Milk, Total — Production in China, mainland
China, mainland: Milk, Total — Production was 45.44 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Milk, Total — Production in China, mainland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
China, mainland recorded 45.44 million t for milk, total — production in 2024.
The figure is down 2.9% on the previous year and up 25.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — production in China, mainland peaked at 46.78 million t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1.83 million t, in 1961.
China, mainland ranks 5th of 185 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Milk, Total — Production in China, mainland, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.83 million t | — |
| 1962 | 1.87 million t | +2.0% |
| 1963 | 1.90 million t | +1.6% |
| 1964 | 1.92 million t | +1.1% |
| 1965 | 1.95 million t | +1.5% |
| 1966 | 1.96 million t | +0.5% |
| 1967 | 1.95 million t | -0.3% |
| 1968 | 1.84 million t | -5.8% |
| 1969 | 1.87 million t | +1.9% |
| 1970 | 1.94 million t | +3.5% |
| 1971 | 2.01 million t | +3.7% |
| 1972 | 2.07 million t | +3.1% |
| 1973 | 2.15 million t | +3.8% |
| 1974 | 2.23 million t | +3.8% |
| 1975 | 2.32 million t | +3.9% |
| 1976 | 2.41 million t | +4.2% |
| 1977 | 2.50 million t | +3.5% |
| 1978 | 2.76 million t | +10.6% |
| 1979 | 2.60 million t | -5.8% |
| 1980 | 2.87 million t | +10.5% |
| 1981 | 3.13 million t | +8.8% |
| 1982 | 3.51 million t | +12.2% |
| 1983 | 3.87 million t | +10.1% |
| 1984 | 4.31 million t | +11.4% |
| 1985 | 4.67 million t | +8.3% |
| 1986 | 5.18 million t | +11.1% |
| 1987 | 5.74 million t | +10.8% |
| 1988 | 6.19 million t | +7.9% |
| 1989 | 6.39 million t | +3.1% |
| 1990 | 6.82 million t | +6.8% |
| 1991 | 7.39 million t | +8.3% |
| 1992 | 7.81 million t | +5.7% |
| 1993 | 7.86 million t | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 8.37 million t | +6.6% |
| 1995 | 9.15 million t | +9.3% |
| 1996 | 9.84 million t | +7.6% |
| 1997 | 9.73 million t | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 10.15 million t | +4.3% |
| 1999 | 10.87 million t | +7.2% |
| 2000 | 11.99 million t | +10.2% |
| 2001 | 14.14 million t | +18.0% |
| 2002 | 16.95 million t | +19.9% |
| 2003 | 21.49 million t | +26.8% |
| 2004 | 26.56 million t | +23.6% |
| 2005 | 31.70 million t | +19.3% |
| 2006 | 33.64 million t | +6.1% |
| 2007 | 33.70 million t | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 34.41 million t | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 34.81 million t | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 35.43 million t | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 35.96 million t | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 36.33 million t | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 34.56 million t | -4.8% |
| 2014 | 36.24 million t | +4.8% |
| 2015 | 36.09 million t | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 34.97 million t | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 34.65 million t | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 35.04 million t | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 36.35 million t | +3.7% |
| 2020 | 38.89 million t | +7.0% |
| 2021 | 41.44 million t | +6.6% |
| 2022 | 44.06 million t | +6.3% |
| 2023 | 46.78 million t | +6.2% |
| 2024 | 45.44 million t | -2.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.90 million t | 1.83 million t | 1.96 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.30 million t | 1.94 million t | 2.76 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.59 million t | 2.87 million t | 6.39 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 8.80 million t | 6.82 million t | 10.87 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 25.94 million t | 11.99 million t | 34.81 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 35.56 million t | 34.56 million t | 36.35 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 43.32 million t | 38.89 million t | 46.78 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near China, mainland
- 2 USSR 101.33 million t compare
- 3 Pakistan 66.67 million t compare
- 3 Türkiye 22.49 million t compare
- 4 China 45.93 million t compare
- 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 8.51 million t compare
- 5 United Republic of Tanzania 4.40 million t compare
- 6 Brazil 36.85 million t compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 4.02 million t compare
- 7 Germany 33.80 million t compare
- 7 Syrian Arab Republic 2.05 million t compare
- 8 Russian Federation 33.04 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for China, mainland
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 0.7165 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 1.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 3.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Chickens — Stocks, annual growth rate 0.4723 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cattle fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth 1.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cattle fat, unrendered — Production, annual growth rate 3.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cattle — Stocks, annual growth rate -4.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.2596 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.03 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — production in China, mainland?
- Milk, total — production in China, mainland was 45.44 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — production recorded in China, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 46.78 million t in 2023.
- What is the lowest milk, total — production recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.83 million t in 1961.
- How does China, mainland rank for milk, total — production?
- China, mainland ranks 5th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — production rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China, mainland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Milk, Total — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.