France vs Northern America: Cheese (All Kinds) — Production

France
2.22 million t
in 2023
Northern America
7.23 million t
in 2023
France rank
2nd
Northern America rank
5th

Cheese (All Kinds) — Production over time

  • France
  • Northern America
02.0M4.0M6.0M8.0M196119922023

How they compare

Northern America currently reports 7.23 million t against 2.22 million t in France, a difference of 5.01 million t.

That makes Northern America's figure about 3.3 times France's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Northern America has been ahead every year.

France ranks 2nd and Northern America ranks 5th of 110 countries.

Northern America has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade France Northern America Difference Ahead
1960s 611,933 t 1.29 million t 679,638 t Northern America
1970s 941,160 t 1.96 million t 1.02 million t Northern America
1980s 1.30 million t 2.90 million t 1.61 million t Northern America
1990s 1.57 million t 3.78 million t 2.22 million t Northern America
2000s 1.81 million t 4.85 million t 3.04 million t Northern America
2010s 2.28 million t 6.19 million t 3.91 million t Northern America
2020s 2.22 million t 7.07 million t 4.85 million t Northern America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cheese (all kinds) — production, France or Northern America?
Northern America, at 7.23 million t against 2.22 million t in France as of 2023.
What is the difference in cheese (all kinds) — production between France and Northern America?
5.01 million t, with Northern America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for France and Northern America?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do France and Northern America rank globally for cheese (all kinds) — production?
France ranks 2nd and Northern America ranks 5th 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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About this data

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.