Cheese from whole cow milk — Production in Brazil
Brazil: Cheese from whole cow milk — Production was 58,386 t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Cheese from whole cow milk — Production in Brazil, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cheese from whole cow milk — production in Brazil is 58,386 t, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.4% on the previous year and up 38.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cheese from whole cow milk — production in Brazil peaked at 58,386 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 20,000 t, in 1995.
That places Brazil 44th out of 98 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Cheese from whole cow milk — Production in Brazil, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 36,005 t | — |
| 1962 | 40,354 t | +12.1% |
| 1963 | 36,340 t | -9.9% |
| 1964 | 41,088 t | +13.1% |
| 1965 | 36,835 t | -10.4% |
| 1966 | 42,742 t | +16.0% |
| 1967 | 42,539 t | -0.5% |
| 1968 | 42,637 t | +0.2% |
| 1969 | 44,905 t | +5.3% |
| 1970 | 47,000 t | +4.7% |
| 1971 | 47,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 47,400 t | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 48,400 t | +2.1% |
| 1974 | 49,500 t | +2.3% |
| 1975 | 50,500 t | +2.0% |
| 1976 | 51,500 t | +2.0% |
| 1977 | 52,500 t | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 53,500 t | +1.9% |
| 1979 | 54,600 t | +2.1% |
| 1980 | 55,000 t | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 55,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 56,000 t | +1.8% |
| 1983 | 56,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 56,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 56,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 56,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 56,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 57,000 t | +1.8% |
| 1989 | 57,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 57,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 57,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 57,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 57,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 30,000 t | -47.4% |
| 1995 | 20,000 t | -33.3% |
| 1996 | 30,000 t | +50.0% |
| 1997 | 30,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 35,000 t | +16.7% |
| 1999 | 35,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 35,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 35,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 35,500 t | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 35,500 t | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 36,500 t | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 39,000 t | +6.8% |
| 2006 | 37,800 t | -3.1% |
| 2007 | 37,800 t | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 37,800 t | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 39,900 t | +5.6% |
| 2010 | 39,929 t | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 41,500 t | +3.9% |
| 2012 | 42,000 t | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 42,300 t | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 47,570 t | +12.5% |
| 2015 | 47,895 t | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 44,434 t | -7.2% |
| 2017 | 47,299 t | +6.4% |
| 2018 | 46,650 t | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 47,580 t | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 47,456 t | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 47,629 t | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 54,893 t | +15.3% |
| 2023 | 58,386 t | +6.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 40,383 t | 36,005 t | 44,905 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 50,190 t | 47,000 t | 54,600 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 56,000 t | 55,000 t | 57,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 40,800 t | 20,000 t | 57,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 36,980 t | 35,000 t | 39,900 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 44,716 t | 39,929 t | 47,895 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 52,091 t | 47,456 t | 58,386 t | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Brazil
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0609 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 652.04 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1182 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 6.09 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.09 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cheese from whole cow milk — production in Brazil?
- Cheese from whole cow milk — production in Brazil was 58,386 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cheese from whole cow milk — production recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 58,386 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest cheese from whole cow milk — production recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 20,000 t in 1995.
- How does Brazil rank for cheese from whole cow milk — production?
- Brazil ranks 44th out of 98 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cheese from whole cow milk — production rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Brazil data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cheese from whole 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.