Milk production in Sri Lanka

Milk production in Sri Lanka was 537,792 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 0.5% from 2023. That is the 90th highest of 184 countries in 2024.

2024, tonnes537,792

Change on 2023+0.5%

Rank90th of 184Countries ranked

Series high545,0382021

Series low89,3101962

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Milk production in Sri Lanka, 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	537,792
2023	535,326
2022	538,106
2021	545,038
2020	521,820
2019	475,797
2018	496,497
2017	424,358
2016	409,242
2015	400,814
2014	257,988
2013	298,650
2012	316,870
2011	238,500
2010	226,243
2009	215,849
2008	194,358
2007	188,872
2006	184,677
2005	180,328
2004	178,624
2003	176,206
2002	172,454
2001	173,607
2000	172,112
1999	171,372
1998	170,886
1997	299,206
1996	300,016
1995	303,227
1994	302,294
1993	296,534
1992	286,003
1991	270,765
1990	251,981 Estimated
1989	206,613 Estimated
1988	195,165 Estimated
1987	191,841 Estimated
1986	155,300 Estimated
1985	288,450 Estimated
1984	279,750 Estimated
1983	249,156 Estimated
1982	232,010 Estimated
1981	265,101 Estimated
1980	242,730 Estimated
1979	223,100 Estimated
1978	228,820 Estimated
1977	228,600 Estimated
1976	215,700 Estimated
1975	185,270 Estimated
1974	155,660 Estimated
1973	148,776 Estimated
1972	144,777 Estimated
1971	149,450 Estimated
1970	141,080 Estimated
1969	139,190 Estimated
1968	150,350 Estimated
1967	137,670 Estimated
1966	141,750 Estimated
1965	170,780 Estimated
1964	155,700 Estimated
1963	127,460 Estimated
1962	89,310 Estimated
1961	104,180 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, Sri Lanka, 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, Sri Lanka, 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/sri-lanka. 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, Sri Lanka, 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/sri-lanka.

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, Sri Lanka, 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/sri-lanka (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{food_milk_production_sri_lanka_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, Sri Lanka, 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/sri-lanka. 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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