Raw milk of cattle — Production by country
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...
What the numbers show
Raw milk of cattle — Production is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 135.00 million t in India; the lowest is 40.34 t in Brunei Darussalam.
The median across all reporting countries is 482,940 t, and the mean is 4.60 million t.
Over the past decade 105 countries rose and 78 fell. The largest increase was in Oman (up 167.0%), and the largest decrease in Cuba (down 60.7%).
Raw milk of cattle — Production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 135.00 million t | 2024 | up 103.2% | volatile |
| 2 | USSR | 100.92 million t | 1991 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 3 | China (People’s Republic of) | 41.26 million t | 2024 | up 29.1% | volatile |
| 4 | China, mainland | 40.79 million t | 2024 | up 29.1% | volatile |
| 5 | Brazil | 36.82 million t | 2024 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 6 | Germany | 33.78 million t | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 7 | Russian Federation | 32.79 million t | 2024 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 8 | Australia and New Zealand | 30.20 million t | 2024 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 9 | Pakistan | 24.79 million t | 2024 | up 37.5% | volatile |
| 10 | France | 24.20 million t | 2024 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 11 | New Zealand | 21.53 million t | 2024 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 12 | Poland | 16.04 million t | 2024 | up 23.5% | falling |
| 13 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 15.94 million t | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 14 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 14.35 million t | 2024 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 15 | Mexico | 13.96 million t | 2024 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 16 | Bangladesh | 13.54 million t | 2024 | up 146.9% | volatile |
| 17 | Italy | 13.19 million t | 2024 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 18 | Uzbekistan | 12.42 million t | 2024 | up 47.8% | rising |
| 19 | Argentina | 10.91 million t | 2024 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 20 | Canada | 9.96 million t | 2024 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 21 | Belarus | 8.75 million t | 2024 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 22 | Ireland | 8.73 million t | 2023 | up 56.4% | rising |
| 23 | Australia | 8.67 million t | 2024 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 24 | Colombia | 7.94 million t | 2024 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 25 | Spain | 7.58 million t | 2024 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 26 | Japan | 7.36 million t | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 27 | Ukraine | 7.09 million t | 2024 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 28 | Denmark | 5.69 million t | 2024 | up 9.6% | flat |
| 29 | Kenya | 5.49 million t | 2024 | up 60.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Sudan (former) | 5.40 million t | 2011 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Czechoslovakia | 5.19 million t | 1992 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 32 | Egypt | 4.82 million t | 2024 | up 88.7% | volatile |
| 33 | Belgium | 4.60 million t | 2024 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 34 | Yugoslav SFR | 4.25 million t | 1991 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 35 | Austria | 4.02 million t | 2024 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 36 | South Africa | 3.88 million t | 2024 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 37 | Uganda | 3.85 million t | 2024 | up 141.2% | volatile |
| 37 | Niue | 58.94 t | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 38 | Romania | 3.72 million t | 2024 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 39 | Switzerland | 3.70 million t | 2024 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 40 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 3.65 million t | 1999 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 41 | Kazakhstan | 3.58 million t | 2024 | up 42.5% | falling |
| 42 | Czechia | 3.55 million t | 2024 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 43 | Ethiopia | 3.44 million t | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 44 | Saudi Arabia | 2.96 million t | 2024 | up 40.9% | volatile |
| 45 | Sudan | 2.96 million t | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 46 | South Sudan | 2.90 million t | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 47 | Sweden | 2.80 million t | 2024 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 48 | Turkmenistan | 2.65 million t | 2024 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 49 | Algeria | 2.42 million t | 2024 | down 13.5% | volatile |
| 50 | Chile | 2.30 million t | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 51 | Uruguay | 2.27 million t | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 52 | Peru | 2.23 million t | 2024 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 53 | Azerbaijan | 2.22 million t | 2024 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 54 | Finland | 2.21 million t | 2024 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 55 | Hungary | 2.09 million t | 2024 | up 11.8% | flat |
| 56 | Ecuador | 1.96 million t | 2024 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 57 | Portugal | 1.94 million t | 2024 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 58 | Afghanistan | 1.93 million t | 2024 | down 8.2% | volatile |
| 59 | Myanmar | 1.90 million t | 2024 | down 2.6% | volatile |
| 60 | Morocco | 1.85 million t | 2024 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Serbia and Montenegro | 1.83 million t | 2005 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 62 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.82 million t | 2024 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 63 | Republic of Korea | 1.77 million t | 2024 | down 20.2% | volatile |
| 64 | Israel | 1.65 million t | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 65 | Lithuania | 1.53 million t | 2024 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 66 | Norway | 1.47 million t | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 67 | Tunisia | 1.39 million t | 2024 | up 16.6% | volatile |
| 68 | Nicaragua | 1.37 million t | 2023 | up 46.1% | volatile |
| 69 | Serbia | 1.35 million t | 2024 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 70 | Nepal | 1.28 million t | 2024 | up 140.8% | volatile |
| 71 | Costa Rica | 1.27 million t | 2024 | up 17.8% | volatile |
| 72 | Thailand | 1.27 million t | 2024 | up 18.5% | volatile |
| 73 | Tajikistan | 1.18 million t | 2024 | up 37.7% | rising |
| 74 | Niger | 979,188 t | 2024 | up 94.5% | volatile |
| 75 | Latvia | 959,860 t | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 76 | Estonia | 940,600 t | 2024 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 77 | Slovakia | 916,860 t | 2024 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 78 | Dominican Republic | 892,257 t | 2024 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 79 | Indonesia | 808,353 t | 2024 | up 0.9% | volatile |
| 80 | Ethiopia PDR | 774,000 t | 1992 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 81 | Albania | 744,693 t | 2024 | down 25.1% | volatile |
| 82 | Bulgaria | 708,210 t | 2024 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 83 | Honduras | 695,611 t | 2024 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Greece | 651,950 t | 2024 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 85 | Slovenia | 608,940 t | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 86 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 600,487 t | 2024 | down 12.4% | rising |
| 87 | Georgia | 582,687 t | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 88 | Paraguay | 559,000 t | 2024 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 89 | Armenia | 542,000 t | 2024 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 90 | Guatemala | 540,070 t | 2024 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 91 | Nigeria | 527,765 t | 2024 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 92 | Zambia | 525,394 t | 2024 | up 25.9% | volatile |
| 93 | Luxembourg | 482,940 t | 2024 | up 52.3% | rising |
| 94 | China, Taiwan Province of | 470,000 t | 2024 | up 29.4% | volatile |
| 95 | Croatia | 468,000 t | 2024 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 96 | Somalia | 457,556 t | 2024 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 97 | Zimbabwe | 442,748 t | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 98 | Sri Lanka | 430,002 t | 2024 | up 117.9% | volatile |
| 99 | El Salvador | 419,177 t | 2024 | down 17.1% | rising |
| 100 | Madagascar | 415,933 t | 2024 | down 22.9% | rising |
| 101 | Jordan | 387,142 t | 2024 | up 56.2% | volatile |
| 102 | Cyprus | 325,390 t | 2024 | up 97.7% | volatile |
| 103 | Mali | 306,777 t | 2024 | up 7.8% | volatile |
| 104 | North Macedonia | 282,317 t | 2024 | down 29.2% | rising |
| 105 | Chad | 271,976 t | 2024 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 106 | Yemen | 256,737 t | 2024 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 107 | Oman | 241,210 t | 2024 | up 167.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Iraq | 232,702 t | 2024 | up 16.3% | falling |
| 109 | Cuba | 231,000 t | 2024 | down 60.7% | falling |
| 110 | Guinea | 230,000 t | 2024 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 111 | Burkina Faso | 225,266 t | 2024 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 112 | Angola | 221,864 t | 2024 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 113 | Puerto Rico | 221,013 t | 2024 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 114 | Senegal | 220,000 t | 2024 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 115 | Lebanon | 212,013 t | 2024 | down 37.6% | volatile |
| 116 | Cameroon | 210,321 t | 2024 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 117 | Mongolia | 191,760 t | 2024 | down 29.1% | rising |
| 118 | Rwanda | 190,796 t | 2024 | up 28.1% | volatile |
| 119 | Lesotho | 182,000 t | 2024 | down 4.3% | volatile |
| 120 | Palestine, State of | 172,000 t | 2022 | up 164.6% | rising |
| 121 | Panama | 168,490 t | 2024 | down 21.8% | rising |
| 122 | Iceland | 158,139 t | 2024 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 123 | Sierra Leone | 153,285 t | 2024 | down 8.1% | volatile |
| 124 | Montenegro | 151,860 t | 2024 | down 17.2% | flat |
| 125 | Mauritania | 150,883 t | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 126 | Benin | 149,567 t | 2024 | up 35.9% | volatile |
| 127 | Libya | 141,084 t | 2024 | up 3.7% | volatile |
| 128 | Eritrea | 120,000 t | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 129 | Namibia | 111,002 t | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 130 | Central African Republic | 83,107 t | 2024 | up 7.4% | volatile |
| 131 | Malawi | 71,318 t | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 132 | United Arab Emirates | 56,407 t | 2024 | up 40.1% | volatile |
| 133 | Gambia | 52,822 t | 2024 | down 31.6% | volatile |
| 134 | Kuwait | 52,680 t | 2024 | down 10.5% | volatile |
| 135 | Ghana | 51,478 t | 2024 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 136 | Haiti | 47,232 t | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 137 | Bhutan | 44,038 t | 2024 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 138 | Malaysia | 42,383 t | 2024 | down 43.7% | rising |
| 139 | Eswatini | 42,309 t | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 140 | Burundi | 40,562 t | 2024 | down 32.8% | volatile |
| 141 | Malta | 38,160 t | 2024 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 142 | Philippines | 33,970 t | 2024 | up 67.2% | rising |
| 143 | Botswana | 25,704 t | 2024 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 144 | Réunion | 25,352 t | 2006 | up 88.6% | volatile |
| 145 | Cambodia | 24,320 t | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 146 | Guyana | 21,089 t | 2024 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 147 | Guinea-Bissau | 18,099 t | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 148 | Comoros | 13,118 t | 2024 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 149 | Togo | 12,841 t | 2024 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 150 | Fiji | 12,153 t | 2024 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 151 | Gabon | 10,735 t | 2024 | down 23.3% | volatile |
| 152 | Bahrain | 10,538 t | 2024 | down 28.0% | rising |
| 153 | Jamaica | 9,792 t | 2024 | down 24.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Djibouti | 9,195 t | 2024 | down 3.2% | volatile |
| 155 | Liberia | 8,368 t | 2024 | down 7.2% | volatile |
| 156 | Qatar | 7,500 t | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 157 | Faroe Islands | 7,243 t | 2024 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 158 | Dominica | 6,997 t | 2024 | up 0.4% | volatile |
| 159 | Belize | 5,186 t | 2024 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 160 | Congo | 4,466 t | 2024 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 161 | Barbados | 4,166 t | 2024 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 162 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3,102 t | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 163 | Vanuatu | 3,100 t | 2024 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 164 | Solomon Islands | 3,072 t | 2024 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 165 | Mozambique | 3,063 t | 2024 | up 30.9% | volatile |
| 166 | Mauritius | 2,841 t | 2024 | down 43.2% | volatile |
| 167 | Suriname | 2,709 t | 2024 | down 49.8% | falling |
| 168 | Martinique | 1,969 t | 2006 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 169 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,720 t | 2024 | down 56.4% | falling |
| 170 | Samoa | 1,579 t | 2024 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 171 | Saint Lucia | 1,031 t | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 172 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 824.43 t | 2024 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 173 | Bahamas | 684.11 t | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 174 | French Polynesia | 648.81 t | 2024 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 175 | Grenada | 616.59 t | 2024 | up 11.1% | volatile |
| 176 | Sao Tome and Principe | 594.35 t | 2024 | up 18.5% | volatile |
| 177 | New Caledonia | 344 t | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 178 | Tonga | 325.7 t | 2024 | down 22.5% | rising |
| 179 | French Guiana | 293 t | 2006 | up 35.0% | volatile |
| 180 | Papua New Guinea | 164.17 t | 2024 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 181 | Seychelles | 161.87 t | 2024 | up 79.9% | falling |
| 182 | Guadeloupe | 160.2 t | 2006 | up 28.2% | volatile |
| 183 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 60 t | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 184 | Brunei Darussalam | 40.34 t | 2024 | up 0.8% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 797.29 million t
- Americas 201.21 million t
- Southern Asia 184.72 million t
- European Union (27) 154.56 million t
- Northern America 112.41 million t
- Eastern Europe 75.90 million t
- United States of America 102.45 million t
- South America 68.90 million t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 88.83 million t
- Eastern Asia 50.66 million t
- Western Europe 85.13 million t
- Africa 43.88 million t
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.