Butter and Ghee — Production in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Butter and Ghee — Production was 536,750 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Butter and Ghee — Production in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2023, butter and ghee — production in Australia and New Zealand stood at 536,750 t.
That represents a change of down 1.1% on the previous year and up 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, butter and ghee — production in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 696,462 t in 2015 and was at its lowest, 315,500 t, in 1982.
Australia and New Zealand ranks 4th of 126 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Butter and Ghee — Production in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 395,600 t | — |
| 1962 | 411,100 t | +3.9% |
| 1963 | 421,500 t | +2.5% |
| 1964 | 437,600 t | +3.8% |
| 1965 | 451,600 t | +3.2% |
| 1966 | 453,200 t | +0.4% |
| 1967 | 480,800 t | +6.1% |
| 1968 | 447,500 t | -6.9% |
| 1969 | 469,600 t | +4.9% |
| 1970 | 462,700 t | -1.5% |
| 1971 | 434,000 t | -6.2% |
| 1972 | 439,600 t | +1.3% |
| 1973 | 422,400 t | -3.9% |
| 1974 | 386,800 t | -8.4% |
| 1975 | 400,700 t | +3.6% |
| 1976 | 399,700 t | -0.2% |
| 1977 | 381,300 t | -4.6% |
| 1978 | 342,900 t | -10.1% |
| 1979 | 359,500 t | +4.8% |
| 1980 | 339,300 t | -5.6% |
| 1981 | 326,600 t | -3.7% |
| 1982 | 315,500 t | -3.4% |
| 1983 | 338,100 t | +7.2% |
| 1984 | 393,100 t | +16.3% |
| 1985 | 391,500 t | -0.4% |
| 1986 | 396,700 t | +1.3% |
| 1987 | 344,800 t | -13.1% |
| 1988 | 338,130 t | -1.9% |
| 1989 | 321,923 t | -4.8% |
| 1990 | 362,240 t | +12.5% |
| 1991 | 356,960 t | -1.5% |
| 1992 | 369,946 t | +3.6% |
| 1993 | 379,048 t | +2.5% |
| 1994 | 415,197 t | +9.5% |
| 1995 | 400,488 t | -3.5% |
| 1996 | 442,959 t | +10.6% |
| 1997 | 497,887 t | +12.4% |
| 1998 | 505,693 t | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 494,635 t | -2.2% |
| 2000 | 527,596 t | +6.7% |
| 2001 | 563,710 t | +6.8% |
| 2002 | 593,480 t | +5.3% |
| 2003 | 569,680 t | -4.0% |
| 2004 | 539,715 t | -5.3% |
| 2005 | 527,635 t | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 523,735 t | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 552,640 t | +5.5% |
| 2008 | 546,423 t | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 562,208 t | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 529,326 t | -5.8% |
| 2011 | 593,986 t | +12.2% |
| 2012 | 472,966 t | -20.4% |
| 2013 | 516,894 t | +9.3% |
| 2014 | 694,106 t | +34.3% |
| 2015 | 696,462 t | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 688,103 t | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 599,423 t | -12.9% |
| 2018 | 603,109 t | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 583,537 t | -3.2% |
| 2020 | 567,250 t | -2.8% |
| 2021 | 514,834 t | -9.2% |
| 2022 | 542,903 t | +5.5% |
| 2023 | 536,750 t | -1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 440,944 t | 395,600 t | 480,800 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 402,960 t | 342,900 t | 462,700 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 350,565 t | 315,500 t | 396,700 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 422,505 t | 356,960 t | 505,693 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 550,682 t | 523,735 t | 593,480 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 597,791 t | 472,966 t | 696,462 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 540,434 t | 514,834 t | 567,250 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Australia and New Zealand
- 1 India 5.48 million t compare
- 2 USSR 1.51 million t compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 214,077 t compare
- 3 Pakistan 1.27 million t compare
- 4 Türkiye 150,492 t compare
- 5 Germany 468,880 t compare
- 5 United Republic of Tanzania 60,925 t compare
- 6 New Zealand 462,400 t compare
- 6 Syrian Arab Republic 20,786 t compare
- 7 France 403,970 t compare
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- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 6.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate 30.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production, annual growth rate -8.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Yield, annual growth rate -11.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate 0.6997 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth 9.7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Production, annual growth rate 8.32 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate -4.35 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is butter and ghee — production in Australia and New Zealand?
- Butter and ghee — production in Australia and New Zealand was 536,750 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest butter and ghee — production recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 696,462 t in 2015.
- What is the lowest butter and ghee — production recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 315,500 t in 1982.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for butter and ghee — production?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 4th out of 126 countries with data for 2023.
- Is butter and ghee — production rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand 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.