Butter of cow milk — Production in Argentina
Argentina: Butter of cow milk — Production was 34,703 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Butter of cow milk — Production in Argentina, 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 Argentina is 34,703 t, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 11.1% on the previous year and down 30.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, butter of cow milk — production in Argentina peaked at 55,300 t in 2003 and was at its lowest, 26,807 t, in 2017.
That places Argentina 32nd out of 119 countries 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 Argentina, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 54,674 t | — |
| 1962 | 49,011 t | -10.4% |
| 1963 | 50,675 t | +3.4% |
| 1964 | 50,821 t | +0.3% |
| 1965 | 42,351 t | -16.7% |
| 1966 | 46,220 t | +9.1% |
| 1967 | 40,571 t | -12.2% |
| 1968 | 39,289 t | -3.2% |
| 1969 | 34,874 t | -11.2% |
| 1970 | 27,545 t | -21.0% |
| 1971 | 36,458 t | +32.4% |
| 1972 | 48,805 t | +33.9% |
| 1973 | 37,477 t | -23.2% |
| 1974 | 34,949 t | -6.7% |
| 1975 | 40,035 t | +14.6% |
| 1976 | 40,184 t | +0.4% |
| 1977 | 30,049 t | -25.2% |
| 1978 | 29,217 t | -2.8% |
| 1979 | 33,056 t | +13.1% |
| 1980 | 29,157 t | -11.8% |
| 1981 | 32,273 t | +10.7% |
| 1982 | 37,288 t | +15.5% |
| 1983 | 33,721 t | -9.6% |
| 1984 | 28,185 t | -16.4% |
| 1985 | 32,147 t | +14.1% |
| 1986 | 32,022 t | -0.4% |
| 1987 | 34,126 t | +6.6% |
| 1988 | 36,551 t | +7.1% |
| 1989 | 36,637 t | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 35,421 t | -3.3% |
| 1991 | 38,000 t | +7.3% |
| 1992 | 37,000 t | -2.6% |
| 1993 | 36,000 t | -2.7% |
| 1994 | 43,494 t | +20.8% |
| 1995 | 51,299 t | +17.9% |
| 1996 | 52,000 t | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 49,000 t | -5.8% |
| 1998 | 47,000 t | -4.1% |
| 1999 | 51,800 t | +10.2% |
| 2000 | 52,700 t | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 53,400 t | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 54,600 t | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 55,300 t | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 55,000 t | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 51,000 t | -7.3% |
| 2006 | 53,000 t | +3.9% |
| 2007 | 52,000 t | -1.9% |
| 2008 | 50,780 t | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 50,623 t | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 49,643 t | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 53,565 t | +7.9% |
| 2012 | 53,315 t | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 50,111 t | -6.0% |
| 2014 | 48,059 t | -4.1% |
| 2015 | 41,226 t | -14.2% |
| 2016 | 34,234 t | -17.0% |
| 2017 | 26,807 t | -21.7% |
| 2018 | 29,351 t | +9.5% |
| 2019 | 28,694 t | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 34,661 t | +20.8% |
| 2021 | 41,131 t | +18.7% |
| 2022 | 39,033 t | -5.1% |
| 2023 | 34,703 t | -11.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 45,387 t | 34,874 t | 54,674 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 35,778 t | 27,545 t | 48,805 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 33,211 t | 28,185 t | 37,288 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 44,101 t | 35,421 t | 52,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 52,840 t | 50,623 t | 55,300 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 41,500 t | 26,807 t | 53,565 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 37,382 t | 34,661 t | 41,131 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Argentina
- 29 Switzerland 42,093 t compare
- 30 Sweden 40,980 t compare
- 31 Afghanistan 39,026 t compare
- 33 Austria 33,820 t compare
- 34 Portugal 31,590 t compare
- 35 Kazakhstan 30,928 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Argentina
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0553 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 824.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6693 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0765 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 5.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 5.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is butter of cow milk — production in Argentina?
- Butter of cow milk — production in Argentina was 34,703 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest butter of cow milk — production recorded in Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was 55,300 t in 2003.
- What is the lowest butter of cow milk — production recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was 26,807 t in 2017.
- How does Argentina rank for butter of cow milk — production?
- Argentina ranks 32nd out of 119 countries with data for 2023.
- Is butter of cow milk — production rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Argentina 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.