Whey, dry — Production in Northern America
Northern America: Whey, dry — Production was 707,805 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Whey, dry — Production in Northern America, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Northern America recorded 707,805 t for whey, dry — production in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.1% on the previous year and up 44.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, whey, dry — production in Northern America peaked at 707,805 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 132,092 t, in 1961.
That places Northern America 6th out of 21 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Whey, dry — Production in Northern America, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 132,092 t | — |
| 1962 | 137,468 t | +4.1% |
| 1963 | 157,384 t | +14.5% |
| 1964 | 183,666 t | +16.7% |
| 1965 | 202,384 t | +10.2% |
| 1966 | 232,882 t | +15.1% |
| 1967 | 241,723 t | +3.8% |
| 1968 | 244,323 t | +1.1% |
| 1969 | 253,579 t | +3.8% |
| 1970 | 301,399 t | +18.9% |
| 1971 | 332,107 t | +10.2% |
| 1972 | 370,540 t | +11.6% |
| 1973 | 374,828 t | +1.2% |
| 1974 | 415,102 t | +10.7% |
| 1975 | 301,842 t | -27.3% |
| 1976 | 337,444 t | +11.8% |
| 1977 | 325,949 t | -3.4% |
| 1978 | 370,809 t | +13.8% |
| 1979 | 383,120 t | +3.3% |
| 1980 | 368,882 t | -3.7% |
| 1981 | 410,290 t | +11.2% |
| 1982 | 416,361 t | +1.5% |
| 1983 | 468,660 t | +12.6% |
| 1984 | 469,674 t | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 504,941 t | +7.5% |
| 1986 | 530,314 t | +5.0% |
| 1987 | 541,750 t | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 572,101 t | +5.6% |
| 1989 | 553,125 t | -3.3% |
| 1990 | 577,216 t | +4.4% |
| 1991 | 594,280 t | +3.0% |
| 1992 | 631,328 t | +6.2% |
| 1993 | 613,488 t | -2.8% |
| 1994 | 622,417 t | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 606,670 t | -2.5% |
| 1996 | 584,542 t | -3.6% |
| 1997 | 587,070 t | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 587,750 t | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 585,870 t | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 598,270 t | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 527,315 t | -11.9% |
| 2002 | 552,300 t | +4.7% |
| 2003 | 531,388 t | -3.8% |
| 2004 | 494,169 t | -7.0% |
| 2005 | 496,430 t | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 528,733 t | +6.5% |
| 2007 | 545,860 t | +3.2% |
| 2008 | 517,884 t | -5.1% |
| 2009 | 477,956 t | -7.7% |
| 2010 | 481,573 t | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 482,151 t | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 477,123 t | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 490,840 t | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 449,490 t | -8.4% |
| 2015 | 503,417 t | +12.0% |
| 2016 | 483,156 t | -4.0% |
| 2017 | 525,332 t | +8.7% |
| 2018 | 508,300 t | -3.2% |
| 2019 | 498,431 t | -1.9% |
| 2020 | 489,002 t | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 458,144 t | -6.3% |
| 2022 | 673,344 t | +47.0% |
| 2023 | 707,805 t | +5.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Whey, dry — Production in Northern America changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +47.0% | 458,144 t | 673,344 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 198,389 t | 132,092 t | 253,579 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 351,314 t | 301,399 t | 415,102 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 483,610 t | 368,882 t | 572,101 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 599,063 t | 577,216 t | 631,328 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 527,030 t | 477,956 t | 598,270 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 489,981 t | 449,490 t | 525,332 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 582,074 t | 458,144 t | 707,805 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 12,524 t compare
- 3 Ireland 268,500 t compare
- 4 Italy 240,190 t compare
- 4 Republic of Moldova 65.31 t compare
- 5 Belarus 158,613 t compare
- 6 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 158,519 t compare
- 7 Poland 157,870 t compare
- 8 Australia and New Zealand 141,226 t compare
- 9 Australia 110,927 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Northern America
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual -0.3573 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing -3.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual 0.5317 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 1.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 0.7404 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 7.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 1.72 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass 2.96 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is whey, dry — production in Northern America?
- Whey, dry — production in Northern America was 707,805 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest whey, dry — production recorded in Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 707,805 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest whey, dry — production recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 132,092 t in 1961.
- How does Northern America rank for whey, dry — production?
- Northern America ranks 6th out of 21 groups with data for 2023.
- Is whey, dry — production rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Whey, dry — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.