Butter and Ghee — Production in Middle Africa

Middle Africa: Butter and Ghee — Production was 1,232 t in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
1,232 t
Change on year
up 1.0%
Rank
11th
of 12 regions
All-time high
1,232 t
in 2023
All-time low
553.77 t
in 1961
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Butter and Ghee — Production in Middle Africa, 1961–2023

02505007501.0k1.2k196119922023

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for butter and ghee — production in Middle Africa is 1,232 t, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 47.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, butter and ghee — production in Middle Africa peaked at 1,232 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 553.77 t, in 1961.

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

Butter and Ghee — Production in Middle Africa, year by year

Annual values for Butter and Ghee — Production in Middle Africa, 1961 to 2023.
Year t Change
1961 553.77 t
1962 570.33 t +3.0%
1963 586.88 t +2.9%
1964 603.53 t +2.8%
1965 607.57 t +0.7%
1966 616.37 t +1.4%
1967 625.41 t +1.5%
1968 637.75 t +2.0%
1969 636.44 t -0.2%
1970 638.84 t +0.4%
1971 641.39 t +0.4%
1972 653.78 t +1.9%
1973 626.33 t -4.2%
1974 563.06 t -10.1%
1975 588.16 t +4.5%
1976 589.45 t +0.2%
1977 624.73 t +6.0%
1978 643.3 t +3.0%
1979 662.55 t +3.0%
1980 681.8 t +2.9%
1981 688.63 t +1.0%
1982 700.53 t +1.7%
1983 713.18 t +1.8%
1984 652.78 t -8.5%
1985 667.5 t +2.3%
1986 674.67 t +1.1%
1987 674.31 t -0.1%
1988 668.75 t -0.8%
1989 660 t -1.3%
1990 680.88 t +3.2%
1991 679.25 t -0.2%
1992 699.75 t +3.0%
1993 703.54 t +0.5%
1994 673.89 t -4.2%
1995 711.5 t +5.6%
1996 739.93 t +4.0%
1997 810.88 t +9.6%
1998 859.26 t +6.0%
1999 865.93 t +0.8%
2000 886.88 t +2.4%
2001 943.95 t +6.4%
2002 987 t +4.6%
2003 1,003 t +1.6%
2004 1,035 t +3.2%
2005 1,063 t +2.8%
2006 960.77 t -9.6%
2007 976.48 t +1.6%
2008 980.74 t +0.4%
2009 906.77 t -7.5%
2010 809.24 t -10.8%
2011 779.73 t -3.6%
2012 822.49 t +5.5%
2013 836.38 t +1.7%
2014 1,049 t +25.5%
2015 1,100 t +4.8%
2016 1,104 t +0.3%
2017 1,025 t -7.1%
2018 1,051 t +2.5%
2019 1,095 t +4.1%
2020 1,178 t +7.6%
2021 1,184 t +0.5%
2022 1,220 t +3.0%
2023 1,232 t +1.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 604.23 t 553.77 t 637.75 t 9
1970s 623.16 t 563.06 t 662.55 t 10
1980s 678.21 t 652.78 t 713.18 t 10
1990s 742.48 t 673.89 t 865.93 t 10
2000s 974.34 t 886.88 t 1,063 t 10
2010s 967.3 t 779.73 t 1,104 t 10
2020s 1,203 t 1,178 t 1,232 t 4

Countries ranked near Middle Africa

  1. 8 Russian Federation 301,223 t compare
  2. 9 Ireland 299,300 t compare
  3. 10 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 266,700 t compare
  4. 11 Poland 264,950 t compare
  5. 12 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 200,900 t compare
  6. 13 Brazil 145,582 t compare
  7. 14 Belarus 130,403 t compare

See the full ranking of 165 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is butter and ghee — production in Middle Africa?
Butter and ghee — production in Middle Africa was 1,232 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest butter and ghee — production recorded in Middle Africa?
The highest recorded value was 1,232 t in 2023.
What is the lowest butter and ghee — production recorded in Middle Africa?
The lowest recorded value was 553.77 t in 1961.
How does Middle Africa rank for butter and ghee — production?
Middle Africa ranks 11th out of 12 regions with data for 2023.
Is butter and ghee — production rising or falling in Middle Africa?
Over the last ten years it is up 47.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Middle 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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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.