Butter and Ghee — Production in Ukraine
Ukraine: Butter and Ghee — Production was 47,300 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Butter and Ghee — Production in Ukraine, 1992–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Ukraine recorded 47,300 t for butter and ghee — production in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 32 years on record.
The figure is down 9.2% on the previous year and down 49.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, butter and ghee — production in Ukraine peaked at 311,793 t in 1993 and was at its lowest, 47,300 t, in 2023.
That places Ukraine 30th out of 126 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Butter and Ghee — Production in Ukraine, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 302,888 t | — |
| 1993 | 311,793 t | +2.9% |
| 1994 | 253,659 t | -18.6% |
| 1995 | 221,874 t | -12.5% |
| 1996 | 163,000 t | -26.5% |
| 1997 | 116,517 t | -28.5% |
| 1998 | 112,690 t | -3.3% |
| 1999 | 108,326 t | -3.9% |
| 2000 | 135,426 t | +25.0% |
| 2001 | 158,000 t | +16.7% |
| 2002 | 131,300 t | -16.9% |
| 2003 | 137,000 t | +4.3% |
| 2004 | 116,000 t | -15.3% |
| 2005 | 120,000 t | +3.4% |
| 2006 | 104,000 t | -13.3% |
| 2007 | 100,360 t | -3.5% |
| 2008 | 84,800 t | -15.5% |
| 2009 | 74,740 t | -11.9% |
| 2010 | 79,541 t | +6.4% |
| 2011 | 76,683 t | -3.6% |
| 2012 | 88,648 t | +15.6% |
| 2013 | 94,329 t | +6.4% |
| 2014 | 113,517 t | +20.3% |
| 2015 | 102,363 t | -9.8% |
| 2016 | 103,344 t | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 110,255 t | +6.7% |
| 2018 | 81,300 t | -26.3% |
| 2019 | 69,600 t | -14.4% |
| 2020 | 67,000 t | -3.7% |
| 2021 | 70,961 t | +5.9% |
| 2022 | 52,100 t | -26.6% |
| 2023 | 47,300 t | -9.2% |
Ukraine compared with similar countries
- Ukraine's 47,300 t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,469 t, 13.6× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Ukraine's 47,300 t is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 9,330 t, 5.1× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 198,843 t | 108,326 t | 311,793 t | 8 |
| 2000s | 116,163 t | 74,740 t | 158,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 91,958 t | 69,600 t | 113,517 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 59,340 t | 47,300 t | 70,961 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ukraine
More agriculture & rural data for Ukraine
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 16.54 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0757 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 416.19 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.74 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.304 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is butter and ghee — production in Ukraine?
- Butter and ghee — production in Ukraine was 47,300 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest butter and ghee — production recorded in Ukraine?
- The highest recorded value was 311,793 t in 1993.
- What is the lowest butter and ghee — production recorded in Ukraine?
- The lowest recorded value was 47,300 t in 2023.
- How does Ukraine rank for butter and ghee — production?
- Ukraine ranks 30th out of 126 countries with data for 2023.
- Is butter and ghee — production rising or falling in Ukraine?
- Over the last ten years it is down 49.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Ukraine 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.