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Milk production in Ireland

Milk production in Ireland was 8,730,710 tonnes in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 4.1% from 2022.

2023, tonnes8,730,710
Change on 2022-4.1%
Series high9,108,2802022
Series low2,356,0001961

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Milk production in Ireland, 1961 to 2023

2M4M6M8M10M196119701979198819972006201520231961: 2,356,000 tonnes1962: 2,450,800 tonnes1963: 2,461,100 tonnes1964: 2,548,300 tonnes1965: 2,637,800 tonnes1966: 2,716,600 tonnes1967: 2,951,400 tonnes1968: 3,148,700 tonnes1969: 3,145,000 tonnes1970: 3,075,600 tonnes1971: 3,161,400 tonnes1972: 3,318,900 tonnes1973: 3,475,500 tonnes1974: 3,340,000 tonnes1975: 3,593,000 tonnes1976: 3,862,700 tonnes1977: 4,157,200 tonnes1978: 4,697,000 tonnes1979: 4,788,200 tonnes1980: 4,717,400 tonnes1981: 4,682,800 tonnes1982: 5,105,600 tonnes1983: 5,498,300 tonnes1984: 5,736,500 tonnes1985: 5,830,300 tonnes1986: 5,621,000 tonnes1987: 5,528,200 tonnes1988: 5,330,300 tonnes1989: 5,381,800 tonnes1990: 5,402,400 tonnes1991: 5,281,800 tonnes1992: 5,326,100 tonnes1993: 5,267,400 tonnes1994: 5,336,500 tonnes1995: 5,346,800 tonnes1996: 5,297,100 tonnes1997: 5,256,300 tonnes1998: 5,091,200 tonnes1999: 5,121,100 tonnes2000: 5,159,788 tonnes2001: 5,381,800 tonnes2002: 5,368,000 tonnes2003: 5,310,140 tonnes2004: 5,267,880 tonnes2005: 5,061,250 tonnes2006: 5,224,390 tonnes2007: 5,224,770 tonnes2008: 5,089,960 tonnes2009: 5,228,300 tonnes2010: 5,327,000 tonnes2011: 5,536,680 tonnes2012: 5,387,770 tonnes2013: 5,583,670 tonnes2014: 5,816,220 tonnes2015: 6,585,120 tonnes2016: 6,851,430 tonnes2017: 7,478,160 tonnes2018: 7,831,250 tonnes2019: 8,244,870 tonnes2020: 8,561,470 tonnes2021: 9,039,990 tonnes2022: 9,108,280 tonnes2023: 8,730,710 tonnes2M4M6M8M10M19611982200320231961: 2,356,000 tonnes1962: 2,450,800 tonnes1963: 2,461,100 tonnes1964: 2,548,300 tonnes1965: 2,637,800 tonnes1966: 2,716,600 tonnes1967: 2,951,400 tonnes1968: 3,148,700 tonnes1969: 3,145,000 tonnes1970: 3,075,600 tonnes1971: 3,161,400 tonnes1972: 3,318,900 tonnes1973: 3,475,500 tonnes1974: 3,340,000 tonnes1975: 3,593,000 tonnes1976: 3,862,700 tonnes1977: 4,157,200 tonnes1978: 4,697,000 tonnes1979: 4,788,200 tonnes1980: 4,717,400 tonnes1981: 4,682,800 tonnes1982: 5,105,600 tonnes1983: 5,498,300 tonnes1984: 5,736,500 tonnes1985: 5,830,300 tonnes1986: 5,621,000 tonnes1987: 5,528,200 tonnes1988: 5,330,300 tonnes1989: 5,381,800 tonnes1990: 5,402,400 tonnes1991: 5,281,800 tonnes1992: 5,326,100 tonnes1993: 5,267,400 tonnes1994: 5,336,500 tonnes1995: 5,346,800 tonnes1996: 5,297,100 tonnes1997: 5,256,300 tonnes1998: 5,091,200 tonnes1999: 5,121,100 tonnes2000: 5,159,788 tonnes2001: 5,381,800 tonnes2002: 5,368,000 tonnes2003: 5,310,140 tonnes2004: 5,267,880 tonnes2005: 5,061,250 tonnes2006: 5,224,390 tonnes2007: 5,224,770 tonnes2008: 5,089,960 tonnes2009: 5,228,300 tonnes2010: 5,327,000 tonnes2011: 5,536,680 tonnes2012: 5,387,770 tonnes2013: 5,583,670 tonnes2014: 5,816,220 tonnes2015: 6,585,120 tonnes2016: 6,851,430 tonnes2017: 7,478,160 tonnes2018: 7,831,250 tonnes2019: 8,244,870 tonnes2020: 8,561,470 tonnes2021: 9,039,990 tonnes2022: 9,108,280 tonnes2023: 8,730,710 tonnes
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 63 values
Periodtonnes
20238,730,710
20229,108,280
20219,039,990
20208,561,470
20198,244,870
20187,831,250
20177,478,160
20166,851,430
20156,585,120
20145,816,220
20135,583,670
20125,387,770
20115,536,680
20105,327,000
20095,228,300
20085,089,960
20075,224,770
20065,224,390
20055,061,250
20045,267,880
20035,310,140
20025,368,000
20015,381,800
20005,159,788
19995,121,100
19985,091,200
19975,256,300
19965,297,100
19955,346,800
19945,336,500
19935,267,400
19925,326,100
19915,281,800
19905,402,400
19895,381,800
19885,330,300
19875,528,200
19865,621,000
19855,830,300
19845,736,500
19835,498,300
19825,105,600
19814,682,800
19804,717,400
19794,788,200
19784,697,000
19774,157,200
19763,862,700
19753,593,000
19743,340,000
19733,475,500
19723,318,900
19713,161,400
19703,075,600
19693,145,000
19683,148,700
19672,951,400
19662,716,600
19652,637,800
19642,548,300
19632,461,100
19622,450,800
19612,356,000

Ireland compared with nearby places

Austria: 3,716,970 tonnesBelgium: 4,684,370 tonnesBulgaria: 815,780 tonnesCyprus: 390,810 tonnesCzechia: 3,475,280 tonnesGermany: 34,036,255 tonnesDenmark: 5,687,000 tonnesEstonia: 894,700 tonnesSpain: 8,564,630 tonnesFinland: 2,239,000 tonnesFrance: 25,050,500 tonnesGreece: 1,962,510 tonnesCroatia: 479,000 tonnesHungary: 2,032,110 tonnesIreland: 8,730,710 tonnesItaly: 13,842,200 tonnesLithuania: 1,472,970 tonnesLuxembourg: 471,560 tonnesLatvia: 963,680 tonnesMalta: 40,390 tonnesNetherlands: 15,117,050 tonnesPoland: 15,491,880 tonnesPortugal: 2,058,680 tonnesRomania: 4,318,400 tonnesSweden: 2,818,530 tonnesSlovenia: 607,760 tonnesSlovakia: 926,060 tonnes
  • Under 800K
  • 800K to 2M
  • 2M to 3.6M
  • 3.6M to 8.7M
  • 8.7M and over
Milk production, 2023, tonnes. Ireland is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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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.

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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, Ireland, 1961 to 2023) [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, Ireland, 1961 to 2023. 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/ireland. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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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, Ireland, 1961 to 2023. 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/ireland.

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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, Ireland, 1961 to 2023 [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/ireland (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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What is the milk production in Ireland?

Milk production in Ireland was 8,730,710 tonnes in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 4.1% from 2022.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Milk; Total, production, t (item 1780, element 5510). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest milk production in Ireland?

9,108,280 tonnes in 2022, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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