Butter of cow milk — Production in Africa
Africa: Butter of cow milk — Production was 220,124 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Butter of cow milk — Production in Africa, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for butter of cow milk — production in Africa is 220,124 t, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 1.2% on the previous year and up 16.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, butter of cow milk — production in Africa peaked at 222,733 t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 77,079 t, in 1963.
That places Africa 17th 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 of cow milk — Production in Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 92,965 t | — |
| 1962 | 91,273 t | -1.8% |
| 1963 | 77,079 t | -15.6% |
| 1964 | 85,178 t | +10.5% |
| 1965 | 82,427 t | -3.2% |
| 1966 | 84,958 t | +3.1% |
| 1967 | 92,010 t | +8.3% |
| 1968 | 102,710 t | +11.6% |
| 1969 | 107,265 t | +4.4% |
| 1970 | 99,204 t | -7.5% |
| 1971 | 96,067 t | -3.2% |
| 1972 | 100,076 t | +4.2% |
| 1973 | 93,478 t | -6.6% |
| 1974 | 86,786 t | -7.2% |
| 1975 | 83,111 t | -4.2% |
| 1976 | 84,138 t | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 85,042 t | +1.1% |
| 1978 | 79,378 t | -6.7% |
| 1979 | 82,428 t | +3.8% |
| 1980 | 80,835 t | -1.9% |
| 1981 | 80,273 t | -0.7% |
| 1982 | 88,123 t | +9.8% |
| 1983 | 89,991 t | +2.1% |
| 1984 | 86,323 t | -4.1% |
| 1985 | 90,156 t | +4.4% |
| 1986 | 87,883 t | -2.5% |
| 1987 | 88,872 t | +1.1% |
| 1988 | 95,286 t | +7.2% |
| 1989 | 98,939 t | +3.8% |
| 1990 | 104,900 t | +6.0% |
| 1991 | 99,309 t | -5.3% |
| 1992 | 100,379 t | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 96,293 t | -4.1% |
| 1994 | 97,481 t | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 102,759 t | +5.4% |
| 1996 | 94,865 t | -7.7% |
| 1997 | 106,183 t | +11.9% |
| 1998 | 110,402 t | +4.0% |
| 1999 | 109,952 t | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 110,064 t | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 112,775 t | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 113,619 t | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 117,963 t | +3.8% |
| 2004 | 127,898 t | +8.4% |
| 2005 | 136,685 t | +6.9% |
| 2006 | 149,278 t | +9.2% |
| 2007 | 160,488 t | +7.5% |
| 2008 | 163,265 t | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 169,991 t | +4.1% |
| 2010 | 157,582 t | -7.3% |
| 2011 | 165,491 t | +5.0% |
| 2012 | 190,206 t | +14.9% |
| 2013 | 188,226 t | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 182,066 t | -3.3% |
| 2015 | 186,508 t | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 190,616 t | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 193,760 t | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 198,971 t | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 201,320 t | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 211,674 t | +5.1% |
| 2021 | 220,184 t | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 222,733 t | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 220,124 t | -1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 90,652 t | 77,079 t | 107,265 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 88,971 t | 79,378 t | 100,076 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 88,668 t | 80,273 t | 98,939 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 102,252 t | 94,865 t | 110,402 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 136,203 t | 110,064 t | 169,991 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 185,475 t | 157,582 t | 201,320 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 218,679 t | 211,674 t | 222,733 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 14 Czechoslovakia 118,000 t compare
- 15 Belgium-Luxembourg 117,116 t compare
- 16 Canada 114,903 t compare
- 17 China 109,579 t compare
- 18 China, mainland 109,452 t compare
- 19 Uzbekistan 104,805 t compare
- 20 Denmark 95,800 t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is butter of cow milk — production in Africa?
- Butter of cow milk — production in Africa was 220,124 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest butter of cow milk — production recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 222,733 t in 2022.
- What is the lowest butter of cow milk — production recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 77,079 t in 1963.
- How does Africa rank for butter of cow milk — production?
- Africa ranks 17th out of 27 groups with data for 2023.
- Is butter of cow milk — production rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Butter of cow milk — 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.