Milk, Total — Production in Western Europe

Western Europe: Milk, Total — Production was 86.79 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
86.79 million t
Change on year
down 0.1%
Rank
7th
of 10 groups
All-time high
88.09 million t
in 1986
All-time low
61.79 million t
in 1962
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Milk, Total — Production in Western Europe, 1961–2024

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

Analysis

In 2024, milk, total — production in Western Europe stood at 86.79 million t.

The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 5.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, milk, total — production in Western Europe peaked at 88.09 million t in 1986 and was at its lowest, 61.79 million t, in 1962.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 65.56 million t 61.79 million t 70.69 million t 9
1970s 74.21 million t 69.30 million t 80.84 million t 10
1980s 84.89 million t 81.87 million t 88.09 million t 10
1990s 74.77 million t 73.43 million t 80.52 million t 10
2000s 73.94 million t 72.85 million t 74.98 million t 10
2010s 82.36 million t 76.42 million t 86.49 million t 10
2020s 86.43 million t 85.60 million t 87.02 million t 5

Countries ranked near Western Europe

  1. 4 China, People's Republic of 45.93 million t compare
  2. 5 China, mainland 45.44 million t compare
  3. 6 Brazil 36.85 million t compare
  4. 7 Germany 33.80 million t compare
  5. 8 Russian Federation 33.04 million t compare
  6. 9 Australia and New Zealand 30.20 million t compare
  7. 10 France 25.24 million t compare

See the full ranking of 232 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is milk, total — production in Western Europe?
Milk, total — production in Western Europe was 86.79 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest milk, total — production recorded in Western Europe?
The highest recorded value was 88.09 million t in 1986.
What is the lowest milk, total — production recorded in Western Europe?
The lowest recorded value was 61.79 million t in 1962.
How does Western Europe rank for milk, total — production?
Western Europe ranks 7th out of 10 groups with data for 2024.
Is milk, total — production rising or falling in Western Europe?
Over the last ten years it is up 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Western 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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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.