Iran vs Japan: Milk production

Iran

8.51 million tonnes

in 2024

Japan

7.36 million tonnes

in 2024

Iran rank

24th

Japan rank

26th

Milk production over time

Iran currently reports 8.51 million tonnes against 7.36 million tonnes in Japan, a difference of 1.15 million tonnes.

That makes Iran's figure about 1.2 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Japan ahead.

Iran ranks 24th and Japan ranks 26th 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.