Milk, Total — Production in Europe
Europe: Milk, Total — Production was 233.86 million t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Milk, Total — Production in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for milk, total — production in Europe is 233.86 million t, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — production in Europe peaked at 284.81 million t in 1986 and was at its lowest, 192.28 million t, in 1963.
Europe ranks 3rd of 29 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Milk, Total — Production in Europe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 194.98 million t | — |
| 1962 | 195.85 million t | +0.4% |
| 1963 | 192.28 million t | -1.8% |
| 1964 | 194.67 million t | +1.2% |
| 1965 | 209.03 million t | +7.4% |
| 1966 | 216.44 million t | +3.5% |
| 1967 | 223.41 million t | +3.2% |
| 1968 | 228.91 million t | +2.5% |
| 1969 | 227.91 million t | -0.4% |
| 1970 | 228.01 million t | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 228.13 million t | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 234.43 million t | +2.8% |
| 1973 | 242.50 million t | +3.4% |
| 1974 | 247.83 million t | +2.2% |
| 1975 | 247.42 million t | -0.2% |
| 1976 | 249.01 million t | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 258.84 million t | +3.9% |
| 1978 | 263.89 million t | +1.9% |
| 1979 | 265.80 million t | +0.7% |
| 1980 | 265.47 million t | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 262.64 million t | -1.1% |
| 1982 | 268.06 million t | +2.1% |
| 1983 | 280.21 million t | +4.5% |
| 1984 | 281.69 million t | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 280.32 million t | -0.5% |
| 1986 | 284.81 million t | +1.6% |
| 1987 | 280.99 million t | -1.3% |
| 1988 | 281.11 million t | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 283.57 million t | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 282.04 million t | -0.5% |
| 1991 | 266.08 million t | -5.7% |
| 1992 | 238.43 million t | -10.4% |
| 1993 | 232.82 million t | -2.4% |
| 1994 | 227.88 million t | -2.1% |
| 1995 | 225.07 million t | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 219.85 million t | -2.3% |
| 1997 | 215.99 million t | -1.8% |
| 1998 | 216.29 million t | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 214.31 million t | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 213.15 million t | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 214.22 million t | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 215.92 million t | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 215.52 million t | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 212.71 million t | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 213.19 million t | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 212.78 million t | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 212.43 million t | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 214.10 million t | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 213.11 million t | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 212.82 million t | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 214.58 million t | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 215.59 million t | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 216.00 million t | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 222.26 million t | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 225.29 million t | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 224.97 million t | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 227.29 million t | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 229.97 million t | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 231.96 million t | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 234.70 million t | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 233.76 million t | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 233.29 million t | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 234.82 million t | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 233.86 million t | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 209.28 million t | 192.28 million t | 228.91 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 246.59 million t | 228.01 million t | 265.80 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 276.89 million t | 262.64 million t | 284.81 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 233.88 million t | 214.31 million t | 282.04 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 213.71 million t | 212.43 million t | 215.92 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 222.07 million t | 212.82 million t | 231.96 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 234.09 million t | 233.29 million t | 234.82 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 1 India 247.84 million t compare
- 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 China, mainland 45.44 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
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- Tomatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 4.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -0.598 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -6.63 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) -1.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) -0.6071 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -4.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 0.9716 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 2.8 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — production in Europe?
- Milk, total — production in Europe was 233.86 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — production recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 284.81 million t in 1986.
- What is the lowest milk, total — production recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 192.28 million t in 1963.
- How does Europe rank for milk, total — production?
- Europe ranks 3rd out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — production rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Europe 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.