Milk Consumption by Country

In 2023, India held 125,732 thousand tonnes of listed milk food supply, 18.3 percent of a 685,509-thousand-tonne total spread across 176 reporters. The five-year increase was spread across several reporters, with India adding 22,406 thousand tonnes, Bangladesh 9,179 and China 7,542 against a net gain of 67,016. Denmark recorded the highest per-capita figure at 496.49 kilograms per person per year. The series spans 2019 through 2023, although some reporters have missing values for individual years.

India leads at 125,732 thousand tonnes, 1.62 times the United States at 77,730. Per capita the order belongs to Northern Europe: Denmark at 496.49 kilograms from 2,953 thousand tonnes, then Montenegro at 443.47 and Estonia at 339.35 kilograms. India records 87.43 kilograms per person.

Milk Food Supply at a Glance

• India had the largest listed milk food supply in 2023 at 125,732 thousand tonnes.
• The United States ranked second at 77,730 thousand tonnes, followed by China at 49,464 thousand tonnes.
• Denmark had the highest per-capita food supply at 496.49 kilograms per person per year.
• The listed total was 685,509 thousand tonnes across 176 reporters with reported values.
• Among 176 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, listed milk food supply increased by 67,016 thousand tonnes, or 10.8 percent.
• The FAO Food element measures food available for human consumption and is not a direct measure of the amount actually eaten.

Key Takeaways

India added 22,406 thousand tonnes between 2019 and 2023, followed by Bangladesh with 9,179 and China with 7,542 against a net gain of 67,016. DR Congo rose from 85 to 5,141 thousand tonnes, while Ukraine fell 2,230 thousand tonnes. Denmark's 496.49 kilograms per person per year lead the per-capita ranking from just 2,953 thousand tonnes.

Between 2022 and 2023, listed supply across the 176 reporters with data in both years rose by 12,663 thousand tonnes, or 1.9 percent. India, Brazil, Russia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Germany and Iraq accounted for most of the largest increases, while Ireland fell 1,353 thousand tonnes. These figures represent food available for human consumption in the FAO Food Balances and should not be interpreted as the amount of milk actually eaten.

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#	Country	2023 (thousand tonnes)2023	2023 (kg per person per year)2023
1	India IN	125.73K	87.43
2	United States US	77.73K	226.3
3	China CN	49.46K	34.77
4	Brazil BR	34.45K	163.15
5	Pakistan PK	32.1K	129.71
6	Russia RU	28.86K	198.41
7	Germany DE	19.16K	226.58
8	France FR	17.19K	258.7
9	Türkiye TR	16.3K	186.75
10	United Kingdom GB	16.26K	236.73
11	Mexico MX	15.83K	121.99
12	Italy IT	13.81K	232.07
13	Bangladesh BD	13.05K	76.12
14	Uzbekistan UZ	9.83K	275.62
15	Spain ES	9.18K	191.53
16	Argentina AR	8.12K	178.36
17	Poland PL	8K	206.3
18	Canada CA	7.31K	185.9
19	Algeria DZ	6.71K	145.25
20	Colombia CO	6.1K	116.5
21	Australia AU	6.01K	227.06
22	Netherlands NL	5.61K	310.2
23	Ukraine UA	5.6K	148.52
24	Egypt EG	5.55K	48.44
25	DR Congo CD	5.14K	48.59
26	Kenya KE	4.87K	87.95
27	Romania RO	4.46K	233.38
28	Indonesia ID	4.2K	14.95
29	Ethiopia ET	3.96K	30.81
30	Kazakhstan KZ	3.89K	191.47
31	Vietnam VN	3.75K	37.38
32	Venezuela VE	3.53K	124.63
33	South Africa ZA	3.31K	52.28
34	Peru PE	3.04K	89.91
35	Denmark DK	2.95K	496.49
36	Philippines PH	2.74K	23.85
37	Saudi Arabia SA	2.66K	80.09
38	Greece GR	2.63K	257.2
39	Uganda UG	2.63K	53.99
40	Switzerland CH	2.57K	289.98
41	Portugal PT	2.5K	239.4
42	Tanzania TZ	2.41K	36.15
43	Iran IR	2.4K	26.5
44	Belgium BE	2.4K	204.51
45	Sweden SE	2.33K	220.77
46	Thailand TH	2.29K	31.93
47	Ecuador EC	2.08K	115.77
48	Iraq IQ	2.07K	53.58
49	Chile CL	2.07K	105.08
50	Turkmenistan TM	2.05K	278.57
51	Austria AT	1.98K	216.32
52	Czech Republic CZ	1.88K	173.75
53	Hungary HU	1.83K	189
54	Syria SY	1.73K	73.46
55	Azerbaijan AZ	1.71K	165.43
56	Ireland IE	1.69K	324.22
57	Israel IL	1.63K	175.54
58	El Salvador SV	1.58K	250.75
59	Malaysia MY	1.57K	44.8
60	Belarus BY	1.55K	170.09
61	Afghanistan AF	1.54K	37.11
62	Kyrgyzstan KG	1.51K	213.87
63	Guatemala GT	1.5K	82.98
64	South Korea KR	1.5K	28.99
65	Finland FI	1.44K	257.81
66	Tunisia TN	1.4K	114.71
67	Morocco MA	1.35K	35.76
68	Taiwan TW	1.35K	57.79
69	Yemen YE	1.29K	32.8
70	Oman OM	1.29K	255.69
71	Dominican Republic DO	1.28K	113.31
72	Serbia RS	1.28K	189.36
73	Nepal NP	1.26K	42.41
74	Bulgaria BG	1.22K	179.9
75	Slovakia SK	1.21K	218.62
76	Jordan JO	1.19K	103.56
77	United Arab Emirates AE	1.18K	110.83
78	Tajikistan TJ	1.16K	111.57
79	Libya LY	1.04K	141.74
80	Norway NO	1.02K	184.58
81	Sri Lanka LK	996	43.36
82	Niger NE	948	36.24
83	Nigeria NG	927	4.07
84	Nicaragua NI	921	135
85	Costa Rica CR	883	172.9
86	Lithuania LT	835	292.58
87	Albania AL	818	290.98
88	Uruguay UY	757	223.36
89	Croatia HR	720	184.81
90	Georgia GE	719	188.82
91	Honduras HN	693	65.06
92	Kuwait KW	685	141.52
93	Lebanon LB	645	111.72
94	Mongolia MN	641	186.8
95	Armenia AM	620	210.64
96	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	616	193.37
97	Mauritania MR	593	117.97
98	Hong Kong HK	502	67.4
99	Latvia LV	489	259.7
100	Burkina Faso BF	482	20.93
101	Bolivia BO	478	39.06
102	Myanmar MM	477	8.82
103	Madagascar MG	473	15.18
104	Estonia EE	464	339.35
105	Zimbabwe ZW	445	27.22
106	Slovenia SI	426	200.89
107	Paraguay PY	407	59.52
108	Cameroon CM	346	12.19
109	Senegal SN	330	18.26
110	New Zealand NZ	320	61.81
111	Ivory Coast CI	313	10.05
112	Moldova MD	309	120.27
113	Bahrain BH	305	194.06
114	Jamaica JM	305	107.23
115	Qatar QA	297	99.79
116	Angola AO	287	7.82
117	North Macedonia MK	286	156.38
118	Montenegro ME	281	443.47
119	Malawi MW	231	10.95
120	Cyprus CY	226	168.16
121	Botswana BW	222	89.37
122	Guinea GN	215	14.9
123	Ghana GH	199	5.9
124	Mauritius MU	197	154.35
125	Lesotho LS	193	83.43
126	Rwanda RW	191	13.7
127	Luxembourg LU	171	257.06
128	Cambodia KH	169	9.68
129	Namibia NA	169	57.17
130	Zambia ZM	168	8.1
131	Mozambique MZ	162	4.81
132	Panama PA	162	36.35
133	Malta MT	145	272.83
134	Gambia GM	114	42.18
135	Guyana GY	107	129.27
136	Trinidad and Tobago TT	103	68.43
137	Haiti HT	81	6.95
138	Gabon GA	79	31.81
139	Iceland IS	78	202.17
140	Laos LA	78	10.15
141	Sierra Leone SL	74	8.75
142	Djibouti DJ	70	61.12
143	Maldives MV	70	132.9
144	Eswatini SZ	66	54.04
145	Papua New Guinea PG	65	6.29
146	Fiji FJ	54	58.78
147	Bahamas BS	52	130.03
148	Cape Verde CV	52	100.19
149	Bhutan BT	50	63.52
150	Belize BZ	41	99.59
151	Congo CG	41	6.7
152	French Polynesia PF	39	138.15
153	New Caledonia NC	38	129.66
154	Guinea-Bissau GW	37	16.98
155	Barbados BB	32	111.64
156	Macau MO	30	41.52
157	Suriname SR	30	47.73
158	Liberia LR	18	3.3
159	Grenada GD	17	149.13
160	Timor-Leste TL	17	12.59
161	Comoros KM	14	17.04
162	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC	13	131.46
163	Seychelles SC	13	101.74
164	Saint Lucia LC	12	69.22
165	Antigua and Barbuda AG	11	117.21
166	Samoa WS	11	49.8
167	Vanuatu VU	9	26.54
168	Solomon Islands SB	8	9.92
169	Sao Tome and Principe ST	5	19.73
170	Tonga TO	5	52.11
171	Marshall Islands MH	2	50.7
172	Saint Kitts and Nevis KN	2	53.33
173	Kiribati KI	1	7.47
174	Micronesia FM	1	10.65
175	Nauru NR	1	83.3
176	Tuvalu TV	0	25.96

Milk Consumption by Country in 2023

The 2023 table is led by India at 125,732 thousand tonnes, with the United States second at 77,730 and China third at 49,464. Brazil and Pakistan complete the top five at 34,448 and 32,104 thousand tonnes, respectively.

India holds 18.3 percent of the 685,509-thousand-tonne listed total. The top three reporters accounted for 36.9 percent of the listed total, while the top five represented 46.6 percent and the top ten 60.9 percent. Ireland records 1,685 thousand tonnes in 2023 against 3,038 thousand tonnes in 2022.

Milk Food Supply Rises 1.9 Percent Between 2022 and 2023

Among the 176 reporters with data in both 2022 and 2023, the listed food supply increased from 672,846 thousand tonnes to 685,509 thousand tonnes, a gain of 12,663 thousand tonnes (1.9 percent). The 2022 and 2023 listed totals come from the same 176 reporters, with no reporter entering or leaving the comparison. India added 4,997 thousand tonnes (up 4.1 percent), Brazil added 2,077 thousand tonnes (up 6.4 percent), Russia added 981 thousand tonnes (up 3.5 percent), Pakistan added 959 thousand tonnes (up 3.1 percent), Bangladesh added 937 thousand tonnes (up 7.7 percent), Germany added 908 thousand tonnes (up 5.0 percent) and Iraq added 856 thousand tonnes (up 70.5 percent), while Ireland fell 1,353 thousand tonnes (down 44.5 percent).

India Adds 22,406 Thousand Tonnes as Supply Grows 10.8 Percent Since 2019

For the 176 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, the listed food supply rose from 618,493 thousand tonnes to 685,509 thousand tonnes, a gain of 67,016 thousand tonnes (10.8 percent). The 2019 total includes 177 reporters with reported values, while the 2023 total includes 176; Cuba, with 1,189 thousand tonnes in 2019, had no reported 2023 value. India added 22,406 thousand tonnes (up 21.7 percent), Bangladesh added 9,179 thousand tonnes (up 237.1 percent), China added 7,542 thousand tonnes (up 18.0 percent), DR Congo added 5,056 thousand tonnes from 85 thousand tonnes, Pakistan added 2,756 thousand tonnes (up 9.4 percent), Brazil added 2,314 thousand tonnes (up 7.2 percent) and Mexico added 1,811 thousand tonnes (up 12.9 percent), while Ukraine fell 2,230 thousand tonnes (down 28.5 percent).

India contributes 33.4 percent of the five-year net increase, followed by Bangladesh at 13.7 percent and China at 11.3 percent. Per capita, Denmark's 496.49 kilograms from 2,953 thousand tonnes lead Montenegro at 443.47 kilograms, while India, first by total, records 87.43 kilograms.

What Does the Milk Food Supply Measure?

For FAO Food Balances, the figure used here is the FAO item Milk, Excluding Butter recorded under the Food element as available for human consumption. It represents food available for human consumption during the reference year rather than a direct estimate of the amount of milk people actually drank. Butter recorded under its own item sits outside this figure.

The per-capita figure expresses the same food supply on a population basis, in kilograms per person per year. A country's total quantity and per-capita value therefore answer different questions: total quantity shows the size of the listed food supply, while the per-capita measure adjusts it for population.

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#	Country	2019 (1000 t)	2019 (kg/cap/yr)	2020 (1000 t)	2020 (kg/cap/yr)	2021 (1000 t)	2021 (kg/cap/yr)	2022 (1000 t)	2022 (kg/cap/yr)	2023 (1000 t)	2023 (kg/cap/yr)
1	India	103.33K	74.39	114.5K	81.63	116.63K	82.47	120.74K	84.7	125.73K	87.43
2	United States	76.26K	225.76	76.38K	225.02	78.19K	229.87	78.11K	228.7	77.73K	226.3
3	China	41.92K	29.45	43.91K	30.79	48.98K	34.34	49.04K	34.41	49.46K	34.77
4	Brazil	32.13K	154.89	32.59K	156.19	31.92K	152.32	32.37K	153.92	34.45K	163.15
5	Pakistan	29.35K	127.16	28.23K	120.14	30.13K	125.81	31.15K	127.8	32.1K	129.71
6	Russia	27.44K	187.24	28.26K	193.06	28.02K	192.12	27.88K	191.48	28.86K	198.41
7	Germany	17.62K	210.81	17.97K	214.84	17.49K	208.92	18.25K	217.03	19.16K	226.58
8	France	16.4K	249.5	16.69K	253.31	17.92K	271.11	17.15K	258.69	17.19K	258.7
9	Türkiye	15.1K	176.86	17.88K	207.7	17.92K	206.7	16.59K	190.51	16.3K	186.75
10	United Kingdom	16.84K	250.94	15.54K	230.76	15.39K	227.36	15.81K	231.93	16.26K	236.73
11	Mexico	14.02K	111.45	14.12K	111.37	14.88K	116.6	16.07K	124.97	15.83K	121.99
12	Italy	13.41K	223.06	13.76K	229.64	13.76K	230.41	13.61K	228.23	13.81K	232.07
13	Bangladesh	3.87K	23.48	3.51K	21.09	11.19K	66.74	12.11K	71.52	13.05K	76.12
14	Uzbekistan	8.15K	247.14	8.52K	253.6	8.81K	257.19	9.48K	271.2	9.83K	275.62
15	Spain	8.29K	174.81	7.94K	166.55	8.37K	175.41	8.89K	185.91	9.18K	191.53
16	Argentina	7.34K	163.2	7.64K	169	8.15K	179.89	7.58K	167	8.12K	178.36
17	Poland	7.35K	192.39	7.39K	193.65	7.51K	197.48	7.59K	197.6	8K	206.3
18	Canada	6.21K	164.43	6.53K	171.13	6.85K	178.18	6.97K	179.44	7.31K	185.9
19	Algeria	6.5K	150.19	6.75K	153.27	6.31K	141.01	6.81K	149.8	6.71K	145.25
20	Colombia	5.54K	110.93	5.9K	116.43	5.88K	114.88	6.22K	120.15	6.1K	116.5
21	Australia	5.61K	220.1	6.04K	234.42	5.94K	228.82	5.62K	214.53	6.01K	227.06
22	Netherlands	5K	285.28	5.33K	302.18	5.24K	295.55	5.57K	310.91	5.61K	310.2
23	Ukraine	7.83K	174.26	7.92K	177.22	6.48K	146.35	5.85K	142.53	5.6K	148.52
24	Egypt	6.23K	57.94	6.01K	54.99	7.02K	63.24	6.08K	53.95	5.55K	48.44
25	DR Congo	85	0.91	61	0.63	56	0.57	4.41K	43.06	5.14K	48.59
26	Kenya	4.33K	84.56	4.29K	82.15	4.68K	87.86	4.8K	88.54	4.87K	87.95
27	Romania	4.37K	224.13	4.42K	228.08	4.41K	229.24	4.29K	223.97	4.46K	233.38
28	Indonesia	4.43K	16.25	4.36K	15.88	4.35K	15.72	4.87K	17.47	4.2K	14.95
29	Ethiopia	3.61K	31.2	4.4K	36.98	3.66K	29.94	3.88K	30.94	3.96K	30.81
30	Kazakhstan	3.54K	184.1	3.69K	189.51	3.69K	187.03	3.74K	186.88	3.89K	191.47
31	Vietnam	4.71K	48.52	4.73K	48.25	5.33K	53.91	4.1K	41.08	3.75K	37.38
32	Venezuela	2.7K	93.36	2.82K	99.1	3.3K	116.71	3.47K	123	3.53K	124.63
33	South Africa	3.34K	56.11	3.19K	52.67	3.28K	53.34	3.35K	53.77	3.31K	52.28
34	Peru	2.56K	79.03	2.85K	86.68	3.15K	94.92	3.21K	95.77	3.04K	89.91
35	Denmark	2.37K	407.48	2.63K	450.8	3.35K	571.37	3.36K	569.85	2.95K	496.49
36	Philippines	3.27K	29.52	3.33K	29.71	3.07K	27.13	3.47K	30.46	2.74K	23.85
37	Saudi Arabia	2.47K	81.04	2.5K	80.6	2.61K	83.39	2.36K	73.28	2.66K	80.09
38	Greece	2.51K	234.09	2.38K	222.33	2.44K	230.76	2.41K	230.99	2.63K	257.2
39	Uganda	1.51K	34.99	2.4K	53.87	2.46K	53.58	2.95K	62.29	2.63K	53.99
40	Switzerland	2.47K	288.46	2.6K	300.58	2.62K	300.58	2.57K	292.32	2.57K	289.98
41	Portugal	2.36K	228.49	2.14K	206.65	2.25K	216.17	2.49K	238.51	2.5K	239.4
42	Tanzania	1.83K	30.88	2.04K	33.44	2.05K	32.6	2.3K	35.59	2.41K	36.15
43	Iran	1.91K	21.98	2.26K	25.76	2.29K	25.92	1.95K	21.74	2.4K	26.5
44	Belgium	1.92K	166.99	2.05K	177.75	2.09K	180.93	2.14K	183.43	2.4K	204.51
45	Sweden	2.19K	212.85	2.3K	222.52	2.29K	219.49	2.3K	218.85	2.33K	220.77
46	Thailand	2.07K	29	2.1K	29.29	2.23K	31.13	2.14K	29.78	2.29K	31.93
47	Ecuador	1.73K	100.03	1.68K	95.44	2.02K	113.95	1.94K	109.06	2.08K	115.77
48	Iraq	2.6K	73.64	2.6K	72.1	2.11K	57.2	1.22K	32.13	2.07K	53.58
49	Chile	1.77K	92.41	1.96K	100.98	2.06K	105.73	1.88K	96.2	2.07K	105.08
50	Turkmenistan	1.79K	262.32	1.9K	273.21	1.94K	273.81	1.93K	267	2.05K	278.57
51	Austria	1.79K	201.33	1.94K	217.01	1.99K	222.36	1.92K	212.25	1.98K	216.32
52	Czech Republic	1.87K	176.83	1.84K	174.22	1.81K	171.7	1.82K	170.91	1.88K	173.75
53	Hungary	1.87K	190.97	1.87K	192.26	1.89K	195.07	1.83K	188.55	1.83K	189
54	Syria	1.6K	78.61	1.84K	87.4	1.73K	79.87	1.67K	74.36	1.73K	73.46
55	Azerbaijan	1.64K	161.78	1.64K	160.74	1.69K	164.95	1.74K	168.52	1.71K	165.43
56	Ireland	1.95K	396.17	2.09K	420.16	2.35K	467.88	3.04K	594.54	1.69K	324.22
57	Israel	1.52K	175.85	1.59K	180.23	1.62K	181.6	1.64K	180.46	1.63K	175.54
58	El Salvador	1.32K	212.23	1.44K	230.55	1.51K	240.88	1.49K	237.89	1.58K	250.75
59	Malaysia	1.49K	44.63	1.2K	35.5	1.37K	39.87	1.36K	39.14	1.57K	44.8
60	Belarus	1.21K	127.83	1.24K	132.2	1.2K	129.48	1.25K	136.57	1.55K	170.09
61	Afghanistan	1.69K	44.61	1.67K	42.64	1.66K	41.5	1.65K	40.65	1.54K	37.11
62	Kyrgyzstan	1.27K	195.97	1.31K	195.97	1.3K	191.19	1.49K	214.59	1.51K	213.87
63	Guatemala	1.33K	77.95	1.27K	73.43	1.38K	78.49	1.41K	78.97	1.5K	82.98
64	South Korea	1.54K	29.78	1.64K	31.53	1.65K	31.9	1.64K	31.6	1.5K	28.99
65	Finland	1.47K	267	1.49K	269.18	1.48K	267.76	1.47K	264.54	1.44K	257.81
66	Tunisia	1.32K	111.44	1.26K	105.41	1.26K	104.63	1.28K	105.39	1.4K	114.71
67	Morocco	1.11K	30.58	1.2K	32.66	1.32K	35.58	1.3K	34.86	1.35K	35.76
68	Taiwan	1.27K	53.51	1.33K	56.1	1.37K	58.11	1.37K	58.32	1.35K	57.79
69	Yemen	1.08K	30.69	1.34K	37	1.44K	38.64	938	24.54	1.29K	32.8
70	Oman	1.5K	327.4	1.36K	301.21	1.67K	370.06	1.19K	252.04	1.29K	255.69
71	Dominican Republic	1.21K	110.61	1.2K	109.31	1.21K	108.92	1.29K	114.67	1.28K	113.31
72	Serbia	1.39K	199.76	1.36K	196.73	1.36K	199.45	1.42K	209.42	1.28K	189.36
73	Nepal	1.06K	37.4	1.12K	38.81	1.2K	40.76	1.24K	41.79	1.26K	42.41
74	Bulgaria	1.17K	167.15	1.19K	171.38	1.21K	175.38	1.17K	171.69	1.22K	179.9
75	Slovakia	1.15K	210	1.09K	199.97	1.08K	198.09	1.39K	253.22	1.21K	218.62
76	Jordan	825	77.31	824	75.85	786	70.98	868	77.11	1.19K	103.56
77	United Arab Emirates	1.05K	112.19	1.19K	125.63	1.41K	143.71	1.17K	113.88	1.18K	110.83
78	Tajikistan	972	102.04	993	101.85	1.02K	101.91	1.09K	107.28	1.16K	111.57
79	Libya	784	112.72	901	127.84	1.19K	166.46	996	137.86	1.04K	141.74
80	Norway	966	180.6	1.04K	192.72	1.09K	200.8	1.04K	189.9	1.02K	184.58
81	Sri Lanka	1.23K	54.84	1.25K	55.19	1.15K	50.8	1.05K	46.07	996	43.36
82	Niger	995	43.35	1.04K	44.01	927	37.81	944	37.3	948	36.24
83	Nigeria	1.3K	6.21	1.37K	6.39	1.66K	7.61	1.11K	4.98	927	4.07
84	Nicaragua	878	135.43	903	137.58	909	136.73	976	144.98	921	135
85	Costa Rica	809	161.79	851	169.05	868	171.62	893	175.73	883	172.9
86	Lithuania	664	237.68	698	249.82	785	280.87	820	291.06	835	292.58
87	Albania	947	328.27	885	308.25	868	304.72	862	305.02	818	290.98
88	Uruguay	700	206.13	697	204.93	737	217.02	723	213.27	757	223.36
89	Croatia	745	186.77	734	185.7	731	186.35	720	184.41	720	184.81
90	Georgia	649	170.98	655	172.56	691	182.38	672	177.05	719	188.82
91	Honduras	610	61.33	600	59.28	621	60.39	691	66.01	693	65.06
92	Kuwait	1.23K	276.11	1.1K	250.38	812	186.24	720	156.78	685	141.52
93	Lebanon	809	139.59	665	116.6	634	110.91	634	110.33	645	111.72
94	Mongolia	593	183.53	568	172.67	661	198.03	795	234.75	641	186.8
95	Armenia	658	226.67	620	214.6	682	237.76	643	223.18	620	210.64
96	Bosnia and Herzegovina	690	206.17	622	188.39	570	175.54	588	183.4	616	193.37
97	Mauritania	710	158.94	577	125.52	598	126.22	581	119.22	593	117.97
98	Hong Kong	698	93.21	628	83.84	583	77.85	545	72.98	502	67.4
99	Latvia	417	217.9	424	222.88	437	231.87	469	249.28	489	259.7
100	Burkina Faso	474	22.6	482	22.42	448	20.35	483	21.48	482	20.93
101	Bolivia	495	42.4	511	43.28	463	38.82	468	38.71	478	39.06
102	Myanmar	1.14K	21.56	589	11.11	520	9.74	455	8.47	477	8.82
103	Madagascar	540	19.12	519	17.94	533	17.96	408	13.4	473	15.18
104	Estonia	419	315.75	433	325.71	440	330.41	455	336.89	464	339.35
105	Zimbabwe	392	25.66	379	24.4	456	28.85	455	28.33	445	27.22
106	Slovenia	405	194.19	412	195.9	420	198.81	437	206.58	426	200.89
107	Paraguay	418	64.15	450	68.11	453	67.74	446	65.97	407	59.52
108	Cameroon	336	13.16	374	14.26	405	15.03	346	12.53	346	12.19
109	Senegal	282	17.22	273	16.29	302	17.54	304	17.21	330	18.26
110	New Zealand	647	129.71	487	96.15	492	96.4	654	127.36	320	61.81
111	Ivory Coast	306	10.84	264	9.13	303	10.23	328	10.8	313	10.05
112	Moldova	291	111.4	267	103.93	296	117.16	283	111.29	309	120.27
113	Bahrain	289	194.77	363	244.61	399	265.48	407	265.3	305	194.06
114	Jamaica	270	95.47	271	95.66	305	107.53	317	111.75	305	107.23
115	Qatar	391	139.88	357	127.22	300	106.54	306	105.92	297	99.79
116	Angola	270	8.35	334	9.99	345	9.99	344	9.65	287	7.82
117	North Macedonia	352	185.4	373	199.45	333	180.11	321	174.68	286	156.38
118	Montenegro	277	452.25	262	430.98	273	451.88	281	457.74	281	443.47
119	Malawi	207	10.9	228	11.67	227	11.31	218	10.59	231	10.95
120	Cyprus	178	138.32	197	151.18	208	158.07	210	157.49	226	168.16
121	Botswana	211	90.27	211	89.21	310	129.14	444	181.91	222	89.37
122	Guinea	264	20.23	239	17.91	250	18.26	260	18.52	215	14.9
123	Ghana	307	9.82	330	10.35	381	11.71	269	8.13	199	5.9
124	Mauritius	184	143.24	191	149.18	166	129.68	178	139.82	197	154.35
125	Lesotho	188	85.29	193	86.42	186	82.46	203	88.89	193	83.43
126	Rwanda	193	15.08	187	14.28	180	13.45	176	12.91	191	13.7
127	Luxembourg	124	199.7	147	233.64	150	235.05	156	238.7	171	257.06
128	Cambodia	87	5.26	117	7.02	151	8.91	165	9.6	169	9.68
129	Namibia	171	64.46	159	58.33	188	66.95	174	60.11	169	57.17
130	Zambia	141	7.62	116	6.11	131	6.7	147	7.3	168	8.1
131	Mozambique	156	5.22	79	2.57	72	2.28	143	4.39	162	4.81
132	Panama	216	50.96	246	57.32	245	56.48	169	38.41	162	36.35
133	Malta	110	217.92	147	283.34	140	266.91	146	276.59	145	272.83
134	Gambia	170	69.34	197	78.25	134	51.86	130	49.2	114	42.18
135	Guyana	99	122.7	113	139.69	105	128.24	97	118.66	107	129.27
136	Trinidad and Tobago	141	94.96	121	81.58	117	78.79	116	77.51	103	68.43
137	Haiti	214	19.24	189	16.77	96	8.47	79	6.87	81	6.95
138	Gabon	59	25.97	90	38.9	77	32.54	74	30.3	79	31.81
139	Iceland	75	208.39	73	198.9	76	204.66	74	194.92	78	202.17
140	Laos	61	8.42	80	10.86	56	7.57	102	13.46	78	10.15
141	Sierra Leone	63	8.09	73	9.26	68	8.34	60	7.21	74	8.75
142	Djibouti	59	53.98	71	64.54	84	74.72	71	62.52	70	61.12
143	Maldives	64	132.11	70	138.82	74	144.27	61	117.15	70	132.9
144	Eswatini	53	44.88	96	80.72	95	78.86	86	70.79	66	54.04
145	Papua New Guinea	76	7.92	77	7.82	67	6.68	68	6.64	65	6.29
146	Fiji	46	49.85	52	56.42	55	60.41	45	48.64	54	58.78
147	Bahamas	41	103.7	46	115.45	40	101.13	48	119.61	52	130.03
148	Cape Verde	59	115.48	48	94.02	54	105.08	57	109.13	52	100.19
149	Bhutan	85	111.02	88	113.75	74	95.61	59	74.94	50	63.52
150	Belize	35	91.06	37	95.33	59	149.67	53	131.88	41	99.59
151	Congo	34	6.09	50	8.7	45	7.67	45	7.38	41	6.7
152	French Polynesia	36	130.17	39	140.96	36	130.38	36	129.63	39	138.15
153	New Caledonia	40	142.49	41	145.81	38	133.85	38	131.66	38	129.66
154	Guinea-Bissau	36	18.16	40	19.8	42	20.58	41	19.61	37	16.98
155	Barbados	30	107.52	30	107.09	31	108.88	34	120.06	32	111.64
156	Macau	32	47.34	24	34.93	26	37.93	25	36	30	41.52
157	Suriname	30	49.7	29	47.12	29	46.9	22	35.38	30	47.73
158	Liberia	18	3.5	22	4.27	20	3.83	22	4.09	18	3.3
159	Grenada	18	152.11	16	139.67	16	137.96	16	133.93	17	149.13
160	Timor-Leste	26	20.34	36	27.08	10	7.59	11	7.93	17	12.59
161	Comoros	13	17.12	20	24.32	20	23.9	15	18.47	14	17.04
162	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	14	130.94	11	102.73	12	114.43	12	115.53	13	131.46
163	Seychelles	13	107.66	13	108.61	12	101.03	10	83.24	13	101.74
164	Saint Lucia	26	144.78	25	138.56	12	65.55	11	60.62	12	69.22
165	Antigua and Barbuda	9	103.23	9	94.17	10	106.3	10	103.04	11	117.21
166	Samoa	13	62.7	12	57.38	9	41.51	8	39.01	11	49.8
167	Vanuatu	6	22.19	6	20.83	8	26.24	8	24.49	9	26.54
168	Solomon Islands	7	10.27	8	10.94	9	11.58	7	8.58	8	9.92
169	Sao Tome and Principe	6	29.65	5	23.58	6	27.93	4	17.55	5	19.73
170	Tonga	5	49.11	5	50.36	6	52.41	6	54.5	5	52.11
171	Marshall Islands	1	20.02	2	37.28	2	47.54	2	52.17	2	50.7
172	Saint Kitts and Nevis	3	57.21	3	70.82	4	87.4	2	40.48	2	53.33
173	Kiribati	5	39.03	3	20.51	3	21.61	1	6.09	1	7.47
174	Micronesia	1	9.86	1	9.77	1	11.37	1	8.86	1	10.65
175	Nauru	1	91.23	1	96.59	1	106.02	1	93.14	1	83.3
176	Tuvalu	0	14.87	0	22.55	0	32.2	0	28.17	0	25.96
177	Cuba	1.19K	106.16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Milk Consumption by Country: Quick Answer

In 2023, according to FAO Food Balances, India had the largest listed milk food supply among the 176 reporters with reported values, at 125,732 thousand tonnes. The United States ranked second at 77,730 thousand tonnes, while China ranked third at 49,464 thousand tonnes. Denmark had the highest per-capita milk food supply at 496.49 kilograms per person per year. These FAO Food Balances figures represent food available for human consumption, not a direct measurement of milk actually drunk.

Methodology

Percentage changes use the corresponding value in the earlier year as the base. Yearly totals use FAO Food Balances food quantity (Element 5142, thousand tonnes), while the per-capita figures use food supply quantity (Element 645, kg/capita/year) for Milk, Excluding Butter from 2019 through 2023. The Food element represents the quantity available for human consumption during the reference period. It is not a direct measure of the amount actually drunk, as additional losses or waste may occur after food reaches the consumer. No percentage change is shown where the base-year value is zero.

The reporter universe for this item contains 177 reporters. The tables list reporters only; aggregate rows such as World, regions and China (aggregate) are excluded, while China figures refer to the China reporter. For year-to-year comparisons, only reporters with values in both endpoint years are included in the arithmetic. A zero indicates a displayed value of zero, while an empty cell indicates that no value is available for that reporter and year.

Quantities of 1,000 thousand tonnes and above are shown as whole numbers; smaller quantities retain up to two decimals. FAO Food Balances primarily use official national statistics, with some data also estimated or imputed where applicable. The FAO dataset reports the Food element in thousand tonnes and food supply quantity in kilograms per capita per year. The listed total of 685,509 thousand tonnes is the sum of the 176 reporters with a reported 2023 value; it excludes aggregate rows and reporters without a 2023 value.