Butter and Ghee Consumption by Country

In 2023, India held 5,455 thousand tonnes of listed butter and ghee food supply, 42.2 percent of a 12,932-thousand-tonne total spread across 176 reporters. India also drove nearly three-quarters of the five-year net increase, adding 705 thousand tonnes against a net gain of 963. Bahrain recorded the highest per-capita figure at 8.48 kilograms per person per year. The series spans 2019 through 2023, although some reporters have missing values for individual years.

India leads at 5,455 thousand tonnes, 4.30 times Pakistan at 1,268. Per capita the order belongs to the Gulf and Western Europe: Bahrain at 8.48 kilograms from 13 thousand tonnes, then France at 8.24 and Belgium at 7.29 kilograms. India, first by total, records 3.79 kilograms.

Butter and Ghee Food Supply at a Glance

• India had the largest listed butter and ghee food supply in 2023 at 5,455 thousand tonnes.
• Pakistan ranked second at 1,268 thousand tonnes, followed by the United States at 1,002 thousand tonnes.
• Bahrain had the highest per-capita food supply at 8.48 kilograms per person per year.
• The listed total was 12,932 thousand tonnes across 176 reporters with reported values.
• Among 176 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, listed butter and ghee food supply increased by 963 thousand tonnes, or 8.0 percent.
• The FAO Food element measures food available for human consumption and is not a direct measure of the amount actually eaten.

Key Takeaways

The five-year change was driven largely by India, while Türkiye recorded the largest decline. India added 705 thousand tonnes (up 14.8 percent), worth 73.2 percent of the net increase, while Türkiye fell 126 thousand tonnes (down 44.7 percent). Pakistan, China and the United States added 81, 72 and 69 thousand tonnes as the next contributors.

Between 2022 and 2023, listed supply across the 176 reporters with data in both years rose by 270 thousand tonnes, or 2.1 percent. India, the United States, Pakistan, Iran and Türkiye accounted for most of the largest increases, while the Netherlands and Egypt recorded notable declines. These figures represent food available for human consumption in the FAO Food Balances and should not be interpreted as the amount of butter and ghee actually eaten.

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#	Country	2023 (thousand tonnes)2023	2023 (kg per person per year)2023
1	India IN	5.46K	3.79
2	Pakistan PK	1.27K	5.12
3	United States US	1K	2.92
4	France FR	548	8.24
5	Germany DE	469	5.55
6	Russia RU	405	2.78
7	China CN	246	0.17
8	Poland PL	213	5.48
9	United Kingdom GB	205	2.98
10	Iran IR	204	2.26
11	Türkiye TR	156	1.79
12	Brazil BR	154	0.73
13	Italy IT	150	2.53
14	Canada CA	149	3.79
15	Egypt EG	114	1
16	Uzbekistan UZ	108	3.02
17	Australia AU	100	3.79
18	South Korea KR	95	1.84
19	Netherlands NL	86	4.74
20	Belgium BE	85	7.29
21	Spain ES	74	1.54
22	Nepal NP	66	2.23
23	Tanzania TZ	62	0.93
24	Austria AT	51	5.54
25	Belarus BY	50	5.49
26	Mexico MX	50	0.38
27	Saudi Arabia SA	50	1.51
28	Sweden SE	49	4.65
29	Czech Republic CZ	47	4.38
30	Switzerland CH	47	5.3
31	Ukraine UA	44	1.17
32	Afghanistan AF	43	1.05
33	Morocco MA	43	1.15
34	Azerbaijan AZ	42	4.11
35	Bangladesh BD	40	0.23
36	Denmark DK	39	6.48
37	Kazakhstan KZ	38	1.88
38	Ireland IE	37	7.09
39	Chile CL	33	1.69
40	Portugal PT	29	2.74
41	Romania RO	28	1.48
42	Finland FI	27	4.81
43	Argentina AR	25	0.55
44	Taiwan TW	24	1.03
45	Colombia CO	23	0.45
46	Indonesia ID	22	0.08
47	Niger NE	22	0.85
48	New Zealand NZ	21	3.97
49	Philippines PH	21	0.18
50	Slovakia SK	21	3.89
51	Ethiopia ET	20	0.16
52	Kenya KE	20	0.37
53	Malaysia MY	18	0.52
54	Myanmar MM	18	0.34
55	Vietnam VN	18	0.18
56	South Africa ZA	17	0.27
57	Syria SY	17	0.73
58	United Arab Emirates AE	17	1.58
59	Norway NO	16	2.97
60	Thailand TH	16	0.22
61	Hungary HU	15	1.5
62	Israel IL	14	1.56
63	Bahrain BH	13	8.48
64	Greece GR	13	1.24
65	Iraq IQ	13	0.33
66	Lithuania LT	13	4.65
67	Nigeria NG	13	0.06
68	Uruguay UY	13	3.78
69	Mongolia MN	12	3.36
70	Tunisia TN	11	0.9
71	Hong Kong HK	10	1.3
72	Kuwait KW	10	2.1
73	Peru PE	10	0.31
74	Yemen YE	10	0.25
75	Bulgaria BG	9	1.36
76	Panama PA	9	2.12
77	Serbia RS	9	1.26
78	Algeria DZ	8	0.16
79	Costa Rica CR	8	1.63
80	Croatia HR	8	2.08
81	Honduras HN	7	0.64
82	Latvia LV	7	3.76
83	Libya LY	7	0.89
84	Qatar QA	7	2.3
85	Georgia GE	6	1.63
86	Jordan JO	6	0.51
87	Moldova MD	6	2.45
88	Oman OM	6	1.16
89	Dominican Republic DO	5	0.4
90	Estonia EE	5	3.64
91	Slovenia SI	5	2.56
92	Guatemala GT	4	0.19
93	Kyrgyzstan KG	4	0.52
94	Mauritania MR	4	0.71
95	North Macedonia MK	4	2.42
96	Venezuela VE	4	0.13
97	Albania AL	3	1.02
98	Armenia AM	3	1.09
99	Burkina Faso BF	3	0.11
100	Ecuador EC	3	0.14
101	Fiji FJ	3	3.45
102	Lebanon LB	3	0.55
103	Sri Lanka LK	3	0.13
104	Turkmenistan TM	3	0.4
105	Uganda UG	3	0.05
106	Bhutan BT	2	2.55
107	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	2	0.63
108	Cyprus CY	2	1.23
109	Iceland IS	2	6.39
110	Luxembourg LU	2	3.29
111	Montenegro ME	2	2.42
112	Rwanda RW	2	0.14
113	Senegal SN	2	0.09
114	Zambia ZM	2	0.09
115	Zimbabwe ZW	2	0.14
116	Angola AO	1	0.03
117	Bahamas BS	1	2.46
118	Bolivia BO	1	0.12
119	Botswana BW	1	0.31
120	Cambodia KH	1	0.03
121	DR Congo CD	1	0.01
122	El Salvador SV	1	0.17
123	French Polynesia PF	1	4.03
124	Guinea GN	1	0.04
125	Ivory Coast CI	1	0.02
126	Jamaica JM	1	0.41
127	Macau MO	1	0.97
128	Maldives MV	1	2.2
129	Malta MT	1	1.01
130	Mauritius MU	1	1.02
131	Namibia NA	1	0.46
132	New Caledonia NC	1	2.14
133	Nicaragua NI	1	0.2
134	Paraguay PY	1	0.13
135	Trinidad and Tobago TT	1	0.82
136	Antigua and Barbuda AG	0	1.65
137	Barbados BB	0	1.13
138	Belize BZ	0	0.34
139	Cameroon CM	0	0.01
140	Cape Verde CV	0	0.38
141	Comoros KM	0	0
142	Congo CG	0	0.04
143	Djibouti DJ	0	0.08
144	Eswatini SZ	0	0.19
145	Gabon GA	0	0.16
146	Gambia GM	0	0.11
147	Ghana GH	0	0.01
148	Grenada GD	0	0.91
149	Guinea-Bissau GW	0	0
150	Guyana GY	0	0.27
151	Haiti HT	0	0.01
152	Kiribati KI	0	0.25
153	Laos LA	0	0.01
154	Lesotho LS	0	0.07
155	Liberia LR	0	0.01
156	Madagascar MG	0	0
157	Malawi MW	0	0
158	Marshall Islands MH	0	0.48
159	Micronesia FM	0	0.02
160	Mozambique MZ	0	0.01
161	Nauru NR	0	0.66
162	Papua New Guinea PG	0	0.05
163	Saint Kitts and Nevis KN	0	0.8
164	Saint Lucia LC	0	0.42
165	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC	0	0.38
166	Samoa WS	0	1.28
167	Sao Tome and Principe ST	0	0.06
168	Seychelles SC	0	2.3
169	Sierra Leone SL	0	0
170	Solomon Islands SB	0	0.05
171	Suriname SR	0	0.35
172	Tajikistan TJ	0	0.02
173	Timor-Leste TL	0	0.02
174	Tonga TO	0	2.05
175	Tuvalu TV	0	0.7
176	Vanuatu VU	0	0.17

Butter and Ghee Consumption by Country in 2023

The 2023 table is led by India at 5,455 thousand tonnes, with Pakistan second at 1,268 and the United States third at 1,002. France and Germany complete the top five at 548 and 469 thousand tonnes, respectively.

India holds 42.2 percent of the 12,932-thousand-tonne listed total. The top three reporters accounted for 59.7 percent of the listed total, while the top five represented 67.6 percent and the top ten 77.4 percent. Türkiye records 156 thousand tonnes in 2023 against 282 thousand tonnes in 2019.

India Adds 134 Thousand Tonnes as Supply Grows 2.1 Percent Between 2022 and 2023

Among the 176 reporters with data in both 2022 and 2023, the listed food supply increased from 12,662 thousand tonnes to 12,932 thousand tonnes, a gain of 270 thousand tonnes (2.1 percent). The 2022 and 2023 listed totals come from the same 176 reporters, with no reporter entering or leaving the comparison. India added 134 thousand tonnes (up 2.5 percent), the United States added 108 thousand tonnes (up 12.1 percent), Pakistan added 37 thousand tonnes (up 3.0 percent), Iran added 26 thousand tonnes (up 14.6 percent), Türkiye added 25 thousand tonnes (up 19.1 percent) and Poland added 13 thousand tonnes (up 6.5 percent), while the Netherlands fell 37 thousand tonnes (down 30.1 percent) and Egypt fell 22 thousand tonnes (down 16.2 percent).

India Adds 705 Thousand Tonnes as Supply Grows 8.0 Percent Since 2019

For the 176 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, the listed food supply rose from 11,969 thousand tonnes to 12,932 thousand tonnes, a gain of 963 thousand tonnes (8.0 percent). The 2019 total includes 177 reporters with reported values, while the 2023 total includes 176; Cuba, with 1 thousand tonne in 2019, had no reported 2023 value. India added 705 thousand tonnes (up 14.8 percent), Pakistan added 81 thousand tonnes (up 6.8 percent), China added 72 thousand tonnes (up 41.4 percent), the United States added 69 thousand tonnes (up 7.4 percent) and Brazil added 41 thousand tonnes (up 36.3 percent), while Türkiye fell 126 thousand tonnes (down 44.7 percent), Myanmar fell 34 thousand tonnes (down 65.4 percent) and Germany fell 30 thousand tonnes (down 6.0 percent).

India contributes 73.2 percent of the five-year net increase, followed by Pakistan at 8.4 percent and China at 7.5 percent. Türkiye's 126-thousand-tonne fall is the largest single decline in the window. Per capita, Bahrain's 8.48 kilograms from 13 thousand tonnes lead France at 8.24 kilograms, while India, first by total, records 3.79 kilograms.

What Does the Butter and Ghee Food Supply Measure?

For FAO Food Balances, the figure used here is the FAO item Butter, Ghee recorded under the Food element as available for human consumption. It represents food available for human consumption during the reference year rather than a direct estimate of the amount of butter and ghee people actually ate. Other dairy fats recorded under separate items sit outside this figure.

The per-capita figure expresses the same food supply on a population basis, in kilograms per person per year. A country's total quantity and per-capita value therefore answer different questions: total quantity shows the size of the listed food supply, while the per-capita measure adjusts it for population.

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#	Country	2019 (1000 t)	2019 (kg/cap/yr)	2020 (1000 t)	2020 (kg/cap/yr)	2021 (1000 t)	2021 (kg/cap/yr)	2022 (1000 t)	2022 (kg/cap/yr)	2023 (1000 t)	2023 (kg/cap/yr)
1	India	4.75K	3.42	4.85K	3.46	5.34K	3.77	5.32K	3.73	5.46K	3.79
2	Pakistan	1.19K	5.14	1.16K	4.94	1.2K	4.99	1.23K	5.05	1.27K	5.12
3	United States	933	2.76	954	2.81	955	2.81	894	2.62	1K	2.92
4	France	545	8.3	525	7.97	524	7.93	544	8.21	548	8.24
5	Germany	499	5.97	534	6.38	514	6.14	464	5.52	469	5.55
6	Russia	387	2.64	393	2.69	408	2.8	416	2.86	405	2.78
7	China	174	0.12	212	0.15	233	0.16	252	0.18	246	0.17
8	Poland	185	4.83	206	5.4	215	5.66	200	5.21	213	5.48
9	United Kingdom	201	3	218	3.23	219	3.24	214	3.13	205	2.98
10	Iran	212	2.44	220	2.51	219	2.48	178	1.99	204	2.26
11	Türkiye	282	3.3	158	1.84	149	1.71	131	1.5	156	1.79
12	Brazil	113	0.54	113	0.54	115	0.55	148	0.71	154	0.73
13	Italy	150	2.49	138	2.3	149	2.5	153	2.57	150	2.53
14	Canada	139	3.68	141	3.7	143	3.71	142	3.65	149	3.79
15	Egypt	118	1.09	127	1.16	127	1.14	136	1.21	114	1
16	Uzbekistan	93	2.84	98	2.9	101	2.95	103	2.96	108	3.02
17	Australia	96	3.77	97	3.79	94	3.61	105	4	100	3.79
18	South Korea	73	1.41	83	1.6	91	1.75	94	1.82	95	1.84
19	Netherlands	88	4.99	96	5.43	116	6.56	123	6.84	86	4.74
20	Belgium	107	9.28	103	8.93	86	7.46	91	7.81	85	7.29
21	Spain	61	1.29	65	1.36	65	1.37	70	1.46	74	1.54
22	Nepal	58	2.05	61	2.09	64	2.18	66	2.23	66	2.23
23	Tanzania	46	0.77	51	0.84	53	0.85	59	0.91	62	0.93
24	Austria	48	5.45	51	5.69	50	5.57	50	5.54	51	5.54
25	Belarus	49	5.17	51	5.49	43	4.6	49	5.3	50	5.49
26	Mexico	29	0.23	48	0.38	40	0.31	40	0.31	50	0.38
27	Saudi Arabia	45	1.47	55	1.77	51	1.64	56	1.75	50	1.51
28	Sweden	51	4.96	52	5.03	52	4.95	52	4.93	49	4.65
29	Czech Republic	48	4.56	53	5.01	51	4.86	47	4.41	47	4.38
30	Switzerland	43	4.98	47	5.47	43	4.97	46	5.18	47	5.3
31	Ukraine	58	1.3	59	1.32	68	1.53	42	1.03	44	1.17
32	Afghanistan	41	1.07	41	1.05	42	1.06	43	1.05	43	1.05
33	Morocco	54	1.48	55	1.51	54	1.46	47	1.27	43	1.15
34	Azerbaijan	36	3.59	42	4.15	42	4.08	43	4.18	42	4.11
35	Bangladesh	32	0.19	33	0.2	38	0.23	39	0.23	40	0.23
36	Denmark	39	6.78	40	6.82	45	7.72	50	8.52	39	6.48
37	Kazakhstan	22	1.15	32	1.64	28	1.41	30	1.51	38	1.88
38	Ireland	11	2.26	10	1.94	17	3.37	43	8.38	37	7.09
39	Chile	31	1.59	33	1.7	34	1.74	30	1.56	33	1.69
40	Portugal	25	2.37	26	2.47	23	2.23	28	2.66	29	2.74
41	Romania	22	1.15	26	1.35	27	1.39	26	1.34	28	1.48
42	Finland	28	5.03	28	5.12	26	4.66	28	5.03	27	4.81
43	Argentina	22	0.48	22	0.49	31	0.68	25	0.54	25	0.55
44	Taiwan	23	0.96	21	0.88	23	0.99	23	1	24	1.03
45	Colombia	22	0.44	22	0.43	21	0.42	24	0.46	23	0.45
46	Indonesia	27	0.1	18	0.07	19	0.07	28	0.1	22	0.08
47	Niger	21	0.93	23	0.96	22	0.88	22	0.87	22	0.85
48	New Zealand	37	7.33	50	9.92	46	9.04	29	5.69	21	3.97
49	Philippines	41	0.37	34	0.3	33	0.29	26	0.23	21	0.18
50	Slovakia	23	4.15	27	4.9	25	4.61	25	4.57	21	3.89
51	Ethiopia	19	0.16	23	0.19	19	0.15	20	0.16	20	0.16
52	Kenya	18	0.35	18	0.34	20	0.37	21	0.38	20	0.37
53	Malaysia	17	0.5	16	0.46	17	0.51	20	0.58	18	0.52
54	Myanmar	52	0.98	19	0.35	18	0.34	18	0.34	18	0.34
55	Vietnam	16	0.16	12	0.12	13	0.13	13	0.14	18	0.18
56	South Africa	17	0.28	21	0.34	19	0.32	19	0.3	17	0.27
57	Syria	16	0.78	18	0.86	17	0.79	17	0.76	17	0.73
58	United Arab Emirates	13	1.39	23	2.43	25	2.52	19	1.87	17	1.58
59	Norway	17	3.11	16	2.89	16	2.89	17	3.17	16	2.97
60	Thailand	8	0.11	15	0.2	17	0.23	18	0.25	16	0.22
61	Hungary	14	1.47	14	1.49	15	1.55	15	1.51	15	1.5
62	Israel	12	1.39	18	2.04	13	1.49	12	1.3	14	1.56
63	Bahrain	5	3.07	7	4.53	12	8.11	12	7.83	13	8.48
64	Greece	12	1.08	11	1	11	1.08	10	1.01	13	1.24
65	Iraq	10	0.27	9	0.24	8	0.23	9	0.23	13	0.33
66	Lithuania	15	5.38	14	5.02	11	3.93	14	4.79	13	4.65
67	Nigeria	14	0.07	16	0.07	13	0.06	13	0.06	13	0.06
68	Uruguay	8	2.21	9	2.79	9	2.55	6	1.87	13	3.78
69	Mongolia	13	3.9	14	4.4	12	3.59	14	4	12	3.36
70	Tunisia	10	0.83	9	0.77	8	0.67	9	0.75	11	0.9
71	Hong Kong	10	1.32	8	1.09	10	1.36	10	1.39	10	1.3
72	Kuwait	11	2.54	10	2.24	10	2.29	10	2.07	10	2.1
73	Peru	6	0.2	17	0.51	12	0.37	12	0.36	10	0.31
74	Yemen	8	0.21	7	0.2	11	0.29	9	0.24	10	0.25
75	Bulgaria	9	1.28	10	1.39	10	1.41	9	1.34	9	1.36
76	Panama	9	2.22	8	1.87	10	2.28	9	2.08	9	2.12
77	Serbia	8	1.18	8	1.13	7	1.02	8	1.2	9	1.26
78	Algeria	17	0.4	15	0.33	9	0.2	8	0.18	8	0.16
79	Costa Rica	8	1.58	8	1.56	7	1.4	8	1.64	8	1.63
80	Croatia	7	1.74	6	1.52	8	2.07	8	2	8	2.08
81	Honduras	7	0.66	6	0.61	6	0.63	7	0.7	7	0.64
82	Latvia	7	3.53	7	3.81	7	3.9	6	3.38	7	3.76
83	Libya	2	0.3	4	0.6	4	0.6	6	0.79	7	0.89
84	Qatar	5	1.92	6	2.15	6	2.22	9	3.28	7	2.3
85	Georgia	5	1.26	5	1.27	5	1.32	6	1.6	6	1.63
86	Jordan	7	0.65	6	0.53	6	0.58	6	0.52	6	0.51
87	Moldova	6	2.19	7	2.54	7	2.95	6	2.49	6	2.45
88	Oman	12	2.67	13	2.9	11	2.53	4	0.93	6	1.16
89	Dominican Republic	4	0.37	5	0.42	5	0.42	5	0.42	5	0.4
90	Estonia	5	4.05	5	4.1	4	3.35	5	3.77	5	3.64
91	Slovenia	5	2.25	5	2.3	5	2.2	5	2.16	5	2.56
92	Guatemala	3	0.17	3	0.17	3	0.18	3	0.19	4	0.19
93	Kyrgyzstan	2	0.3	3	0.49	5	0.7	4	0.59	4	0.52
94	Mauritania	1	0.29	2	0.53	2	0.52	3	0.56	4	0.71
95	North Macedonia	6	3.11	7	3.66	6	3.16	6	3.05	4	2.42
96	Venezuela	0	0.01	0	0.02	3	0.1	3	0.12	4	0.13
97	Albania	4	1.52	4	1.35	3	1.21	3	1.12	3	1.02
98	Armenia	4	1.36	5	1.67	3	1	2	0.56	3	1.09
99	Burkina Faso	2	0.12	3	0.13	4	0.16	3	0.13	3	0.11
100	Ecuador	2	0.13	2	0.12	2	0.13	2	0.14	3	0.14
101	Fiji	2	2.56	2	2.32	3	3.12	3	3.51	3	3.45
102	Lebanon	6	1.01	2	0.41	2	0.39	3	0.48	3	0.55
103	Sri Lanka	3	0.13	3	0.14	3	0.14	3	0.13	3	0.13
104	Turkmenistan	4	0.54	4	0.58	4	0.58	3	0.39	3	0.4
105	Uganda	1	0.03	0	0.01	2	0.04	1	0.02	3	0.05
106	Bhutan	2	3.12	2	3	2	2.82	2	2.26	2	2.55
107	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	0.56	2	0.56	2	0.59	2	0.58	2	0.63
108	Cyprus	2	1.64	2	1.5	2	1.17	2	1.19	2	1.23
109	Iceland	2	6.51	2	6.51	2	5.84	2	6.2	2	6.39
110	Luxembourg	2	3.76	2	3.1	2	3.13	2	3.14	2	3.29
111	Montenegro	1	2.09	1	1.94	1	2.29	1	2.3	2	2.42
112	Rwanda	2	0.14	2	0.16	2	0.15	2	0.14	2	0.14
113	Senegal	2	0.1	2	0.1	2	0.1	2	0.1	2	0.09
114	Zambia	1	0.08	1	0.08	2	0.09	2	0.1	2	0.09
115	Zimbabwe	2	0.14	2	0.13	2	0.14	2	0.14	2	0.14
116	Angola	1	0.04	1	0.04	2	0.05	1	0.04	1	0.03
117	Bahamas	1	1.66	1	1.32	1	2.09	1	1.81	1	2.46
118	Bolivia	1	0.13	2	0.13	1	0.12	1	0.12	1	0.12
119	Botswana	1	0.22	1	0.28	1	0.3	1	0.3	1	0.31
120	Cambodia	1	0.06	1	0.07	1	0.06	1	0.07	1	0.03
121	DR Congo	1	0.01	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0.01
122	El Salvador	1	0.13	1	0.17	1	0.2	1	0.17	1	0.17
123	French Polynesia	1	3.92	1	4.37	1	4.55	1	4.22	1	4.03
124	Guinea	1	0.05	1	0.05	1	0.05	1	0.05	1	0.04
125	Ivory Coast	1	0.02	1	0.03	1	0.03	1	0.03	1	0.02
126	Jamaica	1	0.45	1	0.28	1	0.34	1	0.44	1	0.41
127	Macau	1	0.94	0	0.66	1	0.86	1	0.76	1	0.97
128	Maldives	1	2.15	1	1.06	2	3.59	1	1.88	1	2.2
129	Malta	1	1.13	1	0.99	0	0.81	1	1.11	1	1.01
130	Mauritius	1	1.12	1	0.92	1	0.81	1	1.17	1	1.02
131	Namibia	2	0.67	3	0.96	3	1.01	2	0.53	1	0.46
132	New Caledonia	1	1.92	1	2.55	1	1.95	1	1.82	1	2.14
133	Nicaragua	1	0.16	1	0.19	1	0.17	1	0.18	1	0.2
134	Paraguay	0	0.04	0	0.01	0	0	0	0	1	0.13
135	Trinidad and Tobago	1	0.69	1	0.69	1	0.63	1	0.61	1	0.82
136	Antigua and Barbuda	0	1.13	0	1.09	0	1.54	0	1.77	0	1.65
137	Barbados	0	0.97	0	0.69	0	1.03	0	1.3	0	1.13
138	Belize	0	0.29	0	0.16	0	0.38	0	0.25	0	0.34
139	Cameroon	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0	0	0.01
140	Cape Verde	0	0.35	0	0.21	0	0.19	0	0.33	0	0.38
141	Comoros	0	0.02	0	0.02	0	0.04	0	0.01	0	0
142	Congo	0	0.03	0	0.04	0	0.03	1	0.09	0	0.04
143	Djibouti	0	0.13	0	0.16	0	0.14	0	0.11	0	0.08
144	Eswatini	0	0.27	0	0.22	0	0.22	0	0.19	0	0.19
145	Gabon	0	0.1	0	0.18	0	0.18	0	0.2	0	0.16
146	Gambia	0	0.1	0	0.09	0	0.07	0	0.02	0	0.11
147	Ghana	2	0.06	2	0.06	1	0.04	1	0.03	0	0.01
148	Grenada	0	0.39	0	0.44	0	0.56	0	0.7	0	0.91
149	Guinea-Bissau	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0
150	Guyana	0	0.26	0	0.21	0	0.23	0	0.28	0	0.27
151	Haiti	0	0.04	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01
152	Kiribati	0	0.05	0	0.39	0	0.49	0	0.12	0	0.25
153	Laos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	0.01
154	Lesotho	0	0.02	0	0.04	0	0.15	0	0.08	0	0.07
155	Liberia	0	0.01	0	0.01	1	0.16	0	0.01	0	0.01
156	Madagascar	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0
157	Malawi	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0
158	Marshall Islands	0	0.2	0	0.26	0	0.29	0	0.34	0	0.48
159	Micronesia	0	0.03	0	0.02	0	0.06	0	0.01	0	0.02
160	Mozambique	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01
161	Nauru	0	2.11	0	1.56	0	0.94	0	0.44	0	0.66
162	Papua New Guinea	0	0.04	0	0.03	1	0.14	1	0.07	0	0.05
163	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	0.43	0	0.28	0	0.37	0	0.5	0	0.8
164	Saint Lucia	0	0.97	0	0.43	0	0.47	0	0.55	0	0.42
165	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0	0.36	0	0.19	0	0.3	0	0.3	0	0.38
166	Samoa	0	2.06	0	1.23	0	1.97	0	1.08	0	1.28
167	Sao Tome and Principe	0	0.1	0	0.05	0	0.07	0	0.06	0	0.06
168	Seychelles	0	1.16	0	1.3	0	1.43	0	1.81	0	2.3
169	Sierra Leone	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0	0	0
170	Solomon Islands	0	0.07	0	0.07	0	0.06	0	0.06	0	0.05
171	Suriname	0	0.13	0	0.44	0	0.5	0	0.39	0	0.35
172	Tajikistan	0	0.01	0	0.03	0	0.03	0	0.02	0	0.02
173	Timor-Leste	0	0.02	0	0.04	0	0.04	0	0.08	0	0.02
174	Tonga	0	2.33	0	2.63	0	2.58	0	2.56	0	2.05
175	Tuvalu	0	0.61	0	1.22	0	0.52	0	1.16	0	0.7
176	Vanuatu	0	0.2	0	0.15	0	0.13	0	0.2	0	0.17
177	Cuba	1	0.1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Butter and Ghee Consumption by Country: Quick Answer

In 2023, according to FAO Food Balances, India had the largest listed butter and ghee food supply among the 176 reporters with reported values, at 5,455 thousand tonnes. Pakistan ranked second at 1,268 thousand tonnes, while the United States ranked third at 1,002 thousand tonnes. Bahrain had the highest per-capita butter and ghee food supply at 8.48 kilograms per person per year. These FAO Food Balances figures represent food available for human consumption, not a direct measurement of butter and ghee actually eaten.

Methodology

Percentage changes use the corresponding value in the earlier year as the base. Yearly totals use FAO Food Balances food quantity (Element 5142, thousand tonnes), while the per-capita figures use food supply quantity (Element 645, kg/capita/year) for Butter, Ghee from 2019 through 2023. The Food element represents the quantity available for human consumption during the reference period. It is not a direct measure of the amount actually eaten, as food can be lost or wasted before it is consumed. No percentage change is shown where the base-year value is zero.

The reporter universe for this item contains 177 reporters. The tables list reporters only; aggregate rows such as World, regions and China (aggregate) are excluded, while China figures refer to the China reporter. For year-to-year comparisons, only reporters with values in both endpoint years are included in the arithmetic. A zero indicates a displayed value of zero, while an empty cell indicates that no value is available for that reporter and year.

Quantities of 1,000 thousand tonnes and above are shown as whole numbers; smaller quantities retain up to two decimals. FAO Food Balances primarily use official national statistics, with some data also estimated or imputed where applicable. The FAO dataset reports the Food element in thousand tonnes and food supply quantity in kilograms per capita per year. The listed total of 12,932 thousand tonnes is the sum of the 176 reporters with a reported 2023 value; it excludes aggregate rows and reporters without a 2023 value.