Butter, Ghee — Stock Variation 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...
What the numbers show
Butter, Ghee — Stock Variation is currently reported for 22 countries. The highest value is 2 1000 t in Argentina; the lowest is -31 1000 t in Australia and New Zealand.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 1000 t, and the mean is -2.86 1000 t.
Over the past decade 5 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in Canada (up 125.0%), and the largest decrease in Australia and New Zealand (down 244.4%).
Butter, Ghee — Stock Variation: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Argentina | 2 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 1 | Russian Federation | 2 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Russia | 2 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Canada | 1 1000 t | 2023 | up 125.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Uruguay | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Austria | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 5 | Belgium | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Switzerland | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 5 | Czechia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 5 | Caribbean | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 5 | Spain | 0 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Estonia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 5 | France | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Ireland | 0 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Italy | 0 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 5 | South Africa | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 5 | Ukraine | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Australia | -1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 32 | United States | -8 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 33 | New Zealand | -30 1000 t | 2023 | down 233.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Australia and New Zealand | -31 1000 t | 2023 | down 244.4% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Eastern Europe 2 1000 t
- South America 2 1000 t
- Europe 2 1000 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 0 1000 t
- Africa 0 1000 t
- Southern Europe 0 1000 t
- Northern Europe 0 1000 t
- Southern Africa 0 1000 t
- Western Europe 0 1000 t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 0 1000 t
- European Union (27) 0 1000 t
- Americas -5 1000 t
- Northern America -7 1000 t
- Asia -8 1000 t
- Eastern Asia -8 1000 t
- United States of America -8 1000 t
- Oceania -31 1000 t
- World -42 1000 t
About this data
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.