Yoghurt Production by Country

France stayed the third-largest yoghurt producer while adding 42,000 tonnes and Russia lost 41,074 tonnes. The figures below reproduce FAO Crops and Livestock Products records for item Yoghurt, 2019-2023, reporting production quantity in tonnes. The table lists 41 countries; 40 reported a 2023 quantity, and the 2023 annual listed total is 4,981,870 tonnes. The 2023 country list runs from the largest listed quantity to the smallest.

Germany produced 1.39 times as much as Russia: 852,630 tonnes against 615,550, while France ranks third with 573,490 tonnes, 42,060 tonnes behind Russia. The top two hold 29.5 percent of the listed total, with third and fourth at 573,490 and 330,205 tonnes respectively.

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#	Country	2023
1	Germany DE	852,630
2	Russia RU	615,550
3	France FR	573,490
4	Belarus BY	330,205
5	Syria SY	320,612
6	Poland PL	298,130
7	Spain ES	249,260
8	Greece GR	210,920
9	Romania RO	158,000
10	Saudi Arabia SA	141,518
11	Bulgaria BG	137,170
12	Austria AT	135,570
13	Sweden SE	132,510
14	Netherlands NL	119,980
15	Czech Republic CZ	87,750
16	Croatia HR	73,380
17	Finland FI	73,000
18	Italy IT	68,930
19	Hungary HU	60,320
20	Lithuania LT	59,600
21	Belgium BE	52,330
22	Slovenia SI	32,730
23	Mongolia MN	28,893
24	Denmark DK	24,700
25	Latvia LV	22,590
26	Slovakia SK	19,140
27	Estonia EE	18,680
28	Thailand TH	17,619
29	Cyprus CY	13,980
30	Türkiye TR	10,949
31	Portugal PT	10,510
32	Uruguay UY	8,217
33	Vietnam VN	6,060
34	Indonesia ID	5,714
35	Costa Rica CR	3,897
36	Egypt EG	3,459
37	Togo TG	2,501
38	Israel IL	1375
39	Ireland IE	0
40	Malta MT	0
41	Jordan JO	-

Yoghurt Production by Country in 2023

Germany was the largest yoghurt producer in the 2023 listed data with 852,630 tonnes, followed by Russia with 615,550 tonnes and France with 573,490 tonnes. Belarus ranked fourth with 330,205 tonnes.

Germany holds 17.1 percent of the listed 2023 total. The top three together hold 41.0 percent of the 4,981,870-tonne listed total.

France Adds 42,000 Tonnes as Yoghurt Production Grows 2.2 Percent

The common reporter universe (40 countries with data in both years) rose from 4,873,085 tonnes to 4,981,870 tonnes between 2022 and 2023, a change of 108,785 tonnes (2.2 percent). The totals listed for each year were 4,873,085 tonnes (40 reporters) and 4,981,870 tonnes (40 reporters); no country exited and no new reporter joined. France added 42,000 tonnes (up 7.9 percent) and Poland 30,140 tonnes (up 11.2 percent), while Russia fell 41,074 tonnes (down 6.3 percent).

France Adds 127,000 Tonnes as Yoghurt Production Grows 7.3 Percent Among Common Reporters Since 2019

From 2019 to 2023 the common reporter universe (39 countries with data in both years) moved from 4,640,048 tonnes to 4,977,973 tonnes, a change of 337,925 tonnes (7.3 percent). The totals listed for each year were 4,837,850 tonnes (40 reporters) and 4,981,870 tonnes (40 reporters); 1 reporter present in 2019 (197,802 tonnes, Jordan) is absent in 2023, while 1 new reporter added 3,897 tonnes (Costa Rica). France added 127,000 tonnes (up 28.4 percent) and Syria 110,835 tonnes (up 52.8 percent), while Russia added 96,550 tonnes (up 18.6 percent).

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#	Country	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
1	Germany	869,310	886,440	851,070	832,110	852,630
2	Russia	519,000	530,000	608,003	656,624	615,550
3	France	446,490	464,850	533,510	531,490	573,490
4	Belarus	300,000	336,048	317,234	302,797	330,205
5	Syria	209,777	330,324	324,883	338,660	320,612
6	Poland	242,690	265,890	269,090	267,990	298,130
7	Spain	241,810	255,860	235,390	228,250	249,260
8	Greece	182,600	195,510	201,090	196,070	210,920
9	Romania	167,440	176,000	172,000	166,000	158,000
10	Saudi Arabia	192,657	205,191	123,662	120,480	141,518
11	Bulgaria	130,210	138,720	137,260	132,340	137,170
12	Austria	158,150	151,590	115,920	121,520	135,570
13	Sweden	139,160	145,540	141,930	133,100	132,510
14	Netherlands	134,810	129,140	132,150	130,550	119,980
15	Czech Republic	98,450	84,600	70,780	89,890	87,750
16	Croatia	70,280	71,120	72,060	71,030	73,380
17	Finland	77,000	78,000	76,000	74,000	73,000
18	Italy	69,450	66,930	69,530	70,040	68,930
19	Hungary	68,100	67,810	64,940	62,220	60,320
20	Lithuania	59,480	60,650	61,060	58,350	59,600
21	Belgium	50,610	48,360	48,020	47,400	52,330
22	Slovenia	32,940	33,740	32,480	32,320	32,730
23	Mongolia	32,458	36,119	37,706	30,785	28,893
24	Denmark	22,800	26,500	25,600	27,900	24,700
25	Latvia	23,690	23,770	23,320	18,620	22,590
26	Slovakia	19,070	18,900	17,290	17,240	19,140
27	Estonia	19,360	21,080	21,710	20,860	18,680
28	Thailand	5,823	5,684	17,906	23,277	17,619
29	Cyprus	11,860	13,040	12,850	12,920	13,980
30	Türkiye	10,981	10,477	10,425	9,955	10,949
31	Portugal	6,690	7,420	6,430	9,950	10,510
32	Uruguay	12,986	13,386	13,302	14,516	8,217
33	Vietnam	3,473	5,226	5,476	5,764	6,060
34	Indonesia	6,476	6,480	6,471	6,632	5,714
35	Costa Rica	-	3,801	3,901	3,900	3,897
36	Egypt	404.47	588.76	1679	3,786	3,459
37	Togo	2,274	2,271	2,192	2,374	2,501
38	Israel	1289	1344	1362	1376	1375
39	Ireland	0	0	0	0	0
40	Malta	0	0	0	0	0
41	Jordan	197,802	192,158	-	-	-

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