Butter and Ghee — Production in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Butter and Ghee — Production was 20,070 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Butter and Ghee — Production in Southern Africa, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for butter and ghee — production in Southern Africa is 20,070 t, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 3.2% on the previous year and down 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, butter and ghee — production in Southern Africa peaked at 58,619 t in 1969 and was at its lowest, 8,168 t, in 1996.
Southern Africa ranks 26th of 27 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Butter and Ghee — Production in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 53,677 t | — |
| 1962 | 51,150 t | -4.7% |
| 1963 | 36,576 t | -28.5% |
| 1964 | 44,354 t | +21.3% |
| 1965 | 41,552 t | -6.3% |
| 1966 | 41,468 t | -0.2% |
| 1967 | 48,131 t | +16.1% |
| 1968 | 56,290 t | +17.0% |
| 1969 | 58,619 t | +4.1% |
| 1970 | 49,819 t | -15.0% |
| 1971 | 46,391 t | -6.9% |
| 1972 | 47,837 t | +3.1% |
| 1973 | 40,382 t | -15.6% |
| 1974 | 33,648 t | -16.7% |
| 1975 | 28,701 t | -14.7% |
| 1976 | 28,328 t | -1.3% |
| 1977 | 26,053 t | -8.0% |
| 1978 | 19,199 t | -26.3% |
| 1979 | 20,720 t | +7.9% |
| 1980 | 18,512 t | -10.7% |
| 1981 | 16,511 t | -10.8% |
| 1982 | 22,607 t | +36.9% |
| 1983 | 20,158 t | -10.8% |
| 1984 | 18,137 t | -10.0% |
| 1985 | 19,431 t | +7.1% |
| 1986 | 15,084 t | -22.4% |
| 1987 | 13,878 t | -8.0% |
| 1988 | 17,506 t | +26.1% |
| 1989 | 18,652 t | +6.5% |
| 1990 | 24,945 t | +33.7% |
| 1991 | 17,407 t | -30.2% |
| 1992 | 18,915 t | +8.7% |
| 1993 | 16,380 t | -13.4% |
| 1994 | 13,511 t | -17.5% |
| 1995 | 16,417 t | +21.5% |
| 1996 | 8,168 t | -50.2% |
| 1997 | 15,227 t | +86.4% |
| 1998 | 19,125 t | +25.6% |
| 1999 | 10,430 t | -45.5% |
| 2000 | 10,902 t | +4.5% |
| 2001 | 13,018 t | +19.4% |
| 2002 | 10,619 t | -18.4% |
| 2003 | 13,401 t | +26.2% |
| 2004 | 15,083 t | +12.6% |
| 2005 | 16,955 t | +12.4% |
| 2006 | 19,021 t | +12.2% |
| 2007 | 19,585 t | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 20,051 t | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 20,043 t | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 19,130 t | -4.6% |
| 2011 | 18,538 t | -3.1% |
| 2012 | 19,324 t | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 20,819 t | +7.7% |
| 2014 | 14,718 t | -29.3% |
| 2015 | 15,096 t | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 15,643 t | +3.6% |
| 2017 | 15,805 t | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 16,626 t | +5.2% |
| 2019 | 15,823 t | -4.8% |
| 2020 | 17,229 t | +8.9% |
| 2021 | 19,084 t | +10.8% |
| 2022 | 19,440 t | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 20,070 t | +3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 47,980 t | 36,576 t | 58,619 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 34,108 t | 19,199 t | 49,819 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 18,048 t | 13,878 t | 22,607 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,052 t | 8,168 t | 24,945 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,868 t | 10,619 t | 20,051 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,152 t | 14,718 t | 20,819 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,956 t | 17,229 t | 20,070 t | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is butter and ghee — production in Southern Africa?
- Butter and ghee — production in Southern Africa was 20,070 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest butter and ghee — production recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 58,619 t in 1969.
- What is the lowest butter and ghee — production recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,168 t in 1996.
- How does Southern Africa rank for butter and ghee — production?
- Southern Africa ranks 26th out of 27 groups with data for 2023.
- Is butter and ghee — production rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Southern 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.