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 98 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 45,873 t, and the mean is 175,943 t.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 57,493.
Over the past decade 73 countries rose and 24 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan, Republic of (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 |
| 3 | Italy | 1.21 million t | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 4 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 989,810 t | 2023 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 5 | Poland | 975,560 t | 2023 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 6 | USSR | 795,000 t | 1991 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 7 | Australia and New Zealand | 749,812 t | 2023 | up 15.5% | volatile |
| 8 | Russian Federation | 604,962 t | 2023 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 9 | Canada | 569,350 t | 2023 | up 23.6% | volatile |
| 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, Arab Republic of | 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, Republic of | 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, Republic of | 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 |
| 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, Republic of | 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 | Slovak Republic | 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, Republic of | 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, The Federal Democratic Republic of | 6,746 t | 2023 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 74 | Zambia | 6,062 t | 2023 | up 22.8% | volatile |
| 75 | Kyrgyz Republic | 5,204 t | 2023 | up 59.8% | volatile |
| 76 | Yemen, Republic of | 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 (People’s Republic of) | 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, Republic of | 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
- Europe 11.52 million t
- European Union (27) 9.64 million t
- Eastern Europe 2.45 million t
- Americas 8.58 million t
- Southern Europe 1.71 million t
- Northern America 6.99 million t
- Asia 1.57 million t
- United States of America 6.42 million t
- South America 1.27 million t
- Western Europe 5.63 million t
- Western Asia 1.19 million 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.