Raw milk of cattle — Production in Europe
Europe: Raw milk of cattle — Production was 227.50 million t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Raw milk of cattle — Production in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, raw milk of cattle — production in Europe stood at 227.50 million t.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of cattle — production in Europe peaked at 279.85 million t in 1986 and was at its lowest, 187.10 million t, in 1963.
That places Europe 2nd out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Raw milk of cattle — Production in Europe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 189.60 million t | — |
| 1962 | 190.71 million t | +0.6% |
| 1963 | 187.10 million t | -1.9% |
| 1964 | 189.53 million t | +1.3% |
| 1965 | 203.95 million t | +7.6% |
| 1966 | 211.23 million t | +3.6% |
| 1967 | 218.46 million t | +3.4% |
| 1968 | 224.23 million t | +2.6% |
| 1969 | 223.27 million t | -0.4% |
| 1970 | 223.39 million t | +0.1% |
| 1971 | 223.71 million t | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 230.00 million t | +2.8% |
| 1973 | 238.02 million t | +3.5% |
| 1974 | 243.33 million t | +2.2% |
| 1975 | 243.04 million t | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 244.63 million t | +0.7% |
| 1977 | 254.27 million t | +3.9% |
| 1978 | 259.38 million t | +2.0% |
| 1979 | 261.25 million t | +0.7% |
| 1980 | 260.90 million t | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 257.96 million t | -1.1% |
| 1982 | 263.32 million t | +2.1% |
| 1983 | 275.36 million t | +4.6% |
| 1984 | 276.78 million t | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 275.37 million t | -0.5% |
| 1986 | 279.85 million t | +1.6% |
| 1987 | 275.92 million t | -1.4% |
| 1988 | 275.91 million t | -0.0% |
| 1989 | 278.38 million t | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 276.78 million t | -0.6% |
| 1991 | 261.10 million t | -5.7% |
| 1992 | 233.34 million t | -10.6% |
| 1993 | 227.68 million t | -2.4% |
| 1994 | 222.68 million t | -2.2% |
| 1995 | 219.91 million t | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 214.41 million t | -2.5% |
| 1997 | 210.51 million t | -1.8% |
| 1998 | 210.70 million t | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 208.77 million t | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 207.63 million t | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 208.62 million t | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 210.21 million t | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 209.77 million t | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 206.94 million t | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 207.44 million t | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 206.74 million t | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 206.43 million t | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 208.12 million t | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 207.29 million t | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 206.79 million t | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 208.63 million t | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 209.65 million t | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 210.07 million t | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 216.24 million t | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 219.28 million t | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 218.91 million t | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 221.19 million t | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 223.64 million t | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 225.47 million t | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 228.14 million t | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 227.24 million t | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 226.86 million t | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 228.47 million t | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 227.50 million t | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 204.23 million t | 187.10 million t | 224.23 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 242.10 million t | 223.39 million t | 261.25 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 271.98 million t | 257.96 million t | 279.85 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 228.59 million t | 208.77 million t | 276.78 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 207.92 million t | 206.43 million t | 210.21 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 215.99 million t | 206.79 million t | 225.47 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 227.64 million t | 226.86 million t | 228.47 million t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of cattle — production in Europe?
- Raw milk of cattle — production in Europe was 227.50 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest raw milk of cattle — production recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 279.85 million t in 1986.
- What is the lowest raw milk of cattle — production recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 187.10 million t in 1963.
- How does Europe rank for raw milk of cattle — production?
- Europe ranks 2nd out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of cattle — production rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Europe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Raw milk of cattle — 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.