Raw milk of cattle — Production in Western Europe
Western Europe: Raw milk of cattle — Production was 85.13 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Raw milk of cattle — Production in Western Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, raw milk of cattle — production in Western Europe stood at 85.13 million t.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of cattle — production in Western Europe peaked at 87.42 million t in 1986 and was at its lowest, 60.91 million t, in 1961.
Western Europe ranks 9th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Raw milk of cattle — Production in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 60.91 million t | — |
| 1962 | 60.99 million t | +0.1% |
| 1963 | 62.02 million t | +1.7% |
| 1964 | 61.72 million t | -0.5% |
| 1965 | 64.33 million t | +4.2% |
| 1966 | 65.70 million t | +2.1% |
| 1967 | 68.05 million t | +3.6% |
| 1968 | 70.10 million t | +3.0% |
| 1969 | 69.89 million t | -0.3% |
| 1970 | 69.25 million t | -0.9% |
| 1971 | 68.77 million t | -0.7% |
| 1972 | 71.27 million t | +3.6% |
| 1973 | 72.00 million t | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 73.28 million t | +1.8% |
| 1975 | 73.67 million t | +0.5% |
| 1976 | 74.53 million t | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 75.45 million t | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 78.05 million t | +3.4% |
| 1979 | 80.21 million t | +2.8% |
| 1980 | 82.25 million t | +2.5% |
| 1981 | 82.84 million t | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 84.14 million t | +1.6% |
| 1983 | 87.26 million t | +3.7% |
| 1984 | 86.79 million t | -0.5% |
| 1985 | 85.66 million t | -1.3% |
| 1986 | 87.42 million t | +2.1% |
| 1987 | 83.12 million t | -4.9% |
| 1988 | 81.14 million t | -2.4% |
| 1989 | 81.41 million t | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 79.78 million t | -2.0% |
| 1991 | 74.83 million t | -6.2% |
| 1992 | 74.08 million t | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 72.77 million t | -1.8% |
| 1994 | 72.83 million t | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 73.85 million t | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 73.38 million t | -0.6% |
| 1997 | 72.89 million t | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 72.92 million t | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 73.13 million t | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 73.67 million t | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 73.37 million t | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 72.90 million t | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 73.27 million t | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 72.18 million t | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 72.71 million t | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 71.79 million t | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 72.45 million t | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 73.90 million t | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 73.82 million t | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 75.24 million t | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 77.14 million t | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 77.17 million t | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 78.45 million t | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 81.41 million t | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 83.00 million t | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 84.47 million t | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 84.45 million t | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 84.57 million t | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 84.98 million t | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 85.42 million t | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 84.01 million t | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 84.21 million t | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 85.21 million t | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 85.13 million t | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 64.86 million t | 60.91 million t | 70.10 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 73.65 million t | 68.77 million t | 80.21 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 84.20 million t | 81.14 million t | 87.42 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 74.04 million t | 72.77 million t | 79.78 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 73.01 million t | 71.79 million t | 73.90 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 81.09 million t | 75.24 million t | 84.98 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 84.80 million t | 84.01 million t | 85.42 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
- 6 Germany 33.78 million t compare
- 7 Russian Federation 32.79 million t compare
- 8 Viet Nam 1.28 million t compare
- 8 Australia and New Zealand 30.20 million t compare
- 9 Pakistan 24.79 million t compare
- 10 France 24.20 million t compare
- 11 New Zealand 21.53 million t compare
- 12 Poland 16.04 million t compare
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- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 2.17 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate -0.437 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing -0.2961 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 0.487 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Production, annual growth rate 5.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate 7.8 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing -0.2961 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 0.9364 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of cattle — production in Western Europe?
- Raw milk of cattle — production in Western Europe was 85.13 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 Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 87.42 million t in 1986.
- What is the lowest raw milk of cattle — production recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 60.91 million t in 1961.
- How does Western Europe rank for raw milk of cattle — production?
- Western Europe ranks 9th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of cattle — production rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.6%. 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 Raw milk of cattle — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.