Butter and Ghee — Production in Europe
Europe: Butter and Ghee — Production was 3.07 million t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Butter and Ghee — Production in Europe, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2023, butter and ghee — production in Europe stood at 3.07 million t.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 20.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, butter and ghee — production in Europe peaked at 5.03 million t in 1986 and was at its lowest, 2.40 million t, in 2009.
Europe ranks 3rd of 27 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Butter and Ghee — Production in Europe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3.07 million t | — |
| 1962 | 3.13 million t | +2.0% |
| 1963 | 3.06 million t | -2.3% |
| 1964 | 3.13 million t | +2.3% |
| 1965 | 3.52 million t | +12.5% |
| 1966 | 3.53 million t | +0.3% |
| 1967 | 3.62 million t | +2.6% |
| 1968 | 3.74 million t | +3.4% |
| 1969 | 3.53 million t | -5.8% |
| 1970 | 3.45 million t | -2.3% |
| 1971 | 3.46 million t | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 3.78 million t | +9.2% |
| 1973 | 4.04 million t | +7.0% |
| 1974 | 4.00 million t | -1.0% |
| 1975 | 4.01 million t | +0.2% |
| 1976 | 4.17 million t | +4.0% |
| 1977 | 4.36 million t | +4.6% |
| 1978 | 4.52 million t | +3.6% |
| 1979 | 4.47 million t | -1.1% |
| 1980 | 4.44 million t | -0.6% |
| 1981 | 4.26 million t | -4.0% |
| 1982 | 4.51 million t | +5.8% |
| 1983 | 5.00 million t | +10.9% |
| 1984 | 4.86 million t | -2.9% |
| 1985 | 4.79 million t | -1.4% |
| 1986 | 5.03 million t | +4.9% |
| 1987 | 4.72 million t | -6.2% |
| 1988 | 4.53 million t | -3.9% |
| 1989 | 4.63 million t | +2.1% |
| 1990 | 4.54 million t | -1.9% |
| 1991 | 3.93 million t | -13.3% |
| 1992 | 3.58 million t | -9.0% |
| 1993 | 3.39 million t | -5.4% |
| 1994 | 2.96 million t | -12.5% |
| 1995 | 2.92 million t | -1.6% |
| 1996 | 2.77 million t | -5.2% |
| 1997 | 2.71 million t | -2.0% |
| 1998 | 2.67 million t | -1.4% |
| 1999 | 2.65 million t | -1.1% |
| 2000 | 2.63 million t | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 2.63 million t | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 2.67 million t | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 2.67 million t | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 2.61 million t | -2.3% |
| 2005 | 2.63 million t | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 2.53 million t | -3.5% |
| 2007 | 2.54 million t | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 2.53 million t | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 2.40 million t | -4.8% |
| 2010 | 2.41 million t | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 2.46 million t | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 2.53 million t | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 2.54 million t | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 2.70 million t | +6.6% |
| 2015 | 2.76 million t | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 2.85 million t | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 2.88 million t | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 2.87 million t | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 2.96 million t | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 3.02 million t | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 2.98 million t | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 3.04 million t | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 3.07 million t | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.37 million t | 3.06 million t | 3.74 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 4.03 million t | 3.45 million t | 4.52 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.68 million t | 4.26 million t | 5.03 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.21 million t | 2.65 million t | 4.54 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.58 million t | 2.40 million t | 2.67 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.70 million t | 2.41 million t | 2.96 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.03 million t | 2.98 million t | 3.07 million t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 1 India 5.48 million t compare
- 2 USSR 1.51 million t compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 214,077 t compare
- 3 Pakistan 1.27 million t compare
- 4 Türkiye 150,492 t compare
- 4 Australia and New Zealand 536,750 t compare
- 5 Germany 468,880 t compare
- 5 United Republic of Tanzania 60,925 t compare
- 6 New Zealand 462,400 t compare
- 6 Syrian Arab Republic 20,786 t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is butter and ghee — production in Europe?
- Butter and ghee — production in Europe was 3.07 million t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest butter and ghee — production recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 5.03 million t in 1986.
- What is the lowest butter and ghee — production recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.40 million t in 2009.
- How does Europe rank for butter and ghee — production?
- Europe ranks 3rd out of 27 groups with data for 2023.
- Is butter and ghee — production rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Europe 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.