Butter and Ghee — Production in Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia: Butter and Ghee — Production was 261,351 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Butter and Ghee — Production in Eastern Asia, 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 Eastern Asia is 261,351 t, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.5% on the previous year and up 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, butter and ghee — production in Eastern Asia peaked at 265,228 t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 30,583 t, in 1961.
Eastern Asia ranks 17th of 27 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Butter and Ghee — Production in Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 30,583 t | — |
| 1962 | 36,548 t | +19.5% |
| 1963 | 41,071 t | +12.4% |
| 1964 | 41,668 t | +1.5% |
| 1965 | 43,360 t | +4.1% |
| 1966 | 44,345 t | +2.3% |
| 1967 | 42,616 t | -3.9% |
| 1968 | 50,809 t | +19.2% |
| 1969 | 60,942 t | +19.9% |
| 1970 | 64,246 t | +5.4% |
| 1971 | 70,860 t | +10.3% |
| 1972 | 67,998 t | -4.0% |
| 1973 | 67,852 t | -0.2% |
| 1974 | 67,550 t | -0.4% |
| 1975 | 71,678 t | +6.1% |
| 1976 | 78,718 t | +9.8% |
| 1977 | 91,588 t | +16.3% |
| 1978 | 102,034 t | +11.4% |
| 1979 | 109,926 t | +7.7% |
| 1980 | 108,666 t | -1.1% |
| 1981 | 114,141 t | +5.0% |
| 1982 | 121,190 t | +6.2% |
| 1983 | 135,226 t | +11.6% |
| 1984 | 147,948 t | +9.4% |
| 1985 | 162,755 t | +10.0% |
| 1986 | 174,302 t | +7.1% |
| 1987 | 165,613 t | -5.0% |
| 1988 | 175,520 t | +6.0% |
| 1989 | 184,756 t | +5.3% |
| 1990 | 187,907 t | +1.7% |
| 1991 | 190,801 t | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 213,554 t | +11.9% |
| 1993 | 229,025 t | +7.2% |
| 1994 | 205,492 t | -10.3% |
| 1995 | 209,525 t | +2.0% |
| 1996 | 213,592 t | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 218,753 t | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 217,587 t | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 219,391 t | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 224,693 t | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 220,901 t | -1.7% |
| 2002 | 226,631 t | +2.6% |
| 2003 | 232,628 t | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 239,403 t | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 242,879 t | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 241,425 t | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 236,560 t | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 235,219 t | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 243,490 t | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 245,125 t | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 235,124 t | -4.1% |
| 2012 | 247,146 t | +5.1% |
| 2013 | 250,740 t | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 254,135 t | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 241,586 t | -4.9% |
| 2016 | 233,556 t | -3.3% |
| 2017 | 226,128 t | -3.2% |
| 2018 | 245,260 t | +8.5% |
| 2019 | 225,686 t | -8.0% |
| 2020 | 252,027 t | +11.7% |
| 2021 | 256,222 t | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 265,228 t | +3.5% |
| 2023 | 261,351 t | -1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 43,549 t | 30,583 t | 60,942 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 79,245 t | 64,246 t | 109,926 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 149,012 t | 108,666 t | 184,756 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 210,563 t | 187,907 t | 229,025 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 234,383 t | 220,901 t | 243,490 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 240,449 t | 225,686 t | 254,135 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 258,707 t | 252,027 t | 265,228 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Asia
- 14 Belarus 130,403 t compare
- 15 Belgium 119,860 t compare
- 16 China 119,425 t compare
- 17 China, mainland 119,298 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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- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 0.844 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.2029 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross -1.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.9519 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 0.7992 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.8516 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.8101 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.4424 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is butter and ghee — production in Eastern Asia?
- Butter and ghee — production in Eastern Asia was 261,351 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest butter and ghee — production recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 265,228 t in 2022.
- What is the lowest butter and ghee — production recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 30,583 t in 1961.
- How does Eastern Asia rank for butter and ghee — production?
- Eastern Asia ranks 17th out of 27 groups with data for 2023.
- Is butter and ghee — production rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Asia 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.