Skim milk and whey powder — Production in South America
South America: Skim milk and whey powder — Production was 65,242 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Skim milk and whey powder — Production in South America, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for skim milk and whey powder — production in South America is 65,242 t, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 34.2% on the previous year and down 28.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, skim milk and whey powder — production in South America peaked at 105,111 t in 2014 and was at its lowest, 838 t, in 1961.
South America ranks 16th of 23 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Skim milk and whey powder — Production in South America, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 838 t | — |
| 1962 | 894 t | +6.7% |
| 1963 | 1,093 t | +22.3% |
| 1964 | 1,070 t | -2.1% |
| 1965 | 1,130 t | +5.6% |
| 1966 | 1,105 t | -2.2% |
| 1967 | 1,209 t | +9.4% |
| 1968 | 1,257 t | +4.0% |
| 1969 | 1,346 t | +7.1% |
| 1970 | 1,364 t | +1.3% |
| 1971 | 1,265 t | -7.3% |
| 1972 | 929 t | -26.6% |
| 1973 | 1,338 t | +44.0% |
| 1974 | 3,742 t | +179.7% |
| 1975 | 4,646 t | +24.2% |
| 1976 | 2,694 t | -42.0% |
| 1977 | 2,293 t | -14.9% |
| 1978 | 3,886 t | +69.5% |
| 1979 | 2,711 t | -30.2% |
| 1980 | 4,001 t | +47.6% |
| 1981 | 5,284 t | +32.1% |
| 1982 | 5,663 t | +7.2% |
| 1983 | 7,086 t | +25.1% |
| 1984 | 6,666 t | -5.9% |
| 1985 | 24,638 t | +269.6% |
| 1986 | 23,961 t | -2.7% |
| 1987 | 27,670 t | +15.5% |
| 1988 | 39,652 t | +43.3% |
| 1989 | 58,680 t | +48.0% |
| 1990 | 49,644 t | -15.4% |
| 1991 | 41,473 t | -16.5% |
| 1992 | 40,363 t | -2.7% |
| 1993 | 33,889 t | -16.0% |
| 1994 | 48,550 t | +43.3% |
| 1995 | 53,074 t | +9.3% |
| 1996 | 58,547 t | +10.3% |
| 1997 | 65,710 t | +12.2% |
| 1998 | 68,869 t | +4.8% |
| 1999 | 77,497 t | +12.5% |
| 2000 | 73,780 t | -4.8% |
| 2001 | 65,873 t | -10.7% |
| 2002 | 60,553 t | -8.1% |
| 2003 | 60,308 t | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 61,355 t | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 69,076 t | +12.6% |
| 2006 | 75,083 t | +8.7% |
| 2007 | 62,696 t | -16.5% |
| 2008 | 44,480 t | -29.1% |
| 2009 | 53,492 t | +20.3% |
| 2010 | 60,593 t | +13.3% |
| 2011 | 69,520 t | +14.7% |
| 2012 | 85,081 t | +22.4% |
| 2013 | 90,886 t | +6.8% |
| 2014 | 105,111 t | +15.7% |
| 2015 | 81,894 t | -22.1% |
| 2016 | 82,994 t | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 94,375 t | +13.7% |
| 2018 | 77,703 t | -17.7% |
| 2019 | 83,516 t | +7.5% |
| 2020 | 88,788 t | +6.3% |
| 2021 | 96,237 t | +8.4% |
| 2022 | 99,092 t | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 65,242 t | -34.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,105 t | 838 t | 1,346 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,487 t | 929 t | 4,646 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 20,330 t | 4,001 t | 58,680 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 53,762 t | 33,889 t | 77,497 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 62,670 t | 44,480 t | 75,083 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 83,167 t | 60,593 t | 105,111 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 87,340 t | 65,242 t | 99,092 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 13 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 115,200 t compare
- 14 Japan 109,210 t compare
- 15 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 104,903 t compare
- 16 Belgium-Luxembourg 93,483 t compare
- 17 Canada 82,101 t compare
- 18 Finland 64,008 t compare
- 19 Russian Federation 58,145 t compare
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- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.1424 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production, annual growth rate -2.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 1.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 3.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.3049 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is skim milk and whey powder — production in South America?
- Skim milk and whey powder — production in South America was 65,242 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest skim milk and whey powder — production recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 105,111 t in 2014.
- What is the lowest skim milk and whey powder — production recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 838 t in 1961.
- How does South America rank for skim milk and whey powder — production?
- South America ranks 16th out of 23 groups with data for 2023.
- Is skim milk and whey powder — production rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this South America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Skim milk and whey powder — 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.