Butter of cow milk — Production in Western Africa
Western Africa: Butter of cow milk — Production was 36,219 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Butter of cow milk — Production in Western Africa, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 36,219 t for butter of cow milk — production in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 29.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, butter of cow milk — production in Western Africa peaked at 37,171 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 6,533 t, in 1961.
Western Africa ranks 24th of 27 groups on this measure, 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 Western Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,533 t | — |
| 1962 | 6,792 t | +4.0% |
| 1963 | 7,096 t | +4.5% |
| 1964 | 7,359 t | +3.7% |
| 1965 | 7,616 t | +3.5% |
| 1966 | 8,046 t | +5.6% |
| 1967 | 8,232 t | +2.3% |
| 1968 | 8,513 t | +3.4% |
| 1969 | 8,514 t | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 8,504 t | -0.1% |
| 1971 | 8,292 t | -2.5% |
| 1972 | 7,835 t | -5.5% |
| 1973 | 7,776 t | -0.8% |
| 1974 | 8,119 t | +4.4% |
| 1975 | 8,885 t | +9.4% |
| 1976 | 9,677 t | +8.9% |
| 1977 | 10,094 t | +4.3% |
| 1978 | 10,475 t | +3.8% |
| 1979 | 10,789 t | +3.0% |
| 1980 | 11,150 t | +3.3% |
| 1981 | 11,598 t | +4.0% |
| 1982 | 12,000 t | +3.5% |
| 1983 | 13,286 t | +10.7% |
| 1984 | 11,502 t | -13.4% |
| 1985 | 11,143 t | -3.1% |
| 1986 | 11,351 t | +1.9% |
| 1987 | 11,748 t | +3.5% |
| 1988 | 12,816 t | +9.1% |
| 1989 | 13,143 t | +2.5% |
| 1990 | 13,601 t | +3.5% |
| 1991 | 14,094 t | +3.6% |
| 1992 | 14,548 t | +3.2% |
| 1993 | 15,042 t | +3.4% |
| 1994 | 15,253 t | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 16,182 t | +6.1% |
| 1996 | 16,433 t | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 15,553 t | -5.4% |
| 1998 | 16,366 t | +5.2% |
| 1999 | 17,161 t | +4.9% |
| 2000 | 17,627 t | +2.7% |
| 2001 | 18,148 t | +3.0% |
| 2002 | 19,017 t | +4.8% |
| 2003 | 19,570 t | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 20,500 t | +4.8% |
| 2005 | 21,454 t | +4.7% |
| 2006 | 22,678 t | +5.7% |
| 2007 | 23,339 t | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 23,075 t | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 25,133 t | +8.9% |
| 2010 | 25,334 t | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 27,704 t | +9.4% |
| 2012 | 28,682 t | +3.5% |
| 2013 | 28,030 t | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 29,392 t | +4.9% |
| 2015 | 31,049 t | +5.6% |
| 2016 | 31,955 t | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 33,106 t | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 34,458 t | +4.1% |
| 2019 | 35,817 t | +3.9% |
| 2020 | 37,171 t | +3.8% |
| 2021 | 35,744 t | -3.8% |
| 2022 | 36,226 t | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 36,219 t | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,634 t | 6,533 t | 8,514 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,045 t | 7,776 t | 10,789 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,974 t | 11,143 t | 13,286 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,423 t | 13,601 t | 17,161 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 21,054 t | 17,627 t | 25,133 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 30,553 t | 25,334 t | 35,817 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 36,340 t | 35,744 t | 37,171 t | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is butter of cow milk — production in Western Africa?
- Butter of cow milk — production in Western Africa was 36,219 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest butter of cow milk — production recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 37,171 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest butter of cow milk — production recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,533 t in 1961.
- How does Western Africa rank for butter of cow milk — production?
- Western Africa ranks 24th out of 27 groups with data for 2023.
- Is butter of cow milk — production rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western Africa 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.