Australia vs Ireland: Milk production

Australia

8.67 million tonnes

in 2024

Ireland

8.73 million tonnes

in 2023

Australia rank

22nd

Ireland rank

21st

Milk production over time

Ireland currently reports 8.73 million tonnes against 8.67 million tonnes in Australia, a difference of 61,210 tonnes.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 22nd and Ireland ranks 21st of 191 countries.

Indicator: Milk production
Unit: tonnes
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 192 places, 11,106 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Milk represents the raw equivalents of all dairy products including cheese, yoghurt, cream and milk consumed as the final product.