Milk production in China

Milk production in China was 45,442,920 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 2.9% from 2023. That is the 4th highest of 184 countries in 2024.

2024, tonnes45,442,920

Change on 2023-2.9%

Rank4th of 184Countries ranked

Series high46,780,1652023

Series low1,833,0001961

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Milk production in China, 1961 to 2024

tonnes. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Milk; Total, production, t (item 1780, element 5510). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-12-31.

All 64 values

Period	tonnes
2024	45,442,920
2023	46,780,165
2022	44,062,445
2021	41,438,814
2020	38,885,478
2019	36,353,670
2018	35,044,060
2017	34,645,566
2016	34,971,496
2015	36,089,203
2014	36,236,656
2013	34,564,402
2012	36,325,844
2011	35,956,546
2010	35,434,763
2009	34,806,609
2008	34,412,150
2007	33,702,913
2006	33,642,000
2005	31,698,198
2004	26,562,686
2003	21,493,843
2002	16,953,319
2001	14,143,774
2000	11,985,728
1999	10,874,175
1998	10,145,403
1997	9,730,738
1996	9,844,071
1995	9,150,659
1994	8,372,899
1993	7,857,561
1992	7,814,221
1991	7,389,929
1990	6,820,722 Estimated
1989	6,387,000 Estimated
1988	6,194,600 Estimated
1987	5,741,400 Estimated
1986	5,182,200 Estimated
1985	4,665,000 Estimated
1984	4,308,600 Estimated
1983	3,866,000 Estimated
1982	3,509,800 Estimated
1981	3,127,600 Estimated
1980	2,874,400 Estimated
1979	2,601,600 Estimated
1978	2,761,600 Estimated
1977	2,496,800 Estimated
1976	2,412,000 Estimated
1975	2,315,200 Estimated
1974	2,229,200 Estimated
1973	2,148,200 Estimated
1972	2,070,400 Estimated
1971	2,007,400 Estimated
1970	1,936,400 Estimated
1969	1,871,600 Estimated
1968	1,837,600 Estimated
1967	1,951,600 Estimated
1966	1,957,800 Estimated
1965	1,948,100 Estimated
1964	1,919,400 Estimated
1963	1,899,000 Estimated
1962	1,869,100 Estimated
1961	1,833,000 Estimated

Rankings

Countries by milk production 191 places
EU countries by milk production 27 places

Definition

Raw milk produced in the calendar year from cattle, buffaloes, goats, sheep and camels, in tonnes. FAOSTAT item "Milk; Total", the sum FAO calculates from the raw milk of each species.

All species: in India and Pakistan buffalo milk is a large share, so the figure is well above cow milk alone. FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.

How to cite

FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Milk; Total, production, t (item 1780, element 5510). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2025). Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Milk; Total, production, t (item 1780, element 5510) (Milk production, China, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

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Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Milk; Total, production, t (item 1780, element 5510), Milk production, China, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 31 Dec. 2025, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/milk-production/china. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2025. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Milk; Total, production, t (item 1780, element 5510). Milk production, China, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/milk-production/china.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Milk; Total, production, t (item 1780, element 5510), Milk production, China, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/milk-production/china (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{food_milk_production_china_2024,
  author = {{Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations}},
  title = {{Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Milk; Total, production, t (item 1780, element 5510): Milk production, China, 1961 to 2024}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/milk-production/china. Publisher attribution: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Milk; Total, production, t (item 1780, element 5510). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production\_Crops\_Livestock\_E\_All\_Data\_\%28Normalized\%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.},
}

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