Cow’s milk production over time (1961–2024)

Follow cow’s milk production for the world’s countries, year by year, from 1961 to 2024.

Japan and the leading countries

Cow’s milk production: Japan and the top 5 countries in 2024From 1961 to 2024. Last values: India 135M t, United States 102M t, China 40.8M t, Brazil 36.8M t, Germany 33.8M t, Japan 7.36M t.050M100M150M1961197019801990200020102024IndiaIndiaUnited StatesUnited StatesChinaChinaBrazilBrazilGermanyGermanyJapanJapan
Key years for Japan and the leading countries in 2024
Country19611970198019902000201020202024
India8.75M t8.74M t13.3M t22.2M t33M t54.9M t108M t135M t
United States57M t53.1M t58.2M t67M t75.9M t87.5M t101M t102M t
China600K t640K t1.14M t4.16M t8.27M t30.4M t34.4M t40.8M t
Brazil5.23M t7.35M t12M t14.9M t20.4M t31.6M t36.4M t36.8M t
Germany24.8M t28.1M t32.1M t31.3M t28.3M t29.6M t33.2M t33.8M t
Japan2.12M t4.76M t6.5M t8.19M t8.5M t7.72M t7.44M t7.36M t
Countries with data148148148148174176178176

Biggest changes, 1961–2024

Compared among the countries that have data in both 1961 and 2024, ranked by how much the amount grew or shrank (the difference in quantity, not a percentage).

Biggest increases
Country19612024ChangeRank
India8.75M t135M tup 126M t#7 → #1
United States57M t102M tup 45.4M t#1 → #2
China600K t40.8M tup 40.2M t#35 → #3
Brazil5.23M t36.8M tup 31.6M t#12 → #4
Pakistan1.69M t24.8M tup 23.1M t#28 → #7
Biggest decreases
Country19612024ChangeRank
Finland3.62M t2.21M tdown 1.41M t#17 → #51
Sweden3.98M t2.8M tdown 1.18M t#16 → #44
Norway1.6M t1.47M tdown 136K t#29 → #62
Cuba350K t231K tdown 119K t#42 → #106
Bulgaria813K t708K tdown 105K t#30 → #78

The number of countries differs between the years, so the ranks are not directly comparable.

All countries in key years

Open the table (countries with data)
Key years for Japan and the leading countries in 2024
Country19611970198019902000201020202024
India8.75M t8.74M t13.3M t22.2M t33M t54.9M t108M t135M t
United States57M t53.1M t58.2M t67M t75.9M t87.5M t101M t102M t
China600K t640K t1.14M t4.16M t8.27M t30.4M t34.4M t40.8M t
Brazil5.23M t7.35M t12M t14.9M t20.4M t31.6M t36.4M t36.8M t
Germany24.8M t28.1M t32.1M t31.3M t28.3M t29.6M t33.2M t33.8M t
Russia––––32M t31.6M t32M t32.8M t
Pakistan1.69M t2.08M t2.19M t3.52M t8.04M t15.5M t21.4M t24.8M t
France19.1M t22.5M t27.3M t26.1M t23.2M t23.3M t25.2M t24.2M t
New Zealand5.22M t5.99M t6.7M t7.51M t12.2M t17M t21.9M t21.5M t
Türkiye4.83M t5.72M t7.71M t7.96M t8.73M t12.4M t21.7M t21M t
Poland12.8M t14.9M t16.5M t15.8M t11.9M t12.3M t14.8M t16M t
United Kingdom12M t13M t16M t15.3M t14.5M t14.1M t15.7M t15.9M t
Netherlands6.95M t8.24M t11.8M t11.2M t11.2M t11.6M t14.5M t14.3M t
Mexico2.33M t3.92M t6.94M t6.14M t9.31M t11M t12.9M t14M t
Bangladesh593K t685K t769K t744K t1.8M t2.13M t9.61M t13.5M t
Italy9.91M t9.35M t10.6M t11.1M t12.3M t10.5M t12.7M t13.2M t
Uzbekistan––––3.49M t6.13M t10.9M t12.4M t
Argentina4.15M t4.19M t5.31M t6.28M t10.1M t10.6M t11.4M t10.9M t
Canada8.33M t8.31M t7.41M t7.98M t8.16M t7.91M t9.64M t9.96M t
Belarus––––4.48M t6.59M t7.75M t8.75M t
Australia6.28M t7.76M t5.57M t6.46M t10.8M t9.02M t9.1M t8.67M t
Colombia1.76M t2.25M t2.16M t4.04M t6.15M t6.29M t7.07M t7.94M t
Iran669K t1.08M t1.58M t2.6M t4.76M t6.81M t7.51M t7.7M t
Spain2.95M t4.46M t6.05M t5.83M t6.11M t6.36M t7.61M t7.58M t
Japan2.12M t4.76M t6.5M t8.19M t8.5M t7.72M t7.44M t7.36M t
Ukraine––––12.4M t11M t9.06M t7.09M t
Denmark5.52M t4.48M t5.12M t4.74M t4.72M t4.91M t5.67M t5.69M t
Kenya669K t820K t920K t2.35M t2.22M t3.64M t4.17M t5.49M t
Egypt391K t572K t649K t974K t1.65M t3M t4.28M t4.82M t
Belgium––––3.69M t3.07M t4.46M t4.6M t
Tanzania232K t347K t362K t515K t710K t1.7M t3.19M t4.13M t
Austria2.9M t3.33M t3.43M t3.35M t3.23M t3.26M t3.82M t4.02M t
South Africa2.56M t2.91M t2.5M t2.48M t2.31M t3.12M t3.85M t3.88M t
Uganda209K t247K t334K t430K t686K t1.42M t2.78M t3.85M t
Romania2.5M t2.75M t4M t3.41M t4.3M t3.96M t3.68M t3.72M t
Switzerland3.07M t3.18M t3.66M t3.87M t3.83M t4.08M t3.78M t3.7M t
Kazakhstan––––3.69M t2.67M t3.14M t3.58M t
Czechia––––2.78M t2.68M t3.27M t3.55M t
Ethiopia––––900K t4.06M t3.44M t3.44M t
Venezuela458K t952K t1.35M t1.5M t1.41M t2.44M t2.76M t3.31M t
Saudi Arabia25K t29.5K t64K t283K t710K t1.6M t2.59M t2.96M t
Sudan––––––3.01M t2.96M t
South Sudan––––––2.45M t2.9M t
Sweden3.98M t2.93M t3.47M t3.51M t3.35M t2.9M t2.77M t2.8M t
Turkmenistan––––989K t2.09M t2.44M t2.65M t
Algeria158K t289K t518K t630K t1.17M t2.07M t2.41M t2.42M t
Chile764K t1.1M t1.11M t1.38M t1.99M t2.53M t2.34M t2.3M t
Uruguay773K t763K t820K t966K t1.42M t1.82M t2.27M t2.27M t
Peru437K t825K t780K t777K t903K t1.68M t2.14M t2.23M t
Azerbaijan––––1.01M t1.51M t2.16M t2.22M t
Finland3.62M t3.31M t3.28M t2.82M t2.45M t2.34M t2.41M t2.21M t
Hungary1.9M t1.68M t2.54M t2.85M t2.14M t1.68M t2.01M t2.09M t
Ecuador480K t705K t924K t1.04M t1.81M t2.15M t2.32M t1.96M t
Portugal458K t621K t757K t1.53M t2.06M t1.92M t1.99M t1.94M t
Afghanistan350K t500K t556K t560K t1.32M t1.4M t1.87M t1.93M t
Myanmar95.7K t121K t272K t424K t616K t1.27M t1.77M t1.9M t
Morocco350K t450K t730K t895K t1.18M t1.96M t2.63M t1.85M t
Kyrgyzstan––––1.08M t1.32M t1.67M t1.82M t
South Korea1.54K t51.9K t452K t1.75M t2.25M t2.07M t2.09M t1.77M t
Israel292K t454K t690K t952K t1.19M t1.33M t1.61M t1.65M t
Lithuania––––1.71M t1.73M t1.49M t1.53M t
Norway1.6M t1.7M t1.94M t1.96M t1.62M t1.56M t1.55M t1.47M t
Tunisia105K t140K t212K t401K t870K t1.03M t1.38M t1.39M t
Serbia–––––1.53M t1.54M t1.35M t
Nepal164K t175K t190K t256K t337K t429K t920K t1.28M t
Vietnam8K t11.2K t26.4K t36K t53K t316K t1.08M t1.28M t
Costa Rica118K t194K t318K t464K t722K t952K t1.2M t1.27M t
Thailand2K t3.5K t30K t130K t520K t911K t1.32M t1.27M t
Syria161K t198K t491K t771K t1.16M t1.45M t1.31M t1.2M t
Tajikistan––––286K t602K t1.02M t1.18M t
Niger87.5K t95K t126K t152K t271K t486K t823K t979K t
Latvia––––823K t831K t988K t960K t
Estonia––––629K t675K t848K t941K t
Slovakia––––1.07M t918K t918K t917K t
Dominican Republic181K t283K t431K t347K t400K t530K t892K t892K t
Indonesia33.4K t29.3K t78.4K t346K t498K t910K t947K t808K t
Albania78.3K t147K t293K t421K t807K t958K t924K t745K t
Bulgaria813K t1.25M t1.83M t2.1M t1.41M t1.12M t882K t708K t
Honduras122K t178K t224K t350K t571K t714K t686K t696K t
Greece340K t553K t666K t619K t748K t800K t683K t652K t
Slovenia––––649K t626K t631K t609K t
Bosnia & Herzegovina––––544K t716K t629K t600K t
Georgia––––623K t598K t575K t583K t
Bolivia23K t31.4K t71.4K t113K t319K t428K t559K t582K t
Paraguay78K t87.7K t163K t226K t330K t490K t541K t559K t
Armenia––––440K t557K t605K t542K t
Guatemala144K t262K t241K t251K t267K t463K t559K t540K t
Nigeria144K t213K t290K t351K t389K t445K t520K t528K t
Zambia39K t43.8K t58.8K t77.7K t347K t410K t437K t525K t
Luxembourg––––264K t295K t447K t483K t
Croatia––––607K t769K t596K t468K t
Somalia260K t356K t474K t415K t430K t460K t455K t458K t
Zimbabwe260K t290K t430K t470K t479K t396K t411K t443K t
Sri Lanka74.3K t106K t183K t183K t128K t162K t426K t430K t
El Salvador152K t169K t291K t272K t398K t471K t410K t419K t
Madagascar294K t355K t440K t477K t535K t555K t456K t416K t
Jordan10K t12K t21.3K t59.1K t129K t215K t300K t387K t
Cyprus11.3K t18.8K t33.3K t100K t147K t151K t275K t325K t
Mali86K t130K t143K t171K t173K t298K t285K t307K t
North Macedonia––––227K t369K t417K t282K t
Chad112K t122K t118K t116K t130K t171K t239K t272K t
Yemen94.5K t62.7K t69K t154K t180K t204K t246K t257K t
Oman8.4K t8.4K t17.6K t17.9K t28.5K t69.6K t215K t241K t
Moldova––––536K t554K t291K t233K t
Iraq270K t320K t276K t297K t350K t181K t223K t233K t
Cuba350K t690K t1M t1.03M t614K t630K t455K t231K t
Guinea27.9K t30.2K t40.7K t42.2K t71.6K t139K t209K t230K t
Burkina Faso60K t85K t81K t59.7K t74.2K t130K t216K t225K t
Angola110K t134K t155K t156K t195K t199K t213K t222K t
Senegal69.4K t93.6K t87.5K t80.9K t101K t156K t221K t220K t
Lebanon40K t67K t89.9K t92.5K t158K t220K t246K t212K t
Cameroon23.2K t46.5K t92K t117K t156K t175K t188K t210K t
Mongolia170K t197K t215K t271K t376K t214K t126K t192K t
Rwanda17.3K t29.7K t68K t82K t108K t172K t196K t191K t
Lesotho10.9K t13.1K t19.7K t23.8K t174K t164K t133K t182K t
Panama48.3K t73.5K t94.4K t124K t171K t198K t214K t168K t
Iceland108K t118K t120K t113K t104K t123K t155K t158K t
Sierra Leone11.5K t15.5K t18.3K t17.3K t55.2K t149K t143K t153K t
Montenegro–––––136K t171K t152K t
Mauritania82.8K t98.6K t84K t97.4K t116K t126K t148K t151K t
Benin4.82K t8.14K t12.4K t15.6K t76.3K t99.3K t96K t150K t
Libya10.4K t13.5K t62.4K t102K t92.7K t141K t146K t141K t
Eritrea––––50K t105K t120K t120K t
Namibia125K t67K t68K t76K t88.5K t115K t101K t111K t
North Korea2.1K t16K t54K t88K t90K t93.2K t84.9K t84.2K t
Central African Republic3.43K t6.94K t23.7K t46.5K t63.3K t75K t81.8K t83.1K t
Malawi10.8K t16K t33.9K t36.8K t35K t46.7K t63.7K t71.3K t
United Arab Emirates1.6K t2.05K t4.24K t5.01K t9.76K t31.7K t55.9K t56.4K t
Gambia2.63K t4.35K t5.13K t5.95K t60.3K t70.3K t49.7K t52.8K t
Kuwait4.8K t5.9K t28.7K t25.5K t30.8K t55.2K t51.6K t52.7K t
Ghana9.75K t17.6K t15.6K t20.8K t36.8K t37.9K t47.8K t51.5K t
Haiti15K t19K t19K t40K t41.3K t45.5K t47.1K t47.2K t
Bhutan16.2K t20.3K t25.7K t36K t24.3K t25.7K t57.9K t44K t
Malaysia17.8K t17.7K t24K t29.2K t29.5K t67K t41.8K t42.4K t
Eswatini24K t26K t36.5K t42K t37.5K t39.9K t37.6K t42.3K t
Burundi25.6K t41K t42K t33.3K t18.6K t30.4K t62K t40.6K t
Côte d’Ivoire5.5K t7.3K t11.7K t17.6K t25.9K t31.3K t34.7K t38.9K t
Malta15K t20.5K t28.7K t24.5K t48K t42.1K t42.1K t38.2K t
Philippines8K t12K t13K t19.2K t10.5K t16.3K t27.5K t34K t
Botswana53.9K t66.5K t91K t112K t40.5K t41.3K t23.4K t25.7K t
Cambodia12.5K t19.6K t14.5K t17.3K t24K t27.3K t24.3K t24.3K t
Guyana14.8K t20.1K t6.58K t18.8K t30.1K t28K t21K t21.1K t
Guinea-Bissau5.78K t6.63K t8.5K t12.1K t13.5K t17.3K t17.9K t18.1K t
Comoros1.35K t2.58K t3.25K t4K t12.6K t13.2K t13K t13.1K t
Togo4.21K t5.69K t6.46K t7.11K t11K t7.11K t11.8K t12.8K t
Fiji20K t41.1K t56.3K t58K t56K t13.8K t12.4K t12.2K t
Gabon105 t77.5 t176 t1K t10.4K t13.3K t10.5K t10.7K t
Bahrain3.75K t4.5K t5.7K t18.5K t19K t14K t10K t10.5K t
Democratic Republic of the Congo5.6K t4.9K t6.2K t7.8K t6.37K t7.5K t8.37K t10.4K t
Jamaica23.4K t45.6K t48K t51.5K t26.2K t12.5K t12.2K t9.79K t
Laos1.9K t2.52K t3.2K t4.7K t6K t7K t8.36K t9.31K t
Djibouti420 t770 t1.61K t6.83K t8.12K t8.76K t9.05K t9.2K t
Liberia371 t546 t761 t741 t7.84K t8.7K t8.21K t8.37K t
Qatar1.7K t4K t3.5K t9.5K t11.2K t7K t7.5K t7.5K t
Dominica490 t1K t2.8K t6.45K t6.67K t7.5K t6.98K t7K t
Belize3K t3.4K t3.9K t1.24K t1.4K t3.33K t4.52K t5.19K t
Cape Verde600 t700 t560 t1.95K t5.1K t3.4K t4.57K t4.61K t
Republic of the Congo350 t500 t800 t1K t2.89K t3.65K t4.46K t4.47K t
Barbados5K t5.15K t7.5K t14.2K t7.93K t6.7K t3.98K t4.17K t
Antigua & Barbuda2.3K t3.1K t6K t5.54K t5.7K t2.9K t2.94K t3.1K t
Vanuatu680 t1.54K t1.85K t2.4K t3.05K t3.16K t2.32K t3.1K t
Solomon Islands390 t715 t1.3K t1.33K t2.76K t3.03K t3.03K t3.07K t
Mozambique43.6K t57.8K t64.3K t63.4K t900 t2.14K t2.85K t3.06K t
Mauritius21K t21.4K t8.5K t11K t4.7K t3.6K t2.5K t2.84K t
Suriname7.73K t10.5K t7.33K t16.4K t8K t6.5K t3.02K t2.71K t
Trinidad & Tobago3.5K t7.48K t5.86K t11.1K t10.5K t4.32K t2.18K t1.72K t
Samoa700 t500 t1K t1.2K t1.5K t1.5K t1.65K t1.58K t
St. Lucia1.64K t816 t950 t1.05K t800 t1.04K t1.03K t1.03K t
St. Vincent & Grenadines1.27K t1.32K t1.4K t1.34K t1.37K t1.27K t967 t824 t
Bahamas1K t1.05K t700 t668 t620 t720 t685 t684 t
Grenada930 t1.56K t1.16K t490 t520 t550 t610 t617 t
São Tomé & Príncipe143 t104 t95.2 t121 t1.14K t529 t551 t594 t
Tonga150 t210 t407 t225 t370 t370 t323 t326 t
Papua New Guinea1.38K t1.7K t464 t150 t150 t175 t164 t164 t
Seychelles270 t325 t505 t450 t292 t145 t152 t162 t
Brunei––––95 t50 t52.5 t40.3 t
Ireland2.36M t3.08M t4.72M t5.4M t5.16M t5.33M t8.56M t–
Nicaragua224K t389K t165K t158K t560K t753K t1.4M t–
Countries with data148148148148174176178176

Notes on reading this history

Yearly values come from the same statistics of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAOSTAT). The number of countries with data differs by year, so each year’s ranks are given only among the countries that have data that year. Countries that produce none (zero) are not ranked. Weather and harvests make the yearly values go up and down. The “latest value” on the ranking page uses each country’s latest year, so it does not always match the ranks for a single year.

Regions that later split into several countries, such as the former Soviet Union, have a value for each new country only from the year it split. So older years have fewer countries with data, and values from before a split cannot be compared country by country with today’s countries. See the “Countries with data” row in the table.

Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 04 November 2026. https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QCL Licence: CC-BY-4.0. Processed by this site. fao.org/faostat

FAOSTAT data last updated: 2025-12-31

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