Ireland vs Spain: Milk, Total — Production

Ireland
8.73 million t
in 2023
Spain
8.59 million t
in 2024
Ireland rank
23rd
Spain rank
25th

Milk, Total — Production over time

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

How they compare

Ireland currently reports 8.73 million t against 8.59 million t in Spain, a difference of 143,480 t.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Spain ahead.

Ireland ranks 23rd and Spain ranks 25th of 199 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Ireland averaged higher in 1 and Spain in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ireland Spain Difference Ahead
1960s 2.71 million t 4.17 million t 1.45 million t Spain
1970s 3.75 million t 5.65 million t 1.90 million t Spain
1980s 5.34 million t 6.70 million t 1.36 million t Spain
1990s 5.27 million t 6.84 million t 1.57 million t Spain
2000s 5.23 million t 7.21 million t 1.97 million t Spain
2010s 6.46 million t 7.91 million t 1.44 million t Spain
2020s 8.86 million t 8.61 million t 251,002 t Ireland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher milk, total — production, Ireland or Spain?
Ireland, at 8.73 million t against 8.59 million t in Spain as of 2023.
What is the difference in milk, total — production between Ireland and Spain?
143,480 t, with Ireland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and Spain?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Ireland and Spain rank globally for milk, total — production?
Ireland ranks 23rd and Spain ranks 25th 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.