Brazil vs China: Milk production

Brazil

36.85 million tonnes

in 2024

China

45.44 million tonnes

in 2024

Brazil rank

5th

China rank

4th

Milk production over time

China currently reports 45.44 million tonnes against 36.85 million tonnes in Brazil, a difference of 8.59 million tonnes.

That makes China's figure about 1.2 times Brazil's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 5th and China ranks 4th 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.