New Zealand vs Northern America: Butter and Ghee — Production
Butter and Ghee — Production over time
- New Zealand
- Northern America
How they compare
Northern America currently reports 1.08 million t against 462,400 t in New Zealand, a difference of 621,820 t.
That makes Northern America's figure about 2.3 times New Zealand's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Northern America has been ahead every year.
New Zealand ranks 6th and Northern America ranks 8th of 126 countries.
Northern America has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | New Zealand | Northern America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 238,233 t | 767,981 t | 529,748 t | Northern America |
| 1970s | 240,400 t | 589,729 t | 349,329 t | Northern America |
| 1980s | 255,280 t | 657,504 t | 402,224 t | Northern America |
| 1990s | 286,945 t | 681,921 t | 394,976 t | Northern America |
| 2000s | 396,402 t | 713,736 t | 317,334 t | Northern America |
| 2010s | 477,685 t | 937,363 t | 459,678 t | Northern America |
| 2020s | 456,986 t | 1.08 million t | 620,401 t | Northern America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher butter and ghee — production, New Zealand or Northern America?
- Northern America, at 1.08 million t against 462,400 t in New Zealand as of 2023.
- What is the difference in butter and ghee — production between New Zealand and Northern America?
- 621,820 t, with Northern America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and Northern America?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do New Zealand and Northern America rank globally for butter and ghee — production?
- New Zealand ranks 6th and Northern America ranks 8th 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
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.