Cheese (All Kinds) — Production in Germany
Germany: Cheese (All Kinds) — Production was 3.04 million t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Cheese (All Kinds) — Production in Germany, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2023, cheese (all kinds) — production in Germany stood at 3.04 million t.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and down 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cheese (all kinds) — production in Germany peaked at 3.17 million t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 419,600 t, in 1961.
Germany ranks 1st of 110 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cheese (All Kinds) — Production in Germany, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 419,600 t | — |
| 1962 | 439,700 t | +4.8% |
| 1963 | 459,450 t | +4.5% |
| 1964 | 481,670 t | +4.8% |
| 1965 | 520,995 t | +8.2% |
| 1966 | 542,335 t | +4.1% |
| 1967 | 571,700 t | +5.4% |
| 1968 | 595,250 t | +4.1% |
| 1969 | 631,750 t | +6.1% |
| 1970 | 659,700 t | +4.4% |
| 1971 | 680,400 t | +3.1% |
| 1972 | 711,350 t | +4.5% |
| 1973 | 735,745 t | +3.4% |
| 1974 | 775,096 t | +5.3% |
| 1975 | 801,332 t | +3.4% |
| 1976 | 844,865 t | +5.4% |
| 1977 | 890,769 t | +5.4% |
| 1978 | 910,605 t | +2.2% |
| 1979 | 928,878 t | +2.0% |
| 1980 | 962,393 t | +3.6% |
| 1981 | 905,919 t | -5.9% |
| 1982 | 1.04 million t | +15.3% |
| 1983 | 1.08 million t | +3.2% |
| 1984 | 1.13 million t | +4.4% |
| 1985 | 1.16 million t | +2.7% |
| 1986 | 1.18 million t | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 1.20 million t | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 1.28 million t | +7.1% |
| 1989 | 1.33 million t | +3.5% |
| 1990 | 1.32 million t | -0.3% |
| 1991 | 1.22 million t | -7.7% |
| 1992 | 1.29 million t | +5.6% |
| 1993 | 1.34 million t | +3.9% |
| 1994 | 1.37 million t | +2.2% |
| 1995 | 1.42 million t | +3.8% |
| 1996 | 1.50 million t | +5.4% |
| 1997 | 1.56 million t | +4.1% |
| 1998 | 1.57 million t | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 1.56 million t | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 1.66 million t | +6.0% |
| 2001 | 1.74 million t | +4.8% |
| 2002 | 1.74 million t | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1.79 million t | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 1.84 million t | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 1.90 million t | +3.5% |
| 2006 | 1.97 million t | +3.5% |
| 2007 | 1.99 million t | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 2.00 million t | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 2.07 million t | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 2.14 million t | +3.7% |
| 2011 | 2.17 million t | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 2.99 million t | +37.5% |
| 2013 | 3.07 million t | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 3.12 million t | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 3.08 million t | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 3.05 million t | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 3.01 million t | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 3.04 million t | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 3.12 million t | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 3.17 million t | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 3.05 million t | -3.7% |
| 2022 | 3.02 million t | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 3.04 million t | +0.6% |
Germany compared with similar countries
- Germany's 3.04 million t is above the median for high income countries, which is 107,288 t, 28.4× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Germany's 3.04 million t is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 79,440 t, 38.3× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cheese (All Kinds) — Production in Germany changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +37.5% | 2.17 million t | 2.99 million t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 518,050 t | 419,600 t | 631,750 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 793,874 t | 659,700 t | 928,878 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.13 million t | 905,919 t | 1.33 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.41 million t | 1.22 million t | 1.57 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.87 million t | 1.66 million t | 2.07 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.88 million t | 2.14 million t | 3.12 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.07 million t | 3.02 million t | 3.17 million t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Germany
More agriculture & rural data for Germany
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0087 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 527.18 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6813 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1786 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cheese (all kinds) — production in Germany?
- Cheese (all kinds) — production in Germany was 3.04 million t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cheese (all kinds) — production recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 3.17 million t in 2020.
- What is the lowest cheese (all kinds) — production recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 419,600 t in 1961.
- How does Germany rank for cheese (all kinds) — production?
- Germany ranks 1st out of 110 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cheese (all kinds) — production rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Germany data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cheese (All Kinds) — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.