Butter and Ghee — Production in Germany
Germany: Butter and Ghee — Production was 468,880 t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Butter and Ghee — Production in Germany, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Germany recorded 468,880 t for butter and ghee — production in 2023.
The figure is up 2.1% on the previous year and down 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, butter and ghee — production in Germany peaked at 918,005 t in 1983 and was at its lowest, 409,596 t, in 2009.
That places Germany 5th out of 134 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 689,948 t | 632,300 t | 756,395 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 781,630 t | 695,800 t | 845,300 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 819,117 t | 697,565 t | 918,005 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 496,481 t | 427,428 t | 648,100 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 438,405 t | 409,596 t | 464,501 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 484,012 t | 449,230 t | 509,490 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 471,760 t | 459,180 t | 497,300 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Germany
- 2 USSR 1.51 million t compare
- 3 Pakistan 1.27 million t compare
- 4 Australia and New Zealand 536,750 t compare
- 6 New Zealand 462,400 t compare
- 7 France 403,970 t compare
- 8 Russian Federation 301,223 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Germany
- Agriculture share gdp 0.8714 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.8714 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
- Rural population 17.9% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 14.91 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 0.9% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 44.02 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 0 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is butter and ghee — production in Germany?
- Butter and ghee — production in Germany was 468,880 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest butter and ghee — production recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 918,005 t in 1983.
- What is the lowest butter and ghee — production recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 409,596 t in 2009.
- How does Germany rank for butter and ghee — production?
- Germany ranks 5th out of 134 countries with data for 2023.
- Is butter and ghee — production rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Germany 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.