Butter and Ghee — Production in Melanesia

Melanesia: Butter and Ghee — Production was 1,144 t in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
1,144 t
Change on year
down 7.2%
World rank
12th
of 12 countries
All-time high
2,077 t
in 2012
All-time low
264 t
in 1983
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Butter and Ghee — Production in Melanesia, 1961–2023

5001.0k1.5k2.0k196119922023

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

Melanesia recorded 1,144 t for butter and ghee — production in 2023.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.2% on the previous year and down 39.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, butter and ghee — production in Melanesia peaked at 2,077 t in 2012 and was at its lowest, 264 t, in 1983.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.

Butter and Ghee — Production in Melanesia, year by year

Annual values for Butter and Ghee — Production in Melanesia, 1961 to 2023.
Year t Change
1961 403 t —
1962 416 t +3.2%
1963 403 t -3.1%
1964 471 t +16.9%
1965 530 t +12.5%
1966 545 t +2.8%
1967 546 t +0.2%
1968 611 t +11.9%
1969 723 t +18.3%
1970 798 t +10.4%
1971 1,112 t +39.3%
1972 1,141 t +2.6%
1973 982 t -13.9%
1974 1,134 t +15.5%
1975 1,162 t +2.5%
1976 1,201 t +3.4%
1977 1,316 t +9.6%
1978 1,523 t +15.7%
1979 1,698 t +11.5%
1980 1,652 t -2.7%
1981 1,406 t -14.9%
1982 897 t -36.2%
1983 264 t -70.6%
1984 308 t +16.7%
1985 1,124 t +264.9%
1986 1,239 t +10.2%
1987 1,261 t +1.8%
1988 1,204 t -4.5%
1989 1,363 t +13.2%
1990 1,227 t -10.0%
1991 1,477 t +20.4%
1992 1,504 t +1.8%
1993 1,480 t -1.6%
1994 1,692 t +14.3%
1995 1,712 t +1.2%
1996 1,652 t -3.5%
1997 1,678 t +1.6%
1998 1,762 t +5.0%
1999 1,809 t +2.7%
2000 1,732 t -4.3%
2001 1,747 t +0.9%
2002 1,800 t +3.0%
2003 1,839 t +2.2%
2004 1,442 t -21.6%
2005 1,757 t +21.8%
2006 1,879 t +6.9%
2007 1,854 t -1.3%
2008 1,806 t -2.6%
2009 1,814 t +0.4%
2010 2,042 t +12.6%
2011 1,875 t -8.2%
2012 2,077 t +10.8%
2013 1,890 t -9.0%
2014 1,211 t -35.9%
2015 1,406 t +16.1%
2016 1,473 t +4.8%
2017 1,333 t -9.5%
2018 1,431 t +7.4%
2019 1,308 t -8.6%
2020 1,171 t -10.5%
2021 1,164 t -0.6%
2022 1,233 t +5.9%
2023 1,144 t -7.2%

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Butter and Ghee — Production in Melanesia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
1985 +264.9% 308 t 1,124 t
1983 -70.6% 897 t 264 t

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 516.44 t 403 t 723 t 9
1970s 1,207 t 798 t 1,698 t 10
1980s 1,072 t 264 t 1,652 t 10
1990s 1,599 t 1,227 t 1,809 t 10
2000s 1,767 t 1,442 t 1,879 t 10
2010s 1,605 t 1,211 t 2,077 t 10
2020s 1,178 t 1,144 t 1,233 t 4

Countries ranked near Melanesia

  1. 9 Ireland 299,300 t compare
  2. 9 Republic of Moldova 3,002 t compare
  3. 10 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,561 t compare
  4. 10 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 266,700 t compare
  5. 11 Poland 264,950 t compare
  6. 12 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 200,900 t compare
  7. 13 Brazil 145,582 t compare
  8. 14 Belarus 130,403 t compare
  9. 15 Belgium 119,860 t compare

See the full ranking of 165 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is butter and ghee — production in Melanesia?
Butter and ghee — production in Melanesia was 1,144 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest butter and ghee — production recorded in Melanesia?
The highest recorded value was 2,077 t in 2012.
What is the lowest butter and ghee — production recorded in Melanesia?
The lowest recorded value was 264 t in 1983.
How does Melanesia rank for butter and ghee — production?
Melanesia ranks 12th out of 12 countries with data for 2023.
Is butter and ghee — production rising or falling in Melanesia?
Over the last ten years it is down 39.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Melanesia 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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Indicator
Butter and Ghee — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
165 places, 8,877 data points, 1961–2023
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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.