Whey, dry — Production in Western Europe
Western Europe: Whey, dry — Production was 1.06 million t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Whey, dry — Production in Western Europe, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Western Europe recorded 1.06 million t for whey, dry — production in 2023.
The figure is down 3.7% on the previous year and down 13.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, whey, dry — production in Western Europe peaked at 1.29 million t in 2008 and was at its lowest, 72,000 t, in 1961.
Western Europe ranks 4th of 21 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Whey, dry — Production in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 72,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 76,700 t | +6.5% |
| 1963 | 77,400 t | +0.9% |
| 1964 | 87,000 t | +12.4% |
| 1965 | 107,828 t | +23.9% |
| 1966 | 126,489 t | +17.3% |
| 1967 | 150,881 t | +19.3% |
| 1968 | 166,364 t | +10.3% |
| 1969 | 159,989 t | -3.8% |
| 1970 | 185,701 t | +16.1% |
| 1971 | 259,510 t | +39.7% |
| 1972 | 357,500 t | +37.8% |
| 1973 | 384,300 t | +7.5% |
| 1974 | 463,678 t | +20.7% |
| 1975 | 444,761 t | -4.1% |
| 1976 | 489,900 t | +10.1% |
| 1977 | 507,948 t | +3.7% |
| 1978 | 540,718 t | +6.5% |
| 1979 | 573,961 t | +6.1% |
| 1980 | 607,981 t | +5.9% |
| 1981 | 597,694 t | -1.7% |
| 1982 | 634,533 t | +6.2% |
| 1983 | 642,458 t | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 660,854 t | +2.9% |
| 1985 | 690,346 t | +4.5% |
| 1986 | 692,381 t | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 746,695 t | +7.8% |
| 1988 | 795,045 t | +6.5% |
| 1989 | 831,496 t | +4.6% |
| 1990 | 829,291 t | -0.3% |
| 1991 | 840,244 t | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 914,519 t | +8.8% |
| 1993 | 919,643 t | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 914,013 t | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 981,790 t | +7.4% |
| 1996 | 1.02 million t | +4.0% |
| 1997 | 1.00 million t | -2.0% |
| 1998 | 1.04 million t | +4.1% |
| 1999 | 1.04 million t | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 1.03 million t | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 1.14 million t | +10.7% |
| 2002 | 1.13 million t | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 1.13 million t | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 1.18 million t | +4.7% |
| 2005 | 1.23 million t | +4.0% |
| 2006 | 1.22 million t | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 1.28 million t | +4.7% |
| 2008 | 1.29 million t | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 1.25 million t | -2.7% |
| 2010 | 1.24 million t | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 1.20 million t | -2.6% |
| 2012 | 1.19 million t | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 1.23 million t | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 1.21 million t | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 1.20 million t | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 1.13 million t | -6.2% |
| 2017 | 1.19 million t | +5.1% |
| 2018 | 1.11 million t | -6.4% |
| 2019 | 1.11 million t | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 1.04 million t | -6.7% |
| 2021 | 1.13 million t | +8.6% |
| 2022 | 1.10 million t | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 1.06 million t | -3.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Whey, dry — Production in Western Europe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | +39.7% | 185,701 t | 259,510 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 113,850 t | 72,000 t | 166,364 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 420,798 t | 185,701 t | 573,961 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 689,948 t | 597,694 t | 831,496 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 950,191 t | 829,291 t | 1.04 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.19 million t | 1.03 million t | 1.29 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.18 million t | 1.11 million t | 1.24 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.08 million t | 1.04 million t | 1.13 million t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
- 1 France 420,720 t compare
- 2 Germany 384,460 t compare
- 2 Türkiye 80,881 t compare
- 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
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- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -6.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -14.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.5427 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -0.0607 % change on previous year (2024)
- Non Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 17.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 5.28 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 8.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -3.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 7.62 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is whey, dry — production in Western Europe?
- Whey, dry — production in Western Europe was 1.06 million t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest whey, dry — production recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 1.29 million t in 2008.
- What is the lowest whey, dry — production recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 72,000 t in 1961.
- How does Western Europe rank for whey, dry — production?
- Western Europe ranks 4th out of 21 groups with data for 2023.
- Is whey, dry — production rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Europe 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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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.