Cheese from whole cow milk — Production in Europe
Europe: Cheese from whole cow milk — Production was 11.52 million t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cheese from whole cow milk — Production in Europe, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2023, cheese from whole cow milk — production in Europe stood at 11.52 million t. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 18.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cheese from whole cow milk — production in Europe peaked at 11.52 million t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 2.26 million t, in 1961.
That places Europe 2nd out of 26 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Cheese from whole cow milk — Production in Europe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2.26 million t | — |
| 1962 | 2.32 million t | +2.5% |
| 1963 | 2.33 million t | +0.9% |
| 1964 | 2.50 million t | +7.1% |
| 1965 | 2.67 million t | +6.9% |
| 1966 | 2.87 million t | +7.6% |
| 1967 | 2.99 million t | +4.0% |
| 1968 | 3.03 million t | +1.4% |
| 1969 | 3.13 million t | +3.2% |
| 1970 | 3.30 million t | +5.6% |
| 1971 | 3.45 million t | +4.3% |
| 1972 | 3.68 million t | +6.7% |
| 1973 | 3.80 million t | +3.3% |
| 1974 | 4.11 million t | +8.2% |
| 1975 | 4.18 million t | +1.8% |
| 1976 | 4.38 million t | +4.6% |
| 1977 | 4.62 million t | +5.6% |
| 1978 | 4.82 million t | +4.4% |
| 1979 | 5.01 million t | +3.9% |
| 1980 | 5.12 million t | +2.1% |
| 1981 | 5.26 million t | +2.9% |
| 1982 | 5.39 million t | +2.5% |
| 1983 | 5.58 million t | +3.5% |
| 1984 | 5.91 million t | +5.7% |
| 1985 | 5.95 million t | +0.8% |
| 1986 | 6.03 million t | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 6.22 million t | +3.2% |
| 1988 | 6.40 million t | +2.8% |
| 1989 | 6.51 million t | +1.8% |
| 1990 | 6.71 million t | +3.0% |
| 1991 | 6.40 million t | -4.6% |
| 1992 | 6.11 million t | -4.5% |
| 1993 | 6.14 million t | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 6.22 million t | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 6.28 million t | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 6.42 million t | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 6.50 million t | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 6.68 million t | +2.6% |
| 1999 | 6.78 million t | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 7.01 million t | +3.5% |
| 2001 | 7.36 million t | +4.9% |
| 2002 | 7.46 million t | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 7.62 million t | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 7.85 million t | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 8.15 million t | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 8.26 million t | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 8.45 million t | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 8.48 million t | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 8.52 million t | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 8.73 million t | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 8.73 million t | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 9.68 million t | +10.9% |
| 2013 | 9.75 million t | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 10.03 million t | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 10.30 million t | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 10.48 million t | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 10.67 million t | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 10.64 million t | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 10.68 million t | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 11.19 million t | +4.8% |
| 2021 | 11.40 million t | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 11.44 million t | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 11.52 million t | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.68 million t | 2.26 million t | 3.13 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 4.14 million t | 3.30 million t | 5.01 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.84 million t | 5.12 million t | 6.51 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 6.42 million t | 6.11 million t | 6.78 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.92 million t | 7.01 million t | 8.52 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.97 million t | 8.73 million t | 10.68 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.39 million t | 11.19 million t | 11.52 million t | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cheese from whole cow milk — production in Europe?
- Cheese from whole cow milk — production in Europe was 11.52 million t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cheese from whole cow milk — production recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 11.52 million t in 2023.
- What is the lowest cheese from whole cow milk — production recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.26 million t in 1961.
- How does Europe rank for cheese from whole cow milk — production?
- Europe ranks 2nd out of 26 groups with data for 2023.
- Is cheese from whole cow milk — production rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Europe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cheese from whole cow milk — 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.