Butter, Ghee — Import quantity by country

A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply...

Countries reporting
182
Highest
254 1000 t
France
Lowest
0 1000 t
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Median
1 1000 t
Years covered
14
2010–2023
Data points
2,901

What the numbers show

Butter, Ghee — Import quantity is currently reported for 182 countries. The highest value is 254 1000 t in France; the lowest is 0 1000 t in Micronesia (Federated States of).

The median across all reporting countries is 1 1000 t, and the mean is 11.74 1000 t.

Over the past decade 50 countries rose and 35 fell. The largest increase was in Israel (up 700.0%), and the largest decrease in Argentina (down 100.0%).

Butter, Ghee — Import quantity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 France 254 1000 t 2023 up 38.0% rising
2 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 175 1000 t 2023 up 78.6% rising
3 China 166 1000 t 2023 up 107.5% rising
4 Germany 153 1000 t 2023 up 7.7% rising
5 China, mainland 131 1000 t 2023 up 151.9% rising
6 Belgium 125 1000 t 2023 down 3.8% flat
7 Russian Federation 108 1000 t 2023 down 25.0% rising
8 Italy 74 1000 t 2023 up 29.8% rising
9 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 58 1000 t 2023 down 46.3% falling
10 Saudi Arabia 54 1000 t 2023 up 3.8% falling
11 Australia 48 1000 t 2023 up 108.7% rising
11 Australia and New Zealand 48 1000 t 2023 up 108.7% rising
13 Canada 36 1000 t 2023 up 500.0% rising
14 Spain 35 1000 t 2023 up 105.9% rising
15 United Arab Emirates 34 1000 t 2023 up 54.5% rising
16 Republic of Korea 32 1000 t 2023 up 433.3% volatile
17 Mexico 29 1000 t 2023 down 27.5% falling
18 Czechia 26 1000 t 2023 up 36.8% rising
19 Malaysia 25 1000 t 2023 up 66.7% rising
20 China, Taiwan Province of 24 1000 t 2023 up 33.3% rising
21 Indonesia 22 1000 t 2023 down 4.3% rising
21 Philippines 22 1000 t 2023 up 37.5% rising
21 Poland 22 1000 t 2023 up 57.1% rising
24 Austria 21 1000 t 2023 up 50.0% rising
25 Romania 19 1000 t 2023 up 216.7% rising
25 Viet Nam 19 1000 t 2023 down 9.5% flat
27 Azerbaijan 17 1000 t 2023 up 112.5% rising
28 Denmark 16 1000 t 2023 down 5.9% falling
28 Egypt 16 1000 t 2023 down 61.9% volatile
30 Sweden 15 1000 t 2023 up 36.4% rising
31 Bahrain 14 1000 t 2023 volatile
31 Morocco 14 1000 t 2023 down 57.6% falling
31 Slovakia 14 1000 t 2023 up 16.7% rising
34 Thailand 13 1000 t 2023 up 8.3% rising
35 Greece 12 1000 t 2023 up 20.0% rising
36 China, Hong Kong SAR 11 1000 t 2023 up 10.0% rising
37 Kuwait 10 1000 t 2023 up 11.1% rising
38 Bulgaria 9 1000 t 2023 up 80.0% rising
38 Kazakhstan 9 1000 t 2023 unchanged flat
40 Ireland 8 1000 t 2023 down 20.0% rising
40 Israel 8 1000 t 2023 up 700.0% volatile
40 Portugal 8 1000 t 2023 down 33.3% falling
43 Switzerland 7 1000 t 2023 up 600.0% volatile
43 Hungary 7 1000 t 2023 up 40.0% rising
43 Iraq 7 1000 t 2023 up 600.0% volatile
43 Libya 7 1000 t 2023 up 250.0% volatile
43 Qatar 7 1000 t 2023 rising
43 Caribbean 7 1000 t 2023 unchanged flat
43 Türkiye 7 1000 t 2023 down 65.0% falling
50 Georgia 6 1000 t 2023 up 200.0% rising
50 Lithuania 6 1000 t 2023 up 200.0% volatile
52 Brazil 5 1000 t 2023 up 25.0% rising
52 Croatia 5 1000 t 2023 up 150.0% rising
52 Latvia 5 1000 t 2023 up 150.0% rising
52 Peru 5 1000 t 2023 unchanged rising
52 Serbia 5 1000 t 2023 up 400.0% volatile
57 Armenia 4 1000 t 2023 down 20.0% falling
57 Chile 4 1000 t 2023 up 33.3% volatile
57 Jordan 4 1000 t 2023 up 33.3% rising
57 Oman 4 1000 t 2023 up 33.3% volatile
61 Algeria 3 1000 t 2023 down 80.0% falling
61 Lebanon 3 1000 t 2023 down 50.0% falling
61 Luxembourg 3 1000 t 2023 unchanged falling
61 Mauritania 3 1000 t 2023 up 200.0% volatile
61 Panama 3 1000 t 2023 up 50.0% rising
61 Slovenia 3 1000 t 2023 up 200.0% rising
61 Tunisia 3 1000 t 2023 volatile
61 Ukraine 3 1000 t 2023 down 78.6% volatile
61 Uzbekistan 3 1000 t 2023 down 25.0% falling
61 Melanesia 3 1000 t 2023 down 25.0% falling
61 Republic of Moldova 3 1000 t 2023 up 200.0% volatile
72 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 1000 t 2023 unchanged falling
72 Cyprus 2 1000 t 2023 up 100.0% rising
72 Estonia 2 1000 t 2023 up 100.0% rising
72 Fiji 2 1000 t 2023 unchanged falling
72 Guatemala 2 1000 t 2023 unchanged falling
72 Jamaica 2 1000 t 2023 up 100.0% rising
72 Yemen 2 1000 t 2023 up 100.0% volatile
72 Polynesia 2 1000 t 2023 unchanged flat
80 Angola 1 1000 t 2023 unchanged flat
80 Burkina Faso 1 1000 t 2023 volatile
80 Bangladesh 1 1000 t 2023 down 75.0% volatile
80 Bahamas 1 1000 t 2023 unchanged falling
80 Costa Rica 1 1000 t 2023 volatile
80 Cuba 1 1000 t 2019 down 50.0% rising
80 Dominican Republic 1 1000 t 2023 unchanged rising
80 Finland 1 1000 t 2023 down 66.7% volatile
80 Ghana 1 1000 t 2023 down 50.0% falling
80 Honduras 1 1000 t 2023 volatile
80 Cambodia 1 1000 t 2023 volatile
80 Maldives 1 1000 t 2023 unchanged volatile
80 North Macedonia 1 1000 t 2023 unchanged flat
80 Malta 1 1000 t 2023 volatile
80 Myanmar 1 1000 t 2023 unchanged volatile
80 Montenegro 1 1000 t 2023 unchanged flat
80 Mauritius 1 1000 t 2023 unchanged rising
80 Namibia 1 1000 t 2023 down 50.0% volatile
80 New Caledonia 1 1000 t 2023 unchanged flat
80 Nigeria 1 1000 t 2023 down 80.0% volatile
80 New Zealand 1 1000 t 2023 unchanged volatile
80 Pakistan 1 1000 t 2023 unchanged volatile
80 French Polynesia 1 1000 t 2023 unchanged flat
80 Senegal 1 1000 t 2023 unchanged flat
80 El Salvador 1 1000 t 2023 volatile
80 Trinidad and Tobago 1 1000 t 2023 unchanged flat
80 Uruguay 1 1000 t 2023 unchanged volatile
80 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1 1000 t 2023 unchanged volatile
80 Syrian Arab Republic 1 1000 t 2023 down 66.7% volatile
80 Côte d'Ivoire 1 1000 t 2023 unchanged volatile
80 United Republic of Tanzania 1 1000 t 2023 volatile
80 China, Macao SAR 1 1000 t 2023 unchanged rising
112 Afghanistan 0 1000 t 2023 volatile
112 Albania 0 1000 t 2023 flat
112 Argentina 0 1000 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
112 Antigua and Barbuda 0 1000 t 2023 flat
112 Belarus 0 1000 t 2023 volatile
112 Belize 0 1000 t 2023 flat
112 Barbados 0 1000 t 2023 flat
112 Bhutan 0 1000 t 2023 flat
112 Botswana 0 1000 t 2023 volatile
112 Cameroon 0 1000 t 2023 flat
112 Congo 0 1000 t 2023 volatile
112 Colombia 0 1000 t 2023 flat
112 Comoros 0 1000 t 2023 flat
112 Djibouti 0 1000 t 2023 flat
112 Ecuador 0 1000 t 2023 flat
112 Ethiopia 0 1000 t 2023 volatile
112 Gabon 0 1000 t 2023 flat
112 Guinea 0 1000 t 2023 flat
112 Gambia 0 1000 t 2023 volatile
112 Guinea-Bissau 0 1000 t 2023 flat
112 Grenada 0 1000 t 2023 flat
112 Guyana 0 1000 t 2023 flat
112 Haiti 0 1000 t 2023 volatile
112 India 0 1000 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
112 Iceland 0 1000 t 2023 flat
112 Kenya 0 1000 t 2023 volatile
112 Kyrgyzstan 0 1000 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
112 Kiribati 0 1000 t 2023 flat
112 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 1000 t 2023 flat
112 Liberia 0 1000 t 2023 volatile
112 Saint Lucia 0 1000 t 2023 flat
112 Sri Lanka 0 1000 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
112 Lesotho 0 1000 t 2023 volatile
112 Madagascar 0 1000 t 2023 flat
112 Marshall Islands 0 1000 t 2023 flat
112 Mongolia 0 1000 t 2023 volatile
112 Mozambique 0 1000 t 2023 volatile
112 Malawi 0 1000 t 2023 flat
112 Niger 0 1000 t 2023 flat
112 Nicaragua 0 1000 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
112 Norway 0 1000 t 2023 volatile
112 Nepal 0 1000 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
112 Nauru 0 1000 t 2023 flat
112 Papua New Guinea 0 1000 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
112 Paraguay 0 1000 t 2023 flat
112 Rwanda 0 1000 t 2023 flat
112 Solomon Islands 0 1000 t 2023 flat
112 Sierra Leone 0 1000 t 2023 flat
112 Sao Tome and Principe 0 1000 t 2023 flat
112 Suriname 0 1000 t 2023 flat
112 Eswatini 0 1000 t 2023 flat
112 Seychelles 0 1000 t 2023 flat
112 Tajikistan 0 1000 t 2023 volatile
112 Turkmenistan 0 1000 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
112 Tonga 0 1000 t 2023 flat
112 Tuvalu 0 1000 t 2023 flat
112 Uganda 0 1000 t 2023 flat
112 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 1000 t 2023 flat
112 Vanuatu 0 1000 t 2023 flat
112 Samoa 0 1000 t 2023 flat
112 Zambia 0 1000 t 2023 flat
112 Zimbabwe 0 1000 t 2023 flat
112 Micronesia 0 1000 t 2023 flat
112 Timor-Leste 0 1000 t 2023 flat
112 Cabo Verde 0 1000 t 2023 flat
112 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0 1000 t 2023 flat
112 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0 1000 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
112 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0 1000 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
112 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0 1000 t 2023 flat
112 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0 1000 t 2018 volatile
112 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0 1000 t 2023 flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Butter, Ghee — Import quantity
Unit
1000 t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
213 places, 2,901 data points, 2010–2023
Last refreshed

A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.