Milk, Total — 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...
Countries reporting
202
Highest
247.84 million t
India
Lowest
58.94 t
Niue
Median
533,156 t
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
13,450
What the numbers show
Milk, Total — Production is currently reported for 202 countries. The highest value is 247.84 million t in India; the lowest is 58.94 t in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 533,156 t, and the mean is 5.38 million t.
Over the past decade 113 countries rose and 88 fell. The largest increase was in Bangladesh (up 146.9%), and the largest decrease in Cuba (down 60.5%).
Milk, Total — Production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 247.84 million t | 2024 | up 69.4% | volatile |
| 2 | USSR | 101.33 million t | 1991 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 3 | Pakistan | 66.67 million t | 2024 | up 30.8% | volatile |
| 3 | Türkiye | 22.49 million t | 2024 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 4 | China | 45.93 million t | 2024 | up 25.4% | volatile |
| 4 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 8.51 million t | 2024 | down 3.3% | volatile |
| 5 | China, mainland | 45.44 million t | 2024 | up 25.4% | volatile |
| 5 | United Republic of Tanzania | 4.40 million t | 2024 | up 95.9% | volatile |
| 6 | Brazil | 36.85 million t | 2024 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 6 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 4.02 million t | 2024 | up 94.0% | rising |
| 7 | Germany | 33.80 million t | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 7 | Syrian Arab Republic | 2.05 million t | 2024 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 8 | Russian Federation | 33.04 million t | 2024 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 9 | Australia and New Zealand | 30.20 million t | 2024 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 9 | Viet Nam | 1.30 million t | 2024 | up 119.1% | volatile |
| 10 | France | 25.24 million t | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 11 | New Zealand | 21.53 million t | 2024 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 643,822 t | 2024 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 12 | Poland | 16.05 million t | 2024 | up 23.4% | falling |
| 12 | Republic of Moldova | 267,171 t | 2024 | down 44.9% | falling |
| 13 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 15.94 million t | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 13 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 84,170 t | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 14 | Bangladesh | 15.04 million t | 2024 | up 146.9% | volatile |
| 14 | Melanesia | 18,873 t | 2024 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 15 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 14.82 million t | 2024 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 15 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 10,374 t | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 16 | Mexico | 14.14 million t | 2024 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 16 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 9,307 t | 2024 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 17 | Italy | 13.97 million t | 2024 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 17 | Timor-Leste | 5,179 t | 2024 | down 17.0% | volatile |
| 18 | Uzbekistan | 12.42 million t | 2024 | up 47.3% | rising |
| 18 | Polynesia | 2,612 t | 2024 | down 21.3% | rising |
| 19 | Argentina | 10.91 million t | 2024 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 20 | Canada | 9.96 million t | 2024 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 21 | Belarus | 8.77 million t | 2024 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 22 | Ireland | 8.73 million t | 2023 | up 56.4% | rising |
| 23 | Australia | 8.67 million t | 2024 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 24 | Spain | 8.59 million t | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 25 | Colombia | 7.94 million t | 2024 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 26 | Sudan (former) | 7.37 million t | 2011 | up 17.2% | volatile |
| 27 | Japan | 7.36 million t | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 27 | Caribbean | 1.68 million t | 2024 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 28 | Ukraine | 7.25 million t | 2024 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 28 | Côte d'Ivoire | 38,872 t | 2024 | up 16.6% | volatile |
| 29 | Kenya | 6.97 million t | 2024 | up 55.8% | volatile |
| 29 | Cabo Verde | 10,438 t | 2024 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 30 | Egypt | 6.17 million t | 2024 | up 10.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Denmark | 5.69 million t | 2024 | up 9.6% | flat |
| 32 | Czechoslovakia | 5.24 million t | 1992 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 33 | Belgium | 4.65 million t | 2024 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 34 | Sudan | 4.57 million t | 2024 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 35 | Romania | 4.41 million t | 2024 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 36 | Yugoslav SFR | 4.39 million t | 1991 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 37 | Austria | 4.06 million t | 2024 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 38 | South Africa | 3.88 million t | 2024 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 39 | Uganda | 3.85 million t | 2024 | up 141.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Ethiopia | 3.79 million t | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 41 | Switzerland | 3.73 million t | 2024 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 42 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 3.65 million t | 1999 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 43 | Kazakhstan | 3.60 million t | 2024 | up 42.4% | falling |
| 44 | Czechia | 3.55 million t | 2024 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 45 | South Sudan | 3.53 million t | 2024 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 46 | Algeria | 3.30 million t | 2024 | down 6.4% | volatile |
| 47 | Saudi Arabia | 3.29 million t | 2024 | up 39.6% | volatile |
| 48 | Nepal | 2.85 million t | 2024 | up 55.2% | volatile |
| 49 | Sweden | 2.80 million t | 2024 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 50 | Turkmenistan | 2.66 million t | 2024 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 51 | Chile | 2.31 million t | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 52 | Uruguay | 2.27 million t | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 53 | Azerbaijan | 2.26 million t | 2024 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 54 | Peru | 2.25 million t | 2024 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 55 | Afghanistan | 2.25 million t | 2024 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 56 | Myanmar | 2.24 million t | 2024 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 57 | Finland | 2.21 million t | 2024 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 58 | Somalia | 2.14 million t | 2024 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 59 | Hungary | 2.10 million t | 2024 | up 11.8% | falling |
| 60 | Portugal | 2.05 million t | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 61 | Ecuador | 1.97 million t | 2024 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 62 | Morocco | 1.94 million t | 2024 | down 24.1% | volatile |
| 63 | Greece | 1.94 million t | 2024 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 64 | Serbia and Montenegro | 1.86 million t | 2005 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 65 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.82 million t | 2024 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 66 | Republic of Korea | 1.78 million t | 2024 | down 20.1% | volatile |
| 67 | Niger | 1.72 million t | 2024 | up 70.6% | volatile |
| 68 | Israel | 1.68 million t | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 69 | Lithuania | 1.53 million t | 2024 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 70 | Norway | 1.49 million t | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 71 | Tunisia | 1.43 million t | 2024 | up 15.9% | volatile |
| 72 | Indonesia | 1.41 million t | 2024 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 73 | Serbia | 1.38 million t | 2024 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 74 | Nicaragua | 1.37 million t | 2023 | up 46.1% | volatile |
| 75 | Costa Rica | 1.28 million t | 2024 | up 16.9% | volatile |
| 76 | Thailand | 1.27 million t | 2024 | up 18.5% | volatile |
| 77 | Tajikistan | 1.24 million t | 2024 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 78 | Mali | 1.12 million t | 2024 | up 46.8% | volatile |
| 79 | Latvia | 960,990 t | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 80 | Estonia | 941,000 t | 2024 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 81 | Slovakia | 929,230 t | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 82 | Dominican Republic | 892,257 t | 2024 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 83 | Albania | 876,688 t | 2024 | down 24.9% | volatile |
| 84 | Ethiopia PDR | 846,760 t | 1992 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 85 | Bulgaria | 793,890 t | 2024 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 86 | Honduras | 695,611 t | 2024 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 612,857 t | 2024 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 88 | Slovenia | 611,350 t | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 89 | Georgia | 591,622 t | 2024 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 90 | Armenia | 566,200 t | 2024 | down 19.2% | rising |
| 91 | Paraguay | 559,000 t | 2024 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 92 | Guatemala | 542,686 t | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 93 | Sri Lanka | 537,792 t | 2024 | up 108.5% | rising |
| 94 | Jordan | 528,520 t | 2024 | up 51.6% | volatile |
| 95 | Nigeria | 527,765 t | 2024 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 96 | Zambia | 525,394 t | 2024 | up 25.9% | volatile |
| 97 | Luxembourg | 485,790 t | 2024 | up 51.9% | rising |
| 98 | China, Taiwan Province of | 482,834 t | 2024 | up 27.4% | volatile |
| 99 | Croatia | 477,000 t | 2024 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 100 | Chad | 473,526 t | 2024 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 101 | Zimbabwe | 442,748 t | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 102 | Burkina Faso | 436,317 t | 2024 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 103 | El Salvador | 419,177 t | 2024 | down 17.1% | rising |
| 104 | Madagascar | 415,933 t | 2024 | down 22.9% | rising |
| 105 | Cyprus | 414,150 t | 2024 | up 98.6% | volatile |
| 106 | Yemen | 411,155 t | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 107 | Oman | 382,847 t | 2024 | up 76.9% | volatile |
| 108 | Mauritania | 363,757 t | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 109 | Iraq | 357,875 t | 2024 | up 17.5% | falling |
| 110 | North Macedonia | 323,407 t | 2024 | down 28.0% | rising |
| 111 | Palestine | 304,000 t | 2022 | up 121.5% | rising |
| 112 | Guinea | 290,564 t | 2024 | up 34.1% | volatile |
| 113 | Cameroon | 288,775 t | 2024 | up 10.2% | volatile |
| 114 | United Arab Emirates | 269,647 t | 2024 | up 57.8% | volatile |
| 115 | Senegal | 247,674 t | 2024 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 116 | Mongolia | 246,965 t | 2024 | down 18.9% | rising |
| 117 | Lebanon | 246,716 t | 2024 | down 33.5% | rising |
| 118 | Rwanda | 245,448 t | 2024 | up 8.6% | volatile |
| 119 | Cuba | 233,700 t | 2024 | down 60.5% | falling |
| 120 | Malawi | 232,764 t | 2024 | up 42.6% | volatile |
| 121 | Libya | 225,578 t | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 122 | Angola | 221,864 t | 2024 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 123 | Puerto Rico | 221,073 t | 2024 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 124 | Jamaica | 210,292 t | 2024 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 125 | Benin | 188,438 t | 2024 | up 38.9% | volatile |
| 126 | Lesotho | 182,000 t | 2024 | down 4.3% | volatile |
| 127 | Panama | 168,490 t | 2024 | down 21.8% | rising |
| 128 | Montenegro | 162,556 t | 2024 | down 15.7% | flat |
| 129 | Iceland | 158,139 t | 2024 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 130 | Sierra Leone | 153,285 t | 2024 | down 8.1% | volatile |
| 131 | Eritrea | 147,889 t | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 132 | Namibia | 111,002 t | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 133 | Burundi | 101,365 t | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 134 | Haiti | 100,404 t | 2024 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 135 | Central African Republic | 83,107 t | 2024 | up 7.4% | volatile |
| 136 | Kuwait | 59,077 t | 2024 | down 6.4% | volatile |
| 137 | Gambia | 52,822 t | 2024 | down 31.6% | volatile |
| 138 | Ghana | 51,478 t | 2024 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 139 | Malaysia | 48,470 t | 2024 | down 42.1% | rising |
| 140 | Qatar | 44,925 t | 2024 | up 58.3% | volatile |
| 141 | Bhutan | 44,038 t | 2024 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 142 | Eswatini | 42,309 t | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 143 | Malta | 41,210 t | 2024 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 144 | Guinea-Bissau | 39,124 t | 2024 | up 2.4% | volatile |
| 145 | Botswana | 36,704 t | 2024 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 146 | Philippines | 33,970 t | 2024 | up 67.2% | falling |
| 147 | Réunion | 26,146 t | 2006 | up 84.6% | volatile |
| 148 | Cambodia | 24,320 t | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 149 | Mozambique | 23,569 t | 2024 | down 6.7% | volatile |
| 150 | Guyana | 21,089 t | 2024 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 151 | Djibouti | 15,336 t | 2024 | down 1.3% | volatile |
| 152 | Comoros | 13,118 t | 2024 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 153 | Togo | 12,841 t | 2024 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 154 | Fiji | 12,153 t | 2024 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 155 | Bahrain | 11,018 t | 2024 | down 26.8% | rising |
| 156 | Gabon | 10,735 t | 2024 | down 23.3% | volatile |
| 157 | Liberia | 8,368 t | 2024 | down 7.2% | volatile |
| 158 | Faroe Islands | 7,243 t | 2024 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 159 | Dominica | 6,997 t | 2024 | up 0.4% | volatile |
| 160 | Belize | 5,186 t | 2024 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 161 | Congo | 4,466 t | 2024 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 162 | Barbados | 4,166 t | 2024 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 163 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3,102 t | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 164 | Vanuatu | 3,100 t | 2024 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 165 | Solomon Islands | 3,072 t | 2024 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 166 | Mauritius | 2,841 t | 2024 | down 43.2% | volatile |
| 167 | Suriname | 2,709 t | 2024 | down 49.8% | falling |
| 168 | Bahamas | 2,066 t | 2024 | down 28.0% | rising |
| 169 | Martinique | 1,969 t | 2006 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 170 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,720 t | 2024 | down 56.4% | falling |
| 171 | Samoa | 1,579 t | 2024 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 172 | Saint Lucia | 1,031 t | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 173 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 824.43 t | 2024 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 174 | French Polynesia | 648.81 t | 2024 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 175 | Grenada | 616.59 t | 2024 | up 11.1% | volatile |
| 176 | Sao Tome and Principe | 594.35 t | 2024 | up 18.5% | volatile |
| 177 | New Caledonia | 344 t | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 178 | Tonga | 325.7 t | 2024 | down 22.5% | rising |
| 179 | French Guiana | 293 t | 2006 | up 35.0% | volatile |
| 180 | Papua New Guinea | 204.2 t | 2024 | down 7.2% | volatile |
| 181 | Seychelles | 161.87 t | 2024 | up 79.9% | falling |
| 182 | Brunei Darussalam | 160.43 t | 2024 | down 31.3% | volatile |
| 183 | Guadeloupe | 160.2 t | 2006 | up 28.2% | volatile |
| 184 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 60 t | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 185 | Niue | 58.94 t | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 984.76 million t
- Asia 463.05 million t
- Southern Asia 343.74 million t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 52.56 million t
- Europe 233.86 million t
- Americas 202.53 million t
- European Union (27) 160.28 million t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 146.08 million t
- Northern America 112.44 million t
- United States of America 102.48 million t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 1.80 million t
- Western Europe 86.79 million t
- Eastern Europe 77.15 million t
- Middle Africa 1.09 million t
- South America 69.74 million t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 61.20 million t
- Eastern Asia 55.39 million t
- Africa 55.10 million t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 48.58 million t
- Northern Europe 38.89 million t
- Western Asia 35.84 million t
- Southern Europe 31.03 million t
- Oceania 30.22 million t
- Eastern Africa 26.86 million t
- Central Asia 21.74 million t
- Central America 18.67 million t
- Northern Africa 17.63 million t
- South-Eastern Asia 6.34 million t
- Western Africa 5.27 million t
- Southern Africa 4.26 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.