Milk, Total — Production in Northern America

Northern America: Milk, Total — Production was 112.44 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
112.44 million t
Change on year
down 0.1%
Rank
5th
of 10 groups
All-time high
112.56 million t
in 2023
All-time low
60.05 million t
in 1973
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Milk, Total — Production in Northern America, 1961–2024

025.0M50.0M75.0M100.0M125.0M196119922024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

The most recent figure for milk, total — production in Northern America is 112.44 million t, measured in 2024.

The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 10.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, milk, total — production in Northern America peaked at 112.56 million t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 60.05 million t, in 1973.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 63.81 million t 61.16 million t 65.99 million t 9
1970s 61.71 million t 60.05 million t 63.38 million t 10
1980s 70.65 million t 65.66 million t 73.61 million t 10
1990s 77.57 million t 74.80 million t 81.94 million t 10
2000s 88.22 million t 83.13 million t 94.34 million t 10
2010s 102.48 million t 95.43 million t 108.62 million t 10
2020s 112.18 million t 110.96 million t 112.56 million t 5

Countries ranked near Northern America

  1. 2 USSR 101.33 million t compare
  2. 3 Pakistan 66.67 million t compare
  3. 4 China 45.93 million t compare
  4. 5 China, mainland 45.44 million t compare
  5. 6 Brazil 36.85 million t compare
  6. 7 Germany 33.80 million t compare
  7. 8 Russian Federation 33.04 million t compare

See the full ranking of 232 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is milk, total — production in Northern America?
Milk, total — production in Northern America was 112.44 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest milk, total — production recorded in Northern America?
The highest recorded value was 112.56 million t in 2023.
What is the lowest milk, total — production recorded in Northern America?
The lowest recorded value was 60.05 million t in 1973.
How does Northern America rank for milk, total — production?
Northern America ranks 5th out of 10 groups with data for 2024.
Is milk, total — production rising or falling in Northern America?
Over the last ten years it is up 10.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Northern America 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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Indicator
Milk, Total — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
232 places, 13,450 data points, 1961–2024
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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.