Cheese (All Kinds) — Production by country
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...
What the numbers show
Cheese (All Kinds) — Production is currently reported for 118 countries. The highest value is 3.04 million t in Germany; the lowest is 0 t in Malta.
The median across all reporting countries is 56,816 t, and the mean is 204,389 t.
Over the past decade 80 countries rose and 36 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 756.2%), and the largest decrease in El Salvador (down 56.6%).
Cheese (All Kinds) — Production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 3.04 million t | 2023 | down 1.0% | volatile |
| 2 | France | 2.22 million t | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 2 | Türkiye | 830,204 t | 2023 | up 307.0% | volatile |
| 3 | USSR | 1.69 million t | 1991 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 3 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 372,113 t | 2023 | up 84.5% | volatile |
| 4 | Italy | 1.34 million t | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 4 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 354,106 t | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 5 | Poland | 1.06 million t | 2023 | up 45.2% | rising |
| 6 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 1.02 million t | 2023 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 6 | Syrian Arab Republic | 96,431 t | 2023 | down 18.2% | rising |
| 7 | Russian Federation | 791,956 t | 2023 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 7 | United Republic of Tanzania | 25,144 t | 2023 | up 86.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Egypt | 765,662 t | 2023 | up 21.2% | volatile |
| 9 | Australia and New Zealand | 749,812 t | 2023 | up 15.5% | volatile |
| 9 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 10,569 t | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 10 | Canada | 599,949 t | 2023 | up 23.5% | volatile |
| 10 | Republic of Moldova | 8,214 t | 2023 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 11 | Spain | 535,875 t | 2023 | up 69.8% | volatile |
| 12 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 509,900 t | 2023 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 13 | Denmark | 496,700 t | 2023 | up 52.9% | rising |
| 14 | Argentina | 477,436 t | 2023 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 15 | New Zealand | 375,000 t | 2023 | up 20.6% | volatile |
| 16 | Australia | 374,812 t | 2023 | up 10.8% | volatile |
| 17 | Uzbekistan | 325,453 t | 2023 | up 756.2% | volatile |
| 18 | Belarus | 307,551 t | 2023 | up 128.4% | volatile |
| 19 | Ireland | 288,491 t | 2023 | up 54.7% | volatile |
| 20 | Austria | 267,700 t | 2023 | up 36.6% | rising |
| 21 | Greece | 263,596 t | 2023 | down 27.0% | rising |
| 22 | China | 232,460 t | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 22 | China, mainland | 232,460 t | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 24 | Czechia | 218,404 t | 2023 | up 58.5% | rising |
| 25 | Switzerland | 216,417 t | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 26 | Mexico | 193,285 t | 2023 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 27 | Czechoslovakia | 178,798 t | 1992 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 27 | Caribbean | 16,742 t | 2023 | down 21.0% | rising |
| 28 | Belgium | 161,073 t | 2023 | up 59.5% | rising |
| 29 | South Sudan | 158,995 t | 2018 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 30 | Sudan (former) | 155,382 t | 2009 | up 5.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Israel | 151,723 t | 2023 | up 14.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Japan | 151,398 t | 2023 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 33 | Saudi Arabia | 145,379 t | 2023 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 34 | Yugoslav SFR | 134,940 t | 1991 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 35 | Lithuania | 119,498 t | 2023 | down 19.4% | rising |
| 36 | Chile | 112,136 t | 2023 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 37 | Ecuador | 105,073 t | 2023 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 38 | Romania | 102,440 t | 2023 | up 45.3% | falling |
| 39 | Sudan | 102,400 t | 2023 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 40 | Bulgaria | 98,310 t | 2023 | up 45.4% | falling |
| 41 | Nicaragua | 95,719 t | 2023 | up 92.9% | volatile |
| 42 | Hungary | 95,531 t | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 43 | Ukraine | 92,994 t | 2023 | down 49.0% | rising |
| 44 | Finland | 84,720 t | 2023 | down 17.2% | rising |
| 45 | Portugal | 82,010 t | 2023 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 46 | Sweden | 79,440 t | 2023 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 47 | Niger | 78,259 t | 2023 | up 45.1% | volatile |
| 48 | Brazil | 74,672 t | 2023 | up 59.9% | rising |
| 49 | Uruguay | 73,277 t | 2023 | down 10.9% | volatile |
| 50 | Colombia | 66,506 t | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 51 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 65,000 t | 1999 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 52 | Azerbaijan | 64,891 t | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 53 | Norway | 64,487 t | 2023 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 54 | South Africa | 62,296 t | 2023 | down 29.8% | rising |
| 55 | Latvia | 62,062 t | 2023 | up 88.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Estonia | 51,570 t | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 57 | Myanmar | 50,226 t | 2023 | down 54.4% | volatile |
| 58 | Serbia | 48,944 t | 2023 | up 60.8% | rising |
| 59 | Kazakhstan | 45,217 t | 2023 | up 100.5% | rising |
| 60 | Slovakia | 45,144 t | 2023 | up 34.8% | falling |
| 61 | Cyprus | 40,850 t | 2023 | up 105.8% | volatile |
| 62 | Croatia | 33,000 t | 2023 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 63 | Albania | 29,959 t | 2023 | up 60.2% | volatile |
| 64 | Morocco | 26,924 t | 2023 | down 16.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Costa Rica | 26,177 t | 2023 | up 85.1% | volatile |
| 66 | Yemen | 25,001 t | 2023 | up 20.8% | volatile |
| 67 | Lebanon | 24,763 t | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 68 | Afghanistan | 22,179 t | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 69 | India | 21,375 t | 2023 | up 620.4% | volatile |
| 70 | Peru | 21,081 t | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 71 | Guatemala | 18,179 t | 2023 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 72 | Armenia | 17,516 t | 2023 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Iraq | 16,037 t | 2023 | up 13.0% | falling |
| 74 | Serbia and Montenegro | 16,000 t | 2005 | up 51.4% | flat |
| 75 | Slovenia | 15,460 t | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 76 | Tajikistan | 14,504 t | 2023 | down 23.3% | rising |
| 77 | Iceland | 14,447 t | 2023 | up 33.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Honduras | 14,130 t | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 79 | Panama | 13,748 t | 2023 | down 9.7% | volatile |
| 80 | Palestine | 10,238 t | 2022 | up 76.3% | rising |
| 81 | Montenegro | 9,725 t | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 82 | Nigeria | 9,559 t | 2023 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 83 | Cuba | 9,533 t | 2023 | down 42.9% | rising |
| 84 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9,153 t | 2023 | up 102.3% | volatile |
| 85 | Jordan | 8,879 t | 2023 | up 26.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Tunisia | 7,936 t | 2023 | up 10.6% | volatile |
| 87 | Mauritania | 7,800 t | 2023 | up 14.5% | volatile |
| 88 | Dominican Republic | 7,209 t | 2023 | up 60.2% | volatile |
| 89 | North Macedonia | 6,866 t | 2023 | down 14.2% | volatile |
| 90 | Ethiopia | 6,746 t | 2023 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 91 | Zambia | 6,062 t | 2023 | up 22.8% | volatile |
| 92 | Kyrgyzstan | 5,204 t | 2023 | up 59.8% | volatile |
| 93 | Oman | 5,203 t | 2023 | up 60.7% | volatile |
| 94 | Turkmenistan | 4,682 t | 2023 | up 146.7% | rising |
| 95 | Ethiopia PDR | 3,600 t | 1992 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 96 | Botswana | 2,896 t | 2023 | down 55.5% | volatile |
| 97 | Algeria | 2,620 t | 2023 | up 17.5% | volatile |
| 98 | Zimbabwe | 2,601 t | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 99 | Thailand | 2,460 t | 2023 | down 35.5% | volatile |
| 100 | Bhutan | 2,323 t | 2023 | down 2.5% | volatile |
| 101 | Mongolia | 1,963 t | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 102 | Angola | 1,407 t | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 103 | Bangladesh | 1,305 t | 2023 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 104 | El Salvador | 1,280 t | 2023 | down 56.6% | rising |
| 105 | Eritrea | 720 t | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 106 | Namibia | 434.48 t | 2023 | up 15.9% | volatile |
| 107 | Kenya | 413.02 t | 2023 | up 29.1% | falling |
| 108 | Georgia | 41.04 t | 2023 | up 2.6% | volatile |
| 109 | Luxembourg | 0 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Malta | 0 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 27.35 million t
- Asia 2.67 million t
- Europe 13.90 million t
- European Union (27) 11.83 million t
- Americas 8.92 million t
- Northern America 7.23 million t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 327,250 t
- Western Europe 6.92 million t
- United States of America 6.63 million t
- Eastern Europe 2.82 million t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 16,742 t
- Southern Europe 2.38 million t
- Northern Europe 1.77 million t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 1.57 million t
- Middle Africa 1,407 t
- Western Asia 1.44 million t
- South America 1.31 million t
- Africa 1.11 million t
- Northern Africa 905,543 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 808,572 t
- Oceania 749,812 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 626,143 t
- Southern Asia 401,287 t
- Central Asia 395,058 t
- Eastern Asia 385,821 t
- Central America 362,518 t
- Western Africa 95,619 t
- Southern Africa 65,627 t
- South-Eastern Asia 52,686 t
- Eastern Africa 41,685 t
About this data
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.