Butter and ghee of sheep milk — Production in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Butter and ghee of sheep milk — Production was 1,868 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Butter and ghee of sheep milk — Production in Saudi Arabia, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for butter and ghee of sheep milk — production in Saudi Arabia is 1,868 t, measured in 2023.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and down 37.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, butter and ghee of sheep milk — production in Saudi Arabia peaked at 2,970 t in 2013 and was at its lowest, 618.75 t, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Butter and ghee of sheep milk — Production in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 618.75 t | — |
| 1962 | 636.75 t | +2.9% |
| 1963 | 657 t | +3.2% |
| 1964 | 675 t | +2.7% |
| 1965 | 697.5 t | +3.3% |
| 1966 | 717.75 t | +2.9% |
| 1967 | 738 t | +2.8% |
| 1968 | 742.5 t | +0.6% |
| 1969 | 744.75 t | +0.3% |
| 1970 | 747 t | +0.3% |
| 1971 | 749.25 t | +0.3% |
| 1972 | 753.75 t | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 783 t | +3.9% |
| 1974 | 787.5 t | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 847.49 t | +7.6% |
| 1976 | 907.47 t | +7.1% |
| 1977 | 967.5 t | +6.6% |
| 1978 | 1,027 t | +6.2% |
| 1979 | 1,087 t | +5.8% |
| 1980 | 1,226 t | +12.8% |
| 1981 | 1,155 t | -5.8% |
| 1982 | 1,084 t | -6.2% |
| 1983 | 1,012 t | -6.6% |
| 1984 | 967.59 t | -4.4% |
| 1985 | 945 t | -2.3% |
| 1986 | 945.27 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,058 t | +11.9% |
| 1988 | 922.5 t | -12.8% |
| 1989 | 922.5 t | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 990 t | +7.3% |
| 1991 | 1,102 t | +11.4% |
| 1992 | 1,260 t | +14.3% |
| 1993 | 1,395 t | +10.7% |
| 1994 | 1,485 t | +6.5% |
| 1995 | 1,707 t | +15.0% |
| 1996 | 1,756 t | +2.8% |
| 1997 | 1,642 t | -6.4% |
| 1998 | 1,665 t | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 1,688 t | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 1,778 t | +5.3% |
| 2001 | 1,800 t | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 1,845 t | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 1,912 t | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 2,070 t | +8.2% |
| 2005 | 2,160 t | +4.3% |
| 2006 | 2,092 t | -3.1% |
| 2007 | 2,102 t | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 1,822 t | -13.3% |
| 2009 | 1,530 t | -16.0% |
| 2010 | 2,228 t | +45.6% |
| 2011 | 2,599 t | +16.7% |
| 2012 | 2,599 t | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 2,970 t | +14.3% |
| 2014 | 1,864 t | -37.2% |
| 2015 | 1,877 t | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 1,890 t | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 1,903 t | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 1,915 t | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 1,914 t | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 1,915 t | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1,921 t | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 1,853 t | -3.5% |
| 2023 | 1,868 t | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 692 t | 618.75 t | 744.75 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 865.79 t | 747 t | 1,087 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,024 t | 922.5 t | 1,226 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,469 t | 990 t | 1,756 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,911 t | 1,530 t | 2,160 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,176 t | 1,864 t | 2,970 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,889 t | 1,853 t | 1,921 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
- 1 Afghanistan 4,307 t compare
- 2 Türkiye 22,406 t compare
- 2 Yemen 2,152 t compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 13,404 t compare
- 4 Morocco 1,725 t compare
- 4 Syrian Arab Republic 12,833 t compare
- 5 United Arab Emirates 1,458 t compare
- 6 Iraq 984.63 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Saudi Arabia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.2 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0259 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.48 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 3.68 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1539 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is butter and ghee of sheep milk — production in Saudi Arabia?
- Butter and ghee of sheep milk — production in Saudi Arabia was 1,868 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest butter and ghee of sheep milk — production recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,970 t in 2013.
- What is the lowest butter and ghee of sheep milk — production recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 618.75 t in 1961.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for butter and ghee of sheep milk — production?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 3rd out of 8 countries with data for 2023.
- Is butter and ghee of sheep milk — production rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Butter and ghee of sheep milk — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.