Raw milk of cattle — Production in France
France: Raw milk of cattle — Production was 24.20 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Raw milk of cattle — Production in France, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for raw milk of cattle — production in France is 24.20 million t, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and down 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of cattle — production in France peaked at 28.48 million t in 1984 and was at its lowest, 18.56 million t, in 1962.
France ranks 10th of 185 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Raw milk of cattle — Production in France, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 19.07 million t | — |
| 1962 | 18.56 million t | -2.7% |
| 1963 | 19.24 million t | +3.7% |
| 1964 | 18.87 million t | -1.9% |
| 1965 | 20.17 million t | +6.9% |
| 1966 | 20.91 million t | +3.7% |
| 1967 | 22.08 million t | +5.6% |
| 1968 | 23.08 million t | +4.5% |
| 1969 | 22.76 million t | -1.4% |
| 1970 | 22.48 million t | -1.2% |
| 1971 | 22.71 million t | +1.0% |
| 1972 | 23.87 million t | +5.1% |
| 1973 | 24.21 million t | +1.4% |
| 1974 | 24.21 million t | -0.0% |
| 1975 | 24.25 million t | +0.2% |
| 1976 | 24.21 million t | -0.2% |
| 1977 | 24.66 million t | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 25.27 million t | +2.5% |
| 1979 | 26.55 million t | +5.1% |
| 1980 | 27.29 million t | +2.8% |
| 1981 | 27.41 million t | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 27.93 million t | +1.9% |
| 1983 | 28.38 million t | +1.6% |
| 1984 | 28.48 million t | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 27.81 million t | -2.4% |
| 1986 | 28.33 million t | +1.9% |
| 1987 | 27.33 million t | -3.5% |
| 1988 | 26.63 million t | -2.6% |
| 1989 | 26.37 million t | -1.0% |
| 1990 | 26.14 million t | -0.9% |
| 1991 | 23.70 million t | -9.3% |
| 1992 | 23.32 million t | -1.6% |
| 1993 | 23.04 million t | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 23.39 million t | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 23.49 million t | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 23.15 million t | -1.5% |
| 1997 | 22.99 million t | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 22.98 million t | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 23.01 million t | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 23.17 million t | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 23.07 million t | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 23.44 million t | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 22.91 million t | -2.2% |
| 2004 | 22.69 million t | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 23.13 million t | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 22.67 million t | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 22.77 million t | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 23.56 million t | +3.5% |
| 2009 | 22.65 million t | -3.9% |
| 2010 | 23.30 million t | +2.9% |
| 2011 | 24.36 million t | +4.5% |
| 2012 | 24.00 million t | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 23.75 million t | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 24.98 million t | +5.2% |
| 2015 | 25.07 million t | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 25.63 million t | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 25.54 million t | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 25.06 million t | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 25.06 million t | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 25.23 million t | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 24.76 million t | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 24.61 million t | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 23.99 million t | -2.5% |
| 2024 | 24.20 million t | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20.53 million t | 18.56 million t | 23.08 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 24.24 million t | 22.48 million t | 26.55 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 27.60 million t | 26.37 million t | 28.48 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 23.52 million t | 22.98 million t | 26.14 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 23.01 million t | 22.65 million t | 23.56 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 24.67 million t | 23.30 million t | 25.63 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 24.56 million t | 23.99 million t | 25.23 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near France
- 7 Russian Federation 32.79 million t compare
- 8 Australia and New Zealand 30.20 million t compare
- 9 Pakistan 24.79 million t compare
- 11 New Zealand 21.53 million t compare
- 12 Poland 16.04 million t compare
- 13 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 15.94 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for France
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 14.99 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.014 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 687.36 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.033 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2115 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 1.4 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.4 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of cattle — production in France?
- Raw milk of cattle — production in France was 24.20 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 France?
- The highest recorded value was 28.48 million t in 1984.
- What is the lowest raw milk of cattle — production recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.56 million t in 1962.
- How does France rank for raw milk of cattle — production?
- France ranks 10th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of cattle — production rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this France 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.