Milk production in Portugal

Milk production in Portugal was 2,048,140 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 0.5% from 2023. That is the 15th highest of 26 EU countries in 2024.

2024, tonnes2,048,140

Change on 2023-0.5%

Rank15th of 26EU countries ranked

Series high2,234,4622002

Series low586,9871961

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Milk production in Portugal, 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	2,048,140
2023	2,058,680
2022	2,030,930
2021	2,100,190
2020	2,099,120
2019	2,081,880
2018	2,040,290
2017	2,055,406
2016	2,061,014
2015	2,150,241
2014	2,043,572
2013	1,953,802
2012	2,044,082
2011	2,026,495
2010	2,027,969
2009	2,111,750
2008	2,141,877
2007	2,092,435
2006	2,113,020
2005	2,195,210
2004	2,142,151
2003	2,083,373
2002	2,234,462
2001	2,118,774
2000	2,203,374
1999	2,183,457
1998	1,992,969
1997	1,958,675
1996	1,927,814
1995	1,894,987
1994	1,783,371
1993	1,730,349
1992	1,822,983
1991	1,832,852
1990	1,665,434
1989	1,552,927
1988	1,454,190
1987	1,380,306
1986	1,076,746
1985	996,012
1984	941,295
1983	943,744
1982	937,367
1981	930,874
1980	880,398
1979	801,404
1978	811,399 Estimated
1977	791,243 Estimated
1976	828,183 Estimated
1975	796,550 Estimated
1974	787,297 Estimated
1973	767,271 Estimated
1972	718,641 Estimated
1971	698,911 Estimated
1970	736,336 Estimated
1969	727,818 Estimated
1968	688,221 Estimated
1967	669,837 Estimated
1966	652,397 Estimated
1965	653,108 Estimated
1964	620,921 Estimated
1963	615,111 Estimated
1962	603,996 Estimated
1961	586,987 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, Portugal, 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, Portugal, 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/portugal. 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, Portugal, 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/portugal.

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, Portugal, 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/portugal (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{food_milk_production_portugal_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, Portugal, 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/portugal. 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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2,234,462 tonnes in 2002, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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