Butter and Ghee — Production in Australia
Australia: Butter and Ghee — Production was 74,350 t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Butter and Ghee — Production in Australia, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for butter and ghee — production in Australia is 74,350 t, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is down 11.4% on the previous year and down 41.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, butter and ghee — production in Australia peaked at 223,000 t in 1970 and was at its lowest, 74,350 t, in 2023.
Australia ranks 25th of 126 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Butter and Ghee — Production in Australia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 182,100 t | — |
| 1962 | 200,400 t | +10.0% |
| 1963 | 204,500 t | +2.0% |
| 1964 | 206,100 t | +0.8% |
| 1965 | 206,300 t | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 208,800 t | +1.2% |
| 1967 | 221,900 t | +6.3% |
| 1968 | 196,100 t | -11.6% |
| 1969 | 198,200 t | +1.1% |
| 1970 | 223,000 t | +12.5% |
| 1971 | 203,200 t | -8.9% |
| 1972 | 195,400 t | -3.8% |
| 1973 | 184,900 t | -5.4% |
| 1974 | 175,500 t | -5.1% |
| 1975 | 161,300 t | -8.1% |
| 1976 | 147,600 t | -8.5% |
| 1977 | 118,200 t | -19.9% |
| 1978 | 111,700 t | -5.5% |
| 1979 | 104,800 t | -6.2% |
| 1980 | 84,300 t | -19.6% |
| 1981 | 79,400 t | -5.8% |
| 1982 | 76,400 t | -3.8% |
| 1983 | 88,300 t | +15.6% |
| 1984 | 111,300 t | +26.0% |
| 1985 | 114,000 t | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 105,000 t | -7.9% |
| 1987 | 103,900 t | -1.0% |
| 1988 | 94,330 t | -9.2% |
| 1989 | 95,923 t | +1.7% |
| 1990 | 104,398 t | +8.8% |
| 1991 | 106,079 t | +1.6% |
| 1992 | 108,293 t | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 126,781 t | +17.1% |
| 1994 | 143,111 t | +12.9% |
| 1995 | 135,155 t | -5.6% |
| 1996 | 145,590 t | +7.7% |
| 1997 | 147,000 t | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 162,035 t | +10.2% |
| 1999 | 177,160 t | +9.3% |
| 2000 | 183,765 t | +3.7% |
| 2001 | 172,575 t | -6.1% |
| 2002 | 178,930 t | +3.7% |
| 2003 | 164,680 t | -8.0% |
| 2004 | 149,715 t | -9.1% |
| 2005 | 148,635 t | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 133,735 t | -10.0% |
| 2007 | 133,640 t | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 127,923 t | -4.3% |
| 2009 | 149,208 t | +16.6% |
| 2010 | 137,326 t | -8.0% |
| 2011 | 134,986 t | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 128,816 t | -4.6% |
| 2013 | 126,894 t | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 125,606 t | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 126,962 t | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 127,503 t | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 108,323 t | -15.0% |
| 2018 | 101,109 t | -6.7% |
| 2019 | 83,537 t | -17.4% |
| 2020 | 83,391 t | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 92,146 t | +10.5% |
| 2022 | 83,903 t | -8.9% |
| 2023 | 74,350 t | -11.4% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 74,350 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 16,000 t, 4.6× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Australia's 74,350 t is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 42,479 t, 1.8× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 202,711 t | 182,100 t | 221,900 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 162,560 t | 104,800 t | 223,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 95,285 t | 76,400 t | 114,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 135,560 t | 104,398 t | 177,160 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 154,281 t | 127,923 t | 183,765 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 120,106 t | 83,537 t | 137,326 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 83,448 t | 74,350 t | 92,146 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Australia
More agriculture & rural data for Australia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0227 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,476 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5855 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1228 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is butter and ghee — production in Australia?
- Butter and ghee — production in Australia was 74,350 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest butter and ghee — production recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 223,000 t in 1970.
- What is the lowest butter and ghee — production recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 74,350 t in 2023.
- How does Australia rank for butter and ghee — production?
- Australia ranks 25th out of 126 countries with data for 2023.
- Is butter and ghee — production rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 41.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Australia 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.