Skim Milk & Buttermilk, Dry — Production in India
India: Skim Milk & Buttermilk, Dry — Production was 629,155 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Skim Milk & Buttermilk, Dry — Production in India, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for skim milk & buttermilk, dry — production in India is 629,155 t, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
That represents a change of up 14.1% on the previous year and up 214.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, skim milk & buttermilk, dry — production in India peaked at 629,155 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 30,000 t, in 1990.
That places India 2nd out of 151 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Skim Milk & Buttermilk, Dry — Production in India, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 30,000 t | — |
| 1991 | 40,000 t | +33.3% |
| 1992 | 50,000 t | +25.0% |
| 1993 | 60,000 t | +20.0% |
| 1994 | 70,000 t | +16.7% |
| 1995 | 80,000 t | +14.3% |
| 1996 | 98,379 t | +23.0% |
| 1997 | 94,431 t | -4.0% |
| 1998 | 132,928 t | +40.8% |
| 1999 | 165,880 t | +24.8% |
| 2000 | 143,866 t | -13.3% |
| 2001 | 128,588 t | -10.6% |
| 2002 | 155,067 t | +20.6% |
| 2003 | 147,372 t | -5.0% |
| 2004 | 146,952 t | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 148,064 t | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 150,785 t | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 162,201 t | +7.6% |
| 2008 | 163,049 t | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 141,945 t | -12.9% |
| 2010 | 140,437 t | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 165,650 t | +18.0% |
| 2012 | 183,041 t | +10.5% |
| 2013 | 200,000 t | +9.3% |
| 2014 | 211,653 t | +5.8% |
| 2015 | 228,779 t | +8.1% |
| 2016 | 242,756 t | +6.1% |
| 2017 | 262,040 t | +7.9% |
| 2018 | 279,758 t | +6.8% |
| 2019 | 297,652 t | +6.4% |
| 2020 | 346,835 t | +16.5% |
| 2021 | 338,081 t | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 551,480 t | +63.1% |
| 2023 | 629,155 t | +14.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 82,162 t | 30,000 t | 165,880 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 148,789 t | 128,588 t | 163,049 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 221,177 t | 140,437 t | 297,652 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 466,388 t | 338,081 t | 629,155 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near India
- 1 USSR 710,000 t
- 2 Türkiye 58,231 t compare
- 3 Australia and New Zealand 571,641 t compare
- 4 New Zealand 424,620 t compare
- 5 Germany 369,400 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for India
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1623 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 438.73 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4067 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6431 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is skim milk & buttermilk, dry — production in India?
- Skim milk & buttermilk, dry — production in India was 629,155 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest skim milk & buttermilk, dry — production recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 629,155 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest skim milk & buttermilk, dry — production recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 30,000 t in 1990.
- How does India rank for skim milk & buttermilk, dry — production?
- India ranks 2nd out of 151 countries with data for 2023.
- Is skim milk & buttermilk, dry — production rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 214.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this India data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Skim Milk & Buttermilk, Dry — 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.