Whey; Dry Production by Country

Poland fell from the fourth-largest to the eighth-largest dry whey producer after losing 157,690 tonnes and halving its output. The figures below reproduce FAO Crops and Livestock Products records for item Whey; dry, 2019-2023, reporting production quantity in tonnes. The table lists 46 countries, all of which reported a 2023 quantity, and the 2023 annual listed total is 3,301,784 tonnes. The 2023 country list runs from the largest listed quantity to the smallest.

The United States produced 1.56 times as much as France: 654,308 tonnes against 420,720, while Germany ranks third with 384,460 tonnes, 36,260 tonnes behind France. The top two hold 32.6 percent of the listed total, with third and fourth at 384,460 and 268,500 tonnes respectively.

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#	Country	2023
1	United States US	654,308
2	France FR	420,720
3	Germany DE	384,460
4	Ireland IE	268,500
5	Italy IT	240,190
6	Belarus BY	158,613
7	Netherlands NL	158,519
8	Poland PL	157,870
9	Australia AU	110,927
10	Denmark DK	82,800
11	Türkiye TR	80,881
12	Switzerland CH	73,352
13	Argentina AR	71,515
14	United Kingdom GB	68,895
15	Canada CA	53,497
16	Czech Republic CZ	52,230
17	New Zealand NZ	30,299
18	Spain ES	28,740
19	Austria AT	23,040
20	Finland FI	21,811
21	Norway NO	17,759
22	Uruguay UY	16,866
23	Lithuania LT	16,120
24	Portugal PT	15,510
25	Ukraine UA	13,897
26	Iran IR	12,524
27	Chile CL	12,375
28	Estonia EE	10,790
29	Slovakia SK	7,830
30	Hungary HU	7,010
31	India IN	6,983
32	Latvia LV	6,800
33	Iceland IS	4,104
34	South Africa ZA	3,053
35	Belgium BE	2,472
36	Croatia HR	2,375
37	Sweden SE	1960
38	Thailand TH	1906
39	Kyrgyzstan KG	218.7
40	Moldova MD	65.31
41	Bulgaria BG	0
42	Cyprus CY	0
43	Greece GR	0
44	Luxembourg LU	0
45	Malta MT	0
46	Slovenia SI	0

Whey; Dry Production by Country in 2023

The United States was the largest dry whey producer in the 2023 listed data with 654,308 tonnes, followed by France with 420,720 tonnes and Germany with 384,460 tonnes. Ireland ranked fourth with 268,500 tonnes.

The United States holds 19.8 percent of the listed 2023 total. The top three together hold 44.2 percent of the 3,301,784-tonne listed total.

Poland Falls 157,690 Tonnes as Whey; Dry Production Drops 5.6 Percent

From 2022 to 2023 the common reporter universe (46 countries with data in both years) moved from 3,497,186 tonnes to 3,301,784 tonnes, a change of -195,402 tonnes (-5.6 percent). The totals listed for each year were 3,497,186 tonnes (46 reporters) and 3,301,784 tonnes (46 reporters); no country exited and no new reporter joined. Poland fell 157,690 tonnes (down 50.0 percent), halving from 315,560 tonnes, while France fell 56,680 tonnes (down 11.9 percent) and the United States added 34,533 tonnes (up 5.6 percent).

United States Adds 210,895 Tonnes as Whey; Dry Production Grows 1.5 Percent Since 2019

Between 2019 and 2023, the common reporter universe (45 countries with data in both years) rose from 3,251,428 tonnes to 3,299,878 tonnes, a change of 48,450 tonnes (1.5 percent). The totals listed for each year were 3,251,428 tonnes (45 reporters) and 3,301,784 tonnes (46 reporters); no reporter present in 2019 is absent in 2023, while 1 new reporter added 1,906 tonnes (Thailand). The United States added 210,895 tonnes (up 47.6 percent), while Poland fell 130,590 tonnes (down 45.3 percent) and France 107,240 tonnes (down 20.3 percent).

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#	Country	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
1	United States	443,413	434,994	404,602	619,775	654,308
2	France	527,960	412,460	480,420	477,400	420,720
3	Germany	310,170	317,200	369,730	370,630	384,460
4	Ireland	268,000	258,500	257,900	271,500	268,500
5	Italy	250,820	239,530	243,560	241,870	240,190
6	Belarus	126,561	127,400	141,400	147,850	158,613
7	Netherlands	185,550	200,660	173,730	158,519	158,519
8	Poland	288,460	309,290	323,550	315,560	157,870
9	Australia	96,647	96,644	108,384	126,180	110,927
10	Denmark	65,000	80,500	83,800	83,600	82,800
11	Türkiye	57,000	64,850	83,000	74,375	80,881
12	Switzerland	60,000	77,823	76,204	70,594	73,352
13	Argentina	65,154	68,284	75,347	69,854	71,515
14	United Kingdom	83,473	80,049	67,276	68,885	68,895
15	Canada	55,018	54,008	53,542	53,569	53,497
16	Czech Republic	33,850	33,390	56,814	43,093	52,230
17	New Zealand	29,384	29,480	26,340	30,300	30,299
18	Spain	32,030	25,890	26,260	28,800	28,740
19	Austria	23,830	24,840	23,690	23,690	23,040
20	Finland	26,156	22,761	22,777	23,417	21,811
21	Norway	20,850	20,626	20,251	19,596	17,759
22	Uruguay	16,630	18,106	17,528	17,730	16,866
23	Lithuania	32,600	34,750	37,120	37,000	16,120
24	Portugal	20,730	14,606	15,958	17,590	15,510
25	Ukraine	17,266	22,844	17,200	13,811	13,897
26	Iran	9,364	13,073	12,254	14,788	12,524
27	Chile	10,363	10,503	10,475	12,129	12,375
28	Estonia	0	9,736	10,070	9,773	10,790
29	Slovakia	50,726	5,580	8,820	14,723	7,830
30	Hungary	6,000	7,750	7,920	16,000	7,010
31	India	1513	1764	1719	5,513	6,983
32	Latvia	18,138	17,100	7,000	3,412	6,800
33	Iceland	3,811	3,782	3,709	3,863	4,104
34	South Africa	2,707	2,957	2,899	2,957	3,053
35	Belgium	3,675	3,692	2091	2,200	2,472
36	Croatia	2,782	2,561	2,361	2,425	2,375
37	Sweden	2040	2090	2,110	1960	1960
38	Thailand	-	-	-	1901	1906
39	Kyrgyzstan	190.76	216.37	279.19	290.92	218.7
40	Moldova	45.49	47.99	68.42	65.39	65.31
41	Bulgaria	0	0	0	0	0
42	Cyprus	0	0	0	0	0
43	Greece	0	0	0	0	0
44	Luxembourg	0	0	0	0	0
45	Malta	0	0	0	0	0
46	Slovenia	3,520	3,395	0	0	0

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 Whey; dry, 2019-2023. For dry whey production, quantities below 1,000 tonnes retain two decimals and larger quantities are shown as whole tonnes. The 2023 dry whey production ranking and shares use 2023 listed quantities. In the dry whey production data, zero means a reported nil or negligible flow; an empty cell means no quantity was reported. For dry whey production changes, only countries with quantities in both endpoint years enter the arithmetic. Production quantities are reported to FAO by national statistical sources.