Skim milk and whey powder — Production in Western Europe
Western Europe: Skim milk and whey powder — Production was 966,346 t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Skim milk and whey powder — Production in Western Europe, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Western Europe recorded 966,346 t for skim milk and whey powder — production in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.9% on the previous year and up 29.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, skim milk and whey powder — production in Western Europe peaked at 2.13 million t in 1983 and was at its lowest, 315,870 t, in 1961.
Western Europe ranks 7th of 23 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Skim milk and whey powder — Production in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 315,870 t | — |
| 1962 | 387,292 t | +22.6% |
| 1963 | 484,991 t | +25.2% |
| 1964 | 549,082 t | +13.2% |
| 1965 | 735,705 t | +34.0% |
| 1966 | 923,122 t | +25.5% |
| 1967 | 1.17 million t | +26.8% |
| 1968 | 1.46 million t | +25.0% |
| 1969 | 1.40 million t | -4.2% |
| 1970 | 1.38 million t | -1.7% |
| 1971 | 1.34 million t | -3.0% |
| 1972 | 1.59 million t | +18.8% |
| 1973 | 1.68 million t | +5.6% |
| 1974 | 1.72 million t | +2.4% |
| 1975 | 1.89 million t | +10.2% |
| 1976 | 1.88 million t | -0.6% |
| 1977 | 1.81 million t | -3.7% |
| 1978 | 1.88 million t | +3.6% |
| 1979 | 1.89 million t | +0.6% |
| 1980 | 1.90 million t | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 1.85 million t | -2.8% |
| 1982 | 1.91 million t | +3.5% |
| 1983 | 2.13 million t | +11.5% |
| 1984 | 1.86 million t | -12.6% |
| 1985 | 1.71 million t | -8.4% |
| 1986 | 1.88 million t | +10.2% |
| 1987 | 1.44 million t | -23.3% |
| 1988 | 1.23 million t | -14.6% |
| 1989 | 1.25 million t | +1.8% |
| 1990 | 1.34 million t | +6.7% |
| 1991 | 1.15 million t | -14.3% |
| 1992 | 929,471 t | -18.8% |
| 1993 | 948,743 t | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 869,019 t | -8.4% |
| 1995 | 879,936 t | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 884,240 t | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 850,956 t | -3.8% |
| 1998 | 817,213 t | -4.0% |
| 1999 | 825,247 t | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 789,637 t | -4.3% |
| 2001 | 701,120 t | -11.2% |
| 2002 | 821,644 t | +17.2% |
| 2003 | 780,235 t | -5.0% |
| 2004 | 628,825 t | -19.4% |
| 2005 | 694,743 t | +10.5% |
| 2006 | 630,572 t | -9.2% |
| 2007 | 667,474 t | +5.9% |
| 2008 | 647,802 t | -2.9% |
| 2009 | 740,366 t | +14.3% |
| 2010 | 659,356 t | -10.9% |
| 2011 | 754,219 t | +14.4% |
| 2012 | 766,126 t | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 748,709 t | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 943,122 t | +26.0% |
| 2015 | 1.03 million t | +9.1% |
| 2016 | 1.04 million t | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 995,390 t | -4.2% |
| 2018 | 967,909 t | -2.8% |
| 2019 | 980,921 t | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 1.00 million t | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 928,770 t | -7.1% |
| 2022 | 984,880 t | +6.0% |
| 2023 | 966,346 t | -1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 826,005 t | 315,870 t | 1.46 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.71 million t | 1.34 million t | 1.89 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.72 million t | 1.23 million t | 2.13 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 948,718 t | 817,213 t | 1.34 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 710,242 t | 628,825 t | 821,644 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 888,310 t | 659,356 t | 1.04 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 970,069 t | 928,770 t | 1.00 million t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
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Frequently asked questions
- What is skim milk and whey powder — production in Western Europe?
- Skim milk and whey powder — production in Western Europe was 966,346 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 Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 2.13 million t in 1983.
- What is the lowest skim milk and whey powder — production recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 315,870 t in 1961.
- How does Western Europe rank for skim milk and whey powder — production?
- Western Europe ranks 7th out of 23 groups with data for 2023.
- Is skim milk and whey powder — production rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Western Europe 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.