Cheese (All Kinds) Production by Country

Russia lost 73,240 tonnes of cheese output in 2023 while Türkiye added 68,770 tonnes. The figures below reproduce FAO Crops and Livestock Products records for item Cheese (All Kinds), 2019-2023, reporting production quantity in tonnes. The table lists 108 countries; 107 reported a 2023 quantity, and the 2023 annual listed total is 27,337,375 tonnes. The 2023 country list for cheese production runs from the largest listed quantity to the smallest.

The United States produced 2.18 times as much as Germany: 6,627,649 tonnes against 3,041,858, while France ranks third with 2,215,753 tonnes, 826,105 tonnes behind Germany. The top two hold 35.4 percent of the listed total, with third and fourth at 2,215,753 and 1,344,110 tonnes respectively.

Cheese (All Kinds) Production by Country

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#	Country	2023
1	United States US	6,627,649
2	Germany DE	3,041,858
3	France FR	2,215,753
4	Italy IT	1,344,110
5	Poland PL	1,063,590
6	Netherlands NL	1,019,240
7	Türkiye TR	830,204
8	Russia RU	791,956
9	Egypt EG	765,662
10	Canada CA	599,949
11	Spain ES	535,875
12	United Kingdom GB	509,900
13	Denmark DK	496,700
14	Argentina AR	477,436
15	New Zealand NZ	375,000
16	Australia AU	374,812
17	Venezuela VE	372,113
18	Iran IR	354,106
19	Uzbekistan UZ	325,453
20	Belarus BY	307,551
21	Ireland IE	288,491
22	Austria AT	267,700
23	Greece GR	263,596
24	China CN	232,460
25	Czech Republic CZ	218,404
26	Switzerland CH	216,417
27	Mexico MX	193,285
28	Belgium BE	161,073
29	Israel IL	151,723
30	Japan JP	151,398
31	Saudi Arabia SA	145,379
32	Lithuania LT	119,498
33	Chile CL	112,136
34	Ecuador EC	105,073
35	Romania RO	102,440
36	Sudan SD	102,400
37	Bulgaria BG	98,310
38	Syria SY	96,431
39	Nicaragua NI	95,719
40	Hungary HU	95,531
41	Ukraine UA	92,994
42	Finland FI	84,720
43	Portugal PT	82,010
44	Sweden SE	79,440
45	Niger NE	78,259
46	Brazil BR	74,672
47	Uruguay UY	73,277
48	Colombia CO	66,506
49	Azerbaijan AZ	64,891
50	Norway NO	64,487
51	South Africa ZA	62,296
52	Latvia LV	62,062
53	Estonia EE	51,570
54	Myanmar MM	50,227
55	Serbia RS	48,944
56	Kazakhstan KZ	45,217
57	Slovakia SK	45,145
58	Cyprus CY	40,850
59	Croatia HR	33,000
60	Albania AL	29,959
61	Morocco MA	26,925
62	Costa Rica CR	26,177
63	Tanzania TZ	25,144
64	Yemen YE	25,001
65	Lebanon LB	24,763
66	Afghanistan AF	22,179
67	India IN	21,375
68	Peru PE	21,081
69	Guatemala GT	18,179
70	Armenia AM	17,516
71	Iraq IQ	16,037
72	Slovenia SI	15,460
73	Tajikistan TJ	14,504
74	Iceland IS	14,447
75	Honduras HN	14,130
76	Panama PA	13,748
77	Bolivia BO	10,569
78	Montenegro ME	9,725
79	Nigeria NG	9,559
80	Cuba CU	9,533
81	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	9,153
82	Jordan JO	8,879
83	Moldova MD	8,214
84	Tunisia TN	7,936
85	Mauritania MR	7,800
86	Dominican Republic DO	7,209
87	North Macedonia MK	6,866
88	Ethiopia ET	6,746
89	Zambia ZM	6,062
90	Kyrgyzstan KG	5,204
91	Oman OM	5,203
92	Turkmenistan TM	4,682
93	Botswana BW	2,896
94	Algeria DZ	2,620
95	Zimbabwe ZW	2,601
96	Thailand TH	2,460
97	Bhutan BT	2,323
98	Mongolia MN	1963
99	Angola AO	1407
100	Bangladesh BD	1305
101	El Salvador SV	1280
102	Eritrea ER	720
103	Namibia NA	434.48
104	Kenya KE	413.02
105	Georgia GE	41.04
106	Luxembourg LU	0
107	Malta MT	0
108	Palestine PS	-

Cheese (All Kinds) Production by Country in 2023

The United States was the largest cheese producer in the 2023 listed data with 6,627,649 tonnes, followed by Germany with 3,041,858 tonnes and France with 2,215,753 tonnes. Italy ranked fourth with 1,344,110 tonnes.

The United States holds 24.2 percent of the listed 2023 total. The top three together hold 43.5 percent of the 27,337,375-tonne listed total.

Russia Falls 73,240 Tonnes as Cheese (All Kinds) Production Grows 0.4 Percent

From 2022 to 2023 the common reporter universe (107 countries with data in both years) moved from 27,228,295 tonnes to 27,337,375 tonnes, a change of 109,080 tonnes (0.4 percent). The totals listed for each year were 27,238,533 tonnes (108 reporters) and 27,337,375 tonnes (107 reporters); 1 country reporting in 2022 (10,238 tonnes, Palestine) did not report in 2023, while no new reporters joined. Russia fell 73,240 tonnes (down 8.5 percent) and Egypt 72,327 tonnes (down 8.6 percent), while Türkiye added 68,770 tonnes (up 9.0 percent) and Poland 53,785 tonnes (up 5.3 percent).

United States Adds 467,019 Tonnes as Cheese (All Kinds) Production Grows 7.5 Percent Since 2019

Between 2019 and 2023, the common reporter universe (107 countries with data in both years) rose from 25,430,778 tonnes to 27,337,375 tonnes, a change of 1,906,597 tonnes (7.5 percent). The totals listed for each year were 25,436,758 tonnes (108 reporters) and 27,337,375 tonnes (107 reporters); 1 reporter present in 2019 (5,979 tonnes, Palestine) is absent in 2023, while no new reporters joined. The United States added 467,019 tonnes (up 7.6 percent) and Russia 354,931 tonnes (up 81.2 percent), while Poland added 195,623 tonnes (up 22.5 percent).

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#	Country	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
1	United States	6,160,630	6,217,268	6,441,897	6,597,542	6,627,649
2	Germany	3,121,264	3,170,500	3,051,611	3,022,604	3,041,858
3	France	2,290,159	2,217,601	2,231,650	2,223,944	2,215,753
4	Italy	1,327,300	1,344,690	1,374,230	1,359,080	1,344,110
5	Poland	867,967	893,324	1,013,056	1,009,805	1,063,590
6	Netherlands	953,270	999,610	984,040	973,580	1,019,240
7	Türkiye	792,083	809,184	806,396	761,434	830,204
8	Russia	437,025	745,488	824,359	865,196	791,956
9	Egypt	645,458	673,893	770,162	837,989	765,662
10	Canada	593,292	604,258	601,061	600,965	599,949
11	Spain	443,440	473,140	549,616	539,688	535,875
12	United Kingdom	471,000	490,000	497,000	511,800	509,900
13	Denmark	457,000	467,700	454,500	466,500	496,700
14	Argentina	429,411	420,650	460,173	460,223	477,436
15	New Zealand	365,000	350,000	380,000	375,000	375,000
16	Australia	381,000	371,131	366,201	426,462	374,812
17	Venezuela	224,673	287,648	342,682	350,820	372,113
18	Iran	314,760	353,362	363,885	376,013	354,106
19	Uzbekistan	213,090	221,618	229,166	314,846	325,453
20	Belarus	244,279	271,081	278,938	282,064	307,551
21	Ireland	278,920	285,805	287,410	289,381	288,491
22	Austria	245,490	246,390	255,590	262,670	267,700
23	Greece	224,619	240,477	248,188	255,034	263,596
24	China	193,479	205,881	216,169	225,792	232,460
25	Czech Republic	171,806	202,098	220,274	230,776	218,404
26	Switzerland	214,401	223,632	225,833	219,794	216,417
27	Mexico	176,260	177,643	187,003	190,179	193,285
28	Belgium	139,545	139,516	141,277	147,442	161,073
29	Israel	142,018	148,172	150,120	151,689	151,723
30	Japan	142,388	160,273	161,328	164,417	151,398
31	Saudi Arabia	118,786	126,514	127,036	123,768	145,379
32	Lithuania	113,850	129,601	131,680	122,245	119,498
33	Chile	101,230	107,451	109,363	108,702	112,136
34	Ecuador	93,773	90,428	97,520	101,150	105,073
35	Romania	96,400	97,350	98,820	102,790	102,440
36	Sudan	104,897	105,484	104,554	101,430	102,400
37	Bulgaria	99,960	103,400	101,460	97,600	98,310
38	Syria	89,075	112,068	98,005	90,877	96,431
39	Nicaragua	70,345	74,787	77,506	97,684	95,719
40	Hungary	95,375	103,942	105,678	103,226	95,531
41	Ukraine	136,341	127,628	135,112	96,561	92,994
42	Finland	83,600	85,690	83,610	82,370	84,720
43	Portugal	84,480	80,740	83,640	86,850	82,010
44	Sweden	81,700	83,480	84,200	78,470	79,440
45	Niger	76,953	79,857	73,190	74,374	78,259
46	Brazil	59,647	59,491	59,703	70,793	74,672
47	Uruguay	70,101	71,115	72,637	71,915	73,277
48	Colombia	62,107	64,346	63,629	67,526	66,506
49	Azerbaijan	61,344	64,161	70,608	68,774	64,891
50	Norway	75,037	74,209	74,103	71,499	64,487
51	South Africa	55,244	60,337	59,162	60,337	62,296
52	Latvia	51,134	58,630	62,019	51,479	62,062
53	Estonia	47,280	46,180	47,360	48,450	51,570
54	Myanmar	144,447	50,400	50,399	50,366	50,227
55	Serbia	56,373	54,362	54,293	52,081	48,944
56	Kazakhstan	32,089	36,354	40,043	40,002	45,217
57	Slovakia	46,043	41,310	47,083	45,169	45,145
58	Cyprus	32,060	35,170	38,790	37,460	40,850
59	Croatia	33,780	31,780	32,757	33,610	33,000
60	Albania	37,442	35,531	33,785	31,865	29,959
61	Morocco	33,214	33,480	33,644	28,237	26,925
62	Costa Rica	26,262	25,918	26,198	26,195	26,177
63	Tanzania	18,714	20,973	21,661	23,933	25,144
64	Yemen	21,297	20,026	24,072	24,523	25,001
65	Lebanon	25,891	23,997	25,126	25,053	24,763
66	Afghanistan	20,775	22,854	20,390	22,253	22,179
67	India	4,632	5,400	5,262	16,875	21,375
68	Peru	26,716	27,044	26,621	21,548	21,081
69	Guatemala	16,592	1999	17,794	16,643	18,179
70	Armenia	19,007	18,723	20,682	18,997	17,516
71	Iraq	17,757	15,602	16,157	16,123	16,037
72	Slovenia	15,800	15,560	15,480	15,830	15,460
73	Tajikistan	13,882	13,833	14,263	14,363	14,504
74	Iceland	13,398	12,802	13,254	13,589	14,447
75	Honduras	13,853	14,111	14,046	14,127	14,130
76	Panama	14,191	14,715	14,125	14,607	13,748
77	Bolivia	10,538	10,579	10,691	10,568	10,569
78	Montenegro	9,893	10,300	9,884	9,713	9,725
79	Nigeria	9,426	9,557	9,500	9,531	9,559
80	Cuba	24,073	19,265	12,273	12,234	9,533
81	Bosnia and Herzegovina	7,922	7,651	8,528	8,864	9,153
82	Jordan	10,796	11,373	6,958	11,054	8,879
83	Moldova	5,818	7,232	8,612	8,304	8,214
84	Tunisia	7,849	7,850	7,984	7,858	7,936
85	Mauritania	6,873	6,371	7,932	7,694	7,800
86	Dominican Republic	7,437	7,377	7,340	7,160	7,209
87	North Macedonia	10,998	11,583	9,388	9,162	6,866
88	Ethiopia	6,198	7,472	6,155	6,610	6,746
89	Zambia	4,667	4,706	5,597	6,148	6,062
90	Kyrgyzstan	3,629	7,443	6,639	6,923	5,204
91	Oman	3,230	5,167	4,994	4,841	5,203
92	Turkmenistan	2,163	2,199	2,218	4,482	4,682
93	Botswana	6,199	6,637	5,248	3,068	2,896
94	Algeria	2,685	2,618	2,610	2,636	2,620
95	Zimbabwe	2,505	2,398	2,461	2,518	2,601
96	Thailand	2032	1984	2,500	3,250	2,460
97	Bhutan	4,091	4,219	3,154	2,382	2,323
98	Mongolia	2,479	2,355	2,117	2,591	1963
99	Angola	1482	1448	1408	1432	1407
100	Bangladesh	1184	1228	1269	1297	1305
101	El Salvador	1225	1415	890.15	1356	1280
102	Eritrea	720	720	720	720	720
103	Namibia	374.63	376.61	387.4	393.52	434.48
104	Kenya	356.38	355.56	405.69	415.24	413.02
105	Georgia	37.85	39.43	40.79	39.24	41.04
106	Luxembourg	0	0	0	0	0
107	Malta	0	0	0	0	0
108	Palestine	5,979	6,009	6,020	10,238	-

Methodology

Percentage changes use the corresponding value in the earlier year as the base. Yearly totals sum FAO Crops and Livestock Products production quantity (Element 5510) for item Cheese (All Kinds), 2019-2023. For cheese production, quantities below 1,000 tonnes retain two decimals and larger quantities are shown as whole tonnes. The 2023 cheese production ranking and shares use 2023 listed quantities. In the cheese production data, zero means a reported nil or negligible flow; an empty cell means no quantity was reported. For cheese production changes, only countries with quantities in both endpoint years enter the arithmetic. Production quantities are reported to FAO by national statistical sources.