Butter of cow milk — Production in Namibia
Namibia: Butter of cow milk — Production was 570.27 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Butter of cow milk — Production in Namibia, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2023, butter of cow milk — production in Namibia stood at 570.27 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.4% on the previous year and up 18.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, butter of cow milk — production in Namibia peaked at 3,600 t in 1961 and was at its lowest, 215 t, in 1994.
That places Namibia 101st out of 119 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Butter of cow milk — Production in Namibia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,600 t | — |
| 1962 | 2,300 t | -36.1% |
| 1963 | 2,500 t | +8.7% |
| 1964 | 2,271 t | -9.2% |
| 1965 | 1,747 t | -23.1% |
| 1966 | 2,062 t | +18.0% |
| 1967 | 2,241 t | +8.7% |
| 1968 | 2,096 t | -6.5% |
| 1969 | 1,533 t | -26.9% |
| 1970 | 1,005 t | -34.4% |
| 1971 | 867 t | -13.7% |
| 1972 | 825 t | -4.8% |
| 1973 | 334 t | -59.5% |
| 1974 | 293 t | -12.3% |
| 1975 | 292 t | -0.3% |
| 1976 | 300 t | +2.7% |
| 1977 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 387 t | +29.0% |
| 1991 | 276 t | -28.7% |
| 1992 | 307 t | +11.2% |
| 1993 | 266 t | -13.4% |
| 1994 | 215 t | -19.2% |
| 1995 | 263 t | +22.3% |
| 1996 | 231 t | -12.2% |
| 1997 | 245 t | +6.1% |
| 1998 | 279 t | +13.9% |
| 1999 | 310 t | +11.1% |
| 2000 | 326 t | +5.2% |
| 2001 | 400 t | +22.7% |
| 2002 | 420 t | +5.0% |
| 2003 | 504 t | +20.0% |
| 2004 | 575 t | +14.1% |
| 2005 | 480 t | -16.5% |
| 2006 | 507 t | +5.6% |
| 2007 | 516 t | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 525 t | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 534 t | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 650 t | +21.7% |
| 2011 | 650 t | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 480 t | -26.2% |
| 2013 | 480 t | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 503.63 t | +4.9% |
| 2015 | 447.11 t | -11.2% |
| 2016 | 494.22 t | +10.5% |
| 2017 | 491.64 t | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 467.68 t | -4.9% |
| 2019 | 491.72 t | +5.1% |
| 2020 | 494.32 t | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 508.48 t | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 516.52 t | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 570.27 t | +10.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,261 t | 1,533 t | 3,600 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 481.6 t | 292 t | 1,005 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 300 t | 300 t | 300 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 277.9 t | 215 t | 387 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 478.7 t | 326 t | 575 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 515.6 t | 447.11 t | 650 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 522.4 t | 494.32 t | 570.27 t | 4 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0699 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 340.78 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.13 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4913 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 6.99 (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is butter of cow milk — production in Namibia?
- Butter of cow milk — production in Namibia was 570.27 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest butter of cow milk — production recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 3,600 t in 1961.
- What is the lowest butter of cow milk — production recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 215 t in 1994.
- How does Namibia rank for butter of cow milk — production?
- Namibia ranks 101st out of 119 countries with data for 2023.
- Is butter of cow milk — production rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Namibia 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.