Buttermilk, Curdled and Acidified Milk Consumption by Country

Germany had the largest listed food supply of buttermilk, curdled and acidified milk: 959,000 tonnes in 2023, 1.02 times Poland's 941,092. Italy followed at 284,952 tonnes, while Denmark led per person at 68.28 grams a day. The 2023 figures total 2,654,333 tonnes across 73 countries, all with values, covering food available for human consumption from FAO Supply Utilization Accounts for 2019-2023.

Germany recorded 959,000 tonnes of buttermilk, curdled and acidified milk food supply in 2023, the highest national figure at 36.1 percent of the listed total. Denmark is the per-person leader. Poland recorded the largest latest-year increase, adding 62,975 tonnes (7.2 percent).

Key answer: In 2023, Germany had the largest listed food supply of buttermilk, curdled and acidified milk at 959,000 tonnes, followed closely by Poland at 941,092 tonnes. Denmark ranked first per person at 68.28 grams per person per day. The 2023 listed total was 2,654,333 tonnes across 73 countries. These figures represent food available for human consumption, not the amount actually consumed.

Denmark placed fourth at 148,247 tonnes, with Sweden fifth at 65,011 and Finland sixth at 38,563. The Philippines, Australia, Romania and Switzerland closed the top ten between 16,422 and 37,787 tonnes. The top three held 82.3 percent of the annual listed consumption total, and the top five 90.4 percent. Germany had the highest listed food supply at 959,000 tonnes, while Denmark had the highest per-capita food supply at 68.28 grams per person.

• Polish buttermilk climbs: up 62,975 tonnes, or 7.2 percent, closing on first.
• German buttermilk grows: up 55,520 tonnes, or 6.1 percent, holding the lead.
• Australian buttermilk halves: down 32,478 tonnes, or 49.3 percent, slipping to eighth.
• Romanian buttermilk returns: up 32,187 tonnes from a zero base, landing ninth.

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#	Country	2023 (tonnes)2023	2023 (grams per person per day)2023
1	Germany DE	959K	31.08
2	Poland PL	941.09K	66.52
3	Italy IT	284.95K	13.12
4	Denmark DK	148.25K	68.28
5	Sweden SE	65.01K	16.88
6	Finland FI	38.56K	18.86
7	Philippines PH	37.79K	0.9
8	Australia AU	33.38K	3.46
9	Romania RO	32.19K	4.61
10	Switzerland CH	16.42K	5.07
11	Greece GR	12.37K	3.31
12	Moldova MD	11.73K	12.51
13	Jordan JO	8.27K	1.98
14	Bulgaria BG	7.68K	3.09
15	Sri Lanka LK	6.5K	0.77
16	China CN	6.36K	0.01
17	Uganda UG	5.43K	0.31
18	Saudi Arabia SA	5.07K	0.42
19	Serbia RS	4.71K	1.9
20	Papua New Guinea PG	4.33K	1.14
21	Armenia AM	4.28K	3.98
22	Bhutan BT	3.54K	12.33
23	Cambodia KH	2.95K	0.46
24	Rwanda RW	2.67K	0.52
25	Yemen YE	2.6K	0.18
26	Georgia GE	2.41K	1.74
27	Zimbabwe ZW	1.79K	0.3
28	Cyprus CY	1.29K	2.63
29	Syria SY	1.14K	0.13
30	Qatar QA	579.57	0.53
31	DR Congo CD	536.45	0.01
32	Russia RU	478.72	0.01
33	Botswana BW	333.39	0.37
34	Taiwan TW	240.65	0.03
35	Solomon Islands SB	62.64	0.21
36	Jamaica JM	59.09	0.06
37	Maldives MV	56.96	0.3
38	United States US	52.83	0
39	Antigua and Barbuda AG	48.31	1.42
40	Türkiye TR	43.53	0
41	Tonga TO	41.13	1.08
42	Marshall Islands MH	18.27	1.29
43	Vanuatu VU	13.91	0.12
44	Norway NO	8.92	0
45	Guinea-Bissau GW	1.25	0
46	Tuvalu TV	0.88	0.24
47	Spain ES	0.63	0
48	Brazil BR	0.29	0
49	Malaysia MY	0.17	0
50	Canada CA	0.16	0
51	Azerbaijan AZ	0.14	0
52	Micronesia FM	0.12	0
53	Nicaragua NI	0.08	0
54	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	0	0
55	Cape Verde CV	0	0
56	Egypt EG	0	0
57	El Salvador SV	0	0
58	Estonia EE	0	0
59	Ethiopia ET	0	0
60	Grenada GD	0	0
61	Guyana GY	0	0
62	Iceland IS	0	0
63	India IN	0	0
64	Lebanon LB	0	0
65	Lesotho LS	0	0
66	Madagascar MG	0	0
67	Nauru NR	0	0
68	New Zealand NZ	0	0
69	Panama PA	0	0
70	Portugal PT	0	0
71	Sao Tome and Principe ST	0	0
72	Tunisia TN	0	0
73	Vietnam VN	0	0

Poland Chases Germany in Buttermilk, Curdled and Acidified Milk

Poland added 62,975 tonnes between 2022 and 2023, up 7.2 percent to 941,092 tonnes. Germany added 55,520 tonnes, up 6.1 percent. Romania added 32,187 tonnes from a zero base. Uganda added 5,130 tonnes from 304. Saudi Arabia added 2,640 tonnes, up 108.5 percent. Australia lost 32,478 tonnes, down 49.3 percent. Denmark shed 17,709 tonnes, down 10.7 percent. The Philippines gave up 17,455 tonnes, down 31.6 percent. The 73 countries present in both years rose from 2,555,643 tonnes to 2,654,333 tonnes, up 98,690 tonnes, or 3.9 percent, with no entries or exits.

Poland Carries Five-Year Buttermilk, Curdled and Acidified Milk

Between 2019 and 2023, the 70 countries present in both years advanced from 2,287,119 tonnes to 2,654,332 tonnes, up 367,213 tonnes, or 16.1 percent. Poland added 291,092 tonnes, up 44.8 percent, accounting for 79.3 percent of the net gain. Germany added 145,900 tonnes, up 17.9 percent. Finland added 29,958 tonnes, up 348.1 percent. Italy added 24,952 tonnes, up 9.6 percent. Australia lost 50,772 tonnes, down 60.3 percent. Romania shed 37,813 tonnes, down 54.0 percent from 70,000. Serbia gave up 25,072 tonnes, down 84.2 percent. The Philippines fell 12,116 tonnes, down 24.3 percent. No country left, against three arrivals with a single tonne.

Denmark Leads Buttermilk, Curdled and Acidified Milk Supply per Person

Denmark's 68.28 grams a day edged Poland's 66.52, with Germany third at 31.08 and Finland at 18.86. Sweden sat fifth at 16.88 grams, with Italy at 13.12 and Moldova at 12.51. Bhutan, Switzerland and Romania followed below 12.6 grams. Germany pairs first-place tonnage with third-place daily intensity. The Nordic-Baltic top drinks deepest.

What the Buttermilk, Curdled and Acidified Milk Data Covers

Buttermilk, curdled and acidified milk for human consumption are recorded in tonnes and daily grams per person for each reporting country over 2019-2023. Annual totals sum reporting countries only. Seventeen thousand tonnes separate the top two on a 2.65-million-tonne table. The per-person crown sits in Copenhagen; the tonnage crown sits in Berlin.

Romania returned from zero in the latest year. It lost 54.0 percent across five years from 70,000 tonnes. Uganda's 1,688.0 percent latest rate divides by 304 tonnes. Serbia's 84.2 percent five-year fall ends far above zero. No country with a large earlier value was followed by a reported zero in 2023.

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#	Country	2019 (t)	2019 (g/cap/d)	2020 (t)	2020 (g/cap/d)	2021 (t)	2021 (g/cap/d)	2022 (t)	2022 (g/cap/d)	2023 (t)	2023 (g/cap/d)
1	Germany	813.1K	26.66	852.1K	27.92	888.15K	29.07	903.48K	29.44	959K	31.08
2	Poland	650K	46.59	700K	50.24	826.62K	59.53	878.12K	62.67	941.09K	66.52
3	Italy	260K	11.85	270K	12.35	280K	12.84	285.09K	13.1	284.95K	13.12
4	Denmark	149.65K	70.51	157.38K	73.94	105.12K	49.17	165.96K	77.03	148.25K	68.28
5	Sweden	61.93K	16.51	64K	16.94	55.98K	14.72	64.73K	16.91	65.01K	16.88
6	Finland	8.61K	4.27	67.28K	33.33	30.23K	14.95	39.69K	19.53	38.56K	18.86
7	Philippines	49.9K	1.23	49.06K	1.2	42.2K	1.02	55.24K	1.33	37.79K	0.9
8	Australia	84.15K	9.05	66.32K	7.06	39.61K	4.18	65.86K	6.89	33.38K	3.46
9	Romania	70K	9.83	0	0	0	0	0	0	32.19K	4.61
10	Switzerland	15.97K	5.1	16.5K	5.23	15.13K	4.76	14.86K	4.63	16.42K	5.07
11	Greece	9.09K	2.32	10.65K	2.73	8.6K	2.23	13.22K	3.48	12.37K	3.31
12	Moldova	11.35K	11.91	13.08K	13.95	13.34K	14.48	11.84K	12.77	11.73K	12.51
13	Jordan	10.51K	2.7	8.04K	2.03	10.39K	2.57	9.26K	2.25	8.27K	1.98
14	Bulgaria	2.84K	1.12	4.32K	1.7	2.12K	0.84	5.89K	2.36	7.68K	3.09
15	Sri Lanka	5.92K	0.72	6.57K	0.8	6.79K	0.82	6.6K	0.79	6.5K	0.77
16	China	4.84K	0.01	5.25K	0.01	5.6K	0.01	5.95K	0.01	6.36K	0.01
17	Uganda	0	0	0	0	122.93	0.01	303.91	0.02	5.43K	0.31
18	Saudi Arabia	6.66K	0.6	4.02K	0.35	495.17	0.04	2.43K	0.21	5.07K	0.42
19	Serbia	29.78K	11.71	24K	9.52	5.93K	2.38	4.07K	1.64	4.71K	1.9
20	Papua New Guinea	5.33K	1.52	5.58K	1.56	4.68K	1.28	4.56K	1.22	4.33K	1.14
21	Armenia	2.54K	2.39	2.88K	2.73	3.81K	3.64	4.36K	4.14	4.28K	3.98
22	Bhutan	4.01K	14.37	3.87K	13.78	4.19K	14.81	3.34K	11.72	3.54K	12.33
23	Cambodia	151.7	0.03	78.76	0.01	141.02	0.02	855.44	0.14	2.95K	0.46
24	Rwanda	0	0	5.08K	1.07	2.7K	0.55	1.9K	0.38	2.67K	0.52
25	Yemen	4.28K	0.33	3.54K	0.27	1.47K	0.11	450	0.03	2.6K	0.18
26	Georgia	2.12K	1.53	1.78K	1.28	2.11K	1.52	1.96K	1.41	2.41K	1.74
27	Zimbabwe	1.93K	0.35	1.61K	0.28	1.63K	0.28	2.02K	0.34	1.79K	0.3
28	Cyprus	671	1.43	702	1.48	568.74	1.18	1.01K	2.08	1.29K	2.63
29	Syria	520.17	0.07	1.27K	0.16	0	0	1.22K	0.15	1.14K	0.13
30	Qatar	467.67	0.46	409.3	0.4	282.81	0.28	548.91	0.52	579.57	0.53
31	DR Congo	194.31	0.01	174.24	0	146.08	0	413.94	0.01	536.45	0.01
32	Russia	3.8K	0.07	0	0	0	0	0	0	478.72	0.01
33	Botswana	0	0	458.71	0.53	0	0	0	0	333.39	0.37
34	Taiwan	0	0	0	0	0	0	177.26	0.02	240.65	0.03
35	Solomon Islands	0	0	48.48	0.18	32.73	0.12	30.11	0.11	62.64	0.21
36	Jamaica	0	0	0	0	15.75	0.02	9.7	0.01	59.09	0.06
37	Maldives	0	0	1.56K	8.51	71.29	0.38	30.9	0.16	56.96	0.3
38	United States	931.61	0.01	998.07	0.01	51.79	0	51.65	0	52.83	0
39	Antigua and Barbuda	65.97	1.98	10.6	0.32	50.04	1.48	66.2	1.95	48.31	1.42
40	Türkiye	38.65	0	51.62	0	43.01	0	46.24	0	43.53	0
41	Tonga	64.65	1.68	11.32	0.29	20.46	0.53	7.85	0.2	41.13	1.08
42	Marshall Islands	8.3	0.52	14.55	0.93	13.33	0.88	18.79	1.28	18.27	1.29
43	Vanuatu	0	0	5.43	0.05	15.48	0.14	3.06	0.03	13.91	0.12
44	Norway	0	0	0	0	8.21	0	0	0	8.92	0
45	Guinea-Bissau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0
46	Tuvalu	-	-	0.14	0.04	0.15	0.04	0	0	0.88	0.24
47	Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.63	0
48	Brazil	0.21	0	0	0	0	0	0.29	0	0.29	0
49	Malaysia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.17	0
50	Canada	0.48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.16	0
51	Azerbaijan	0	0	0.14	0	0.16	0	0.1	0	0.14	0
52	Micronesia	-	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.12	0
53	Nicaragua	0.15	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0.08	0
54	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	0	0	0	0.46	0	0	0	0	0
55	Cape Verde	0	0	0	0	0.07	0	0	0	0	0
56	Egypt	609.61	0.02	440	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0
57	El Salvador	0	0	26.82	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0
58	Estonia	0	0	759.22	1.56	0	0	0	0	0	0
59	Ethiopia	111.02	0	115.83	0	73.95	0	0	0	0	0
60	Grenada	4.98	0.12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
61	Guyana	15.99	0.05	17.53	0.06	31.88	0.11	0	0	0	0
62	Iceland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	0	0	0
63	India	192.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
64	Lebanon	79.72	0.04	56.19	0.03	0	0	0	0	0	0
65	Lesotho	0	0	61.12	0.07	116.35	0.14	0	0	0	0
66	Madagascar	8.25	0	47.63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
67	Nauru	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.14	0.03	0	0
68	New Zealand	168.66	0.09	461.64	0.25	0	0	0.36	0	0	0
69	Panama	0.16	0	19.61	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0
70	Portugal	0.46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
71	Sao Tome and Principe	80	1.03	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
72	Tunisia	12K	2.77	10.28K	2.35	0	0	0	0	0	0
73	Vietnam	2.41K	0.07	2.75K	0.08	0	0	0	0	0	0

Methodology

FAO Supply Utilization Accounts record tonnage for human consumption as element 5141 and daily grams per person as element 665, shown for buttermilk, curdled and acidified milk across 2019-2023. Percentages rest on the earlier year, and zero bases rest on none. The universe counts 73 countries after aggregates are removed, all with 2023 values. Only countries holding values at both endpoints enter comparisons. The 2023 listed total of 2,654,333 tonnes is the sum of every country with a 2023 value. A reported zero is kept, a blank is missing, and under-1,000 values keep two decimals.