Butter of Buffalo Milk Production by Country

Pakistan stayed the second-largest butter of buffalo milk producer while adding 20,314 tonnes and India added 14,280 tonnes. The figures below reproduce FAO Crops and Livestock Products records for item Butter of buffalo milk, 2019-2023, reporting production quantity in tonnes. The table lists 8 countries, all of which reported a 2023 quantity, and the 2023 annual listed total is 1,890,017 tonnes. The 2023 country list runs from the largest listed quantity to the smallest.

India produced 1.56 times as much as Pakistan: 1,099,414 tonnes against 703,281, while Egypt ranks third with 47,581 tonnes, 655,700 tonnes behind Pakistan. The top two hold 95.4 percent of the listed total, with third and fourth at 47,581 and 24,800 tonnes respectively.

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#	Country	2023
1	India IN	1,099,414
2	Pakistan PK	703,281
3	Egypt EG	47,581
4	Nepal NP	24,800
5	China CN	9,846
6	Bangladesh BD	2,691
7	Türkiye TR	1291
8	Iraq IQ	1112

Butter of Buffalo Milk Production by Country in 2023

India was the largest butter of buffalo milk producer in the 2023 listed data with 1,099,414 tonnes, followed by Pakistan with 703,281 tonnes and Egypt with 47,581 tonnes. Nepal ranked fourth with 24,800 tonnes.

India holds 58.2 percent of the listed 2023 total. The top three together hold 97.9 percent of the 1,890,017-tonne listed total.

Pakistan Adds 20,314 Tonnes as Butter of Buffalo Milk Production Grows 1.6 Percent

From 2022 to 2023 the common reporter universe (8 countries with data in both years) moved from 1,860,078 tonnes to 1,890,017 tonnes, a change of 29,939 tonnes (1.6 percent). The totals listed for each year were 1,860,078 tonnes (8 reporters) and 1,890,017 tonnes (8 reporters); no country exited and no new reporter joined. Pakistan added 20,314 tonnes (up 3.0 percent) and India 14,280 tonnes (up 1.3 percent), while Egypt fell 3,972 tonnes (down 7.7 percent).

India Adds 99,414 Tonnes as Butter of Buffalo Milk Production Grows 8.7 Percent Since 2019

Between 2019 and 2023, the common reporter universe (8 countries with data in both years) rose from 1,738,092 tonnes to 1,890,017 tonnes, a change of 151,925 tonnes (8.7 percent). The totals listed for each year were 1,738,092 tonnes (8 reporters) and 1,890,017 tonnes (8 reporters); no reporter present in 2019 is absent in 2023, while no new reporters joined. India added 99,414 tonnes (up 9.9 percent) and Pakistan 44,844 tonnes (up 6.8 percent), while Egypt added 4,614 tonnes (up 10.7 percent).

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#	Country	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
1	India	1,000,000	1,008,107	1,116,710	1,085,134	1,099,414
2	Pakistan	658,437	644,118	663,257	682,967	703,281
3	Egypt	42,967	44,334	46,857	51,553	47,581
4	Nepal	24,309	24,470	25,141	25,948	24,800
5	China	8,795	8,769	8,684	9,624	9,846
6	Bangladesh	272.65	272.31	2,293	2,501	2,691
7	Türkiye	2,380	1913	1909	1308	1291
8	Iraq	930.11	975.5	1018	1044	1112

Methodology

Percentage changes use the corresponding value in the earlier year as the base. Yearly totals sum FAO Crops and Livestock Products production quantity (Element 5510) for item Butter of buffalo milk, 2019-2023. For butter of buffalo milk production, quantities below 1,000 tonnes retain two decimals and larger quantities are shown as whole tonnes. The 2023 butter of buffalo milk production ranking and shares use 2023 listed quantities. In the butter of buffalo milk production data, zero means a reported nil or negligible flow; an empty cell means no quantity was reported. For butter of buffalo milk production changes, only countries with quantities in both endpoint years enter the arithmetic. Production quantities are reported to FAO by national statistical sources.