Butter and Ghee — Production in Argentina
Argentina: Butter and Ghee — Production was 43,510 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Butter and Ghee — Production in Argentina, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Argentina recorded 43,510 t for butter and ghee — production in 2023.
The figure is down 9.8% on the previous year and down 21.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, butter and ghee — production in Argentina peaked at 58,886 t in 2011 and was at its lowest, 27,545 t, in 1970.
That places Argentina 32nd out of 126 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Butter and Ghee — Production in Argentina, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 54,674 t | — |
| 1962 | 49,011 t | -10.4% |
| 1963 | 50,675 t | +3.4% |
| 1964 | 50,821 t | +0.3% |
| 1965 | 42,351 t | -16.7% |
| 1966 | 46,220 t | +9.1% |
| 1967 | 40,571 t | -12.2% |
| 1968 | 39,289 t | -3.2% |
| 1969 | 34,874 t | -11.2% |
| 1970 | 27,545 t | -21.0% |
| 1971 | 36,458 t | +32.4% |
| 1972 | 48,805 t | +33.9% |
| 1973 | 37,477 t | -23.2% |
| 1974 | 34,949 t | -6.7% |
| 1975 | 40,035 t | +14.6% |
| 1976 | 40,184 t | +0.4% |
| 1977 | 30,049 t | -25.2% |
| 1978 | 29,217 t | -2.8% |
| 1979 | 33,056 t | +13.1% |
| 1980 | 29,157 t | -11.8% |
| 1981 | 32,273 t | +10.7% |
| 1982 | 37,288 t | +15.5% |
| 1983 | 33,721 t | -9.6% |
| 1984 | 28,185 t | -16.4% |
| 1985 | 32,147 t | +14.1% |
| 1986 | 32,022 t | -0.4% |
| 1987 | 34,126 t | +6.6% |
| 1988 | 36,551 t | +7.1% |
| 1989 | 36,637 t | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 35,421 t | -3.3% |
| 1991 | 38,000 t | +7.3% |
| 1992 | 37,000 t | -2.6% |
| 1993 | 36,000 t | -2.7% |
| 1994 | 43,494 t | +20.8% |
| 1995 | 51,299 t | +17.9% |
| 1996 | 52,000 t | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 49,900 t | -4.0% |
| 1998 | 48,500 t | -2.8% |
| 1999 | 54,800 t | +13.0% |
| 2000 | 55,700 t | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 56,400 t | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 58,100 t | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 58,300 t | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 58,000 t | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 56,500 t | -2.6% |
| 2006 | 56,750 t | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 58,250 t | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 58,780 t | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 54,123 t | -7.9% |
| 2010 | 54,468 t | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 58,886 t | +8.1% |
| 2012 | 58,603 t | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 55,133 t | -5.9% |
| 2014 | 53,309 t | -3.3% |
| 2015 | 46,109 t | -13.5% |
| 2016 | 38,564 t | -16.4% |
| 2017 | 30,441 t | -21.1% |
| 2018 | 33,396 t | +9.7% |
| 2019 | 33,333 t | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 39,514 t | +18.5% |
| 2021 | 46,500 t | +17.7% |
| 2022 | 48,257 t | +3.8% |
| 2023 | 43,510 t | -9.8% |
Argentina compared with similar countries
- Argentina's 43,510 t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,469 t, 12.5× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Argentina's 43,510 t is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 5,776 t, 7.5× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 45,387 t | 34,874 t | 54,674 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 35,778 t | 27,545 t | 48,805 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 33,211 t | 28,185 t | 37,288 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 44,641 t | 35,421 t | 54,800 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 57,090 t | 54,123 t | 58,780 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 46,224 t | 30,441 t | 58,886 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 44,445 t | 39,514 t | 48,257 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Argentina
More agriculture & rural data for Argentina
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0553 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 824.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6693 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0765 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 5.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 5.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is butter and ghee — production in Argentina?
- Butter and ghee — production in Argentina was 43,510 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest butter and ghee — production recorded in Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was 58,886 t in 2011.
- What is the lowest butter and ghee — production recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was 27,545 t in 1970.
- How does Argentina rank for butter and ghee — production?
- Argentina ranks 32nd out of 126 countries with data for 2023.
- Is butter and ghee — production rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Argentina data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Butter and Ghee — 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.