Milk - Excluding Butter — Food in China
China: Milk - Excluding Butter — Food was 51,343 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Milk - Excluding Butter — Food in China, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for milk - excluding butter — food in China is 51,343 1000 t, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 19.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk - excluding butter — food in China peaked at 51,343 1000 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 39,004 1000 t, in 2016.
That places China 3rd out of 194 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Milk - Excluding Butter — Food in China, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 41,815 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 42,832 1000 t | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 43,683 1000 t | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 42,913 1000 t | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 46,953 1000 t | +9.4% |
| 2015 | 39,244 1000 t | -16.4% |
| 2016 | 39,004 1000 t | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 39,878 1000 t | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 40,941 1000 t | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 43,918 1000 t | +7.3% |
| 2020 | 45,893 1000 t | +4.5% |
| 2021 | 50,956 1000 t | +11.0% |
| 2022 | 50,972 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 51,343 1000 t | +0.7% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 51,343 1000 t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,185 1000 t, 43.3× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- China's 51,343 1000 t is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 65 1000 t, 789.9× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 42,118 1000 t | 39,004 1000 t | 46,953 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 49,791 1000 t | 45,893 1000 t | 51,343 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near China
- 1 India 125,732 1000 t compare
- 2 United States 77,730 1000 t compare
- 4 China, mainland 49,464 1000 t compare
- 5 Brazil 34,448 1000 t compare
- 6 Pakistan 32,104 1000 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 923.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk - excluding butter — food in China?
- Milk - excluding butter — food in China was 51,343 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk - excluding butter — food recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 51,343 1000 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest milk - excluding butter — food recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 39,004 1000 t in 2016.
- How does China rank for milk - excluding butter — food?
- China ranks 3rd out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is milk - excluding butter — food rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Milk - Excluding Butter — Food. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.