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EU countries by milk production

Germany had the highest milk production of 27 EU countries in 2014, at 32,419,495 tonnes. Malta had the lowest, at 45,316 tonnes. The median was 2,400,003 tonnes. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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Highest32,419,495Germany
Lowest45,316Malta
Median2,400,00327 EU countries

Map of EU countries, 2014

Austria: 3,524,888 tonnesBelgium: 3,701,535 tonnesBulgaria: 1,231,098 tonnesCyprus: 208,534 tonnesCzechia: 2,933,455 tonnesGermany: 32,419,495 tonnesDenmark: 5,191,100 tonnesEstonia: 805,165 tonnesSpain: 7,856,200 tonnesFinland: 2,400,003 tonnesFrance: 25,827,665 tonnesGreece: 2,017,828 tonnesCroatia: 727,800 tonnesHungary: 1,877,111 tonnesIreland: 5,816,220 tonnesItaly: 11,639,611 tonnesLithuania: 1,795,075 tonnesLuxembourg: 319,761 tonnesLatvia: 971,776 tonnesMalta: 45,316 tonnesNetherlands: 12,682,183 tonnesPoland: 13,002,257 tonnesPortugal: 2,043,572 tonnesRomania: 4,803,315 tonnesSweden: 2,973,000 tonnesSlovenia: 618,527 tonnesSlovakia: 950,529 tonnes
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tonnes, 2014. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Milk; Total, production, t (item 1780, element 5510). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All EU countries, 2014

Germany: 32,419,495 tonnesGermany32,419,495France: 25,827,665 tonnesFrance25,827,665Poland: 13,002,257 tonnesPoland13,002,257Netherlands: 12,682,183 tonnesNetherlands12,682,183Italy: 11,639,611 tonnesItaly11,639,611Spain: 7,856,200 tonnesSpain7,856,200Ireland: 5,816,220 tonnesIreland5,816,220Denmark: 5,191,100 tonnesDenmark5,191,100Romania: 4,803,315 tonnesRomania4,803,315Belgium: 3,701,535 tonnesBelgium3,701,535Austria: 3,524,888 tonnesAustria3,524,888Sweden: 2,973,000 tonnesSweden2,973,000Czechia: 2,933,455 tonnesCzechia2,933,455Finland: 2,400,003 tonnesFinland2,400,003Portugal: 2,043,572 tonnesPortugal2,043,572Greece: 2,017,828 tonnesGreece2,017,828Hungary: 1,877,111 tonnesHungary1,877,111Lithuania: 1,795,075 tonnesLithuania1,795,075Bulgaria: 1,231,098 tonnesBulgaria1,231,098Latvia: 971,776 tonnesLatvia971,776Slovakia: 950,529 tonnesSlovakia950,529Estonia: 805,165 tonnesEstonia805,165Croatia: 727,800 tonnesCroatia727,800Slovenia: 618,527 tonnesSlovenia618,527Luxembourg: 319,761 tonnesLuxembourg319,761Cyprus: 208,534 tonnesCyprus208,534Malta: 45,316 tonnesMalta45,316Germany: 32,419,495 tonnesGermany32,419,495France: 25,827,665 tonnesFrance25,827,665Poland: 13,002,257 tonnesPoland13,002,257Netherlands: 12,682,183 tonnesNetherlands12,682,183Italy: 11,639,611 tonnesItaly11,639,611Spain: 7,856,200 tonnesSpain7,856,200Ireland: 5,816,220 tonnesIreland5,816,220Denmark: 5,191,100 tonnesDenmark5,191,100Romania: 4,803,315 tonnesRomania4,803,315Belgium: 3,701,535 tonnesBelgium3,701,535Austria: 3,524,888 tonnesAustria3,524,888Sweden: 2,973,000 tonnesSweden2,973,000Czechia: 2,933,455 tonnesCzechia2,933,455Finland: 2,400,003 tonnesFinland2,400,003Portugal: 2,043,572 tonnesPortugal2,043,572Greece: 2,017,828 tonnesGreece2,017,828Hungary: 1,877,111 tonnesHungary1,877,111Lithuania: 1,795,075 tonnesLithuania1,795,075Bulgaria: 1,231,098 tonnesBulgaria1,231,098Latvia: 971,776 tonnesLatvia971,776Slovakia: 950,529 tonnesSlovakia950,529Estonia: 805,165 tonnesEstonia805,165Croatia: 727,800 tonnesCroatia727,800Slovenia: 618,527 tonnesSlovenia618,527Luxembourg: 319,761 tonnesLuxembourg319,761Cyprus: 208,534 tonnesCyprus208,534Malta: 45,316 tonnesMalta45,316
tonnes. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Milk; Total, production, t (item 1780, element 5510). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankEU countries2014
tonnes		Change on 2013
1Germany32,419,495+3.4%
2France25,827,665+5%
3Poland13,002,257+2.1%
4Netherlands12,682,183+2.2%
5Italy11,639,611+5.8%
6Spain7,856,200+2.9%
7Ireland5,816,220+4.2%
8Denmark5,191,100+1.7%
9Romania4,803,315+4.1%
10Belgium3,701,535+6.3%
11Austria3,524,888+2.9%
12Sweden2,973,000+2.2%
13Czechia2,933,455+2.9%
14Finland2,400,003+3.1%
15Portugal2,043,572+4.6%
16Greece2,017,828+0.1%
17Hungary1,877,111+5.6%
18Lithuania1,795,075+4.2%
19Bulgaria1,231,098-5.7%
20Latvia971,776+6.2%
21Slovakia950,529-2.6%
22Estonia805,165+4.3%
23Croatia727,800-1.5%
24Slovenia618,527+3.6%
25Luxembourg319,761+7%
26Cyprus208,534+1.8%
27Malta45,316+4%

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About this ranking

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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the EU countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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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) (EU countries by milk production, 2014) [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), EU countries by milk production, 2014. 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/rankings/milk-production/eu-countries?period=2014. 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). EU countries by milk production, 2014. 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/rankings/milk-production/eu-countries?period=2014.

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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), EU countries by milk production, 2014 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/milk-production/eu-countries?period=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which EU country has the highest milk production?

Germany, with 32,419,495 tonnes in 2014, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Which EU country has the lowest milk production?

Malta, with 45,316 tonnes in 2014.

Where does this ranking come from?

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