Buttermilk, dry — Production in France
France: Buttermilk, dry — Production was 26,950 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Buttermilk, dry — Production in France, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
France recorded 26,950 t for buttermilk, dry — production in 2023.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 16.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, buttermilk, dry — production in France peaked at 39,000 t in 1979 and was at its lowest, 0 t, in 1961.
That places France 6th out of 145 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Buttermilk, dry — Production in France, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 t | — |
| 1962 | 0 t | — |
| 1963 | 0 t | — |
| 1964 | 0 t | — |
| 1965 | 2,345 t | — |
| 1966 | 3,033 t | +29.3% |
| 1967 | 4,948 t | +63.1% |
| 1968 | 7,900 t | +59.7% |
| 1969 | 10,456 t | +32.4% |
| 1970 | 11,641 t | +11.3% |
| 1971 | 13,359 t | +14.8% |
| 1972 | 20,700 t | +55.0% |
| 1973 | 23,100 t | +11.6% |
| 1974 | 23,600 t | +2.2% |
| 1975 | 30,000 t | +27.1% |
| 1976 | 33,000 t | +10.0% |
| 1977 | 32,000 t | -3.0% |
| 1978 | 34,000 t | +6.2% |
| 1979 | 39,000 t | +14.7% |
| 1980 | 37,000 t | -5.1% |
| 1981 | 34,000 t | -8.1% |
| 1982 | 32,000 t | -5.9% |
| 1983 | 35,000 t | +9.4% |
| 1984 | 31,000 t | -11.4% |
| 1985 | 30,000 t | -3.2% |
| 1986 | 35,000 t | +16.7% |
| 1987 | 30,000 t | -14.3% |
| 1988 | 27,000 t | -10.0% |
| 1989 | 26,000 t | -3.7% |
| 1990 | 31,000 t | +19.2% |
| 1991 | 25,500 t | -17.7% |
| 1992 | 24,580 t | -3.6% |
| 1993 | 27,420 t | +11.6% |
| 1994 | 32,628 t | +19.0% |
| 1995 | 31,000 t | -5.0% |
| 1996 | 34,000 t | +9.7% |
| 1997 | 30,413 t | -10.5% |
| 1998 | 31,000 t | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 29,215 t | -5.8% |
| 2000 | 31,363 t | +7.4% |
| 2001 | 30,117 t | -4.0% |
| 2002 | 31,875 t | +5.8% |
| 2003 | 31,570 t | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 31,000 t | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 32,000 t | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 30,000 t | -6.2% |
| 2007 | 30,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 30,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 27,100 t | -9.7% |
| 2010 | 27,040 t | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 26,440 t | -2.2% |
| 2012 | 27,390 t | +3.6% |
| 2013 | 23,150 t | -15.5% |
| 2014 | 28,080 t | +21.3% |
| 2015 | 29,270 t | +4.2% |
| 2016 | 30,330 t | +3.6% |
| 2017 | 31,100 t | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 29,450 t | -5.3% |
| 2019 | 26,220 t | -11.0% |
| 2020 | 26,240 t | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 28,470 t | +8.5% |
| 2022 | 26,750 t | -6.0% |
| 2023 | 26,950 t | +0.7% |
France compared with similar countries
- France's 26,950 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 519.51 t, 51.9× the median. (49 countries reporting)
- France's 26,950 t is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 616.84 t, 43.7× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,187 t | 0 t | 10,456 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 26,040 t | 11,641 t | 39,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 31,700 t | 26,000 t | 37,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 29,676 t | 24,580 t | 34,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 30,502 t | 27,100 t | 32,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 27,847 t | 23,150 t | 31,100 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 27,102 t | 26,240 t | 28,470 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near France
- 3 Australia and New Zealand 38,235 t compare
- 4 New Zealand 34,620 t compare
- 4 Türkiye 9,006 t compare
- 5 Belarus 29,123 t compare
- 5 United Republic of Tanzania 6,487 t compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,912 t compare
- 7 China 24,265 t compare
- 8 China, mainland 23,712 t compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 416.79 t compare
- 9 Ireland 23,566 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for France
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 14.99 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.014 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 687.36 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.033 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2115 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is buttermilk, dry — production in France?
- Buttermilk, dry — production in France was 26,950 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest buttermilk, dry — production recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 39,000 t in 1979.
- What is the lowest buttermilk, dry — production recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 t in 1961.
- How does France rank for buttermilk, dry — production?
- France ranks 6th out of 145 countries with data for 2023.
- Is buttermilk, dry — production rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this France data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Buttermilk, dry — 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.