Which has higher milk production, Nigeria or Sri Lanka?

Sri Lanka, at 537,792 tonnes against 527,765 tonnes in Nigeria as of 2024.

What is the difference in milk production between Nigeria and Sri Lanka?

10,027 tonnes, with Sri Lanka ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Sri Lanka?

64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Milk production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Nigeria vs Sri Lanka: Milk production

Nigeria

527,765 tonnes

in 2024

Sri Lanka

537,792 tonnes

in 2024

Nigeria rank

95th

Sri Lanka rank

93rd

Milk production over time

Nigeria
Sri Lanka

How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 537,792 tonnes against 527,765 tonnes in Nigeria, a difference of 10,027 tonnes.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nigeria ahead.

Nigeria ranks 95th and Sri Lanka ranks 93rd of 192 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Nigeria averaged higher in 6 and Sri Lanka in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Nigeria	Sri Lanka	Difference	Ahead
1960s	173,444 tonnes	135,154 tonnes	38,290 tonnes	Nigeria
1970s	249,100 tonnes	182,123 tonnes	66,977 tonnes	Nigeria
1980s	309,700 tonnes	230,612 tonnes	79,088 tonnes	Nigeria
1990s	379,457 tonnes	265,228 tonnes	114,229 tonnes	Nigeria
2000s	427,996 tonnes	183,709 tonnes	244,287 tonnes	Nigeria
2010s	529,162 tonnes	354,496 tonnes	174,666 tonnes	Nigeria
2020s	524,572 tonnes	535,616 tonnes	11,044 tonnes	Sri Lanka

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher milk production, Nigeria or Sri Lanka?: Sri Lanka, at 537,792 tonnes against 527,765 tonnes in Nigeria as of 2024.
What is the difference in milk production between Nigeria and Sri Lanka?: 10,027 tonnes, with Sri Lanka ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Sri Lanka?: 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Nigeria and Sri Lanka rank globally for milk production?: Nigeria ranks 95th and Sri Lanka ranks 93rd of 192 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Milk production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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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: 18 September 2026

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