Butter and Ghee — Production in Türkiye

Türkiye: Butter and Ghee — Production was 150,492 t in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
150,492 t
Change on year
up 5.8%
World rank
4th
of 12 countries
All-time high
269,455 t
in 2019
All-time low
93,083 t
in 1961
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Butter and Ghee — Production in Türkiye, 1961–2023

100.0k150.0k200.0k250.0k196119922023

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

Analysis

Türkiye recorded 150,492 t for butter and ghee — production in 2023.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.8% on the previous year and down 28.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, butter and ghee — production in Türkiye peaked at 269,455 t in 2019 and was at its lowest, 93,083 t, in 1961.

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

Butter and Ghee — Production in Türkiye, year by year

Annual values for Butter and Ghee — Production in Türkiye, 1961 to 2023.
Year t Change
1961 93,083 t —
1962 101,601 t +9.2%
1963 104,957 t +3.3%
1964 107,905 t +2.8%
1965 112,540 t +4.3%
1966 115,107 t +2.3%
1967 116,935 t +1.6%
1968 117,935 t +0.9%
1969 115,082 t -2.4%
1970 112,912 t -1.9%
1971 108,109 t -4.3%
1972 103,980 t -3.8%
1973 99,624 t -4.2%
1974 101,880 t +2.3%
1975 104,866 t +2.9%
1976 108,033 t +3.0%
1977 108,610 t +0.5%
1978 115,328 t +6.2%
1979 120,853 t +4.8%
1980 119,206 t -1.4%
1981 124,833 t +4.7%
1982 109,860 t -12.0%
1983 111,042 t +1.1%
1984 111,345 t +0.3%
1985 113,036 t +1.5%
1986 114,195 t +1.0%
1987 117,119 t +2.6%
1988 119,956 t +2.4%
1989 119,069 t -0.7%
1990 117,565 t -1.3%
1991 125,199 t +6.5%
1992 125,534 t +0.3%
1993 126,201 t +0.5%
1994 127,493 t +1.0%
1995 126,864 t -0.5%
1996 128,383 t +1.2%
1997 119,571 t -6.9%
1998 118,080 t -1.2%
1999 119,338 t +1.1%
2000 117,919 t -1.2%
2001 111,905 t -5.1%
2002 99,051 t -11.5%
2003 124,190 t +25.4%
2004 124,619 t +0.3%
2005 129,585 t +4.0%
2006 131,186 t +1.2%
2007 143,066 t +9.1%
2008 142,596 t -0.3%
2009 145,925 t +2.3%
2010 157,911 t +8.2%
2011 174,378 t +10.4%
2012 201,246 t +15.4%
2013 211,658 t +5.2%
2014 215,578 t +1.9%
2015 216,651 t +0.5%
2016 214,678 t -0.9%
2017 244,368 t +13.8%
2018 258,697 t +5.9%
2019 269,455 t +4.2%
2020 149,916 t -44.4%
2021 150,089 t +0.1%
2022 142,215 t -5.2%
2023 150,492 t +5.8%

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Butter and Ghee — Production in Türkiye changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
2020 -44.4% 269,455 t 149,916 t
2003 +25.4% 99,051 t 124,190 t

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 109,461 t 93,083 t 117,935 t 9
1970s 108,419 t 99,624 t 120,853 t 10
1980s 115,966 t 109,860 t 124,833 t 10
1990s 123,423 t 117,565 t 128,383 t 10
2000s 127,004 t 99,051 t 145,925 t 10
2010s 216,462 t 157,911 t 269,455 t 10
2020s 148,178 t 142,215 t 150,492 t 4

Countries ranked near Türkiye

  1. 1 India 5.48 million t compare
  2. 2 USSR 1.51 million t compare
  3. 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 214,077 t compare
  4. 3 Pakistan 1.27 million t compare
  5. 4 Australia and New Zealand 536,750 t compare
  6. 5 Germany 468,880 t compare
  7. 5 United Republic of Tanzania 60,925 t compare
  8. 6 New Zealand 462,400 t compare
  9. 6 Syrian Arab Republic 20,786 t compare
  10. 7 France 403,970 t compare

See the full ranking of 165 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is butter and ghee — production in Türkiye?
Butter and ghee — production in Türkiye was 150,492 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest butter and ghee — production recorded in Türkiye?
The highest recorded value was 269,455 t in 2019.
What is the lowest butter and ghee — production recorded in Türkiye?
The lowest recorded value was 93,083 t in 1961.
How does Türkiye rank for butter and ghee — production?
Türkiye ranks 4th out of 12 countries with data for 2023.
Is butter and ghee — production rising or falling in Türkiye?
Over the last ten years it is down 28.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Türkiye 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.