Butter and ghee of sheep milk — Production in Western Asia
Western Asia: Butter and ghee of sheep milk — Production was 42,053 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Butter and ghee of sheep milk — Production in Western Asia, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2023, butter and ghee of sheep milk — production in Western Asia stood at 42,053 t.
That represents a change of down 2.2% on the previous year and down 7.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, butter and ghee of sheep milk — production in Western Asia peaked at 50,790 t in 2019 and was at its lowest, 23,673 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 Western Asia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 23,673 t | — |
| 1962 | 26,400 t | +11.5% |
| 1963 | 31,993 t | +21.2% |
| 1964 | 33,880 t | +5.9% |
| 1965 | 36,640 t | +8.1% |
| 1966 | 37,476 t | +2.3% |
| 1967 | 33,067 t | -11.8% |
| 1968 | 32,480 t | -1.8% |
| 1969 | 31,318 t | -3.6% |
| 1970 | 28,754 t | -8.2% |
| 1971 | 28,241 t | -1.8% |
| 1972 | 31,722 t | +12.3% |
| 1973 | 30,810 t | -2.9% |
| 1974 | 33,059 t | +7.3% |
| 1975 | 33,930 t | +2.6% |
| 1976 | 35,218 t | +3.8% |
| 1977 | 33,731 t | -4.2% |
| 1978 | 36,139 t | +7.1% |
| 1979 | 37,708 t | +4.3% |
| 1980 | 40,062 t | +6.2% |
| 1981 | 42,724 t | +6.6% |
| 1982 | 43,498 t | +1.8% |
| 1983 | 45,047 t | +3.6% |
| 1984 | 34,407 t | -23.6% |
| 1985 | 37,074 t | +7.7% |
| 1986 | 36,786 t | -0.8% |
| 1987 | 39,265 t | +6.7% |
| 1988 | 40,836 t | +4.0% |
| 1989 | 40,224 t | -1.5% |
| 1990 | 41,273 t | +2.6% |
| 1991 | 41,157 t | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 39,134 t | -4.9% |
| 1993 | 35,088 t | -10.3% |
| 1994 | 34,993 t | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 35,538 t | +1.6% |
| 1996 | 34,526 t | -2.8% |
| 1997 | 34,230 t | -0.9% |
| 1998 | 33,697 t | -1.6% |
| 1999 | 31,840 t | -5.5% |
| 2000 | 32,380 t | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 31,057 t | -4.1% |
| 2002 | 28,800 t | -7.3% |
| 2003 | 32,742 t | +13.7% |
| 2004 | 31,770 t | -3.0% |
| 2005 | 32,820 t | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 32,852 t | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 33,466 t | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 31,338 t | -6.4% |
| 2009 | 31,036 t | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 37,117 t | +19.6% |
| 2011 | 39,803 t | +7.2% |
| 2012 | 42,368 t | +6.4% |
| 2013 | 45,372 t | +7.1% |
| 2014 | 44,244 t | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 42,487 t | -4.0% |
| 2016 | 41,921 t | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 46,654 t | +11.3% |
| 2018 | 49,275 t | +5.6% |
| 2019 | 50,790 t | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 43,712 t | -13.9% |
| 2021 | 45,750 t | +4.7% |
| 2022 | 42,998 t | -6.0% |
| 2023 | 42,053 t | -2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 31,881 t | 23,673 t | 37,476 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 32,931 t | 28,241 t | 37,708 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 39,992 t | 34,407 t | 45,047 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 36,148 t | 31,840 t | 41,273 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 31,826 t | 28,800 t | 33,466 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 44,003 t | 37,117 t | 50,790 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 43,628 t | 42,053 t | 45,750 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
- 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
- 3 Saudi Arabia 1,868 t compare
- 4 Morocco 1,725 t compare
- 4 Syrian Arab Republic 12,833 t compare
- 5 United Arab Emirates 1,458 t compare
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- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate -2.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Production, annual growth rate 4.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate -0.0268 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 4.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production, annual growth rate -8.83 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth -9.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, annual growth rate -9.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Yield, annual growth rate -4.3 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is butter and ghee of sheep milk — production in Western Asia?
- Butter and ghee of sheep milk — production in Western Asia was 42,053 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 Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 50,790 t in 2019.
- What is the lowest butter and ghee of sheep milk — production recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 23,673 t in 1961.
- How does Western Asia rank for butter and ghee of sheep milk — production?
- Western Asia ranks 2nd out of 8 groups with data for 2023.
- Is butter and ghee of sheep milk — production rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Asia 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.