Milk production in Germany

Milk production in Germany was 33,801,091 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 0.7% from 2023. That is the 1st highest of 26 EU countries in 2024.

2024, tonnes33,801,091

Change on 2023-0.7%

Rank1st of 26EU countries ranked

Series high34,577,4961986

Series low25,253,4001961

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Milk production in Germany, 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	33,801,091
2023	34,036,255
2022	32,422,536
2021	32,530,842
2020	33,188,890
2019	33,102,570
2018	33,109,650
2017	32,616,198
2016	32,692,340
2015	32,707,947
2014	32,419,495
2013	31,350,827
2012	30,703,816
2011	30,354,801
2010	29,646,031
2009	29,199,676
2008	28,687,456
2007	28,432,372
2006	28,023,000
2005	28,481,150
2004	28,273,530
2003	28,563,320
2002	27,899,440
2001	28,213,000
2000	28,353,216
1999	28,356,212
1998	28,400,000
1997	28,723,906
1996	28,800,862
1995	28,628,844
1994	27,891,180
1993	28,120,320
1992	28,022,008
1991	29,093,008
1990	31,342,024 Estimated
1989	32,596,324 Estimated
1988	32,064,948 Estimated
1987	32,555,400 Estimated
1986	34,577,496 Estimated
1985	33,625,696 Estimated
1984	33,826,800 Estimated
1983	34,127,496 Estimated
1982	32,221,280 Estimated
1981	32,076,008 Estimated
1980	32,100,299
1979	31,123,897
1978	30,541,569
1977	29,526,136
1976	29,299,404 Estimated
1975	28,746,100 Estimated
1974	28,640,104 Estimated
1973	28,110,804 Estimated
1972	28,147,696 Estimated
1971	27,520,800 Estimated
1970	28,178,608 Estimated
1969	28,695,304 Estimated
1968	28,619,208 Estimated
1967	27,959,600 Estimated
1966	27,480,300
1965	27,021,404
1964	26,186,008
1963	25,936,908
1962	25,263,000
1961	25,253,400

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, Germany, 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, Germany, 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/germany. 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, Germany, 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/germany.

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, Germany, 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/germany (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{food_milk_production_germany_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, Germany, 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/germany. 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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34,577,496 tonnes in 1986, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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