Whey, dry — Production by country
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...
What the numbers show
Whey, dry — Production is currently reported for 43 countries. The highest value is 420,720 t in France; the lowest is 0 t in Kenya.
The median across all reporting countries is 16,866 t, and the mean is 64,952 t.
Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in India (up 620.4%), and the largest decrease in Austria (down 37.9%).
Whey, dry — Production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France | 420,720 t | 2023 | down 33.2% | volatile |
| 2 | Germany | 384,460 t | 2023 | up 10.3% | volatile |
| 2 | Türkiye | 80,881 t | 2023 | up 160.6% | volatile |
| 3 | Ireland | 268,500 t | 2023 | up 142.3% | volatile |
| 3 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 12,524 t | 2023 | up 46.8% | volatile |
| 4 | Italy | 240,190 t | 2023 | up 21.2% | volatile |
| 4 | Republic of Moldova | 65.31 t | 2023 | up 20.6% | falling |
| 5 | Belarus | 158,613 t | 2023 | up 148.7% | volatile |
| 6 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 158,519 t | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 7 | Poland | 157,870 t | 2023 | down 16.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Australia and New Zealand | 141,226 t | 2023 | up 19.3% | volatile |
| 9 | Australia | 110,927 t | 2023 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 10 | Denmark | 82,800 t | 2023 | up 139.3% | volatile |
| 11 | Switzerland | 73,352 t | 2023 | up 16.4% | volatile |
| 12 | Argentina | 71,515 t | 2023 | down 9.0% | volatile |
| 13 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 68,896 t | 2023 | up 6.0% | volatile |
| 14 | Canada | 53,497 t | 2023 | up 199.9% | rising |
| 15 | Czechia | 52,230 t | 2023 | up 55.3% | volatile |
| 16 | New Zealand | 30,299 t | 2023 | up 23.7% | volatile |
| 17 | Spain | 28,740 t | 2023 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 18 | Austria | 23,040 t | 2023 | down 37.9% | volatile |
| 19 | Finland | 21,811 t | 2023 | down 36.7% | volatile |
| 20 | Norway | 17,759 t | 2023 | down 9.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Uruguay | 16,866 t | 2023 | down 27.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Lithuania | 16,120 t | 2023 | down 31.6% | volatile |
| 23 | Portugal | 15,510 t | 2023 | down 12.1% | volatile |
| 24 | Ukraine | 13,897 t | 2023 | down 34.2% | rising |
| 25 | Chile | 12,376 t | 2023 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 26 | Estonia | 10,790 t | 2023 | up 165.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Slovakia | 7,830 t | 2023 | up 112.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Hungary | 7,010 t | 2023 | up 133.7% | volatile |
| 29 | India | 6,982 t | 2023 | up 620.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Latvia | 6,800 t | 2023 | up 94.3% | volatile |
| 31 | Iceland | 4,104 t | 2023 | up 48.3% | rising |
| 32 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 3,500 t | 1999 | down 30.0% | volatile |
| 33 | South Africa | 3,053 t | 2023 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 34 | Yugoslav SFR | 2,632 t | 1991 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 35 | Belgium | 2,472 t | 2023 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 36 | Croatia | 2,375 t | 2023 | down 27.4% | rising |
| 37 | Sweden | 1,960 t | 2023 | down 27.7% | volatile |
| 38 | Kyrgyzstan | 218.7 t | 2023 | up 365.4% | volatile |
| 39 | Slovenia | 0 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 39 | Kenya | 0 t | 2009 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 3.30 million t
- Asia 102,513 t
- Europe 2.25 million t
- European Union (27) 1.91 million t
- Western Europe 1.06 million t
- Americas 808,562 t
- Northern America 707,805 t
- United States of America 654,308 t
- Northern Europe 499,539 t
- Eastern Europe 397,515 t
- Southern Europe 286,815 t
- Oceania 141,226 t
- South America 100,757 t
- Western Asia 80,881 t
- Southern Asia 19,507 t
- Southern Africa 3,053 t
- Africa 3,053 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 284.01 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 218.7 t
- Central Asia 218.7 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 0 t
- Eastern Africa 0 t
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.