Cheese from whole cow milk — Production in Iceland
Iceland: Cheese from whole cow milk — Production was 14,120 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Cheese from whole cow milk — Production in Iceland, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Iceland recorded 14,120 t for cheese from whole cow milk — production in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is up 6.4% on the previous year and up 33.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cheese from whole cow milk — production in Iceland peaked at 14,120 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 604 t, in 1961.
That places Iceland 65th out of 98 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cheese from whole cow milk — Production in Iceland, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 604 t | — |
| 1962 | 766 t | +26.8% |
| 1963 | 869 t | +13.4% |
| 1964 | 1,156 t | +33.0% |
| 1965 | 1,425 t | +23.3% |
| 1966 | 1,592 t | +11.7% |
| 1967 | 1,134 t | -28.8% |
| 1968 | 1,312 t | +15.7% |
| 1969 | 996 t | -24.1% |
| 1970 | 1,667 t | +67.4% |
| 1971 | 1,911 t | +14.6% |
| 1972 | 1,778 t | -7.0% |
| 1973 | 2,020 t | +13.6% |
| 1974 | 2,078 t | +2.9% |
| 1975 | 1,974 t | -5.0% |
| 1976 | 1,595 t | -19.2% |
| 1977 | 2,759 t | +73.0% |
| 1978 | 3,583 t | +29.9% |
| 1979 | 3,686 t | +2.9% |
| 1980 | 3,591 t | -2.6% |
| 1981 | 2,830 t | -21.2% |
| 1982 | 2,640 t | -6.7% |
| 1983 | 2,404 t | -8.9% |
| 1984 | 3,052 t | +27.0% |
| 1985 | 3,334 t | +9.2% |
| 1986 | 3,436 t | +3.1% |
| 1987 | 3,368 t | -2.0% |
| 1988 | 2,225 t | -33.9% |
| 1989 | 2,314 t | +4.0% |
| 1990 | 2,356 t | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 2,510 t | +6.5% |
| 1992 | 2,722 t | +8.4% |
| 1993 | 2,951 t | +8.4% |
| 1994 | 3,125 t | +5.9% |
| 1995 | 3,213 t | +2.8% |
| 1996 | 3,295 t | +2.6% |
| 1997 | 3,417 t | +3.7% |
| 1998 | 3,448 t | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 4,275 t | +24.0% |
| 2000 | 3,991 t | -6.6% |
| 2001 | 4,263 t | +6.8% |
| 2002 | 6,570 t | +54.1% |
| 2003 | 6,941 t | +5.6% |
| 2004 | 7,017 t | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 7,100 t | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 7,300 t | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 7,500 t | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 7,700 t | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 7,800 t | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 7,900 t | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 8,000 t | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 10,500 t | +31.2% |
| 2013 | 10,600 t | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 11,800 t | +11.3% |
| 2015 | 12,927 t | +9.6% |
| 2016 | 13,140 t | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 13,552 t | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 13,545 t | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 13,070 t | -3.5% |
| 2020 | 12,476 t | -4.5% |
| 2021 | 12,935 t | +3.7% |
| 2022 | 13,272 t | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 14,120 t | +6.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,095 t | 604 t | 1,592 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,305 t | 1,595 t | 3,686 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,919 t | 2,225 t | 3,591 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,131 t | 2,356 t | 4,275 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,618 t | 3,991 t | 7,800 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,503 t | 7,900 t | 13,552 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,201 t | 12,476 t | 14,120 t | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Iceland
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 19.96 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0365 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 3,593 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8983 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0578 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 3.65 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 3.65 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cheese from whole cow milk — production in Iceland?
- Cheese from whole cow milk — production in Iceland was 14,120 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 Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 14,120 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest cheese from whole cow milk — production recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 604 t in 1961.
- How does Iceland rank for cheese from whole cow milk — production?
- Iceland ranks 65th out of 98 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cheese from whole cow milk — production rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Iceland 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.