Cheese (All Kinds) — Production in Europe
Europe: Cheese (All Kinds) — Production was 13.90 million t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cheese (All Kinds) — Production in Europe, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2023, cheese (all kinds) — production in Europe stood at 13.90 million t. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 14.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cheese (all kinds) — production in Europe peaked at 13.90 million t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 3.22 million t, in 1961.
That places Europe 1st out of 28 groups 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.84 million t | 3.22 million t | 4.56 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 5.91 million t | 4.79 million t | 7.08 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 7.98 million t | 7.11 million t | 8.98 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 8.21 million t | 7.77 million t | 9.17 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 9.59 million t | 8.62 million t | 10.20 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.37 million t | 11.02 million t | 13.16 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.81 million t | 13.63 million t | 13.90 million t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Europe
More agriculture & rural data for Europe
- Bananas — Area harvested 21,030 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 63,355 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 22.48 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 56,412 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 398,589 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 137,267 t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 177.78 million An (2024)
- Bananas — Production 663,560 t (2024)
- Milk, Total — Milk Animals 69.42 million An (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Production 77.67 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cheese (all kinds) — production in Europe?
- Cheese (all kinds) — production in Europe was 13.90 million t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cheese (all kinds) — production recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 13.90 million t in 2023.
- What is the lowest cheese (all kinds) — production recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.22 million t in 1961.
- How does Europe rank for cheese (all kinds) — production?
- Europe ranks 1st out of 28 groups with data for 2023.
- Is cheese (all kinds) — production rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Europe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cheese (All Kinds) — 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.