Milk production in France

Milk production in France was 25,244,570 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 0.8% from 2023. That is the 2nd highest of 26 EU countries in 2024.

2024, tonnes25,244,570

Change on 2023+0.8%

Rank2nd of 26EU countries ranked

Series high29,060,6141984

Series low18,880,3961962

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Milk production in France, 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	25,244,570
2023	25,050,500
2022	25,681,540
2021	25,829,080
2020	26,288,520
2019	26,036,290
2018	26,022,500
2017	26,509,065
2016	26,572,025
2015	25,934,792
2014	25,827,665
2013	24,591,383
2012	24,882,839
2011	25,289,435
2010	24,205,636
2009	23,505,009
2008	24,376,342
2007	23,602,149
2006	23,516,961
2005	23,937,993
2004	23,484,587
2003	23,690,798
2002	24,194,095
2001	23,806,712
2000	23,885,171
1999	23,726,386
1998	23,688,101
1997	23,695,447
1996	23,839,553
1995	24,136,846
1994	23,991,562
1993	23,637,870
1992	23,934,278
1991	24,315,164
1990	26,806,742
1989	27,009,500
1988	27,290,303
1987	27,960,146
1986	28,926,637
1985	28,397,925
1984	29,060,614
1983	28,982,900
1982	28,548,700
1981	28,019,675
1980	27,887,600 Estimated
1979	27,086,008 Estimated
1978	25,779,000
1977	25,165,308
1976	24,684,800
1975	24,716,100
1974	24,650,096
1973	24,627,608
1972	24,275,196
1971	23,091,808
1970	22,850,304
1969	23,127,800
1968	23,440,108
1967	22,440,408
1966	21,262,896
1965	20,522,100
1964	19,218,600
1963	19,576,608
1962	18,880,396
1961	19,406,896

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, France, 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, France, 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/france. 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, France, 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/france.

Harvard

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, France, 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/france (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{food_milk_production_france_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, France, 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/france. 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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29,060,614 tonnes in 1984, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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