Milk, Total — Production in France
France: Milk, Total — Production was 25.24 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Milk, Total — Production in France, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
France recorded 25.24 million t for milk, total — production in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and down 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — production in France peaked at 29.06 million t in 1984 and was at its lowest, 18.88 million t, in 1962.
France ranks 10th of 185 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Milk, Total — Production in France, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 19.41 million t | — |
| 1962 | 18.88 million t | -2.7% |
| 1963 | 19.58 million t | +3.7% |
| 1964 | 19.22 million t | -1.8% |
| 1965 | 20.52 million t | +6.8% |
| 1966 | 21.26 million t | +3.6% |
| 1967 | 22.44 million t | +5.5% |
| 1968 | 23.44 million t | +4.5% |
| 1969 | 23.13 million t | -1.3% |
| 1970 | 22.85 million t | -1.2% |
| 1971 | 23.09 million t | +1.1% |
| 1972 | 24.28 million t | +5.1% |
| 1973 | 24.63 million t | +1.5% |
| 1974 | 24.65 million t | +0.1% |
| 1975 | 24.72 million t | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 24.68 million t | -0.1% |
| 1977 | 25.17 million t | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 25.78 million t | +2.4% |
| 1979 | 27.09 million t | +5.1% |
| 1980 | 27.89 million t | +3.0% |
| 1981 | 28.02 million t | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 28.55 million t | +1.9% |
| 1983 | 28.98 million t | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 29.06 million t | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 28.40 million t | -2.3% |
| 1986 | 28.93 million t | +1.9% |
| 1987 | 27.96 million t | -3.3% |
| 1988 | 27.29 million t | -2.4% |
| 1989 | 27.01 million t | -1.0% |
| 1990 | 26.81 million t | -0.8% |
| 1991 | 24.32 million t | -9.3% |
| 1992 | 23.93 million t | -1.6% |
| 1993 | 23.64 million t | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 23.99 million t | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 24.14 million t | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 23.84 million t | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 23.70 million t | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 23.69 million t | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 23.73 million t | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 23.89 million t | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 23.81 million t | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 24.19 million t | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 23.69 million t | -2.1% |
| 2004 | 23.48 million t | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 23.94 million t | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 23.52 million t | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 23.60 million t | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 24.38 million t | +3.3% |
| 2009 | 23.50 million t | -3.6% |
| 2010 | 24.21 million t | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 25.29 million t | +4.5% |
| 2012 | 24.88 million t | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 24.59 million t | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 25.83 million t | +5.0% |
| 2015 | 25.93 million t | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 26.57 million t | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 26.51 million t | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 26.02 million t | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 26.04 million t | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 26.29 million t | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 25.83 million t | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 25.68 million t | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 25.05 million t | -2.5% |
| 2024 | 25.24 million t | +0.8% |
France compared with similar countries
- France's 25.24 million t is above the median for high income countries, which is 1.39 million t, 18.2× the median. (54 countries reporting)
- France's 25.24 million t is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1.99 million t, 12.7× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20.88 million t | 18.88 million t | 23.44 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 24.69 million t | 22.85 million t | 27.09 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 28.21 million t | 27.01 million t | 29.06 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 24.18 million t | 23.64 million t | 26.81 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 23.80 million t | 23.48 million t | 24.38 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 25.59 million t | 24.21 million t | 26.57 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 25.62 million t | 25.05 million t | 26.29 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near France
- 7 Germany 33.80 million t compare
- 7 Syrian Arab Republic 2.05 million t compare
- 8 Russian Federation 33.04 million t compare
- 9 Viet Nam 1.30 million t compare
- 9 Australia and New Zealand 30.20 million t compare
- 11 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 643,822 t compare
- 11 New Zealand 21.53 million t compare
- 12 Poland 16.05 million t compare
- 12 Republic of Moldova 267,171 t compare
- 13 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 84,170 t compare
- 13 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 15.94 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for France
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 14.99 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.014 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 687.36 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.033 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2115 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — production in France?
- Milk, total — production in France was 25.24 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — production recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 29.06 million t in 1984.
- What is the lowest milk, total — production recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.88 million t in 1962.
- How does France rank for milk, total — production?
- France ranks 10th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — production rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this France 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.