Butter and Ghee — Production in Western Asia
Western Asia: Butter and Ghee — Production was 240,114 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Butter and Ghee — Production in Western Asia, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2023, butter and ghee — production in Western Asia stood at 240,114 t.
The figure is up 5.9% on the previous year and down 15.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, butter and ghee — production in Western Asia peaked at 339,221 t in 2019 and was at its lowest, 108,926 t, in 1961.
Western Asia ranks 18th of 27 groups on this measure, 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 Western Asia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 108,926 t | — |
| 1962 | 121,283 t | +11.3% |
| 1963 | 131,330 t | +8.3% |
| 1964 | 135,658 t | +3.3% |
| 1965 | 143,124 t | +5.5% |
| 1966 | 145,762 t | +1.8% |
| 1967 | 143,577 t | -1.5% |
| 1968 | 143,094 t | -0.3% |
| 1969 | 138,925 t | -2.9% |
| 1970 | 134,517 t | -3.2% |
| 1971 | 128,602 t | -4.4% |
| 1972 | 126,347 t | -1.8% |
| 1973 | 120,793 t | -4.4% |
| 1974 | 125,662 t | +4.0% |
| 1975 | 131,027 t | +4.3% |
| 1976 | 135,628 t | +3.5% |
| 1977 | 133,557 t | -1.5% |
| 1978 | 140,663 t | +5.3% |
| 1979 | 146,926 t | +4.5% |
| 1980 | 151,974 t | +3.4% |
| 1981 | 155,495 t | +2.3% |
| 1982 | 140,701 t | -9.5% |
| 1983 | 143,736 t | +2.2% |
| 1984 | 139,477 t | -3.0% |
| 1985 | 141,686 t | +1.6% |
| 1986 | 142,727 t | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 149,571 t | +4.8% |
| 1988 | 152,373 t | +1.9% |
| 1989 | 152,880 t | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 153,732 t | +0.6% |
| 1991 | 158,885 t | +3.4% |
| 1992 | 164,887 t | +3.8% |
| 1993 | 160,890 t | -2.4% |
| 1994 | 161,365 t | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 162,990 t | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 175,662 t | +7.8% |
| 1997 | 169,551 t | -3.5% |
| 1998 | 172,313 t | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 173,214 t | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 174,057 t | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 167,298 t | -3.9% |
| 2002 | 157,495 t | -5.9% |
| 2003 | 178,387 t | +13.3% |
| 2004 | 183,932 t | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 187,455 t | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 188,285 t | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 204,182 t | +8.4% |
| 2008 | 202,164 t | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 212,125 t | +4.9% |
| 2010 | 226,722 t | +6.9% |
| 2011 | 245,320 t | +8.2% |
| 2012 | 272,767 t | +11.2% |
| 2013 | 284,357 t | +4.2% |
| 2014 | 289,117 t | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 286,600 t | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 289,325 t | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 315,419 t | +9.0% |
| 2018 | 328,542 t | +4.2% |
| 2019 | 339,221 t | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 226,982 t | -33.1% |
| 2021 | 237,964 t | +4.8% |
| 2022 | 226,648 t | -4.8% |
| 2023 | 240,114 t | +5.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 134,631 t | 108,926 t | 145,762 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 132,372 t | 120,793 t | 146,926 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 147,062 t | 139,477 t | 155,495 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 165,349 t | 153,732 t | 175,662 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 185,538 t | 157,495 t | 212,125 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 287,739 t | 226,722 t | 339,221 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 232,927 t | 226,648 t | 240,114 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
- 15 Belgium 119,860 t compare
- 16 China 119,425 t compare
- 17 China, mainland 119,298 t compare
- 18 Czechoslovakia 118,000 t compare
- 19 Belgium-Luxembourg 117,116 t compare
- 20 Canada 114,903 t compare
- 21 Uzbekistan 104,805 t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is butter and ghee — production in Western Asia?
- Butter and ghee — production in Western Asia was 240,114 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest butter and ghee — production recorded in Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 339,221 t in 2019.
- What is the lowest butter and ghee — production recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 108,926 t in 1961.
- How does Western Asia rank for butter and ghee — production?
- Western Asia ranks 18th out of 27 groups with data for 2023.
- Is butter and ghee — production rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Asia 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.