Butter and Ghee — Production in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Butter and Ghee — Production was 124,059 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Butter and Ghee — Production in Eastern Africa, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Eastern Africa recorded 124,059 t for butter and ghee — production in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.9% on the previous year and up 26.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, butter and ghee — production in Eastern Africa peaked at 124,059 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 22,606 t, in 1965.
Eastern Africa ranks 22nd of 27 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Butter and Ghee — Production in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 23,230 t | — |
| 1962 | 24,054 t | +3.5% |
| 1963 | 24,008 t | -0.2% |
| 1964 | 23,662 t | -1.4% |
| 1965 | 22,606 t | -4.5% |
| 1966 | 24,544 t | +8.6% |
| 1967 | 23,870 t | -2.7% |
| 1968 | 26,222 t | +9.9% |
| 1969 | 27,036 t | +3.1% |
| 1970 | 26,298 t | -2.7% |
| 1971 | 25,074 t | -4.7% |
| 1972 | 26,498 t | +5.7% |
| 1973 | 25,604 t | -3.4% |
| 1974 | 23,775 t | -7.1% |
| 1975 | 24,479 t | +3.0% |
| 1976 | 24,124 t | -1.4% |
| 1977 | 26,852 t | +11.3% |
| 1978 | 27,620 t | +2.9% |
| 1979 | 27,562 t | -0.2% |
| 1980 | 26,597 t | -3.5% |
| 1981 | 27,218 t | +2.3% |
| 1982 | 28,171 t | +3.5% |
| 1983 | 28,607 t | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 26,891 t | -6.0% |
| 1985 | 28,544 t | +6.1% |
| 1986 | 30,338 t | +6.3% |
| 1987 | 31,095 t | +2.5% |
| 1988 | 31,638 t | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 31,758 t | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 31,096 t | -2.1% |
| 1991 | 29,353 t | -5.6% |
| 1992 | 28,408 t | -3.2% |
| 1993 | 30,149 t | +6.1% |
| 1994 | 33,178 t | +10.0% |
| 1995 | 33,822 t | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 32,973 t | -2.5% |
| 1997 | 32,887 t | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 33,585 t | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 32,342 t | -3.7% |
| 2000 | 36,456 t | +12.7% |
| 2001 | 37,954 t | +4.1% |
| 2002 | 39,072 t | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 39,970 t | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 49,611 t | +24.1% |
| 2005 | 55,455 t | +11.8% |
| 2006 | 62,902 t | +13.4% |
| 2007 | 70,970 t | +12.8% |
| 2008 | 70,760 t | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 75,052 t | +6.1% |
| 2010 | 79,035 t | +5.3% |
| 2011 | 78,033 t | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 98,524 t | +26.3% |
| 2013 | 97,905 t | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 99,660 t | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 98,809 t | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 101,761 t | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 98,626 t | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 106,667 t | +8.2% |
| 2019 | 100,543 t | -5.7% |
| 2020 | 110,041 t | +9.4% |
| 2021 | 111,623 t | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 119,436 t | +7.0% |
| 2023 | 124,059 t | +3.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 24,359 t | 22,606 t | 27,036 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 25,789 t | 23,775 t | 27,620 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 29,086 t | 26,597 t | 31,758 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 31,779 t | 28,408 t | 33,822 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 53,820 t | 36,456 t | 75,052 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 95,956 t | 78,033 t | 106,667 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 116,290 t | 110,041 t | 124,059 t | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is butter and ghee — production in Eastern Africa?
- Butter and ghee — production in Eastern Africa was 124,059 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest butter and ghee — production recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 124,059 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest butter and ghee — production recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 22,606 t in 1965.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for butter and ghee — production?
- Eastern Africa ranks 22nd out of 27 groups with data for 2023.
- Is butter and ghee — production rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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.