Canada vs Ireland: Milk, Total — Production

Canada
9.96 million t
in 2024
Ireland
8.73 million t
in 2023
Canada rank
21st
Ireland rank
23rd

Milk, Total — Production over time

  • Canada
  • Ireland
2.0M4.0M6.0M8.0M10.0M196119922024

How they compare

Canada currently reports 9.96 million t against 8.73 million t in Ireland, a difference of 1.23 million t.

That makes Canada's figure about 1.1 times Ireland's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Canada has been ahead every year.

Canada ranks 21st and Ireland ranks 23rd of 199 countries.

Canada has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Canada Ireland Difference Ahead
1960s 8.36 million t 2.71 million t 5.65 million t Canada
1970s 7.75 million t 3.75 million t 4.00 million t Canada
1980s 7.62 million t 5.34 million t 2.28 million t Canada
1990s 7.89 million t 5.27 million t 2.62 million t Canada
2000s 8.02 million t 5.23 million t 2.79 million t Canada
2010s 8.58 million t 6.46 million t 2.11 million t Canada
2020s 9.77 million t 8.86 million t 909,115 t Canada

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher milk, total — production, Canada or Ireland?
Canada, at 9.96 million t against 8.73 million t in Ireland as of 2024.
What is the difference in milk, total — production between Canada and Ireland?
1.23 million t, with Canada ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Ireland?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Canada and Ireland rank globally for milk, total — production?
Canada ranks 21st and Ireland ranks 23rd of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Milk, Total — Production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Milk, Total — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
232 places, 13,450 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.