Cheese from Skimmed Cow Milk Consumption by Country

Germany reported 681,196 tonnes of skimmed cow cheese in 2023, 27.5 percent of the annual listed consumption total. France followed on 308,693 tonnes, Iran on 247,180, while Lithuania led per person at 22.96 grams a day. The 2023 figures total 2,480,418 tonnes across 47 countries, 46 with values, covering food available for human consumption from FAO Supply Utilization Accounts for 2019-2023.

Germany's lead remained substantial in 2023, but the wider table was nearly unchanged from the previous year. The 46 countries reported at both endpoints rose by just 0.4 percent overall, while Iran recorded the largest absolute increase among the major suppliers.

Skimmed Cow Milk Cheese Consumption: Key Answer

Germany was the largest reporting country for cheese from skimmed cow milk in 2023, with 681,196 tonnes, or 27.5 percent of the positive listed total. France ranked second with 308,693 tonnes and Iran third with 247,180 tonnes. Lithuania had the highest reported per-person food supply at 22.96 grams per day. The 2023 figures represent food available for human consumption, not actual intake, and come from FAO Supply Utilization Accounts.

The United States placed fourth at 206,721 tonnes, with Russia fifth at 179,905 and Uzbekistan sixth at 125,248. China, Poland, Egypt and the Czech Republic closed the top ten between 53,964 and 122,530 tonnes. The top three held 49.9 percent of the annual listed consumption total, and the top five 65.5 percent. Germany had the highest listed food supply at 681,196 tonnes, while Lithuania had the highest per-capita food supply at 22.96 grams per person.

• Iranian skimmed cow cheese grows: up 28,139 tonnes, or 12.9 percent, firming third place.
• Chinese skimmed cow cheese grows: up 5,905 tonnes, or 5.1 percent, outside the top ten.
• Latvian skimmed cow cheese grows: up 4,703 tonnes, or 540.8 percent, the largest percentage gain.
• Egyptian skimmed cow cheese thins: down 8,822 tonnes, or 9.3 percent, the deepest latest-year loss.

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#	Country	2023 (tonnes)2023	2023 (grams per person per day)2023
1	Germany DE	681.2K	22.07
2	France FR	308.69K	12.73
3	Iran IR	247.18K	7.47
4	United States US	206.72K	1.65
5	Russia RU	179.91K	3.39
6	Uzbekistan UZ	125.25K	9.62
7	China CN	122.53K	0.24
8	Poland PL	87.99K	6.22
9	Egypt EG	86.19K	2.06
10	Czech Republic CZ	53.96K	13.68
11	Myanmar MM	50.23K	2.54
12	Austria AT	40K	12
13	Israel IL	30.66K	9.08
14	Canada CA	30.6K	2.13
15	Belgium BE	27.62K	6.46
16	Lithuania LT	23.92K	22.96
17	Costa Rica CR	23.55K	12.64
18	Türkiye TR	23.41K	0.73
19	Switzerland CH	19.16K	5.92
20	Brazil BR	15.31K	0.2
21	Greece GR	11.88K	3.18
22	Azerbaijan AZ	11.19K	2.97
23	Hungary HU	10.27K	2.9
24	Nigeria NG	9.56K	0.11
25	Yemen YE	8K	0.56
26	Mauritania MR	7.8K	4.25
27	Honduras HN	5.61K	1.44
28	Latvia LV	5.57K	8.11
29	Chile CL	4.87K	0.68
30	Iraq IQ	4.16K	0.29
31	Ireland IE	3.59K	1.89
32	Botswana BW	2.9K	3.2
33	Algeria DZ	2.62K	0.16
34	Peru PE	2.59K	0.21
35	Spain ES	1.55K	0.09
36	Uruguay UY	1.39K	1.13
37	Turkmenistan TM	1.27K	0.47
38	Nicaragua NI	666	0.27
39	Belarus BY	383.3	0.12
40	Iceland IS	228.77	1.62
41	Tajikistan TJ	116.6	0.03
42	Serbia RS	104.14	0.04
43	Mozambique MZ	27.89	0
44	Albania AL	0	0
45	Cambodia KH	0	0
46	Mongolia MN	0	0

Egypt Slips in Cheese from Skimmed Cow Milk

Egypt lost 8,822 tonnes between 2022 and 2023, down 9.3 percent to 86,189 tonnes. Russia lost 8,699 tonnes, down 4.6 percent. Germany shed 7,325 tonnes, down 1.1 percent. Iran added 28,139 tonnes, up 12.9 percent. China added 5,905 tonnes, up 5.1 percent. Latvia added 4,703 tonnes, up 540.8 percent. The 46 countries present in both years rose from 2,469,496 tonnes to 2,480,418 tonnes, up 10,922 tonnes, or 0.4 percent, with no departures and no arrivals.

Germany Shrinks over Five-Year Cheese from Skimmed Cow Milk

Between 2019 and 2023, the 45 countries present in both years eased from 2,541,975 tonnes to 2,480,418 tonnes, down 61,557 tonnes, or 2.4 percent. Germany lost 142,704 tonnes, down 17.3 percent. Myanmar shed 94,220 tonnes, down 65.2 percent to 50,227 tonnes. France gave up 78,176 tonnes, down 20.2 percent. Uzbekistan added 88,159 tonnes, up 237.7 percent. Poland added 87,987 tonnes from a reported 2019 zero. China added 26,440 tonnes, up 27.5 percent. Moldova left with 0.02 tonnes, against Cambodia arriving with a reported zero.

Lithuania Leads Cheese from Skimmed Cow Milk per Person

Lithuania's 22.96 grams a day edged Germany's 22.07 in second and cleared Czechia's 13.68 in third. Latvia sat fourth at 11.09 grams, with France at 9.03 and Austria at 8.63. Belgium, the Netherlands, Uzbekistan and Estonia followed below 8.3 grams. Germany, first by volume, placed second per person.

What the Cheese from Skimmed Cow Milk Data Covers

Skimmed cow milk cheese for human consumption is recorded in tonnes and daily grams per person for each reporting country over 2019-2023. Annual totals sum reporting countries only. The table barely moved across five years as Uzbek and Polish gains offset German losses.

Myanmar's 65.2 percent five-year fall ends at 50,227 tonnes yet still reports, so it reads as retreat without a warning. No reported zero followed a large value, so no source-check warning applies. The file reads as a flat table with churn beneath.

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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	823.9K	27.01	815.82K	26.73	691.03K	22.62	688.52K	22.43	681.2K	22.07
2	France	386.87K	16.13	355.51K	14.78	352.02K	14.59	310.31K	12.83	308.69K	12.73
3	Iran	221.37K	6.97	243.91K	7.62	254.97K	7.9	219.04K	6.7	247.18K	7.47
4	United States	201.6K	1.64	211.81K	1.71	200K	1.61	208.86K	1.68	206.72K	1.65
5	Russia	161.01K	3.01	167.39K	3.13	170.31K	3.2	188.6K	3.55	179.91K	3.39
6	Uzbekistan	37.09K	3.08	38.57K	3.15	39.89K	3.19	121.17K	9.5	125.25K	9.62
7	China	96.09K	0.18	104.88K	0.2	110.93K	0.21	116.63K	0.22	122.53K	0.24
8	Poland	0	0	0	0	93.87K	6.76	84.68K	6.04	87.99K	6.22
9	Egypt	74.79K	1.91	80.06K	2.01	87.51K	2.16	95.01K	2.31	86.19K	2.06
10	Czech Republic	36.66K	9.52	50.17K	13.03	62.61K	16.29	55.67K	14.29	53.96K	13.68
11	Myanmar	144.45K	7.52	50.4K	2.6	50.4K	2.59	50.37K	2.57	50.23K	2.54
12	Austria	40K	12.34	40K	12.28	40K	12.22	40K	12.09	40K	12
13	Israel	28.73K	9.09	29.97K	9.33	30.36K	9.3	30.67K	9.23	30.66K	9.08
14	Canada	36.18K	2.62	33.39K	2.4	31.78K	2.26	31.32K	2.21	30.6K	2.13
15	Belgium	24.7K	5.89	25.66K	6.09	24.56K	5.81	27.76K	6.53	27.62K	6.46
16	Lithuania	16K	15.68	28.99K	28.41	33.8K	33.14	28.27K	27.49	23.92K	22.96
17	Costa Rica	23.5K	12.88	23.11K	12.58	23.66K	12.81	23.57K	12.71	23.55K	12.64
18	Türkiye	65.72K	2.11	29.66K	0.94	29.01K	0.92	19.97K	0.63	23.41K	0.73
19	Switzerland	19.29K	6.16	19.84K	6.29	18.68K	5.88	17.86K	5.56	19.16K	5.92
20	Brazil	11.36K	0.15	11.3K	0.15	11.37K	0.15	14.95K	0.19	15.31K	0.2
21	Greece	17.19K	4.39	12.28K	3.14	10.36K	2.68	12.17K	3.2	11.88K	3.18
22	Azerbaijan	9.86K	2.67	10.54K	2.84	11.17K	2.99	10.72K	2.85	11.19K	2.97
23	Hungary	9.15K	2.56	9.78K	2.75	10.08K	2.84	10.47K	2.96	10.27K	2.9
24	Nigeria	9.43K	0.12	9.56K	0.12	9.5K	0.12	9.53K	0.12	9.56K	0.11
25	Yemen	5.31K	0.41	5.4K	0.41	6.19K	0.46	7.6K	0.54	8K	0.56
26	Mauritania	6.87K	4.21	6.37K	3.79	7.93K	4.59	7.69K	4.32	7.8K	4.25
27	Honduras	5.01K	1.38	5.65K	1.53	5.64K	1.5	5.48K	1.44	5.61K	1.44
28	Latvia	623.92	0.89	6.72K	9.68	9.6K	13.95	869.47	1.27	5.57K	8.11
29	Chile	5.33K	0.76	4.65K	0.66	4.71K	0.66	5.04K	0.71	4.87K	0.68
30	Iraq	5.06K	0.39	3.99K	0.3	4.25K	0.32	4.27K	0.31	4.16K	0.29
31	Ireland	520.06	0.29	405.08	0.22	510.48	0.28	6.88K	3.69	3.59K	1.89
32	Botswana	6.19K	7.27	6.64K	7.69	5.25K	5.99	3.06K	3.44	2.9K	3.2
33	Algeria	2.69K	0.17	2.62K	0.16	2.61K	0.16	2.64K	0.16	2.62K	0.16
34	Peru	2.85K	0.24	3.16K	0.26	2.9K	0.24	2.82K	0.23	2.59K	0.21
35	Spain	1.2K	0.07	1.3K	0.07	1.3K	0.07	1.48K	0.08	1.55K	0.09
36	Uruguay	2.07K	1.67	2.42K	1.95	2.12K	1.71	2.43K	1.96	1.39K	1.13
37	Turkmenistan	1.59K	0.64	1.62K	0.64	1.64K	0.63	1.22K	0.46	1.27K	0.47
38	Nicaragua	385.45	0.16	411.41	0.17	720	0.3	684	0.28	666	0.27
39	Belarus	396.05	0.11	394.45	0.12	383.23	0.11	387.21	0.12	383.3	0.12
40	Iceland	221.4	1.68	227.85	1.7	223.4	1.64	222.15	1.6	228.77	1.62
41	Tajikistan	90.59	0.03	89.72	0.03	92.97	0.03	117	0.03	116.6	0.03
42	Serbia	203.91	0.08	194.12	0.08	111.32	0.04	103.2	0.04	104.14	0.04
43	Mozambique	17.88	0	24.82	0	28.37	0	30.4	0	27.89	0
44	Albania	0	0	28.33	0.03	30.33	0.03	0	0	0	0
45	Cambodia	-	-	10.06	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
46	Mongolia	438.2	0.37	551.41	0.46	571.04	0.47	354.85	0.29	0	0
47	Moldova	0.02	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-

Methodology

FAO Supply Utilization Accounts mark tonnage for human consumption as element 5141 and daily grams per person as element 665, shown for skimmed cow cheese across 2019-2023. Percentages use the earlier year as the base, and zero bases use none. The universe counts 47 countries minus aggregates, 46 with 2023 values. Only countries with values at both endpoints enter comparisons. The 2023 listed total 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.