Butter and Ghee — Production in Canada
Canada: Butter and Ghee — Production was 114,903 t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Butter and Ghee — Production in Canada, 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 Canada is 114,903 t, measured in 2023.
The figure is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 28.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, butter and ghee — production in Canada peaked at 169,190 t in 1962 and was at its lowest, 78,843 t, in 2006.
That places Canada 20th out of 126 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Butter and Ghee — Production in Canada, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 165,107 t | — |
| 1962 | 169,190 t | +2.5% |
| 1963 | 164,200 t | -2.9% |
| 1964 | 163,747 t | -0.3% |
| 1965 | 156,942 t | -4.2% |
| 1966 | 155,129 t | -1.2% |
| 1967 | 153,314 t | -1.2% |
| 1968 | 156,489 t | +2.1% |
| 1969 | 162,385 t | +3.8% |
| 1970 | 152,709 t | -6.0% |
| 1971 | 134,309 t | -12.0% |
| 1972 | 136,239 t | +1.4% |
| 1973 | 118,361 t | -13.1% |
| 1974 | 108,960 t | -7.9% |
| 1975 | 132,779 t | +21.9% |
| 1976 | 118,536 t | -10.7% |
| 1977 | 116,718 t | -1.5% |
| 1978 | 105,457 t | -9.6% |
| 1979 | 101,418 t | -3.8% |
| 1980 | 106,710 t | +5.2% |
| 1981 | 116,915 t | +9.6% |
| 1982 | 126,449 t | +8.2% |
| 1983 | 107,805 t | -14.7% |
| 1984 | 111,891 t | +3.8% |
| 1985 | 99,969 t | -10.7% |
| 1986 | 102,585 t | +2.6% |
| 1987 | 98,029 t | -4.4% |
| 1988 | 108,648 t | +10.8% |
| 1989 | 102,241 t | -5.9% |
| 1990 | 104,447 t | +2.2% |
| 1991 | 101,059 t | -3.2% |
| 1992 | 90,235 t | -10.7% |
| 1993 | 86,692 t | -3.9% |
| 1994 | 92,674 t | +6.9% |
| 1995 | 96,765 t | +4.4% |
| 1996 | 97,612 t | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 93,959 t | -3.7% |
| 1998 | 90,600 t | -3.6% |
| 1999 | 92,060 t | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 83,131 t | -9.7% |
| 2001 | 87,506 t | +5.3% |
| 2002 | 79,173 t | -9.5% |
| 2003 | 86,865 t | +9.7% |
| 2004 | 86,870 t | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 86,332 t | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 78,843 t | -8.7% |
| 2007 | 82,438 t | +4.6% |
| 2008 | 85,831 t | +4.1% |
| 2009 | 85,857 t | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 80,040 t | -6.8% |
| 2011 | 88,643 t | +10.7% |
| 2012 | 97,553 t | +10.1% |
| 2013 | 89,353 t | -8.4% |
| 2014 | 83,129 t | -7.0% |
| 2015 | 85,591 t | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 93,420 t | +9.1% |
| 2017 | 108,774 t | +16.4% |
| 2018 | 116,144 t | +6.8% |
| 2019 | 112,374 t | -3.2% |
| 2020 | 118,235 t | +5.2% |
| 2021 | 117,406 t | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 113,327 t | -3.5% |
| 2023 | 114,903 t | +1.4% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 114,903 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 16,000 t, 7.2× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 160,723 t | 153,314 t | 169,190 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 122,549 t | 101,418 t | 152,709 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 108,124 t | 98,029 t | 126,449 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 94,610 t | 86,692 t | 104,447 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 84,285 t | 78,843 t | 87,506 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 95,502 t | 80,040 t | 116,144 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 115,968 t | 113,327 t | 118,235 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Canada
- 17 China, mainland 119,298 t compare
- 18 Czechoslovakia 118,000 t compare
- 19 Belgium-Luxembourg 117,116 t compare
- 21 Uzbekistan 104,805 t compare
- 22 Egypt 100,609 t compare
- 23 Denmark 95,800 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Canada
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 31.61 % change on previous year (2022)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0193 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,092 current US$ per person (2022)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.0803 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1712 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.9% (2022)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.9% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is butter and ghee — production in Canada?
- Butter and ghee — production in Canada was 114,903 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest butter and ghee — production recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 169,190 t in 1962.
- What is the lowest butter and ghee — production recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 78,843 t in 2006.
- How does Canada rank for butter and ghee — production?
- Canada ranks 20th out of 126 countries with data for 2023.
- Is butter and ghee — production rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Canada 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.