Cheese (All Kinds) — Production in Northern Europe
Northern Europe: Cheese (All Kinds) — Production was 1.77 million t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cheese (All Kinds) — Production in Northern Europe, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cheese (all kinds) — production in Northern Europe is 1.77 million t, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 26.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cheese (all kinds) — production in Northern Europe peaked at 1.77 million t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 368,850 t, in 1962.
That places Northern Europe 10th 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.
Cheese (All Kinds) — Production in Northern Europe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 377,760 t | — |
| 1962 | 368,850 t | -2.4% |
| 1963 | 375,371 t | +1.8% |
| 1964 | 389,272 t | +3.7% |
| 1965 | 391,107 t | +0.5% |
| 1966 | 392,705 t | +0.4% |
| 1967 | 413,704 t | +5.3% |
| 1968 | 391,718 t | -5.3% |
| 1969 | 397,370 t | +1.4% |
| 1970 | 426,042 t | +7.2% |
| 1971 | 478,048 t | +12.2% |
| 1972 | 528,694 t | +10.6% |
| 1973 | 512,885 t | -3.0% |
| 1974 | 604,583 t | +17.9% |
| 1975 | 642,195 t | +6.2% |
| 1976 | 610,392 t | -5.0% |
| 1977 | 639,775 t | +4.8% |
| 1978 | 671,532 t | +5.0% |
| 1979 | 710,581 t | +5.8% |
| 1980 | 744,939 t | +4.8% |
| 1981 | 784,208 t | +5.3% |
| 1982 | 801,922 t | +2.3% |
| 1983 | 792,962 t | -1.1% |
| 1984 | 849,521 t | +7.1% |
| 1985 | 851,088 t | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 844,082 t | -0.8% |
| 1987 | 885,639 t | +4.9% |
| 1988 | 923,286 t | +4.3% |
| 1989 | 924,187 t | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 971,560 t | +5.1% |
| 1991 | 939,395 t | -3.3% |
| 1992 | 1.06 million t | +12.7% |
| 1993 | 1.10 million t | +3.5% |
| 1994 | 1.07 million t | -2.5% |
| 1995 | 1.10 million t | +2.7% |
| 1996 | 1.12 million t | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 1.11 million t | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 1.13 million t | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 1.14 million t | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 1.13 million t | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 1.24 million t | +9.4% |
| 2002 | 1.23 million t | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 1.21 million t | -1.4% |
| 2004 | 1.22 million t | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 1.28 million t | +5.2% |
| 2006 | 1.32 million t | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 1.29 million t | -2.2% |
| 2008 | 1.31 million t | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 1.30 million t | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 1.33 million t | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 1.35 million t | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 1.40 million t | +3.6% |
| 2013 | 1.40 million t | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1.48 million t | +5.5% |
| 2015 | 1.52 million t | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 1.57 million t | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 1.63 million t | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 1.65 million t | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 1.67 million t | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 1.73 million t | +3.7% |
| 2021 | 1.74 million t | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 1.74 million t | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1.77 million t | +2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 388,651 t | 368,850 t | 413,704 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 582,473 t | 426,042 t | 710,581 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 840,183 t | 744,939 t | 924,187 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.07 million t | 939,395 t | 1.14 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.25 million t | 1.13 million t | 1.32 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.50 million t | 1.33 million t | 1.67 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.74 million t | 1.73 million t | 1.77 million t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Northern Europe
- 7 Russian Federation 791,956 t compare
- 8 Egypt 765,662 t compare
- 9 Australia and New Zealand 749,812 t compare
- 10 Canada 599,949 t compare
- 11 Spain 535,875 t compare
- 12 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 509,900 t compare
- 13 Denmark 496,700 t compare
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- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 11.63 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate -14.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate 30.83 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 0.415 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 2.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 1.55 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight 21 kg/An (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production 14.31 million t (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Yield 73,100 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cheese (all kinds) — production in Northern Europe?
- Cheese (all kinds) — production in Northern Europe was 1.77 million t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cheese (all kinds) — production recorded in Northern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 1.77 million t in 2023.
- What is the lowest cheese (all kinds) — production recorded in Northern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 368,850 t in 1962.
- How does Northern Europe rank for cheese (all kinds) — production?
- Northern Europe ranks 10th out of 27 groups with data for 2023.
- Is cheese (all kinds) — production rising or falling in Northern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern 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.