Milk; Total Production by Country

India stayed the largest milk producer while adding 8,536,967 tonnes and Ireland did not report in 2024. The figures below reproduce FAO Crops and Livestock Products records for item Milk; Total, 2020-2024, reporting production quantity in tonnes. The table lists 187 countries; 184 reported a 2024 quantity, and the 2024 annual listed total is 975,987,333 tonnes. The 2024 country list for total milk production runs from the largest listed quantity to the smallest.

India produced 2.42 times as much as the United States: 247,843,884 tonnes against 102,477,507, while Pakistan ranks third with 66,670,700 tonnes, 35,806,807 tonnes behind the United States. The top two hold 35.9 percent of the listed total, with third and fourth at 66,670,700 and 45,442,920 tonnes respectively.

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#	Country	2024
1	India IN	247,843,884
2	United States US	102,477,507
3	Pakistan PK	66,670,700
4	China CN	45,442,920
5	Brazil BR	36,850,178
6	Germany DE	33,801,091
7	Russia RU	33,038,828
8	France FR	25,244,570
9	Türkiye TR	22,487,757
10	New Zealand NZ	21,531,000
11	Poland PL	16,049,770
12	United Kingdom GB	15,939,048
13	Bangladesh BD	15,044,000
14	Netherlands NL	14,815,680
15	Mexico MX	14,136,065
16	Italy IT	13,973,390
17	Uzbekistan UZ	12,422,116
18	Argentina AR	10,908,039
19	Canada CA	9,960,207
20	Belarus BY	8,766,758
21	Australia AU	8,669,500
22	Spain ES	8,587,230
23	Iran IR	8,505,341
24	Colombia CO	7,943,000
25	Japan JP	7,357,451
26	Ukraine UA	7,246,400
27	Kenya KE	6,971,200
28	Egypt EG	6,168,594
29	Denmark DK	5,690,000
30	Belgium BE	4,654,260
31	Sudan SD	4,572,008
32	Romania RO	4,406,100
33	Tanzania TZ	4,399,141
34	Austria AT	4,058,480
35	Venezuela VE	4,021,871
36	South Africa ZA	3,883,000
37	Uganda UG	3,850,000
38	Ethiopia ET	3,791,726
39	Switzerland CH	3,730,483
40	Kazakhstan KZ	3,595,095
41	Czech Republic CZ	3,554,810
42	South Sudan SS	3,534,512
43	Algeria DZ	3,299,329
44	Saudi Arabia SA	3,289,712
45	Nepal NP	2,847,389
46	Sweden SE	2,799,910
47	Turkmenistan TM	2,664,189
48	Chile CL	2,308,108
49	Uruguay UY	2,268,781
50	Azerbaijan AZ	2,257,002
51	Peru PE	2,249,192
52	Afghanistan AF	2,248,984
53	Myanmar MM	2,242,399
54	Finland FI	2,209,220
55	Somalia SO	2,141,831
56	Hungary HU	2,098,020
57	Portugal PT	2,048,140
58	Syria SY	2,045,945
59	Ecuador EC	1,968,639
60	Morocco MA	1,943,262
61	Greece GR	1,935,600
62	Kyrgyzstan KG	1,824,417
63	South Korea KR	1,775,513
64	Niger NE	1,722,093
65	Israel IL	1,681,561
66	Lithuania LT	1,528,520
67	Norway NO	1,486,521
68	Tunisia TN	1,425,722
69	Indonesia ID	1,408,531
70	Serbia RS	1,378,918
71	Vietnam VN	1,302,026
72	Costa Rica CR	1,284,920
73	Thailand TH	1,265,444
74	Tajikistan TJ	1,235,282
75	Mali ML	1,122,116
76	Latvia LV	960,990
77	Estonia EE	941,000
78	Slovakia SK	929,230
79	Dominican Republic DO	892,257
80	Albania AL	876,688
81	Bulgaria BG	793,890
82	Honduras HN	695,611
83	Bolivia BO	643,822
84	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	612,857
85	Slovenia SI	611,350
86	Georgia GE	591,622
87	Armenia AM	566,200
88	Paraguay PY	559,000
89	Guatemala GT	542,686
90	Sri Lanka LK	537,792
91	Jordan JO	528,520
92	Nigeria NG	527,765
93	Zambia ZM	525,394
94	Luxembourg LU	485,790
95	Taiwan TW	482,834
96	Croatia HR	477,000
97	Chad TD	473,526
98	Zimbabwe ZW	442,748
99	Burkina Faso BF	436,317
100	El Salvador SV	419,177
101	Madagascar MG	415,933
102	Cyprus CY	414,150
103	Yemen YE	411,155
104	Oman OM	382,847
105	Mauritania MR	363,757
106	Iraq IQ	357,875
107	North Macedonia MK	323,407
108	Guinea GN	290,564
109	Cameroon CM	288,775
110	United Arab Emirates AE	269,647
111	Moldova MD	267,171
112	Senegal SN	247,674
113	Mongolia MN	246,965
114	Lebanon LB	246,716
115	Rwanda RW	245,448
116	Cuba CU	233,700
117	Malawi MW	232,764
118	Libya LY	225,578
119	Angola AO	221,864
120	Puerto Rico PR	221,073
121	Jamaica JM	210,292
122	Benin BJ	188,438
123	Lesotho LS	182,000
124	Panama PA	168,490
125	Montenegro ME	162,556
126	Iceland IS	158,139
127	Sierra Leone SL	153,285
128	Eritrea ER	147,889
129	Namibia NA	111,002
130	Burundi BI	101,365
131	Haiti HT	100,404
132	North Korea KP	84,169
133	Central African Republic CF	83,107
134	Kuwait KW	59,077
135	Gambia GM	52,822
136	Ghana GH	51,478
137	Malaysia MY	48,470
138	Qatar QA	44,925
139	Bhutan BT	44,038
140	Eswatini SZ	42,309
141	Malta MT	41,210
142	Guinea-Bissau GW	39,124
143	Ivory Coast CI	38,872
144	Botswana BW	36,704
145	Philippines PH	33,970
146	Cambodia KH	24,320
147	Mozambique MZ	23,569
148	Guyana GY	21,089
149	Djibouti DJ	15,337
150	Comoros KM	13,118
151	Togo TG	12,841
152	Fiji FJ	12,153
153	Bahrain BH	11,018
154	Gabon GA	10,735
155	Cape Verde CV	10,438
156	DR Congo CD	10,374
157	Laos LA	9,307
158	Liberia LR	8,368
159	Faroe Islands FO	7,243
160	Dominica DM	6,997
161	Belize BZ	5,186
162	Timor-Leste TL	5,179
163	Congo CG	4,466
164	Barbados BB	4,166
165	Antigua and Barbuda AG	3,102
166	Vanuatu VU	3,100
167	Solomon Islands SB	3,072
168	Mauritius MU	2,841
169	Suriname SR	2,709
170	Bahamas BS	2066
171	Trinidad and Tobago TT	1720
172	Samoa WS	1579
173	Saint Lucia LC	1031
174	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC	824.43
175	French Polynesia PF	648.81
176	Grenada GD	616.59
177	Sao Tome and Principe ST	594.35
178	New Caledonia NC	344
179	Tonga TO	325.7
180	Papua New Guinea PG	204.2
181	Seychelles SC	161.87
182	Brunei BN	160.43
183	Hong Kong HK	60
184	Niue NU	58.94
185	Ireland IE	-
186	Nicaragua NI	-
187	Palestine PS	-

Milk; Total Production by Country in 2024

India was the largest milk producer in the 2024 listed data with 247,843,884 tonnes, followed by the United States with 102,477,507 tonnes and Pakistan with 66,670,700 tonnes. China ranked fourth with 45,442,920 tonnes.

India holds 25.4 percent of the listed 2024 total. The top three together hold 42.7 percent of the 975,987,333-tonne listed total.

India Adds 8,536,967 Tonnes as Milk; Total Production Grows 1.6 Percent Among Common Reporters

The common reporter universe (184 countries with data in both years) rose from 961,025,838 tonnes to 975,987,333 tonnes between 2023 and 2024, a change of 14,961,495 tonnes (1.6 percent). The totals listed for each year were 971,129,458 tonnes (186 reporters) and 975,987,333 tonnes (184 reporters); 2 countries reporting in 2023 (Ireland, 8,730,710 tonnes, and Nicaragua, 1,372,911 tonnes) did not report in 2024, while no new reporters joined. India added 8,536,967 tonnes (up 3.6 percent) and Pakistan 2,089,150 tonnes (up 3.2 percent), while China fell 1,337,245 tonnes (down 2.9 percent).

India Adds 37,876,958 Tonnes as Milk; Total Production Grows 7.3 Percent Among Common Reporters Since 2020

Between 2020 and 2024, the common reporter universe (184 countries with data in both years) rose from 909,383,138 tonnes to 975,987,333 tonnes, a change of 66,604,195 tonnes (7.3 percent). The totals listed for each year were 919,489,441 tonnes (187 reporters) and 975,987,333 tonnes (184 reporters); 3 reporters present in 2020 (largest: Ireland, 8,561,470 tonnes) are absent in 2024, while no new reporters joined. India added 37,876,958 tonnes (up 18.0 percent), accounting for 56.9 percent of the increase, while Pakistan added 7,968,900 tonnes (up 13.6 percent) and China 6,557,442 tonnes (up 16.9 percent).

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#	Country	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
1	India	209,966,926	222,076,560	230,585,030	239,306,917	247,843,884
2	United States	101,317,752	102,646,067	102,726,619	102,678,763	102,477,507
3	Pakistan	58,701,800	60,598,000	62,557,950	64,581,550	66,670,700
4	China	38,885,478	41,438,814	44,062,445	46,780,165	45,442,920
5	Brazil	36,407,167	36,269,558	35,622,549	36,338,658	36,850,178
6	Germany	33,188,890	32,530,842	32,422,536	34,036,255	33,801,091
7	Russia	32,219,166	32,333,279	32,977,957	33,804,668	33,038,828
8	France	26,288,520	25,829,080	25,681,540	25,050,500	25,244,570
9	Türkiye	23,503,790	23,200,306	21,563,492	21,481,567	22,487,757
10	New Zealand	21,871,305	21,886,376	21,051,000	21,245,000	21,531,000
11	Poland	14,830,870	14,890,270	15,218,080	15,491,880	16,049,770
12	United Kingdom	15,685,870	15,890,600	15,757,400	15,759,500	15,939,048
13	Bangladesh	10,680,000	11,985,000	13,074,000	14,068,000	15,044,000
14	Netherlands	14,932,000	14,607,880	14,983,910	15,117,050	14,815,680
15	Mexico	13,109,109	13,411,323	13,674,327	13,909,701	14,136,065
16	Italy	13,509,520	13,997,970	13,971,690	13,842,200	13,973,390
17	Uzbekistan	10,930,078	11,242,745	11,599,137	11,943,952	12,422,116
18	Argentina	11,446,583	11,899,905	11,904,142	11,665,405	10,908,039
19	Canada	9,640,572	9,807,240	9,742,541	9,886,559	9,960,207
20	Belarus	7,765,300	7,827,961	7,885,674	8,347,290	8,766,758
21	Australia	9,099,000	9,067,000	8,450,000	8,467,000	8,669,500
22	Spain	8,686,220	8,702,590	8,483,000	8,564,630	8,587,230
23	Iran	8,344,029	8,791,258	8,335,311	8,477,194	8,505,341
24	Colombia	7,071,404	6,992,670	7,421,000	7,309,000	7,943,000
25	Japan	7,438,218	7,592,061	7,617,473	7,298,933	7,357,451
26	Ukraine	9,263,600	8,713,900	7,767,600	7,430,400	7,246,400
27	Kenya	5,608,050	6,158,528	5,922,214	6,068,105	6,971,200
28	Egypt	5,578,000	6,165,000	6,707,000	5,633,667	6,168,594
29	Denmark	5,666,000	5,644,000	5,664,000	5,687,000	5,690,000
30	Belgium	4,502,000	4,481,000	4,618,000	4,684,370	4,654,260
31	Sudan	4,655,240	4,537,490	4,451,543	4,511,513	4,572,008
32	Romania	4,362,500	4,299,700	4,261,900	4,318,400	4,406,100
33	Tanzania	3,436,159	3,801,290	3,964,136	4,317,642	4,399,141
34	Austria	3,852,260	3,867,490	3,980,300	3,716,970	4,058,480
35	Venezuela	3,314,223	3,811,015	4,013,669	4,170,197	4,021,871
36	South Africa	3,853,000	3,825,000	3,764,000	3,810,000	3,883,000
37	Uganda	2,781,000	2,894,300	3,296,000	3,850,000	3,850,000
38	Ethiopia	3,799,908	3,790,179	4,196,971	3,783,826	3,791,726
39	Switzerland	3,809,500	3,840,200	3,740,812	3,767,220	3,730,483
40	Kazakhstan	3,161,338	3,263,878	3,326,815	3,439,878	3,595,095
41	Czech Republic	3,267,730	3,309,910	3,339,810	3,475,280	3,554,810
42	South Sudan	3,130,691	3,660,943	3,443,574	3,518,905	3,534,512
43	Algeria	3,354,369	3,263,319	3,320,839	3,313,144	3,299,329
44	Saudi Arabia	2,905,608	3,513,137	2,519,800	3,280,325	3,289,712
45	Nepal	2,451,135	2,633,979	2,723,927	2,770,678	2,847,389
46	Sweden	2,772,740	2,782,220	2,764,840	2,818,530	2,799,910
47	Turkmenistan	2,463,850	2,485,089	2,498,450	2,609,242	2,664,189
48	Chile	2,351,765	2,344,641	2,293,000	2,232,437	2,308,108
49	Uruguay	2,271,150	2,342,220	2,286,703	2,177,420	2,268,781
50	Azerbaijan	2,192,498	2,223,426	2,264,679	2,283,990	2,257,002
51	Peru	2,158,609	2,205,226	2,267,328	2,221,486	2,249,192
52	Afghanistan	2,190,947	2,161,672	2,196,240	2,219,533	2,248,984
53	Myanmar	2,096,769	2,117,998	2,198,385	2,242,390	2,242,399
54	Finland	2,406,520	2,314,850	2,258,630	2,239,000	2,209,220
55	Somalia	2,210,675	2,197,082	2,181,617	2,163,475	2,141,831
56	Hungary	2,019,000	2,085,000	2,044,900	2,032,110	2,098,020
57	Portugal	2,099,120	2,100,190	2,030,930	2,058,680	2,048,140
58	Syria	2,153,745	2,050,599	2,029,839	2,066,241	2,045,945
59	Ecuador	2,319,985	2,150,350	2,075,998	2,105,318	1,968,639
60	Morocco	2,717,555	2,667,855	2,151,266	2,046,618	1,943,262
61	Greece	1,990,330	2,027,730	1,999,420	1,962,510	1,935,600
62	Kyrgyzstan	1,668,601	1,699,548	1,734,691	1,778,261	1,824,417
63	South Korea	2,097,822	2,043,341	1,984,341	1,938,947	1,775,513
64	Niger	1,510,963	1,483,466	1,565,517	1,641,791	1,722,093
65	Israel	1,653,802	1,675,589	1,694,864	1,687,299	1,681,561
66	Lithuania	1,491,670	1,476,890	1,521,940	1,472,970	1,528,520
67	Norway	1,568,470	1,592,088	1,472,764	1,409,353	1,486,521
68	Tunisia	1,412,728	1,442,488	1,412,308	1,422,529	1,425,722
69	Indonesia	1,558,574	1,549,687	1,555,820	1,373,066	1,408,531
70	Serbia	1,583,741	1,563,475	1,512,107	1,416,791	1,378,918
71	Vietnam	1,107,888	1,129,586	1,184,917	1,246,346	1,302,026
72	Costa Rica	1,216,954	1,218,029	1,237,029	1,390,704	1,284,920
73	Thailand	1,317,000	1,296,000	1,222,000	1,278,333	1,265,444
74	Tajikistan	1,074,372	1,097,223	1,119,799	1,175,516	1,235,282
75	Mali	996,009	1,037,509	1,075,052	1,114,138	1,122,116
76	Latvia	990,100	992,220	975,290	963,680	960,990
77	Estonia	849,000	839,400	848,600	894,700	941,000
78	Slovakia	929,540	914,410	926,980	926,060	929,230
79	Dominican Republic	891,531	861,565	860,771	862,164	892,257
80	Albania	1,083,760	1,043,410	999,273	927,585	876,688
81	Bulgaria	1,005,450	953,070	868,600	815,780	793,890
82	Honduras	685,749	688,396	690,537	693,073	695,611
83	Bolivia	619,765	621,549	630,188	637,312	643,822
84	Bosnia and Herzegovina	645,016	545,928	573,522	583,375	612,857
85	Slovenia	633,200	642,940	628,110	607,760	611,350
86	Georgia	586,070	605,319	581,762	601,841	591,622
87	Armenia	654,300	670,700	623,100	591,600	566,200
88	Paraguay	541,033	536,808	558,738	559,000	559,000
89	Guatemala	561,314	589,545	551,595	562,261	542,686
90	Sri Lanka	521,820	545,038	538,106	535,326	537,792
91	Jordan	410,175	425,658	518,883	642,701	528,520
92	Nigeria	519,811	523,324	525,458	526,502	527,765
93	Zambia	436,592	461,905	509,515	542,689	525,394
94	Luxembourg	450,540	446,670	452,430	471,560	485,790
95	Taiwan	450,354	461,510	474,534	483,647	482,834
96	Croatia	612,000	570,000	535,000	479,000	477,000
97	Chad	423,543	435,310	453,517	469,294	473,526
98	Zimbabwe	410,583	426,942	430,408	443,102	442,748
99	Burkina Faso	421,115	427,885	435,115	440,912	436,317
100	El Salvador	410,391	419,550	421,000	416,980	419,177
101	Madagascar	456,009	417,927	387,947	439,077	415,933
102	Cyprus	347,400	382,700	366,230	390,810	414,150
103	Yemen	388,158	407,566	427,944	434,165	411,155
104	Oman	349,158	355,365	361,680	376,139	382,847
105	Mauritania	356,065	361,918	360,575	362,461	363,757
106	Iraq	341,250	348,595	354,629	362,957	357,875
107	North Macedonia	461,141	389,208	387,967	291,731	323,407
108	Guinea	261,100	274,577	288,760	293,050	290,564
109	Cameroon	265,310	298,310	283,654	283,106	288,775
110	United Arab Emirates	257,100	285,000	257,430	266,510	269,647
111	Moldova	321,749	295,268	271,026	261,283	267,171
112	Senegal	247,153	248,635	250,985	257,437	247,674
113	Mongolia	200,165	186,576	220,739	264,609	246,965
114	Lebanon	301,541	279,590	233,840	222,576	246,716
115	Rwanda	253,675	242,707	232,265	235,468	245,448
116	Cuba	459,051	377,021	372,306	233,550	233,700
117	Malawi	201,658	205,041	215,907	224,476	232,764
118	Libya	228,772	218,885	228,304	226,695	225,578
119	Angola	213,047	219,527	219,435	220,647	221,864
120	Puerto Rico	242,060	213,356	234,759	223,897	221,073
121	Jamaica	202,326	205,560	208,493	208,692	210,292
122	Benin	128,728	141,706	152,110	175,044	188,438
123	Lesotho	133,000	120,000	205,000	225,000	182,000
124	Panama	213,773	192,137	188,490	184,344	168,490
125	Montenegro	185,726	178,446	156,670	161,394	162,556
126	Iceland	155,495	153,294	152,405	155,975	158,139
127	Sierra Leone	142,546	161,305	146,937	150,615	153,285
128	Eritrea	147,503	147,645	147,778	147,781	147,889
129	Namibia	100,553	102,579	115,966	113,642	111,002
130	Burundi	107,547	111,650	90,888	97,733	101,365
131	Haiti	97,515	98,530	100,384	100,185	100,404
132	North Korea	84,911	84,725	83,834	84,178	84,169
133	Central African Republic	81,842	80,791	81,703	82,465	83,107
134	Kuwait	57,881	58,395	60,142	58,790	59,077
135	Gambia	49,687	49,500	49,314	51,891	52,822
136	Ghana	47,803	48,757	49,488	50,461	51,478
137	Malaysia	47,507	44,589	45,019	46,301	48,470
138	Qatar	49,354	47,001	44,506	44,034	44,925
139	Bhutan	57,912	54,403	42,255	43,829	44,038
140	Eswatini	37,591	37,871	38,159	40,575	42,309
141	Malta	44,940	42,320	42,070	40,390	41,210
142	Guinea-Bissau	38,598	38,631	38,843	38,889	39,124
143	Ivory Coast	34,668	35,760	36,769	37,805	38,872
144	Botswana	35,060	34,682	38,342	34,152	36,704
145	Philippines	27,511	27,089	31,188	29,980	33,970
146	Cambodia	24,276	24,390	24,338	24,329	24,320
147	Mozambique	20,913	21,984	23,793	23,049	23,569
148	Guyana	21,000	20,990	20,436	28,591	21,089
149	Djibouti	15,128	15,209	15,244	15,290	15,337
150	Comoros	13,050	13,074	13,064	13,091	13,118
151	Togo	11,762	11,880	12,058	12,838	12,841
152	Fiji	12,393	11,399	13,904	12,737	12,153
153	Bahrain	10,456	10,479	11,244	11,011	11,018
154	Gabon	10,534	10,626	10,664	10,699	10,735
155	Cape Verde	9,945	10,102	10,271	10,439	10,438
156	DR Congo	8,371	8,832	9,319	9,832	10,374
157	Laos	8,359	8,577	8,823	9,070	9,307
158	Liberia	8,207	8,299	8,321	8,344	8,368
159	Faroe Islands	7,556	7,763	7,200	7,030	7,243
160	Dominica	6,976	6,980	6,985	6,991	6,997
161	Belize	4,522	5,739	5,465	6,525	5,186
162	Timor-Leste	6,059	6,324	6,492	5,460	5,179
163	Congo	4,456	4,470	4,463	4,465	4,466
164	Barbados	3,978	4,341	4,039	4,119	4,166
165	Antigua and Barbuda	2,936	2,933	2,904	2,877	3,102
166	Vanuatu	2,319	2,320	3,092	3,100	3,100
167	Solomon Islands	3,026	3,048	3,055	3,063	3,072
168	Mauritius	2,500	2,602	2,231	2,788	2,841
169	Suriname	3,020	2,501	2,840	2,787	2,709
170	Bahamas	2055	2058	2059	2063	2066
171	Trinidad and Tobago	2,184	1708	1394	1441	1720
172	Samoa	1649	1617	1586	1571	1579
173	Saint Lucia	1027	1030	1032	1032	1031
174	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	967.37	897.99	920.82	862.18	824.43
175	French Polynesia	800	784.1	632.72	529.59	648.81
176	Grenada	610	598.8	590.09	581.13	616.59
177	Sao Tome and Principe	551.48	560.89	571.78	583.07	594.35
178	New Caledonia	501	486	446	100	344
179	Tonga	322.85	324.36	324.56	325.13	325.7
180	Papua New Guinea	203.96	204.11	204.1	204.15	204.2
181	Seychelles	152.18	167.97	172.72	155.39	161.87
182	Brunei	235.49	186.27	182.02	169.43	160.43
183	Hong Kong	60	60	60	60	60
184	Niue	58.72	58.77	58.83	58.88	58.94
185	Ireland	8,561,470	9,039,990	9,108,280	8,730,710	-
186	Nicaragua	1,399,699	1,430,039	1,436,684	1,372,911	-
187	Palestine	145,133	303,607	304,000	-	-

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 Milk; Total, 2020-2024. For total milk production, quantities below 1,000 tonnes retain two decimals and larger quantities are shown as whole tonnes. The 2024 total milk production ranking and shares use 2024 listed quantities. In the total milk production data, zero means a reported nil or negligible flow; an empty cell means no quantity was reported. For total milk production changes, only countries with quantities in both endpoint years enter the arithmetic. Production quantities are reported to FAO by national statistical sources.