Butter and Ghee — Production in Mongolia
Mongolia: Butter and Ghee — Production was 11,186 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Butter and Ghee — Production in Mongolia, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2023, butter and ghee — production in Mongolia stood at 11,186 t.
That represents a change of down 14.7% on the previous year and down 18.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, butter and ghee — production in Mongolia peaked at 15,854 t in 2015 and was at its lowest, 548 t, in 1994.
That places Mongolia 61st out of 134 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,711 t | 3,000 t | 4,100 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,290 t | 2,800 t | 3,900 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,360 t | 3,800 t | 4,800 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,425 t | 548 t | 4,419 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 640 t | 600 t | 650 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,986 t | 11,676 t | 15,854 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,481 t | 11,186 t | 14,213 t | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Mongolia
- Agriculture share gdp 8.94 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 8.94 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
- Rural population 28.9% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.6% (2025)
- Rural population 1.03 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 8.9% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.27 billion current US$ (2025)
- Tomatoes — Production 2,070 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is butter and ghee — production in Mongolia?
- Butter and ghee — production in Mongolia was 11,186 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest butter and ghee — production recorded in Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 15,854 t in 2015.
- What is the lowest butter and ghee — production recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 548 t in 1994.
- How does Mongolia rank for butter and ghee — production?
- Mongolia ranks 61st out of 134 countries with data for 2023.
- Is butter and ghee — production rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mongolia 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.