Cheese (All Kinds) — Production in Hungary
Hungary: Cheese (All Kinds) — Production was 95,531 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cheese (All Kinds) — Production in Hungary, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2023, cheese (all kinds) — production in Hungary stood at 95,531 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.5% on the previous year and up 10.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cheese (all kinds) — production in Hungary peaked at 113,955 t in 2017 and was at its lowest, 24,177 t, in 1961.
That places Hungary 42nd out of 110 countries 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.
Cheese (All Kinds) — Production in Hungary, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 24,177 t | — |
| 1962 | 26,481 t | +9.5% |
| 1963 | 29,418 t | +11.1% |
| 1964 | 31,863 t | +8.3% |
| 1965 | 30,269 t | -5.0% |
| 1966 | 33,507 t | +10.7% |
| 1967 | 36,102 t | +7.7% |
| 1968 | 36,819 t | +2.0% |
| 1969 | 41,140 t | +11.7% |
| 1970 | 45,736 t | +11.2% |
| 1971 | 42,507 t | -7.1% |
| 1972 | 39,020 t | -8.2% |
| 1973 | 49,436 t | +26.7% |
| 1974 | 50,818 t | +2.8% |
| 1975 | 47,442 t | -6.6% |
| 1976 | 53,585 t | +12.9% |
| 1977 | 59,234 t | +10.5% |
| 1978 | 62,434 t | +5.4% |
| 1979 | 66,160 t | +6.0% |
| 1980 | 69,505 t | +5.1% |
| 1981 | 74,570 t | +7.3% |
| 1982 | 78,142 t | +4.8% |
| 1983 | 81,450 t | +4.2% |
| 1984 | 94,427 t | +15.9% |
| 1985 | 95,491 t | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 92,995 t | -2.6% |
| 1987 | 95,516 t | +2.7% |
| 1988 | 95,027 t | -0.5% |
| 1989 | 93,331 t | -1.8% |
| 1990 | 92,359 t | -1.0% |
| 1991 | 85,244 t | -7.7% |
| 1992 | 78,743 t | -7.6% |
| 1993 | 84,126 t | +6.8% |
| 1994 | 82,771 t | -1.6% |
| 1995 | 82,919 t | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 88,052 t | +6.2% |
| 1997 | 90,437 t | +2.7% |
| 1998 | 90,413 t | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 91,246 t | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 94,948 t | +4.1% |
| 2001 | 107,810 t | +13.5% |
| 2002 | 106,645 t | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 109,732 t | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 106,303 t | -3.1% |
| 2005 | 100,797 t | -5.2% |
| 2006 | 90,718 t | -10.0% |
| 2007 | 92,283 t | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 92,946 t | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 93,719 t | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 89,380 t | -4.6% |
| 2011 | 83,540 t | -6.5% |
| 2012 | 90,820 t | +8.7% |
| 2013 | 86,190 t | -5.1% |
| 2014 | 96,951 t | +12.5% |
| 2015 | 102,474 t | +5.7% |
| 2016 | 104,724 t | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 113,955 t | +8.8% |
| 2018 | 99,766 t | -12.5% |
| 2019 | 95,375 t | -4.4% |
| 2020 | 103,942 t | +9.0% |
| 2021 | 105,678 t | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 103,226 t | -2.3% |
| 2023 | 95,531 t | -7.5% |
Hungary compared with similar countries
- Hungary's 95,531 t is below the median for high income countries, which is 107,288 t, 89% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Hungary's 95,531 t is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 79,440 t, 1.2× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 32,197 t | 24,177 t | 41,140 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 51,637 t | 39,020 t | 66,160 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 87,045 t | 69,505 t | 95,516 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 86,631 t | 78,743 t | 92,359 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 99,590 t | 90,718 t | 109,732 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 96,317 t | 83,540 t | 113,955 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 102,094 t | 95,531 t | 105,678 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Hungary
More agriculture & rural data for Hungary
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.23 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0265 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 687.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.18 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2931 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cheese (all kinds) — production in Hungary?
- Cheese (all kinds) — production in Hungary was 95,531 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cheese (all kinds) — production recorded in Hungary?
- The highest recorded value was 113,955 t in 2017.
- What is the lowest cheese (all kinds) — production recorded in Hungary?
- The lowest recorded value was 24,177 t in 1961.
- How does Hungary rank for cheese (all kinds) — production?
- Hungary ranks 42nd out of 110 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cheese (all kinds) — production rising or falling in Hungary?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Hungary 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.