Australia and New Zealand vs Southern Europe: Cheese (All Kinds) — Production

Australia and New Zealand
749,812 t
in 2023
Southern Europe
2.38 million t
in 2023
Australia and New Zealand rank
9th
Southern Europe rank
9th

Cheese (All Kinds) — Production over time

  • Australia and New Zealand
  • Southern Europe
0500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M2.5M196119922023

How they compare

Southern Europe currently reports 2.38 million t against 749,812 t in Australia and New Zealand, a difference of 1.63 million t.

That makes Southern Europe's figure about 3.2 times Australia and New Zealand's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Southern Europe has been ahead every year.

Australia and New Zealand ranks 9th and Southern Europe ranks 9th of 110 countries.

Southern Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia and New Zealand Southern Europe Difference Ahead
1960s 164,000 t 751,788 t 587,788 t Southern Europe
1970s 194,405 t 966,600 t 772,196 t Southern Europe
1980s 279,831 t 1.22 million t 938,531 t Southern Europe
1990s 432,654 t 1.49 million t 1.06 million t Southern Europe
2000s 670,905 t 1.72 million t 1.05 million t Southern Europe
2010s 681,320 t 2.11 million t 1.43 million t Southern Europe
2020s 754,652 t 2.38 million t 1.62 million t Southern Europe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cheese (all kinds) — production, Australia and New Zealand or Southern Europe?
Southern Europe, at 2.38 million t against 749,812 t in Australia and New Zealand as of 2023.
What is the difference in cheese (all kinds) — production between Australia and New Zealand and Southern Europe?
1.63 million t, with Southern Europe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and New Zealand and Southern Europe?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Australia and New Zealand and Southern Europe rank globally for cheese (all kinds) — production?
Australia and New Zealand ranks 9th and Southern Europe ranks 9th of 110 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cheese (All Kinds) — Production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Cheese (All Kinds) — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
148 places, 7,910 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.