Butter and Ghee — Production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Butter and Ghee — Production was 1.77 million t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Butter and Ghee — Production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) recorded 1.77 million t for butter and ghee — production in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.7% on the previous year and up 21.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, butter and ghee — production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) peaked at 1.77 million t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 258,287 t, in 1961.
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 5th of 27 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Butter and Ghee — Production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 258,287 t | — |
| 1962 | 263,653 t | +2.1% |
| 1963 | 266,648 t | +1.1% |
| 1964 | 273,114 t | +2.4% |
| 1965 | 281,737 t | +3.2% |
| 1966 | 285,282 t | +1.3% |
| 1967 | 292,237 t | +2.4% |
| 1968 | 304,858 t | +4.3% |
| 1969 | 309,481 t | +1.5% |
| 1970 | 311,751 t | +0.7% |
| 1971 | 315,702 t | +1.3% |
| 1972 | 325,364 t | +3.1% |
| 1973 | 337,196 t | +3.6% |
| 1974 | 342,342 t | +1.5% |
| 1975 | 352,147 t | +2.9% |
| 1976 | 357,982 t | +1.7% |
| 1977 | 363,617 t | +1.6% |
| 1978 | 379,451 t | +4.4% |
| 1979 | 387,771 t | +2.2% |
| 1980 | 388,366 t | +0.2% |
| 1981 | 395,508 t | +1.8% |
| 1982 | 406,978 t | +2.9% |
| 1983 | 420,830 t | +3.4% |
| 1984 | 431,924 t | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 443,440 t | +2.7% |
| 1986 | 456,587 t | +3.0% |
| 1987 | 473,660 t | +3.7% |
| 1988 | 500,863 t | +5.7% |
| 1989 | 515,809 t | +3.0% |
| 1990 | 537,381 t | +4.2% |
| 1991 | 558,218 t | +3.9% |
| 1992 | 577,663 t | +3.5% |
| 1993 | 602,059 t | +4.2% |
| 1994 | 621,324 t | +3.2% |
| 1995 | 639,570 t | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 684,087 t | +7.0% |
| 1997 | 711,981 t | +4.1% |
| 1998 | 728,448 t | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 754,494 t | +3.6% |
| 2000 | 766,849 t | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 775,370 t | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 813,626 t | +4.9% |
| 2003 | 856,029 t | +5.2% |
| 2004 | 889,288 t | +3.9% |
| 2005 | 921,038 t | +3.6% |
| 2006 | 932,463 t | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 972,968 t | +4.3% |
| 2008 | 1.01 million t | +3.3% |
| 2009 | 1.03 million t | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 1.15 million t | +11.2% |
| 2011 | 1.18 million t | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 1.24 million t | +5.3% |
| 2013 | 1.46 million t | +17.8% |
| 2014 | 1.52 million t | +4.2% |
| 2015 | 1.54 million t | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 1.52 million t | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 1.56 million t | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 1.60 million t | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 1.67 million t | +4.3% |
| 2020 | 1.63 million t | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 1.69 million t | +3.4% |
| 2022 | 1.74 million t | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 1.77 million t | +1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 281,700 t | 258,287 t | 309,481 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 347,332 t | 311,751 t | 387,771 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 443,396 t | 388,366 t | 515,809 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 641,522 t | 537,381 t | 754,494 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 896,695 t | 766,849 t | 1.03 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.44 million t | 1.15 million t | 1.67 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.71 million t | 1.63 million t | 1.77 million t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
- 2 USSR 1.51 million t compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 214,077 t compare
- 3 Pakistan 1.27 million t compare
- 4 Türkiye 150,492 t compare
- 4 Australia and New Zealand 536,750 t compare
- 5 Germany 468,880 t compare
- 5 United Republic of Tanzania 60,925 t compare
- 6 New Zealand 462,400 t compare
- 6 Syrian Arab Republic 20,786 t compare
- 7 France 403,970 t compare
- 8 Russian Federation 301,223 t compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3,423 t compare
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- Maize (corn) — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.6954 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Horses — Stocks, annual growth rate -0.6745 % change on previous year (2024)
All data for Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is butter and ghee — production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Butter and ghee — production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) was 1.77 million t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest butter and ghee — production recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.77 million t in 2023.
- What is the lowest butter and ghee — production recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 258,287 t in 1961.
- How does Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank for butter and ghee — production?
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 5th out of 27 groups with data for 2023.
- Is butter and ghee — production rising or falling in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 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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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.