Butter of cow milk — Production in Australia
Australia: Butter of cow milk — Production was 64,871 t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Butter of cow milk — Production in Australia, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Australia recorded 64,871 t for butter of cow milk — production in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of down 11.2% on the previous year and down 45.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, butter of cow milk — production in Australia peaked at 223,000 t in 1970 and was at its lowest, 64,871 t, in 2023.
That places Australia 23rd out of 119 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Butter of cow milk — Production in Australia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 182,100 t | — |
| 1962 | 200,400 t | +10.0% |
| 1963 | 204,500 t | +2.0% |
| 1964 | 206,100 t | +0.8% |
| 1965 | 206,300 t | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 208,800 t | +1.2% |
| 1967 | 221,900 t | +6.3% |
| 1968 | 196,100 t | -11.6% |
| 1969 | 198,200 t | +1.1% |
| 1970 | 223,000 t | +12.5% |
| 1971 | 203,200 t | -8.9% |
| 1972 | 195,400 t | -3.8% |
| 1973 | 184,900 t | -5.4% |
| 1974 | 175,500 t | -5.1% |
| 1975 | 161,300 t | -8.1% |
| 1976 | 147,600 t | -8.5% |
| 1977 | 118,200 t | -19.9% |
| 1978 | 111,700 t | -5.5% |
| 1979 | 104,800 t | -6.2% |
| 1980 | 84,300 t | -19.6% |
| 1981 | 79,400 t | -5.8% |
| 1982 | 76,400 t | -3.8% |
| 1983 | 88,300 t | +15.6% |
| 1984 | 111,300 t | +26.0% |
| 1985 | 114,000 t | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 105,000 t | -7.9% |
| 1987 | 103,900 t | -1.0% |
| 1988 | 94,200 t | -9.3% |
| 1989 | 95,853 t | +1.8% |
| 1990 | 104,158 t | +8.7% |
| 1991 | 105,869 t | +1.6% |
| 1992 | 108,048 t | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 126,456 t | +17.0% |
| 1994 | 142,761 t | +12.9% |
| 1995 | 134,400 t | -5.9% |
| 1996 | 145,000 t | +7.9% |
| 1997 | 147,000 t | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 161,000 t | +9.5% |
| 1999 | 176,000 t | +9.3% |
| 2000 | 183,000 t | +4.0% |
| 2001 | 172,000 t | -6.0% |
| 2002 | 178,000 t | +3.5% |
| 2003 | 164,000 t | -7.9% |
| 2004 | 149,000 t | -9.1% |
| 2005 | 148,000 t | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 133,000 t | -10.1% |
| 2007 | 133,100 t | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 127,618 t | -4.1% |
| 2009 | 148,495 t | +16.4% |
| 2010 | 128,379 t | -13.5% |
| 2011 | 122,486 t | -4.6% |
| 2012 | 119,715 t | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 118,228 t | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 116,124 t | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 118,583 t | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 118,624 t | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 99,941 t | -15.7% |
| 2018 | 93,000 t | -6.9% |
| 2019 | 73,300 t | -21.2% |
| 2020 | 73,168 t | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 81,704 t | +11.7% |
| 2022 | 73,018 t | -10.6% |
| 2023 | 64,871 t | -11.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 202,711 t | 182,100 t | 221,900 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 162,560 t | 104,800 t | 223,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 95,265 t | 76,400 t | 114,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 135,069 t | 104,158 t | 176,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 153,621 t | 127,618 t | 183,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 110,838 t | 73,300 t | 128,379 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 73,190 t | 64,871 t | 81,704 t | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Australia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0227 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,476 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5855 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1228 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is butter of cow milk — production in Australia?
- Butter of cow milk — production in Australia was 64,871 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest butter of cow milk — production recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 223,000 t in 1970.
- What is the lowest butter of cow milk — production recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 64,871 t in 2023.
- How does Australia rank for butter of cow milk — production?
- Australia ranks 23rd out of 119 countries with data for 2023.
- Is butter of cow milk — production rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 45.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Australia 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.