Cheese from whole cow milk — 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 from whole cow milk — Production is currently reported for 105 countries. The highest value is 2.36 million t in Germany; the lowest is 41.04 t in Georgia.
The median across all reporting countries is 45,146 t, and the mean is 176,415 t.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 57,493.
Over the past decade 77 countries rose and 27 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 2,201.2%), and the largest decrease in El Salvador (down 56.6%).
Cheese from whole cow milk — Production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 2.36 million t | 2023 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 2 | France | 1.73 million t | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 2 | Türkiye | 773,082 t | 2023 | up 614.1% | volatile |
| 3 | Italy | 1.21 million t | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 3 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 372,113 t | 2023 | up 84.5% | volatile |
| 4 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 989,810 t | 2023 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 4 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 50,940 t | 2023 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 5 | Poland | 975,560 t | 2023 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 6 | USSR | 795,000 t | 1991 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 6 | Syrian Arab Republic | 40,292 t | 2023 | down 17.6% | volatile |
| 7 | Australia and New Zealand | 749,812 t | 2023 | up 15.5% | volatile |
| 7 | United Republic of Tanzania | 25,144 t | 2023 | up 86.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Russian Federation | 604,962 t | 2023 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 9 | Canada | 569,350 t | 2023 | up 23.6% | volatile |
| 9 | Republic of Moldova | 2,887 t | 2023 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 10 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 509,900 t | 2023 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 11 | Denmark | 496,700 t | 2023 | up 52.9% | rising |
| 12 | Argentina | 477,436 t | 2023 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 13 | Egypt | 444,205 t | 2023 | up 55.2% | volatile |
| 14 | New Zealand | 375,000 t | 2023 | up 20.6% | volatile |
| 15 | Australia | 374,812 t | 2023 | up 10.8% | volatile |
| 16 | Belarus | 307,168 t | 2023 | up 128.8% | volatile |
| 17 | Ireland | 284,900 t | 2023 | up 55.9% | volatile |
| 18 | Spain | 257,620 t | 2023 | up 106.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Austria | 225,620 t | 2023 | up 44.9% | volatile |
| 20 | Uzbekistan | 200,204 t | 2023 | up 2,201.2% | volatile |
| 21 | Switzerland | 197,261 t | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 22 | Mexico | 175,316 t | 2023 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 23 | Czechia | 164,440 t | 2023 | up 39.6% | rising |
| 24 | Saudi Arabia | 145,379 t | 2023 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 25 | Czechoslovakia | 138,000 t | 1992 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 25 | Caribbean | 16,742 t | 2023 | down 21.0% | rising |
| 26 | Yugoslav SFR | 134,940 t | 1991 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 27 | Belgium | 123,080 t | 2023 | up 61.9% | rising |
| 28 | Israel | 119,758 t | 2023 | up 14.6% | volatile |
| 29 | Chile | 105,935 t | 2023 | up 19.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Ecuador | 104,477 t | 2023 | down 11.6% | volatile |
| 31 | Lithuania | 95,580 t | 2023 | down 15.5% | rising |
| 32 | Nicaragua | 95,053 t | 2023 | up 92.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Romania | 94,320 t | 2023 | up 50.3% | falling |
| 34 | Bulgaria | 87,220 t | 2023 | up 49.5% | falling |
| 35 | Ukraine | 86,665 t | 2023 | down 47.6% | rising |
| 36 | Hungary | 84,790 t | 2023 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 37 | Finland | 84,720 t | 2023 | down 17.2% | rising |
| 38 | Sweden | 79,440 t | 2023 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 39 | Colombia | 66,506 t | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 40 | Portugal | 65,600 t | 2023 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 41 | Uruguay | 64,636 t | 2023 | down 3.5% | volatile |
| 42 | Norway | 63,515 t | 2023 | down 15.3% | rising |
| 43 | South Africa | 62,296 t | 2023 | down 29.8% | rising |
| 44 | Brazil | 58,386 t | 2023 | up 38.0% | falling |
| 45 | Latvia | 56,490 t | 2023 | up 73.2% | volatile |
| 46 | Azerbaijan | 53,554 t | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 47 | Estonia | 51,570 t | 2023 | up 17.7% | volatile |
| 48 | Serbia | 47,565 t | 2023 | up 68.6% | rising |
| 49 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 46,600 t | 1999 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 50 | Japan | 45,146 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 51 | Kazakhstan | 44,930 t | 2023 | up 103.1% | volatile |
| 52 | Slovakia | 37,130 t | 2023 | up 31.2% | falling |
| 53 | Croatia | 32,570 t | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 54 | Greece | 32,130 t | 2023 | up 41.5% | rising |
| 55 | Sudan (former) | 31,632 t | 2009 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 56 | South Sudan | 30,965 t | 2018 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 57 | Albania | 28,039 t | 2023 | up 69.9% | volatile |
| 58 | India | 21,375 t | 2023 | up 620.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Lebanon | 21,054 t | 2023 | down 9.7% | volatile |
| 60 | Guatemala | 18,179 t | 2023 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 61 | Peru | 17,517 t | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 62 | Armenia | 17,516 t | 2023 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 63 | Serbia and Montenegro | 16,000 t | 2005 | up 51.4% | flat |
| 64 | Slovenia | 15,460 t | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 65 | Iceland | 14,120 t | 2023 | up 33.2% | volatile |
| 66 | Panama | 13,748 t | 2023 | down 9.7% | volatile |
| 67 | Montenegro | 9,725 t | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 68 | Cuba | 9,533 t | 2023 | down 42.9% | rising |
| 69 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9,153 t | 2023 | up 102.3% | volatile |
| 70 | Dominican Republic | 7,209 t | 2023 | up 60.2% | volatile |
| 71 | North Macedonia | 6,866 t | 2023 | down 14.2% | volatile |
| 72 | Tunisia | 6,773 t | 2023 | up 20.3% | volatile |
| 73 | Ethiopia | 6,746 t | 2023 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 74 | Zambia | 6,062 t | 2023 | up 22.8% | volatile |
| 75 | Kyrgyzstan | 5,204 t | 2023 | up 59.8% | volatile |
| 76 | Yemen | 5,193 t | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 77 | Morocco | 3,965 t | 2023 | down 14.5% | volatile |
| 78 | Iraq | 3,838 t | 2023 | up 9.8% | falling |
| 79 | Oman | 3,807 t | 2023 | up 86.6% | volatile |
| 80 | Ethiopia PDR | 3,600 t | 1992 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 81 | Turkmenistan | 3,409 t | 2023 | up 583.2% | volatile |
| 82 | Zimbabwe | 2,601 t | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 83 | Costa Rica | 2,537 t | 2023 | up 20.8% | volatile |
| 84 | Thailand | 2,460 t | 2023 | down 35.5% | volatile |
| 85 | Cyprus | 2,400 t | 2023 | up 130.8% | volatile |
| 86 | Honduras | 2,368 t | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 87 | Bhutan | 2,323 t | 2023 | down 2.5% | volatile |
| 88 | China | 1,870 t | 2023 | up 28.6% | volatile |
| 88 | China, mainland | 1,870 t | 2023 | up 28.6% | volatile |
| 90 | Angola | 1,407 t | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 91 | Bangladesh | 1,305 t | 2023 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 92 | El Salvador | 1,280 t | 2023 | down 56.6% | rising |
| 93 | Eritrea | 720 t | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 94 | Namibia | 434.48 t | 2023 | up 15.9% | volatile |
| 95 | Kenya | 413.02 t | 2023 | up 29.1% | falling |
| 96 | Sudan | 352.25 t | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 97 | Tajikistan | 225.07 t | 2023 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 98 | Georgia | 41.04 t | 2023 | up 2.6% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 22.98 million t
- Asia 1.57 million t
- Europe 11.52 million t
- European Union (27) 9.64 million t
- Americas 8.58 million t
- Northern America 6.99 million t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 46,929 t
- United States of America 6.42 million t
- Western Europe 5.63 million t
- Eastern Europe 2.45 million t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 16,742 t
- Northern Europe 1.74 million t
- Southern Europe 1.71 million t
- Middle Africa 1,407 t
- South America 1.27 million t
- Western Asia 1.19 million t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 915,061 t
- Oceania 749,812 t
- Africa 561,118 t
- Northern Africa 455,294 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 382,146 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 352,527 t
- Central America 308,481 t
- Central Asia 253,972 t
- Southern Asia 75,944 t
- Southern Africa 62,731 t
- Eastern Asia 47,016 t
- Eastern Africa 41,685 t
- South-Eastern Asia 2,460 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.