butter and ghee — production?
Belgium ranks 15th and China ranks 16th of 126 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Butter and Ghee — Production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Butter and Ghee — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
165 places, 8,877 data points, 1961–2023
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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.