Butter of cow milk — Production in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Butter of cow milk — Production was 189,768 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Butter of cow milk — Production in Southern Europe, 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 Southern Europe is 189,768 t, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, butter of cow milk — production in Southern Europe peaked at 235,219 t in 2005 and was at its lowest, 83,574 t, in 1963.
That places Southern Europe 18th out of 27 groups 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 Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 105,497 t | — |
| 1962 | 104,398 t | -1.0% |
| 1963 | 83,574 t | -19.9% |
| 1964 | 88,103 t | +5.4% |
| 1965 | 97,403 t | +10.6% |
| 1966 | 106,280 t | +9.1% |
| 1967 | 104,376 t | -1.8% |
| 1968 | 104,569 t | +0.2% |
| 1969 | 101,962 t | -2.5% |
| 1970 | 101,805 t | -0.2% |
| 1971 | 105,874 t | +4.0% |
| 1972 | 110,440 t | +4.3% |
| 1973 | 118,407 t | +7.2% |
| 1974 | 109,467 t | -7.6% |
| 1975 | 102,051 t | -6.8% |
| 1976 | 106,239 t | +4.1% |
| 1977 | 118,885 t | +11.9% |
| 1978 | 123,846 t | +4.2% |
| 1979 | 118,447 t | -4.4% |
| 1980 | 120,917 t | +2.1% |
| 1981 | 119,515 t | -1.2% |
| 1982 | 116,548 t | -2.5% |
| 1983 | 137,210 t | +17.7% |
| 1984 | 125,299 t | -8.7% |
| 1985 | 127,413 t | +1.7% |
| 1986 | 138,467 t | +8.7% |
| 1987 | 138,098 t | -0.3% |
| 1988 | 134,541 t | -2.6% |
| 1989 | 142,831 t | +6.2% |
| 1990 | 186,050 t | +30.3% |
| 1991 | 171,679 t | -7.7% |
| 1992 | 167,165 t | -2.6% |
| 1993 | 152,296 t | -8.9% |
| 1994 | 144,465 t | -5.1% |
| 1995 | 168,321 t | +16.5% |
| 1996 | 176,688 t | +5.0% |
| 1997 | 203,729 t | +15.3% |
| 1998 | 196,778 t | -3.4% |
| 1999 | 229,581 t | +16.7% |
| 2000 | 215,707 t | -6.0% |
| 2001 | 205,548 t | -4.7% |
| 2002 | 227,583 t | +10.7% |
| 2003 | 221,527 t | -2.7% |
| 2004 | 217,548 t | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 235,219 t | +8.1% |
| 2006 | 216,803 t | -7.8% |
| 2007 | 210,365 t | -3.0% |
| 2008 | 202,642 t | -3.7% |
| 2009 | 199,281 t | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 193,729 t | -2.8% |
| 2011 | 193,609 t | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 187,364 t | -3.2% |
| 2013 | 181,756 t | -3.0% |
| 2014 | 190,824 t | +5.0% |
| 2015 | 193,239 t | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 192,764 t | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 197,182 t | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 200,992 t | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 195,105 t | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 195,682 t | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 198,889 t | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 188,366 t | -5.3% |
| 2023 | 189,768 t | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 99,574 t | 83,574 t | 106,280 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 111,546 t | 101,805 t | 123,846 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 130,084 t | 116,548 t | 142,831 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 179,675 t | 144,465 t | 229,581 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 215,222 t | 199,281 t | 235,219 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 192,656 t | 181,756 t | 200,992 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 193,176 t | 188,366 t | 198,889 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Southern Europe
- 15 Belgium-Luxembourg 117,116 t compare
- 16 Canada 114,903 t compare
- 17 China 109,579 t compare
- 18 China, mainland 109,452 t compare
- 19 Uzbekistan 104,805 t compare
- 20 Denmark 95,800 t compare
- 21 Italy 94,400 t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is butter of cow milk — production in Southern Europe?
- Butter of cow milk — production in Southern Europe was 189,768 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest butter of cow milk — production recorded in Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 235,219 t in 2005.
- What is the lowest butter of cow milk — production recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 83,574 t in 1963.
- How does Southern Europe rank for butter of cow milk — production?
- Southern Europe ranks 18th out of 27 groups with data for 2023.
- Is butter of cow milk — production rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Europe 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.