Milk per animal by country
Average annual milk production per animal. Values are estimated by dividing the production of milk (from cattle, sheep, goats, and other animals) by the number of animals used for milk production.
Countries reporting
186
Highest
11,082 kilograms per animal
Estonia
Lowest
13.19 kilograms per animal
Mongolia
Median
1,026 kilograms per animal
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
11,100
What the numbers show
Milk per animal is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 11,082 kilograms per animal in Estonia; the lowest is 13.19 kilograms per animal in Mongolia.
The median across all reporting countries is 1,026 kilograms per animal, and the mean is 2,114 kilograms per animal.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 840.
Over the past decade 112 countries rose and 73 fell. The largest increase was in Uganda (up 119.5%), and the largest decrease in French Polynesia (down 46.9%).
Milk per animal: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Estonia | 11,082 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 2 | United States | 10,680 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 3 | Denmark | 10,483 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 4 | Canada | 10,345 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 5 | Czechia | 9,874 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 6 | Sweden | 9,693 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 7 | Finland | 9,675 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 8 | Faroe Islands | 9,358 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 9 | Germany | 9,324 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 10 | Japan | 8,905 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 11 | United Kingdom | 8,644 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 12 | Belgium | 8,632 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 14 | Latvia | 8,066 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 44.8% | rising |
| 15 | Poland | 7,872 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 45.5% | rising |
| 16 | Lithuania | 7,280 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 17 | Netherlands | 7,227 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 18 | Argentina | 7,059 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 21.4% | volatile |
| 19 | Hungary | 6,829 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 4.1% | volatile |
| 20 | South Korea | 6,739 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 19.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Switzerland | 6,542 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 22 | Australia | 6,518 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 23 | Austria | 6,506 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 24 | Iceland | 6,283 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 25 | Norway | 6,194 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 26 | Slovenia | 6,117 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 27 | Belarus | 6,008 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 29 | Taiwan | 4,807 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 43.1% | rising |
| 30 | New Zealand | 4,682 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 31 | Thailand | 4,601 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 32 | France | 4,467 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 33 | Mexico | 4,411 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 34 | Israel | 4,264 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 35 | Ukraine | 4,230 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 36 | Costa Rica | 4,166 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 1.3% | volatile |
| 37 | South Africa | 3,877 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 38 | Vietnam | 3,670 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 58.1% | volatile |
| 39 | Puerto Rico | 3,667 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 40 | Russia | 3,128 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 41 | Hong Kong | 3,000 kilograms per animal | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 42 | Chile | 2,949 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 43 | Uruguay | 2,902 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 44 | Portugal | 2,889 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 45 | Slovakia | 2,843 kilograms per animal | 2019 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 46 | Suriname | 2,709 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 47 | Serbia | 2,708 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 48 | Paraguay | 2,646 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 49 | Croatia | 2,434 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 50 | Brazil | 2,415 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 54.2% | volatile |
| 51 | Kazakhstan | 2,346 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 52 | North Korea | 2,342 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 53 | Philippines | 2,265 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 54 | Ecuador | 2,200 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 55 | Italy | 2,146 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 56 | Uzbekistan | 2,100 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 57 | Colombia | 2,065 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 88.7% | rising |
| 58 | Spain | 1,910 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 26.8% | falling |
| 59 | Peru | 1,901 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 61 | Egypt | 1,714 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 109.4% | rising |
| 62 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,579 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 63 | Dominican Republic | 1,570 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 64 | Tonga | 1,566 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 65 | Pakistan | 1,545 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 66 | India | 1,539 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 67 | Kyrgyzstan | 1,495 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 13.0% | falling |
| 68 | Montenegro | 1,436 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 69 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1,424 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 70 | Saint Lucia | 1,405 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 71 | Lesotho | 1,400 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 72 | Barbados | 1,388 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 73 | Honduras | 1,370 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 74 | Tunisia | 1,362 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 36.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Azerbaijan | 1,360 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 76 | Solomon Islands | 1,345 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 77 | Comoros | 1,340 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 78 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1,321 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 79 | Gabon | 1,312 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 5.4% | volatile |
| 80 | Gambia | 1,311 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 5.5% | volatile |
| 81 | Zambia | 1,301 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 6.5% | volatile |
| 82 | Congo | 1,299 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 83 | Sierra Leone | 1,278 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 8.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Nicaragua | 1,277 kilograms per animal | 2023 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 85 | Liberia | 1,271 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 8.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Panama | 1,257 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 87 | Venezuela | 1,221 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 88 | Kuwait | 1,196 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 45.5% | volatile |
| 89 | El Salvador | 1,177 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 40.4% | rising |
| 90 | Bahrain | 1,170 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 16.8% | rising |
| 91 | Turkmenistan | 1,136 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 44.8% | flat |
| 92 | New Caledonia | 1,092 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 4.1% | volatile |
| 93 | French Polynesia | 1,089 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 46.9% | flat |
| 94 | Guyana | 1,062 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 95 | Myanmar | 1,047 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 68.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Georgia | 1,037 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 97 | Cuba | 1,014 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 30.5% | rising |
| 98 | Cyprus | 1,009 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 83.6% | volatile |
| 99 | Uganda | 1,001 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 119.5% | rising |
| 100 | Samoa | 998.13 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 101 | Malaysia | 985.63 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 102 | Antigua and Barbuda | 957.42 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 103 | Dominica | 940.41 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 104 | Mauritius | 937.62 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 105 | Brunei | 891.28 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 106 | Sri Lanka | 882.13 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 75.0% | rising |
| 107 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 870.94 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 31.8% | rising |
| 108 | Belize | 860.75 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 109 | Bhutan | 816.01 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 110 | Grenada | 807.05 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 111 | Niue | 785.87 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 112 | Bulgaria | 785.79 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 113 | Armenia | 777.09 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 115 | Bangladesh | 746.79 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 89.1% | volatile |
| 116 | Turkey | 742.06 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 117 | Tajikistan | 722.51 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 118 | Guatemala | 712.98 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 119 | French Guiana | 694.31 kilograms per animal | 2006 | up 18.4% | falling |
| 120 | North Macedonia | 666.06 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 121 | China | 659.81 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 122 | Seychelles | 620.19 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 123 | Nepal | 568.42 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 36.9% | rising |
| 124 | Moldova | 562.35 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 125 | Saudi Arabia | 551.1 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 7.2% | volatile |
| 126 | Reunion | 547.87 kilograms per animal | 2006 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 127 | Albania | 500.68 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 128 | Morocco | 498.23 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 129 | Angola | 495.2 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 10.1% | flat |
| 130 | Kenya | 454.09 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 132 | Namibia | 448.5 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 133 | Romania | 433.63 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 28.9% | rising |
| 134 | Lebanon | 432.28 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 28.8% | rising |
| 135 | Zimbabwe | 431.25 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 136 | Trinidad and Tobago | 430 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 5.1% | volatile |
| 137 | Iran | 401.68 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 9.6% | volatile |
| 138 | Palestine | 372.48 kilograms per animal | 2022 | up 88.3% | rising |
| 139 | Jamaica | 369.4 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 140 | Botswana | 363.17 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 141 | Tanzania | 356.22 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 63.9% | rising |
| 142 | Bolivia | 336.99 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 5.7% | volatile |
| 143 | Fiji | 333.47 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 144 | Madagascar | 306.36 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 145 | Eswatini | 293.62 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 146 | Djibouti | 267.11 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 147 | Bahamas | 263.18 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 28.1% | rising |
| 148 | Greece | 255.1 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 149 | Central African Republic | 246.4 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 150 | Nigeria | 236.23 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 151 | Rwanda | 234.74 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 152 | Vanuatu | 210.88 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 153 | Ethiopia | 210.67 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 154 | Cambodia | 199.93 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 155 | Togo | 190.55 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 156 | Jordan | 176.76 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 157 | Laos | 176.7 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 158 | Afghanistan | 172.59 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 159 | Oman | 172.15 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 47.5% | falling |
| 160 | Benin | 165.75 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 161 | Guinea | 157.4 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 162 | South Sudan | 156.24 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 163 | United Arab Emirates | 154.9 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 164 | Somalia | 150.41 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 165 | Syria | 146.51 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 166 | East Timor | 143.06 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 2.6% | volatile |
| 167 | Cape Verde | 138.56 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 168 | Algeria | 136.66 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 25.6% | rising |
| 169 | Ghana | 128.82 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 170 | Eritrea | 120.69 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 171 | Haiti | 117.74 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 172 | Qatar | 117.68 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 10.9% | flat |
| 173 | Cameroon | 117.36 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 174 | Guinea-Bissau | 116.89 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 175 | Mozambique | 116.45 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 176 | Niger | 114.35 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 177 | Cote d'Ivoire | 112.94 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 178 | Yemen | 106.55 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 10.8% | falling |
| 179 | Indonesia | 104.74 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 180 | Burundi | 102.89 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 181 | Chad | 98.42 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 182 | Senegal | 95.05 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 183 | Sudan | 89.31 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 184 | Mauritania | 81.67 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 185 | Libya | 81.16 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 186 | Malawi | 80.73 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 27.5% | volatile |
| 187 | Iraq | 80.55 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 11.9% | falling |
| 188 | Burkina Faso | 80.24 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 189 | Papua New Guinea | 68.32 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 4.6% | volatile |
| 190 | Mali | 25.06 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 191 | Mongolia | 13.19 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 25.4% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- USSR 2,270 kilograms per animal
About this data
Average annual milk production per animal. Values are estimated by dividing the production of milk (from cattle, sheep, goats, and other animals) by the number of animals used for milk production.