Butter and Ghee — Production in Norway

Norway: Butter and Ghee — Production was 16,000 t in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)
16,000 t
Change on year
down 11.6%
World rank
56th
of 134 countries
All-time high
26,803 t
in 1983
All-time low
12,600 t
in 1997
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Butter and Ghee — Production in Norway, 1961–2023

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

Analysis

In 2023, butter and ghee — production in Norway stood at 16,000 t.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.6% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, butter and ghee — production in Norway peaked at 26,803 t in 1983 and was at its lowest, 12,600 t, in 1997.

That places Norway 56th out of 134 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 20,721 t 19,442 t 23,267 t 9
1970s 20,982 t 18,733 t 23,845 t 10
1980s 24,480 t 21,700 t 26,803 t 10
1990s 17,071 t 12,600 t 21,584 t 10
2000s 14,570 t 12,900 t 15,700 t 10
2010s 15,520 t 14,200 t 16,500 t 10
2020s 16,600 t 15,000 t 18,100 t 4

Countries ranked near Norway

  1. 53 Kenya 20,215 t compare
  2. 54 Sudan (former) 17,793 t compare
  3. 55 Myanmar 17,621 t compare
  4. 57 South Sudan 15,482 t compare
  5. 58 Saudi Arabia 13,998 t compare
  6. 59 Lithuania 13,990 t compare

See the full ranking of 165 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is butter and ghee — production in Norway?
Butter and ghee — production in Norway was 16,000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest butter and ghee — production recorded in Norway?
The highest recorded value was 26,803 t in 1983.
What is the lowest butter and ghee — production recorded in Norway?
The lowest recorded value was 12,600 t in 1997.
How does Norway rank for butter and ghee — production?
Norway ranks 56th out of 134 countries with data for 2023.
Is butter and ghee — production rising or falling in Norway?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Norway 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.