Butter and Ghee — Production in Myanmar
Myanmar: Butter and Ghee — Production was 17,621 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Butter and Ghee — Production in Myanmar, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Myanmar recorded 17,621 t for butter and ghee — production in 2023.
That represents a change of down 54.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, butter and ghee — production in Myanmar peaked at 50,657 t in 2019 and was at its lowest, 2,106 t, in 1961.
Myanmar ranks 52nd of 126 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Butter and Ghee — Production in Myanmar, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,106 t | — |
| 1962 | 2,310 t | +9.7% |
| 1963 | 2,530 t | +9.5% |
| 1964 | 2,750 t | +8.7% |
| 1965 | 2,970 t | +8.0% |
| 1966 | 3,190 t | +7.4% |
| 1967 | 3,410 t | +6.9% |
| 1968 | 3,539 t | +3.8% |
| 1969 | 2,655 t | -25.0% |
| 1970 | 2,670 t | +0.6% |
| 1971 | 2,734 t | +2.4% |
| 1972 | 2,796 t | +2.3% |
| 1973 | 4,279 t | +53.0% |
| 1974 | 4,562 t | +6.6% |
| 1975 | 4,626 t | +1.4% |
| 1976 | 4,701 t | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 5,003 t | +6.4% |
| 1978 | 5,160 t | +3.1% |
| 1979 | 5,826 t | +12.9% |
| 1980 | 5,986 t | +2.7% |
| 1981 | 6,891 t | +15.1% |
| 1982 | 7,926 t | +15.0% |
| 1983 | 9,689 t | +22.2% |
| 1984 | 12,326 t | +27.2% |
| 1985 | 12,656 t | +2.7% |
| 1986 | 12,515 t | -1.1% |
| 1987 | 12,656 t | +1.1% |
| 1988 | 12,019 t | -5.0% |
| 1989 | 9,148 t | -23.9% |
| 1990 | 9,322 t | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 9,393 t | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 9,471 t | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 9,569 t | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 9,692 t | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 9,858 t | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 10,127 t | +2.7% |
| 1997 | 10,308 t | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 10,496 t | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 10,744 t | +2.4% |
| 2000 | 10,979 t | +2.2% |
| 2001 | 11,237 t | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 11,566 t | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 14,938 t | +29.2% |
| 2004 | 16,109 t | +7.8% |
| 2005 | 17,773 t | +10.3% |
| 2006 | 19,439 t | +9.4% |
| 2007 | 21,570 t | +11.0% |
| 2008 | 23,230 t | +7.7% |
| 2009 | 26,403 t | +13.7% |
| 2010 | 28,053 t | +6.2% |
| 2011 | 29,354 t | +4.6% |
| 2012 | 35,637 t | +21.4% |
| 2013 | 38,650 t | +8.5% |
| 2014 | 43,029 t | +11.3% |
| 2015 | 47,518 t | +10.4% |
| 2016 | 48,528 t | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 48,456 t | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 48,468 t | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 50,657 t | +4.5% |
| 2020 | 17,646 t | -65.2% |
| 2021 | 17,640 t | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 17,628 t | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 17,621 t | -0.0% |
Myanmar compared with similar countries
- Myanmar's 17,621 t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 4,863 t, 3.6× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Myanmar's 17,621 t is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 42,479 t, 41% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Butter and Ghee — Production in Myanmar 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.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | -65.2% | 50,657 t | 17,646 t |
| 1973 | +53.0% | 2,796 t | 4,279 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,829 t | 2,106 t | 3,539 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,236 t | 2,670 t | 5,826 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,181 t | 5,986 t | 12,656 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,898 t | 9,322 t | 10,744 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,324 t | 10,979 t | 26,403 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 41,835 t | 28,053 t | 50,657 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,634 t | 17,621 t | 17,646 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Myanmar
- 49 Kenya 20,215 t compare
- 50 South Africa 18,820 t compare
- 51 Sudan (former) 17,793 t compare
- 53 Norway 16,000 t compare
- 54 South Sudan 15,482 t compare
- 55 Saudi Arabia 13,998 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Myanmar
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.26 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.253 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 376.69 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4495 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6942 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 25.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 25.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is butter and ghee — production in Myanmar?
- Butter and ghee — production in Myanmar was 17,621 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest butter and ghee — production recorded in Myanmar?
- The highest recorded value was 50,657 t in 2019.
- What is the lowest butter and ghee — production recorded in Myanmar?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,106 t in 1961.
- How does Myanmar rank for butter and ghee — production?
- Myanmar ranks 52nd out of 126 countries with data for 2023.
- Is butter and ghee — production rising or falling in Myanmar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 54.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Myanmar 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.