Butter and Ghee — Production in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Butter and Ghee — Production was 143,205 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Butter and Ghee — Production in Northern Africa, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Northern Africa recorded 143,205 t for butter and ghee — production in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.8% on the previous year and down 15.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, butter and ghee — production in Northern Africa peaked at 181,760 t in 2009 and was at its lowest, 55,510 t, in 1963.
That places Northern Africa 21st out of 27 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Butter and Ghee — Production in Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 56,754 t | — |
| 1962 | 58,050 t | +2.3% |
| 1963 | 55,510 t | -4.4% |
| 1964 | 56,787 t | +2.3% |
| 1965 | 57,477 t | +1.2% |
| 1966 | 58,762 t | +2.2% |
| 1967 | 59,993 t | +2.1% |
| 1968 | 67,892 t | +13.2% |
| 1969 | 71,624 t | +5.5% |
| 1970 | 74,005 t | +3.3% |
| 1971 | 76,678 t | +3.6% |
| 1972 | 79,266 t | +3.4% |
| 1973 | 81,290 t | +2.6% |
| 1974 | 83,148 t | +2.3% |
| 1975 | 84,726 t | +1.9% |
| 1976 | 86,199 t | +1.7% |
| 1977 | 87,895 t | +2.0% |
| 1978 | 89,968 t | +2.4% |
| 1979 | 92,062 t | +2.3% |
| 1980 | 93,506 t | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 94,653 t | +1.2% |
| 1982 | 95,469 t | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 97,874 t | +2.5% |
| 1984 | 99,864 t | +2.0% |
| 1985 | 102,421 t | +2.6% |
| 1986 | 103,459 t | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 104,428 t | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 105,741 t | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 107,967 t | +2.1% |
| 1990 | 109,728 t | +1.6% |
| 1991 | 114,848 t | +4.7% |
| 1992 | 118,518 t | +3.2% |
| 1993 | 121,142 t | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 113,888 t | -6.0% |
| 1995 | 110,303 t | -3.1% |
| 1996 | 118,459 t | +7.4% |
| 1997 | 130,856 t | +10.5% |
| 1998 | 129,254 t | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 136,405 t | +5.5% |
| 2000 | 135,703 t | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 135,327 t | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 137,186 t | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 157,257 t | +14.6% |
| 2004 | 158,226 t | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 161,663 t | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 163,450 t | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 173,590 t | +6.2% |
| 2008 | 177,536 t | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 181,760 t | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 166,544 t | -8.4% |
| 2011 | 168,796 t | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 174,437 t | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 169,721 t | -2.7% |
| 2014 | 180,716 t | +6.5% |
| 2015 | 164,634 t | -8.9% |
| 2016 | 162,528 t | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 167,119 t | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 160,686 t | -3.8% |
| 2019 | 138,414 t | -13.9% |
| 2020 | 143,427 t | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 151,835 t | +5.9% |
| 2022 | 153,625 t | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 143,205 t | -6.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 60,317 t | 55,510 t | 71,624 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 83,524 t | 74,005 t | 92,062 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 100,538 t | 93,506 t | 107,967 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 120,340 t | 109,728 t | 136,405 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 158,170 t | 135,327 t | 181,760 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 165,360 t | 138,414 t | 180,716 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 148,023 t | 143,205 t | 153,625 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Northern Africa
- 18 Czechoslovakia 118,000 t compare
- 19 Belgium-Luxembourg 117,116 t compare
- 20 Canada 114,903 t compare
- 21 Uzbekistan 104,805 t compare
- 22 Egypt 100,609 t compare
- 23 Denmark 95,800 t compare
- 24 Italy 94,400 t compare
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- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 0 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is butter and ghee — production in Northern Africa?
- Butter and ghee — production in Northern Africa was 143,205 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest butter and ghee — production recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 181,760 t in 2009.
- What is the lowest butter and ghee — production recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 55,510 t in 1963.
- How does Northern Africa rank for butter and ghee — production?
- Northern Africa ranks 21st out of 27 groups with data for 2023.
- Is butter and ghee — production rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern 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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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.