Butter and Ghee — Production in United States of America
United States of America: Butter and Ghee — Production was 969,319 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Butter and Ghee — Production in United States of America, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2023, butter and ghee — production in United States of America stood at 969,319 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.5% on the previous year and up 14.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, butter and ghee — production in United States of America peaked at 984,252 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 416,678 t, in 1973.
That places United States of America 9th 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 United States of America, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 696,629 t | — |
| 1962 | 716,063 t | +2.8% |
| 1963 | 659,087 t | -8.0% |
| 1964 | 665,704 t | +1.0% |
| 1965 | 610,525 t | -8.3% |
| 1966 | 511,776 t | -16.2% |
| 1967 | 561,621 t | +9.7% |
| 1968 | 532,968 t | -5.1% |
| 1969 | 510,955 t | -4.1% |
| 1970 | 518,470 t | +1.5% |
| 1971 | 520,268 t | +0.3% |
| 1972 | 499,818 t | -3.9% |
| 1973 | 416,678 t | -16.6% |
| 1974 | 436,228 t | +4.7% |
| 1975 | 446,238 t | +2.3% |
| 1976 | 443,897 t | -0.5% |
| 1977 | 492,600 t | +11.0% |
| 1978 | 451,000 t | -8.4% |
| 1979 | 446,609 t | -1.0% |
| 1980 | 519,480 t | +16.3% |
| 1981 | 557,095 t | +7.2% |
| 1982 | 570,146 t | +2.3% |
| 1983 | 589,325 t | +3.4% |
| 1984 | 500,453 t | -15.1% |
| 1985 | 566,000 t | +13.1% |
| 1986 | 545,400 t | -3.6% |
| 1987 | 500,800 t | -8.2% |
| 1988 | 547,500 t | +9.3% |
| 1989 | 597,600 t | +9.2% |
| 1990 | 607,700 t | +1.7% |
| 1991 | 621,500 t | +2.3% |
| 1992 | 648,350 t | +4.3% |
| 1993 | 624,510 t | -3.7% |
| 1994 | 620,520 t | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 584,305 t | -5.8% |
| 1996 | 536,072 t | -8.3% |
| 1997 | 522,000 t | -2.6% |
| 1998 | 529,800 t | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 578,350 t | +9.2% |
| 2000 | 569,727 t | -1.5% |
| 2001 | 558,752 t | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 614,685 t | +10.0% |
| 2003 | 563,524 t | -8.3% |
| 2004 | 565,484 t | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 611,153 t | +8.1% |
| 2006 | 656,995 t | +7.5% |
| 2007 | 695,307 t | +5.8% |
| 2008 | 745,613 t | +7.2% |
| 2009 | 713,269 t | -4.3% |
| 2010 | 712,906 t | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 824,890 t | +15.7% |
| 2012 | 847,573 t | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 848,932 t | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 845,656 t | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 841,314 t | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 837,574 t | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 840,938 t | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 903,501 t | +7.4% |
| 2019 | 915,327 t | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 984,252 t | +7.5% |
| 2021 | 946,873 t | -3.8% |
| 2022 | 945,233 t | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 969,319 t | +2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 607,259 t | 510,955 t | 716,063 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 467,181 t | 416,678 t | 520,268 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 549,380 t | 500,453 t | 597,600 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 587,311 t | 522,000 t | 648,350 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 629,451 t | 558,752 t | 745,613 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 841,861 t | 712,906 t | 915,327 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 961,419 t | 945,233 t | 984,252 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near United States of America
- 6 New Zealand 462,400 t compare
- 6 Syrian Arab Republic 20,786 t compare
- 7 France 403,970 t compare
- 8 Russian Federation 301,223 t compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3,423 t compare
- 9 Ireland 299,300 t compare
- 9 Republic of Moldova 3,002 t compare
- 10 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,561 t compare
- 10 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 266,700 t compare
- 11 Poland 264,950 t compare
- 12 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 200,900 t compare
- 12 Melanesia 1,144 t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is butter and ghee — production in United States of America?
- Butter and ghee — production in United States of America was 969,319 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest butter and ghee — production recorded in United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 984,252 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest butter and ghee — production recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 416,678 t in 1973.
- How does United States of America rank for butter and ghee — production?
- United States of America ranks 9th out of 27 groups with data for 2023.
- Is butter and ghee — production rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United States of 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.