Ghee from Cow Milk Production by Country

India stayed the largest ghee from cow milk producer while adding 52,500 tonnes and more than doubled since 2019. The figures below reproduce FAO Crops and Livestock Products records for item Ghee from cow milk, 2019-2023, reporting production quantity in tonnes. The table lists 24 countries, all of which reported a 2023 quantity, and the 2023 annual listed total is 655,278 tonnes. The 2023 country list runs from the largest listed quantity to the smallest.

India produced 7.12 times as much as the Netherlands: 427,500 tonnes against 60,000, while Bangladesh ranks third with 32,200 tonnes, 27,800 tonnes behind the Netherlands. The top two hold 74.4 percent of the listed total, with third and fourth at 32,200 and 22,779 tonnes respectively.

Ghee from Cow Milk Production by Country

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#	Country	2023
1	India IN	427,500
2	Netherlands NL	60,000
3	Bangladesh BD	32,200
4	Nepal NP	22,779
5	Tanzania TZ	20,308
6	Ethiopia ET	17,989
7	United States US	11,546
8	Australia AU	9,479
9	Somalia SO	8,836
10	Argentina AR	8,807
11	Mongolia MN	8,389
12	Yemen YE	5,539
13	Syria SY	4,483
14	Serbia RS	3,665
15	Uganda UG	3,116
16	South Africa ZA	2,920
17	Chile CL	1784
18	Burkina Faso BF	1730
19	Oman OM	1269
20	Eritrea ER	900
21	Kenya KE	709.85
22	Uruguay UY	644.46
23	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	439.47
24	Burundi BI	244.86

Ghee from Cow Milk Production by Country in 2023

India was the largest ghee from cow milk producer in the 2023 listed data with 427,500 tonnes, followed by the Netherlands with 60,000 tonnes and Bangladesh with 32,200 tonnes. Nepal ranked fourth with 22,779 tonnes.

India holds 65.2 percent of the listed 2023 total. The top three together hold 79.3 percent of the 655,278-tonne listed total.

India Adds 52,500 Tonnes as Ghee from Cow Milk Production Grows 9.1 Percent

From 2022 to 2023 the common reporter universe (24 countries with data in both years) moved from 600,638 tonnes to 655,278 tonnes, a change of 54,640 tonnes (9.1 percent). The totals listed for each year were 600,638 tonnes (24 reporters) and 655,278 tonnes (24 reporters); no country exited and no new reporter joined. India added 52,500 tonnes (up 14.0 percent) and Nepal 2,088 tonnes (up 10.1 percent), while Australia fell 1,406 tonnes (down 12.9 percent).

India Adds 224,351 Tonnes as Ghee from Cow Milk Production Grows 72.4 Percent Among Common Reporters Since 2019

Between 2019 and 2023, the common reporter universe (21 countries with data in both years) rose from 343,912 tonnes to 593,055 tonnes, a change of 249,143 tonnes (72.4 percent). The totals listed for each year were 343,912 tonnes (21 reporters) and 655,278 tonnes (24 reporters); no reporter present in 2019 is absent in 2023, while 3 new reporters joined (the Netherlands, 60,000 tonnes, Chile, 1,784 tonnes, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, 439.47 tonnes). India added 224,351 tonnes (up 110.4 percent), more than doubling from 203,149 tonnes and accounting for 90.0 percent of the increase.

Ghee from Cow Milk Production by Country

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#	Country	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
1	India	203,149	236,823	230,785	375,000	427,500
2	Netherlands	-	-	-	60,000	60,000
3	Bangladesh	29,200	30,300	31,300	32,000	32,200
4	Nepal	14,991	17,267	19,896	20,691	22,779
5	Tanzania	15,116	16,940	17,495	19,330	20,308
6	Ethiopia	16,528	19,924	16,414	17,626	17,989
7	United States	10,806	11,111	11,237	11,393	11,546
8	Australia	10,237	10,223	10,442	10,885	9,479
9	Somalia	9,160	9,184	8,969	8,858	8,836
10	Argentina	4,639	4,853	5,369	9,224	8,807
11	Mongolia	10,527	10,660	9,702	8,522	8,389
12	Yemen	5,255	5,163	6,072	5,656	5,539
13	Syria	2,796	4,761	4,497	4,140	4,483
14	Serbia	4,166	4,042	4,017	3,853	3,665
15	Uganda	2043	2,373	2,735	3,145	3,116
16	South Africa	647.35	707.04	2,773	2,828	2,920
17	Chile	-	-	1507	1820	1784
18	Burkina Faso	1656	1552	1662	1696	1730
19	Oman	605.15	1244	1210	1155	1269
20	Eritrea	900	900	900	900	900
21	Kenya	612.51	611.1	697.25	713.67	709.85
22	Uruguay	602.59	649.01	648.15	624.34	644.46
23	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-	-	182.39	420.93	439.47
24	Burundi	274.57	309.76	268.67	156.88	244.86

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 Ghee from cow milk, 2019-2023. For ghee from cow milk production, quantities below 1,000 tonnes retain two decimals and larger quantities are shown as whole tonnes. The 2023 ghee from cow milk production ranking and shares use 2023 listed quantities. In the ghee from cow milk production data, zero means a reported nil or negligible flow; an empty cell means no quantity was reported. For ghee from cow milk production changes, only countries with quantities in both endpoint years enter the arithmetic. Production quantities are reported to FAO by national statistical sources.