Milk, Total — Production in Germany
Germany: Milk, Total — Production was 33.80 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Milk, Total — Production in Germany, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Germany recorded 33.80 million t for milk, total — production in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — production in Germany peaked at 34.58 million t in 1986 and was at its lowest, 25.25 million t, in 1961.
Germany ranks 7th of 199 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 26.94 million t | 25.25 million t | 28.70 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 28.98 million t | 27.52 million t | 31.12 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 32.98 million t | 32.06 million t | 34.58 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 28.74 million t | 27.89 million t | 31.34 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 28.41 million t | 27.90 million t | 29.20 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 31.87 million t | 29.65 million t | 33.11 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 33.20 million t | 32.42 million t | 34.04 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Germany
- 4 China 45.93 million t compare
- 5 China, mainland 45.44 million t compare
- 6 Brazil 36.85 million t compare
- 8 Russian Federation 33.04 million t compare
- 9 Australia and New Zealand 30.20 million t compare
- 10 France 25.24 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Germany
- Agriculture share gdp 0.8714 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.8714 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
- Rural population 17.9% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 14.91 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 0.9% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 44.02 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 0 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — production in Germany?
- Milk, total — production in Germany was 33.80 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — production recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 34.58 million t in 1986.
- What is the lowest milk, total — production recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.25 million t in 1961.
- How does Germany rank for milk, total — production?
- Germany ranks 7th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — production rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Germany 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.