Cheese from whole cow milk — Production in Western Europe
Western Europe: Cheese from whole cow milk — Production was 5.63 million t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cheese from whole cow milk — Production in Western Europe, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Western Europe recorded 5.63 million t for cheese from whole cow milk — production in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 7.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cheese from whole cow milk — production in Western Europe peaked at 5.63 million t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 976,354 t, in 1961.
Western Europe ranks 7th of 26 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Cheese from whole cow milk — Production in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 976,354 t | — |
| 1962 | 1.02 million t | +4.4% |
| 1963 | 1.04 million t | +2.1% |
| 1964 | 1.10 million t | +5.5% |
| 1965 | 1.17 million t | +6.8% |
| 1966 | 1.23 million t | +5.3% |
| 1967 | 1.31 million t | +6.3% |
| 1968 | 1.34 million t | +2.4% |
| 1969 | 1.40 million t | +4.2% |
| 1970 | 1.48 million t | +5.5% |
| 1971 | 1.55 million t | +5.2% |
| 1972 | 1.65 million t | +5.9% |
| 1973 | 1.68 million t | +2.1% |
| 1974 | 1.80 million t | +7.2% |
| 1975 | 1.84 million t | +1.9% |
| 1976 | 1.92 million t | +4.5% |
| 1977 | 2.03 million t | +5.9% |
| 1978 | 2.11 million t | +3.7% |
| 1979 | 2.19 million t | +4.0% |
| 1980 | 2.28 million t | +3.9% |
| 1981 | 2.37 million t | +4.2% |
| 1982 | 2.43 million t | +2.6% |
| 1983 | 2.47 million t | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 2.58 million t | +4.5% |
| 1985 | 2.62 million t | +1.8% |
| 1986 | 2.65 million t | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 2.72 million t | +2.8% |
| 1988 | 2.77 million t | +2.0% |
| 1989 | 2.87 million t | +3.4% |
| 1990 | 2.89 million t | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 2.88 million t | -0.4% |
| 1992 | 2.95 million t | +2.2% |
| 1993 | 2.99 million t | +1.4% |
| 1994 | 3.09 million t | +3.5% |
| 1995 | 3.15 million t | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 3.24 million t | +3.1% |
| 1997 | 3.32 million t | +2.5% |
| 1998 | 3.34 million t | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 3.34 million t | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 3.51 million t | +5.0% |
| 2001 | 3.62 million t | +3.1% |
| 2002 | 3.61 million t | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 3.68 million t | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 3.78 million t | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 3.83 million t | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 3.96 million t | +3.3% |
| 2007 | 4.05 million t | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 4.07 million t | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 4.08 million t | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 4.27 million t | +4.5% |
| 2011 | 4.28 million t | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 5.11 million t | +19.2% |
| 2013 | 5.22 million t | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 5.27 million t | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 5.33 million t | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 5.35 million t | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 5.34 million t | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 5.35 million t | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 5.45 million t | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 5.52 million t | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 5.54 million t | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 5.55 million t | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 5.63 million t | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.18 million t | 976,354 t | 1.40 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.82 million t | 1.48 million t | 2.19 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.57 million t | 2.28 million t | 2.87 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.12 million t | 2.88 million t | 3.34 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.82 million t | 3.51 million t | 4.08 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.10 million t | 4.27 million t | 5.45 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.56 million t | 5.52 million t | 5.63 million t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
- 4 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 989,810 t compare
- 5 Poland 975,560 t compare
- 6 USSR 795,000 t compare
- 7 Australia and New Zealand 749,812 t compare
- 8 Russian Federation 604,962 t compare
- 9 Canada 569,350 t compare
- 10 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 509,900 t compare
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- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 2.17 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate -0.437 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing -0.2961 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 0.487 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Production, annual growth rate 5.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate 7.8 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing -0.2961 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 0.9364 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cheese from whole cow milk — production in Western Europe?
- Cheese from whole cow milk — production in Western Europe was 5.63 million 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 Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 5.63 million t in 2023.
- What is the lowest cheese from whole cow milk — production recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 976,354 t in 1961.
- How does Western Europe rank for cheese from whole cow milk — production?
- Western Europe ranks 7th out of 26 groups with data for 2023.
- Is cheese from whole cow milk — production rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Europe 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.