Milk production, per square kilometre by country
Milk production divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
185
Highest
448.98 tonnes per square kilometre
Netherlands
Lowest
0.0005 tonnes per square kilometre
Papua New Guinea
Median
3.98 tonnes per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
10,581
What the numbers show
Milk production, per square kilometre is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 448.98 tonnes per square kilometre in Netherlands; the lowest is 0.0005 tonnes per square kilometre in Papua New Guinea.
The median across all reporting countries is 3.98 tonnes per square kilometre, and the mean is 17.69 tonnes per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 114 countries rose and 70 fell. The largest increase was in Bangladesh (up 177.9%), and the largest decrease in New Caledonia (down 68.8%).
Milk production, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands | 448.98 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 2 | Luxembourg | 183.17 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 57.8% | rising |
| 3 | Belgium | 153.62 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 4 | Denmark | 142.18 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.4% | flat |
| 5 | Ireland | 126.73 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 56.4% | rising |
| 6 | Malta | 126.22 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 108.23 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 177.9% | volatile |
| 8 | Germany | 97.41 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 9 | Switzerland | 95.35 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 10 | Pakistan | 83.78 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.4% | volatile |
| 11 | New Zealand | 80.68 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 12 | India | 80.49 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 73.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Israel | 77.97 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 14 | United Kingdom | 65.14 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 15 | Poland | 50.58 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.6% | falling |
| 16 | Palestine | 50.46 tonnes per square kilometre | 2022 | up 121.3% | rising |
| 17 | Italy | 46.81 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 18 | France | 46.48 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 19 | Austria | 45.04 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 20 | Czechia | 45.04 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 21 | Cyprus | 42.3 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 90.7% | volatile |
| 22 | Belarus | 41.12 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 23 | Albania | 33.85 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.4% | volatile |
| 24 | Slovenia | 30.18 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 25 | Turkey | 27.91 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 26 | Azerbaijan | 27.63 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 27 | Costa Rica | 27.24 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.9% | volatile |
| 28 | Uzbekistan | 27.11 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 49.8% | rising |
| 29 | Puerto Rico | 25.24 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 30 | Lithuania | 23.53 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 31 | Portugal | 22.47 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 32 | Hungary | 22.27 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.4% | falling |
| 33 | Lebanon | 21.76 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 42.8% | rising |
| 34 | Armenia | 20.98 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 35 | Estonia | 20.94 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 36 | El Salvador | 20.12 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.5% | rising |
| 37 | Japan | 20.02 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 38 | South Korea | 19.87 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.9% | volatile |
| 39 | Nepal | 19.33 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 53.5% | volatile |
| 40 | Jamaica | 19.27 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 41 | Slovakia | 19.26 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 42 | Uganda | 19.2 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 141.2% | volatile |
| 43 | Romania | 18.77 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 44 | Dominican Republic | 17.89 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.5% | rising |
| 45 | Spain | 17.14 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 46 | Serbia | 16.85 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 47 | Latvia | 15.49 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 48 | Greece | 15.23 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 49 | Bahrain | 13.76 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.4% | rising |
| 50 | Ukraine | 12.82 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 51 | Uruguay | 12.44 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 52 | Montenegro | 12 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.1% | flat |
| 53 | North Macedonia | 11.57 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.0% | rising |
| 54 | Nicaragua | 11.41 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.1% | volatile |
| 55 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 11.39 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.1% | rising |
| 56 | Syria | 11.25 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.6% | volatile |
| 57 | United States | 11.22 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 58 | Kenya | 10.45 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.6% | volatile |
| 59 | Barbados | 9.58 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 60 | Rwanda | 9.54 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.6% | volatile |
| 61 | Dominica | 9.32 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Kyrgyzstan | 9.27 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 63 | Tunisia | 9.16 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.4% | volatile |
| 64 | Georgia | 8.66 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 65 | Sri Lanka | 8.65 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 81.7% | rising |
| 66 | Croatia | 8.56 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 35.2% | flat |
| 67 | Ecuador | 8.48 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 68 | Tajikistan | 8.47 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 69 | Moldova | 7.93 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 46.3% | falling |
| 70 | Bulgaria | 7.51 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 71 | Lesotho | 7.41 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.7% | volatile |
| 72 | Finland | 7.37 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 73 | Jordan | 7.24 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 109.2% | volatile |
| 74 | Mexico | 7.16 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 75 | Comoros | 7.03 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.9% | volatile |
| 76 | Sweden | 6.92 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 77 | Colombia | 6.59 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 78 | Antigua and Barbuda | 6.54 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 79 | Honduras | 6.19 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 80 | Egypt | 5.66 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 81 | South Sudan | 5.57 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 82 | Turkmenistan | 5.55 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 83 | Guatemala | 5.25 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 84 | Iran | 5.22 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 85 | Faroe Islands | 5.13 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 86 | Gambia | 5.13 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.7% | volatile |
| 87 | China | 4.98 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.3% | volatile |
| 88 | Tanzania | 4.87 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 101.0% | volatile |
| 89 | Venezuela | 4.73 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 112.8% | rising |
| 90 | Morocco | 4.59 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Brazil | 4.35 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 92 | Argentina | 4.26 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 93 | Vietnam | 3.98 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 148.4% | volatile |
| 94 | Norway | 3.87 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 95 | Qatar | 3.83 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 63.6% | volatile |
| 96 | Burundi | 3.81 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 97 | United Arab Emirates | 3.75 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 89.1% | volatile |
| 98 | Haiti | 3.64 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 99 | Somalia | 3.45 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 100 | Myanmar | 3.44 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Afghanistan | 3.4 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 102 | Ethiopia | 3.35 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 103 | Kuwait | 3.3 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 104 | South Africa | 3.14 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 105 | Chile | 3.01 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 106 | Cape Verde | 2.59 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.4% | volatile |
| 107 | Thailand | 2.5 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 108 | Panama | 2.49 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 109 | Sudan | 2.42 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 110 | Malawi | 2.38 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 59.6% | volatile |
| 111 | Eswatini | 2.36 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 112 | Cuba | 2.25 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 60.3% | falling |
| 113 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.21 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 114 | Sierra Leone | 2.09 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.9% | volatile |
| 115 | Russia | 2.06 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.8% | falling |
| 116 | Peru | 1.74 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 117 | Grenada | 1.71 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 118 | Saint Lucia | 1.69 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.5% | flat |
| 119 | Burkina Faso | 1.61 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.9% | volatile |
| 120 | Benin | 1.55 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.6% | volatile |
| 121 | Iceland | 1.55 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 122 | Saudi Arabia | 1.53 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.6% | volatile |
| 123 | Paraguay | 1.41 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.3% | volatile |
| 124 | Mauritius | 1.4 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 44.2% | volatile |
| 125 | Algeria | 1.39 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 126 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.38 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 127 | Senegal | 1.34 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 128 | Niger | 1.3 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 68.2% | volatile |
| 129 | Kazakhstan | 1.27 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.5% | falling |
| 130 | Eritrea | 1.22 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 131 | Oman | 1.22 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.9% | volatile |
| 132 | Guinea | 1.19 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Bhutan | 1.15 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 134 | Zimbabwe | 1.15 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 135 | Canada | 1.12 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 136 | Australia | 1.1 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 137 | Mali | 0.9131 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 57.3% | volatile |
| 138 | Iraq | 0.8361 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.6% | falling |
| 139 | Yemen | 0.8223 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 140 | Madagascar | 0.7547 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.6% | rising |
| 141 | Zambia | 0.73 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.3% | volatile |
| 142 | Indonesia | 0.7255 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 143 | North Korea | 0.6991 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.1% | volatile |
| 144 | Fiji | 0.6972 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 145 | Djibouti | 0.6596 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.3% | volatile |
| 146 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.6074 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.5% | volatile |
| 147 | Cameroon | 0.5989 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.9% | volatile |
| 148 | Bolivia | 0.5883 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.4% | volatile |
| 149 | Nigeria | 0.5781 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 150 | Samoa | 0.5651 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 151 | Tonga | 0.4516 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.7% | rising |
| 152 | Chad | 0.3727 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 68.0% | rising |
| 153 | East Timor | 0.3672 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 154 | Mauritania | 0.3517 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 155 | Seychelles | 0.3378 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 55.4% | falling |
| 156 | Belize | 0.2861 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 157 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.2809 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 65.1% | falling |
| 158 | Vanuatu | 0.2543 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 159 | Togo | 0.236 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 75.3% | rising |
| 160 | Ghana | 0.2218 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 161 | Bahamas | 0.206 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.8% | rising |
| 162 | Angola | 0.177 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 163 | Mongolia | 0.1698 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 164 | French Polynesia | 0.1526 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 46.7% | falling |
| 165 | Malaysia | 0.1409 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 44.2% | rising |
| 166 | Namibia | 0.138 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 167 | Cambodia | 0.1378 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 168 | Guyana | 0.1354 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 169 | Central African Republic | 0.1324 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.0% | volatile |
| 170 | Libya | 0.1288 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 171 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.1189 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.4% | volatile |
| 172 | Solomon Islands | 0.1094 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 173 | Philippines | 0.1005 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 49.0% | falling |
| 174 | Liberia | 0.0866 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 175 | Botswana | 0.0603 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 176 | Hong Kong | 0.0571 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 177 | Gabon | 0.0415 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.8% | volatile |
| 178 | Laos | 0.0393 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 179 | Brunei | 0.0321 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.5% | volatile |
| 180 | Mozambique | 0.0293 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.7% | volatile |
| 181 | Suriname | 0.0174 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 50.2% | falling |
| 182 | Congo | 0.0131 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.9% | volatile |
| 183 | New Caledonia | 0.0055 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 68.8% | falling |
| 184 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.0043 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 185 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0005 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.2% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Milk production divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Milk production ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Milk production Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Milk production divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.