Butter of cow milk — Production in Northern America
Northern America: Butter of cow milk — Production was 1.07 million t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Butter of cow milk — Production in Northern America, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Northern America recorded 1.07 million t for butter of cow milk — production in 2023.
The figure is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 14.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, butter of cow milk — production in Northern America peaked at 1.09 million t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 535,039 t, in 1973.
That places Northern America 6th out of 27 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Butter of cow milk — Production in Northern America, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 861,736 t | — |
| 1962 | 885,253 t | +2.7% |
| 1963 | 823,287 t | -7.0% |
| 1964 | 829,451 t | +0.7% |
| 1965 | 767,467 t | -7.5% |
| 1966 | 666,905 t | -13.1% |
| 1967 | 714,935 t | +7.2% |
| 1968 | 689,457 t | -3.6% |
| 1969 | 673,340 t | -2.3% |
| 1970 | 671,179 t | -0.3% |
| 1971 | 654,577 t | -2.5% |
| 1972 | 636,057 t | -2.8% |
| 1973 | 535,039 t | -15.9% |
| 1974 | 545,188 t | +1.9% |
| 1975 | 579,017 t | +6.2% |
| 1976 | 562,433 t | -2.9% |
| 1977 | 609,318 t | +8.3% |
| 1978 | 556,457 t | -8.7% |
| 1979 | 548,027 t | -1.5% |
| 1980 | 626,190 t | +14.3% |
| 1981 | 674,010 t | +7.6% |
| 1982 | 696,595 t | +3.4% |
| 1983 | 697,130 t | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 612,344 t | -12.2% |
| 1985 | 665,969 t | +8.8% |
| 1986 | 647,985 t | -2.7% |
| 1987 | 598,829 t | -7.6% |
| 1988 | 656,148 t | +9.6% |
| 1989 | 689,841 t | +5.1% |
| 1990 | 695,147 t | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 707,059 t | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 709,435 t | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 683,252 t | -3.7% |
| 1994 | 680,484 t | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 670,320 t | -1.5% |
| 1996 | 630,344 t | -6.0% |
| 1997 | 615,959 t | -2.3% |
| 1998 | 620,400 t | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 670,410 t | +8.1% |
| 2000 | 652,858 t | -2.6% |
| 2001 | 646,258 t | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 693,858 t | +7.4% |
| 2003 | 650,389 t | -6.3% |
| 2004 | 652,354 t | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 697,485 t | +6.9% |
| 2006 | 735,838 t | +5.5% |
| 2007 | 777,745 t | +5.7% |
| 2008 | 831,444 t | +6.9% |
| 2009 | 799,126 t | -3.9% |
| 2010 | 789,446 t | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 909,533 t | +15.2% |
| 2012 | 941,026 t | +3.5% |
| 2013 | 934,185 t | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 924,685 t | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 924,527 t | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 927,766 t | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 946,782 t | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 1.01 million t | +6.6% |
| 2019 | 1.02 million t | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 1.09 million t | +7.3% |
| 2021 | 1.05 million t | -3.5% |
| 2022 | 1.05 million t | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 1.07 million t | +2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 767,981 t | 666,905 t | 885,253 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 589,729 t | 535,039 t | 671,179 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 656,504 t | 598,829 t | 697,130 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 668,281 t | 615,959 t | 709,435 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 713,736 t | 646,258 t | 831,444 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 932,379 t | 789,446 t | 1.02 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.07 million t | 1.05 million t | 1.09 million t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
- 3 Germany 468,880 t compare
- 4 New Zealand 462,400 t compare
- 4 Türkiye 126,796 t compare
- 5 France 403,970 t compare
- 5 United Republic of Tanzania 40,617 t compare
- 6 Russian Federation 301,223 t compare
- 7 Ireland 299,300 t compare
- 7 Syrian Arab Republic 3,470 t compare
- 8 Poland 264,950 t compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3,423 t compare
- 9 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 206,700 t compare
- 9 Republic of Moldova 3,002 t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is butter of cow milk — production in Northern America?
- Butter of cow milk — production in Northern America was 1.07 million t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest butter of cow milk — production recorded in Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 1.09 million t in 2020.
- What is the lowest butter of cow milk — production recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 535,039 t in 1973.
- How does Northern America rank for butter of cow milk — production?
- Northern America ranks 6th out of 27 groups with data for 2023.
- Is butter of cow milk — production rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern America 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.