Butter and Ghee — Production in China, mainland
China, mainland: Butter and Ghee — Production was 119,298 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Butter and Ghee — Production in China, mainland, 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 China, mainland is 119,298 t, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.9% on the previous year and up 18.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, butter and ghee — production in China, mainland peaked at 119,298 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 13,351 t, in 1961.
That places China, mainland 17th out of 126 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,715 t | 13,351 t | 15,359 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 23,168 t | 16,630 t | 29,220 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 47,769 t | 32,490 t | 63,210 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 73,332 t | 63,700 t | 79,800 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 96,441 t | 81,950 t | 106,850 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 96,406 t | 87,205 t | 106,303 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 108,719 t | 98,196 t | 119,298 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near China, mainland
- 14 Belarus 130,403 t compare
- 15 Belgium 119,860 t compare
- 16 China (People’s Republic of) 119,425 t compare
- 18 Czechoslovakia 118,000 t compare
- 19 Belgium-Luxembourg 117,116 t compare
- 20 Canada 114,903 t compare
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- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 2.26 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 81 kg/An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 57.06 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 702.56 million An (2024)
- Bananas — Production 11.76 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 310,093 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 56,478 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 1.09 million ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 427.43 million An (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 702.56 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is butter and ghee — production in China, mainland?
- Butter and ghee — production in China, mainland was 119,298 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest butter and ghee — production recorded in China, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 119,298 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest butter and ghee — production recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,351 t in 1961.
- How does China, mainland rank for butter and ghee — production?
- China, mainland ranks 17th out of 126 countries with data for 2023.
- Is butter and ghee — production rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China, mainland 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.