Milk production by country
Milk represents the raw equivalents of all dairy products including cheese, yoghurt, cream and milk consumed as the final product.
Countries reporting
186
Highest
247.84 million tonnes
India
Lowest
58.94 tonnes
Niue
Median
526,580 tonnes
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
11,106
What the numbers show
Milk production is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 247.84 million tonnes in India; the lowest is 58.94 tonnes in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 526,580 tonnes, and the mean is 5.25 million tonnes.
Over the past decade 108 countries rose and 77 fell. The largest increase was in Bangladesh (up 146.9%), and the largest decrease in Cuba (down 60.5%).
Milk production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 247.84 million tonnes | 2024 | up 69.4% | volatile |
| 2 | United States | 102.48 million tonnes | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 3 | Pakistan | 66.67 million tonnes | 2024 | up 30.8% | volatile |
| 4 | China | 45.44 million tonnes | 2024 | up 25.4% | volatile |
| 5 | Brazil | 36.85 million tonnes | 2024 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 6 | Germany | 33.80 million tonnes | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 7 | Russia | 33.04 million tonnes | 2024 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 8 | France | 25.24 million tonnes | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 9 | Turkey | 22.49 million tonnes | 2024 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 10 | New Zealand | 21.53 million tonnes | 2024 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Poland | 16.05 million tonnes | 2024 | up 23.4% | falling |
| 12 | United Kingdom | 15.94 million tonnes | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 13 | Bangladesh | 15.04 million tonnes | 2024 | up 146.9% | volatile |
| 14 | Netherlands | 14.82 million tonnes | 2024 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 15 | Mexico | 14.14 million tonnes | 2024 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 16 | Italy | 13.97 million tonnes | 2024 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 17 | Uzbekistan | 12.42 million tonnes | 2024 | up 47.3% | rising |
| 18 | Argentina | 10.91 million tonnes | 2024 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 19 | Canada | 9.96 million tonnes | 2024 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 20 | Belarus | 8.77 million tonnes | 2024 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 22 | Australia | 8.67 million tonnes | 2024 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 23 | Spain | 8.59 million tonnes | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 24 | Iran | 8.51 million tonnes | 2024 | down 3.3% | volatile |
| 25 | Colombia | 7.94 million tonnes | 2024 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 26 | Japan | 7.36 million tonnes | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 27 | Ukraine | 7.25 million tonnes | 2024 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 28 | Kenya | 6.97 million tonnes | 2024 | up 55.8% | volatile |
| 29 | Egypt | 6.17 million tonnes | 2024 | up 10.1% | volatile |
| 30 | Denmark | 5.69 million tonnes | 2024 | up 9.6% | flat |
| 31 | Belgium | 4.65 million tonnes | 2024 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 32 | Sudan | 4.57 million tonnes | 2024 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 33 | Romania | 4.41 million tonnes | 2024 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 34 | Tanzania | 4.40 million tonnes | 2024 | up 95.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Austria | 4.06 million tonnes | 2024 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 36 | Venezuela | 4.02 million tonnes | 2024 | up 94.0% | rising |
| 37 | South Africa | 3.88 million tonnes | 2024 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 38 | Uganda | 3.85 million tonnes | 2024 | up 141.2% | volatile |
| 39 | Ethiopia | 3.79 million tonnes | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 40 | Switzerland | 3.73 million tonnes | 2024 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 41 | Kazakhstan | 3.60 million tonnes | 2024 | up 42.4% | falling |
| 42 | Czechia | 3.55 million tonnes | 2024 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 43 | South Sudan | 3.53 million tonnes | 2024 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 44 | Algeria | 3.30 million tonnes | 2024 | down 6.4% | volatile |
| 45 | Saudi Arabia | 3.29 million tonnes | 2024 | up 39.6% | volatile |
| 46 | Nepal | 2.85 million tonnes | 2024 | up 55.2% | volatile |
| 47 | Sweden | 2.80 million tonnes | 2024 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 48 | Turkmenistan | 2.66 million tonnes | 2024 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 49 | Chile | 2.31 million tonnes | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 50 | Uruguay | 2.27 million tonnes | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 51 | Azerbaijan | 2.26 million tonnes | 2024 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 52 | Peru | 2.25 million tonnes | 2024 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 53 | Afghanistan | 2.25 million tonnes | 2024 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 54 | Myanmar | 2.24 million tonnes | 2024 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 55 | Finland | 2.21 million tonnes | 2024 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 56 | Somalia | 2.14 million tonnes | 2024 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 57 | Hungary | 2.10 million tonnes | 2024 | up 11.8% | falling |
| 58 | Portugal | 2.05 million tonnes | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 59 | Syria | 2.05 million tonnes | 2024 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 60 | Ecuador | 1.97 million tonnes | 2024 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 61 | Morocco | 1.94 million tonnes | 2024 | down 24.1% | volatile |
| 62 | Greece | 1.94 million tonnes | 2024 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 63 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.82 million tonnes | 2024 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 64 | South Korea | 1.78 million tonnes | 2024 | down 20.1% | volatile |
| 65 | Niger | 1.72 million tonnes | 2024 | up 70.6% | volatile |
| 66 | Israel | 1.68 million tonnes | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 67 | Lithuania | 1.53 million tonnes | 2024 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 68 | Norway | 1.49 million tonnes | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 69 | Tunisia | 1.43 million tonnes | 2024 | up 15.9% | volatile |
| 70 | Indonesia | 1.41 million tonnes | 2024 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 71 | Serbia | 1.38 million tonnes | 2024 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 72 | Nicaragua | 1.37 million tonnes | 2023 | up 46.1% | volatile |
| 73 | Vietnam | 1.30 million tonnes | 2024 | up 119.1% | volatile |
| 74 | Costa Rica | 1.28 million tonnes | 2024 | up 16.9% | volatile |
| 75 | Thailand | 1.27 million tonnes | 2024 | up 18.5% | volatile |
| 76 | Tajikistan | 1.24 million tonnes | 2024 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 77 | Mali | 1.12 million tonnes | 2024 | up 46.8% | volatile |
| 78 | Latvia | 960,990 tonnes | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 79 | Estonia | 941,000 tonnes | 2024 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 80 | Slovakia | 929,230 tonnes | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 81 | Dominican Republic | 892,257 tonnes | 2024 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 82 | Albania | 876,688 tonnes | 2024 | down 24.9% | volatile |
| 83 | Bulgaria | 793,890 tonnes | 2024 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 84 | Honduras | 695,611 tonnes | 2024 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Bolivia | 643,822 tonnes | 2024 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 612,857 tonnes | 2024 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 87 | Slovenia | 611,350 tonnes | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 88 | Georgia | 591,622 tonnes | 2024 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 89 | Armenia | 566,200 tonnes | 2024 | down 19.2% | rising |
| 90 | Paraguay | 559,000 tonnes | 2024 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 91 | Guatemala | 542,686 tonnes | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 92 | Sri Lanka | 537,792 tonnes | 2024 | up 108.5% | rising |
| 93 | Jordan | 528,520 tonnes | 2024 | up 51.6% | volatile |
| 94 | Nigeria | 527,765 tonnes | 2024 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 95 | Zambia | 525,394 tonnes | 2024 | up 25.9% | volatile |
| 97 | Taiwan | 482,834 tonnes | 2024 | up 27.4% | volatile |
| 98 | Croatia | 477,000 tonnes | 2024 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 99 | Chad | 473,526 tonnes | 2024 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 100 | Zimbabwe | 442,748 tonnes | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 101 | Burkina Faso | 436,317 tonnes | 2024 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 102 | El Salvador | 419,177 tonnes | 2024 | down 17.1% | rising |
| 103 | Madagascar | 415,933 tonnes | 2024 | down 22.9% | rising |
| 104 | Cyprus | 414,150 tonnes | 2024 | up 98.6% | volatile |
| 105 | Yemen | 411,155 tonnes | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 106 | Oman | 382,847 tonnes | 2024 | up 76.9% | volatile |
| 107 | Mauritania | 363,757 tonnes | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 108 | Iraq | 357,875 tonnes | 2024 | up 17.5% | falling |
| 109 | North Macedonia | 323,407 tonnes | 2024 | down 28.0% | rising |
| 110 | Palestine | 304,000 tonnes | 2022 | up 121.5% | rising |
| 111 | Guinea | 290,564 tonnes | 2024 | up 34.1% | volatile |
| 112 | Cameroon | 288,775 tonnes | 2024 | up 10.2% | volatile |
| 113 | United Arab Emirates | 269,647 tonnes | 2024 | up 57.8% | volatile |
| 114 | Moldova | 267,171 tonnes | 2024 | down 44.9% | falling |
| 115 | Senegal | 247,674 tonnes | 2024 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 116 | Mongolia | 246,965 tonnes | 2024 | down 18.9% | rising |
| 117 | Lebanon | 246,716 tonnes | 2024 | down 33.5% | rising |
| 118 | Rwanda | 245,448 tonnes | 2024 | up 8.6% | volatile |
| 119 | Cuba | 233,700 tonnes | 2024 | down 60.5% | falling |
| 120 | Malawi | 232,764 tonnes | 2024 | up 42.6% | volatile |
| 121 | Libya | 225,578 tonnes | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 122 | Angola | 221,864 tonnes | 2024 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 123 | Puerto Rico | 221,073 tonnes | 2024 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 124 | Jamaica | 210,292 tonnes | 2024 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 125 | Benin | 188,438 tonnes | 2024 | up 38.9% | volatile |
| 126 | Lesotho | 182,000 tonnes | 2024 | down 4.3% | volatile |
| 127 | Panama | 168,490 tonnes | 2024 | down 21.8% | rising |
| 128 | Montenegro | 162,556 tonnes | 2024 | down 15.7% | flat |
| 129 | Iceland | 158,139 tonnes | 2024 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 130 | Sierra Leone | 153,285 tonnes | 2024 | down 8.1% | volatile |
| 131 | Eritrea | 147,889 tonnes | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 132 | Namibia | 111,002 tonnes | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 133 | Burundi | 101,365 tonnes | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 134 | Haiti | 100,404 tonnes | 2024 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 135 | North Korea | 84,170 tonnes | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 136 | Central African Republic | 83,107 tonnes | 2024 | up 7.4% | volatile |
| 137 | Kuwait | 59,077 tonnes | 2024 | down 6.4% | volatile |
| 138 | Gambia | 52,822 tonnes | 2024 | down 31.6% | volatile |
| 139 | Ghana | 51,478 tonnes | 2024 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 140 | Malaysia | 48,470 tonnes | 2024 | down 42.1% | rising |
| 141 | Qatar | 44,925 tonnes | 2024 | up 58.3% | volatile |
| 142 | Bhutan | 44,038 tonnes | 2024 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 143 | Eswatini | 42,309 tonnes | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 145 | Guinea-Bissau | 39,124 tonnes | 2024 | up 2.4% | volatile |
| 146 | Cote d'Ivoire | 38,872 tonnes | 2024 | up 16.6% | volatile |
| 147 | Botswana | 36,704 tonnes | 2024 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 148 | Philippines | 33,970 tonnes | 2024 | up 67.2% | falling |
| 149 | Reunion | 26,146 tonnes | 2006 | up 84.6% | volatile |
| 150 | Cambodia | 24,320 tonnes | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 151 | Mozambique | 23,569 tonnes | 2024 | down 6.7% | volatile |
| 152 | Guyana | 21,089 tonnes | 2024 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 153 | Djibouti | 15,336 tonnes | 2024 | down 1.3% | volatile |
| 154 | Comoros | 13,118 tonnes | 2024 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 155 | Togo | 12,841 tonnes | 2024 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 156 | Fiji | 12,153 tonnes | 2024 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 157 | Bahrain | 11,018 tonnes | 2024 | down 26.8% | rising |
| 158 | Gabon | 10,735 tonnes | 2024 | down 23.3% | volatile |
| 159 | Cape Verde | 10,438 tonnes | 2024 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 160 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 10,374 tonnes | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 161 | Laos | 9,307 tonnes | 2024 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 162 | Liberia | 8,368 tonnes | 2024 | down 7.2% | volatile |
| 163 | Faroe Islands | 7,243 tonnes | 2024 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 164 | Dominica | 6,997 tonnes | 2024 | up 0.4% | volatile |
| 165 | Belize | 5,186 tonnes | 2024 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 166 | East Timor | 5,179 tonnes | 2024 | down 17.0% | volatile |
| 167 | Congo | 4,466 tonnes | 2024 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 168 | Barbados | 4,166 tonnes | 2024 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 169 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3,102 tonnes | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 170 | Vanuatu | 3,100 tonnes | 2024 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 171 | Solomon Islands | 3,072 tonnes | 2024 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 172 | Mauritius | 2,841 tonnes | 2024 | down 43.2% | volatile |
| 173 | Suriname | 2,709 tonnes | 2024 | down 49.8% | falling |
| 174 | Bahamas | 2,066 tonnes | 2024 | down 28.0% | rising |
| 176 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,720 tonnes | 2024 | down 56.4% | falling |
| 177 | Samoa | 1,579 tonnes | 2024 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 178 | Saint Lucia | 1,031 tonnes | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 179 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 824.43 tonnes | 2024 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 180 | French Polynesia | 648.81 tonnes | 2024 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 181 | Grenada | 616.59 tonnes | 2024 | up 11.1% | volatile |
| 182 | Sao Tome and Principe | 594.35 tonnes | 2024 | up 18.5% | volatile |
| 183 | New Caledonia | 344 tonnes | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 184 | Tonga | 325.7 tonnes | 2024 | down 22.5% | rising |
| 185 | French Guiana | 293 tonnes | 2006 | up 35.0% | volatile |
| 186 | Papua New Guinea | 204.2 tonnes | 2024 | down 7.2% | volatile |
| 187 | Seychelles | 161.87 tonnes | 2024 | up 79.9% | falling |
| 188 | Brunei | 160.43 tonnes | 2024 | down 31.3% | volatile |
| 190 | Hong Kong | 60 tonnes | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 191 | Niue | 58.94 tonnes | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- USSR 101.33 million tonnes
About this data
Milk represents the raw equivalents of all dairy products including cheese, yoghurt, cream and milk consumed as the final product.