Yoghurt — Production in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Yoghurt — Production was 3.49 million t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Yoghurt — Production in European Union (27), 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for yoghurt — production in European Union (27) is 3.49 million t, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.0% on the previous year and up 19.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yoghurt — production in European Union (27) peaked at 3.49 million t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 140.1 t, in 1997.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Yoghurt — Production in European Union (27), year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 345 t | — |
| 1962 | 345 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 345 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 535 t | +55.1% |
| 1965 | 695 t | +29.9% |
| 1966 | 748 t | +7.6% |
| 1967 | 1,886 t | +152.1% |
| 1968 | 1,954 t | +3.6% |
| 1969 | 2,520 t | +29.0% |
| 1970 | 1,489 t | -40.9% |
| 1971 | 1,261 t | -15.3% |
| 1972 | 4,140 t | +228.3% |
| 1973 | 5,122 t | +23.7% |
| 1974 | 6,040 t | +17.9% |
| 1975 | 7,338 t | +21.5% |
| 1976 | 7,444 t | +1.4% |
| 1977 | 5,515 t | -25.9% |
| 1978 | 11,592 t | +110.2% |
| 1979 | 15,594 t | +34.5% |
| 1980 | 18,964 t | +21.6% |
| 1981 | 17,940 t | -5.4% |
| 1982 | 24,745 t | +37.9% |
| 1983 | 55,542 t | +124.5% |
| 1984 | 46,266 t | -16.7% |
| 1985 | 87,487 t | +89.1% |
| 1986 | 107,173 t | +22.5% |
| 1987 | 117,668 t | +9.8% |
| 1988 | 217.2 t | -99.8% |
| 1989 | 210.99 t | -2.9% |
| 1990 | 196.5 t | -6.9% |
| 1991 | 190.2 t | -3.2% |
| 1992 | 190.2 t | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 192.45 t | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 200.7 t | +4.3% |
| 1995 | 147 t | -26.8% |
| 1996 | 147.6 t | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 140.1 t | -5.1% |
| 1998 | 2,140 t | +1427.6% |
| 1999 | 2,140 t | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 169.2 t | -92.1% |
| 2001 | 9,404 t | +5457.9% |
| 2002 | 7,807 t | -17.0% |
| 2003 | 5,009 t | -35.8% |
| 2004 | 159.3 t | -96.8% |
| 2005 | 159 t | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 159 t | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 159 t | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 150 t | -5.7% |
| 2009 | 465 t | +210.0% |
| 2010 | 2.80 million t | +601254.8% |
| 2011 | 2.79 million t | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 3.00 million t | +7.3% |
| 2013 | 2.91 million t | -3.0% |
| 2014 | 3.02 million t | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 3.12 million t | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 3.16 million t | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 3.22 million t | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 3.32 million t | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 3.34 million t | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 3.43 million t | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 3.39 million t | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 3.35 million t | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 3.49 million t | +4.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yoghurt — Production in European Union (27) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +601254.8% | 465 t | 2.80 million t |
| 2001 | +5457.9% | 169.2 t | 9,404 t |
| 1998 | +1427.6% | 140.1 t | 2,140 t |
| 1972 | +228.3% | 1,261 t | 4,140 t |
| 2009 | +210.0% | 150 t | 465 t |
| 1967 | +152.1% | 748 t | 1,886 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,041 t | 345 t | 2,520 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,553 t | 1,261 t | 15,594 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 47,621 t | 210.99 t | 117,668 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 568.5 t | 140.1 t | 2,140 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,364 t | 150 t | 9,404 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.07 million t | 2.79 million t | 3.34 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.42 million t | 3.35 million t | 3.49 million t | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is yoghurt — production in European Union (27)?
- Yoghurt — production in European Union (27) was 3.49 million t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yoghurt — production recorded in European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 3.49 million t in 2023.
- What is the lowest yoghurt — production recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 140.1 t in 1997.
- How does European Union (27) rank for yoghurt — production?
- European Union (27) ranks 3rd out of 18 groups with data for 2023.
- Is yoghurt — production rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this European Union (27) data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Yoghurt — 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.