Butter and Ghee — Production in South America
South America: Butter and Ghee — Production was 278,223 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Butter and Ghee — Production in South America, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
South America recorded 278,223 t for butter and ghee — production in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.1% on the previous year and up 17.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, butter and ghee — production in South America peaked at 284,069 t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 96,310 t, in 1965.
That places South America 16th out of 27 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Butter and Ghee — Production in South America, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 107,927 t | — |
| 1962 | 102,976 t | -4.6% |
| 1963 | 98,549 t | -4.3% |
| 1964 | 103,037 t | +4.6% |
| 1965 | 96,310 t | -6.5% |
| 1966 | 101,975 t | +5.9% |
| 1967 | 109,259 t | +7.1% |
| 1968 | 103,711 t | -5.1% |
| 1969 | 114,021 t | +9.9% |
| 1970 | 109,006 t | -4.4% |
| 1971 | 123,299 t | +13.1% |
| 1972 | 135,765 t | +10.1% |
| 1973 | 131,183 t | -3.4% |
| 1974 | 128,782 t | -1.8% |
| 1975 | 140,007 t | +8.7% |
| 1976 | 143,430 t | +2.4% |
| 1977 | 135,491 t | -5.5% |
| 1978 | 154,130 t | +13.8% |
| 1979 | 159,437 t | +3.4% |
| 1980 | 158,506 t | -0.6% |
| 1981 | 162,173 t | +2.3% |
| 1982 | 143,368 t | -11.6% |
| 1983 | 144,357 t | +0.7% |
| 1984 | 137,069 t | -5.0% |
| 1985 | 143,849 t | +4.9% |
| 1986 | 144,069 t | +0.2% |
| 1987 | 150,266 t | +4.3% |
| 1988 | 155,391 t | +3.4% |
| 1989 | 156,144 t | +0.5% |
| 1990 | 149,977 t | -3.9% |
| 1991 | 143,349 t | -4.4% |
| 1992 | 136,406 t | -4.8% |
| 1993 | 136,994 t | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 147,794 t | +7.9% |
| 1995 | 155,010 t | +4.9% |
| 1996 | 157,179 t | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 163,095 t | +3.8% |
| 1998 | 166,590 t | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 173,078 t | +3.9% |
| 2000 | 175,391 t | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 183,117 t | +4.4% |
| 2002 | 188,560 t | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 190,896 t | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 196,089 t | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 198,880 t | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 209,274 t | +5.2% |
| 2007 | 207,486 t | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 214,817 t | +3.5% |
| 2009 | 205,001 t | -4.6% |
| 2010 | 213,327 t | +4.1% |
| 2011 | 228,554 t | +7.1% |
| 2012 | 230,465 t | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 236,200 t | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 243,671 t | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 223,872 t | -8.1% |
| 2016 | 216,656 t | -3.2% |
| 2017 | 211,739 t | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 217,185 t | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 238,052 t | +9.6% |
| 2020 | 262,440 t | +10.2% |
| 2021 | 265,245 t | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 284,069 t | +7.1% |
| 2023 | 278,223 t | -2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 104,196 t | 96,310 t | 114,021 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 136,053 t | 109,006 t | 159,437 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 149,519 t | 137,069 t | 162,173 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 152,947 t | 136,406 t | 173,078 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 196,951 t | 175,391 t | 214,817 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 225,972 t | 211,739 t | 243,671 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 272,494 t | 262,440 t | 284,069 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 13 Brazil 145,582 t compare
- 14 Belarus 130,403 t compare
- 15 Belgium 119,860 t compare
- 16 China 119,425 t compare
- 17 China, mainland 119,298 t compare
- 18 Czechoslovakia 118,000 t compare
- 19 Belgium-Luxembourg 117,116 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for South America
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.3049 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 1.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 2.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate 2.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate 3.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 3.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production 4.58 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is butter and ghee — production in South America?
- Butter and ghee — production in South America was 278,223 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest butter and ghee — production recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 284,069 t in 2022.
- What is the lowest butter and ghee — production recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 96,310 t in 1965.
- How does South America rank for butter and ghee — production?
- South America ranks 16th out of 27 groups with data for 2023.
- Is butter and ghee — production rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South America 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.