Butter and Ghee — Production in Central America

Central America: Butter and Ghee — Production was 51,452 t in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
51,452 t
Change on year
up 0.8%
Rank
23rd
of 27 groups
All-time high
51,452 t
in 2023
All-time low
17,085 t
in 1961
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Butter and Ghee — Production in Central America, 1961–2023

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

Central America recorded 51,452 t for butter and ghee — production in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.

The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 20.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, butter and ghee — production in Central America peaked at 51,452 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 17,085 t, in 1961.

Central America ranks 23rd of 27 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 20,942 t 17,085 t 25,646 t 9
1970s 31,113 t 26,471 t 34,711 t 10
1980s 34,523 t 30,253 t 37,959 t 10
1990s 37,955 t 22,675 t 47,147 t 10
2000s 30,563 t 25,361 t 35,954 t 10
2010s 43,944 t 40,487 t 47,946 t 10
2020s 50,374 t 48,560 t 51,452 t 4

Countries ranked near Central America

  1. 20 Canada 114,903 t compare
  2. 21 Uzbekistan 104,805 t compare
  3. 22 Egypt 100,609 t compare
  4. 23 Denmark 95,800 t compare
  5. 24 Italy 94,400 t compare
  6. 25 Australia 74,350 t compare
  7. 26 Nepal 67,440 t compare

See the full ranking of 165 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is butter and ghee — production in Central America?
Butter and ghee — production in Central America was 51,452 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest butter and ghee — production recorded in Central America?
The highest recorded value was 51,452 t in 2023.
What is the lowest butter and ghee — production recorded in Central America?
The lowest recorded value was 17,085 t in 1961.
How does Central America rank for butter and ghee — production?
Central America ranks 23rd out of 27 groups with data for 2023.
Is butter and ghee — production rising or falling in Central America?
Over the last ten years it is up 20.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Central America 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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Indicator
Butter and Ghee — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
165 places, 8,877 data points, 1961–2023
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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.