Butter of cow milk — Production in China
China: Butter of cow milk — Production was 109,579 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Butter of cow milk — Production in China, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
China recorded 109,579 t for butter of cow milk — production in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is up 6.3% on the previous year and up 19.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, butter of cow milk — production in China peaked at 109,579 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 10,600 t, in 1961.
China ranks 17th of 119 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Butter of cow milk — Production in China, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,600 t | — |
| 1962 | 11,200 t | +5.7% |
| 1963 | 11,800 t | +5.4% |
| 1964 | 12,000 t | +1.7% |
| 1965 | 12,400 t | +3.3% |
| 1966 | 12,440 t | +0.3% |
| 1967 | 12,000 t | -3.5% |
| 1968 | 11,880 t | -1.0% |
| 1969 | 12,240 t | +3.0% |
| 1970 | 13,600 t | +11.1% |
| 1971 | 15,200 t | +11.8% |
| 1972 | 16,401 t | +7.9% |
| 1973 | 17,201 t | +4.9% |
| 1974 | 18,801 t | +9.3% |
| 1975 | 20,521 t | +9.1% |
| 1976 | 22,321 t | +8.8% |
| 1977 | 23,401 t | +4.8% |
| 1978 | 24,481 t | +4.6% |
| 1979 | 25,201 t | +2.9% |
| 1980 | 28,321 t | +12.4% |
| 1981 | 30,641 t | +8.2% |
| 1982 | 35,481 t | +15.8% |
| 1983 | 36,002 t | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 43,202 t | +20.0% |
| 1985 | 44,002 t | +1.9% |
| 1986 | 48,003 t | +9.1% |
| 1987 | 52,004 t | +8.3% |
| 1988 | 54,004 t | +3.8% |
| 1989 | 57,605 t | +6.7% |
| 1990 | 58,005 t | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 61,206 t | +5.5% |
| 1992 | 64,006 t | +4.6% |
| 1993 | 66,807 t | +4.4% |
| 1994 | 68,007 t | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 68,008 t | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 68,008 t | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 70,008 t | +2.9% |
| 1998 | 71,208 t | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 72,008 t | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 74,009 t | +2.8% |
| 2001 | 76,009 t | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 80,009 t | +5.3% |
| 2003 | 84,009 t | +5.0% |
| 2004 | 88,008 t | +4.8% |
| 2005 | 92,008 t | +4.5% |
| 2006 | 94,008 t | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 96,008 t | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 98,016 t | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 96,016 t | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 92,639 t | -3.5% |
| 2011 | 94,819 t | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 97,158 t | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 91,889 t | -5.4% |
| 2014 | 95,812 t | +4.3% |
| 2015 | 82,210 t | -14.2% |
| 2016 | 79,356 t | -3.5% |
| 2017 | 78,752 t | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 79,666 t | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 83,271 t | +4.5% |
| 2020 | 89,552 t | +7.5% |
| 2021 | 96,198 t | +7.4% |
| 2022 | 103,125 t | +7.2% |
| 2023 | 109,579 t | +6.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,840 t | 10,600 t | 12,440 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 19,713 t | 13,600 t | 25,201 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 42,926 t | 28,321 t | 57,605 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 66,727 t | 58,005 t | 72,008 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 87,810 t | 74,009 t | 98,016 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 87,557 t | 78,752 t | 97,158 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 99,613 t | 89,552 t | 109,579 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near China
- 14 Czechoslovakia 118,000 t compare
- 15 Belgium-Luxembourg 117,116 t compare
- 16 Canada 114,903 t compare
- 18 China, mainland 109,452 t compare
- 19 Uzbekistan 104,805 t compare
- 20 Denmark 95,800 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 923.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is butter of cow milk — production in China?
- Butter of cow milk — production in China was 109,579 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest butter of cow milk — production recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 109,579 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest butter of cow milk — production recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,600 t in 1961.
- How does China rank for butter of cow milk — production?
- China ranks 17th out of 119 countries with data for 2023.
- Is butter of cow milk — production rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China 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.