Butter and Ghee — Production in United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates: Butter and Ghee — Production was 2,797 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Butter and Ghee — Production in United Arab Emirates, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2023, butter and ghee — production in United Arab Emirates stood at 2,797 t. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of up 28.4% on the previous year and up 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, butter and ghee — production in United Arab Emirates peaked at 2,797 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 49.8 t, in 1961.
That places United Arab Emirates 83rd out of 126 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Butter and Ghee — Production in United Arab Emirates, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 49.8 t | — |
| 1962 | 49.8 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 53.95 t | +8.3% |
| 1964 | 53.95 t | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 58.1 t | +7.7% |
| 1966 | 58.1 t | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 62.25 t | +7.1% |
| 1968 | 70.55 t | +13.3% |
| 1969 | 74.7 t | +5.9% |
| 1970 | 95.45 t | +27.8% |
| 1971 | 101.67 t | +6.5% |
| 1972 | 109.97 t | +8.2% |
| 1973 | 114.13 t | +3.8% |
| 1974 | 114.13 t | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 109.97 t | -3.6% |
| 1976 | 78.31 t | -28.8% |
| 1977 | 94.16 t | +20.2% |
| 1978 | 117.24 t | +24.5% |
| 1979 | 114.13 t | -2.7% |
| 1980 | 140.02 t | +22.7% |
| 1981 | 120.47 t | -14.0% |
| 1982 | 141.1 t | +17.1% |
| 1983 | 166 t | +17.6% |
| 1984 | 139.48 t | -16.0% |
| 1985 | 149.23 t | +7.0% |
| 1986 | 151.47 t | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 161.85 t | +6.9% |
| 1988 | 182.6 t | +12.8% |
| 1989 | 195.59 t | +7.1% |
| 1990 | 209.24 t | +7.0% |
| 1991 | 223.89 t | +7.0% |
| 1992 | 236.55 t | +5.7% |
| 1993 | 256.35 t | +8.4% |
| 1994 | 274.27 t | +7.0% |
| 1995 | 293.49 t | +7.0% |
| 1996 | 314.03 t | +7.0% |
| 1997 | 336.03 t | +7.0% |
| 1998 | 359.56 t | +7.0% |
| 1999 | 384.75 t | +7.0% |
| 2000 | 407.53 t | +5.9% |
| 2001 | 431.93 t | +6.0% |
| 2002 | 925.92 t | +114.4% |
| 2003 | 949.86 t | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 673.55 t | -29.1% |
| 2005 | 1,259 t | +86.9% |
| 2006 | 773.67 t | -38.6% |
| 2007 | 1,136 t | +46.8% |
| 2008 | 1,130 t | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 1,220 t | +7.9% |
| 2010 | 911.82 t | -25.2% |
| 2011 | 1,292 t | +41.7% |
| 2012 | 1,187 t | -8.1% |
| 2013 | 2,593 t | +118.4% |
| 2014 | 2,132 t | -17.8% |
| 2015 | 1,844 t | -13.5% |
| 2016 | 1,898 t | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 2,263 t | +19.2% |
| 2018 | 1,958 t | -13.5% |
| 2019 | 1,549 t | -20.9% |
| 2020 | 2,146 t | +38.5% |
| 2021 | 1,970 t | -8.2% |
| 2022 | 2,178 t | +10.6% |
| 2023 | 2,797 t | +28.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 59.02 t | 49.8 t | 74.7 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 104.92 t | 78.31 t | 117.24 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 154.78 t | 120.47 t | 195.59 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 288.82 t | 209.24 t | 384.75 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 890.76 t | 407.53 t | 1,259 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,763 t | 911.82 t | 2,593 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,273 t | 1,970 t | 2,797 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near United Arab Emirates
- 80 North Macedonia 3,469 t compare
- 81 Latvia 3,230 t compare
- 82 Dominican Republic 3,192 t compare
- 84 Turkmenistan 2,730 t compare
- 85 Albania 2,626 t compare
- 86 Sri Lanka 2,623 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for United Arab Emirates
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0077 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 386.83 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 3.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1404 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 0.7694 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.7694 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is butter and ghee — production in United Arab Emirates?
- Butter and ghee — production in United Arab Emirates was 2,797 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest butter and ghee — production recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The highest recorded value was 2,797 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest butter and ghee — production recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The lowest recorded value was 49.8 t in 1961.
- How does United Arab Emirates rank for butter and ghee — production?
- United Arab Emirates ranks 83rd out of 126 countries with data for 2023.
- Is butter and ghee — production rising or falling in United Arab Emirates?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this United Arab Emirates 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.