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EU countries by milk production

Germany had the highest milk production of 27 EU countries in 2015, at 32,707,947 tonnes. Malta had the lowest, at 44,244 tonnes. The median was 2,435,847 tonnes. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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Highest32,707,947Germany
Lowest44,244Malta
Median2,435,84727 EU countries

Map of EU countries, 2015

Austria: 3,568,901 tonnesBelgium: 4,006,912 tonnesBulgaria: 1,152,603 tonnesCyprus: 213,553 tonnesCzechia: 3,025,882 tonnesGermany: 32,707,947 tonnesDenmark: 5,356,270 tonnesEstonia: 783,153 tonnesSpain: 7,865,000 tonnesFinland: 2,435,847 tonnesFrance: 25,934,792 tonnesGreece: 1,971,541 tonnesCroatia: 707,000 tonnesHungary: 1,946,650 tonnesIreland: 6,585,120 tonnesItaly: 11,785,180 tonnesLithuania: 1,738,520 tonnesLuxembourg: 349,289 tonnesLatvia: 978,099 tonnesMalta: 44,244 tonnesNetherlands: 13,551,243 tonnesPoland: 13,252,886 tonnesPortugal: 2,150,241 tonnesRomania: 4,676,627 tonnesSweden: 2,933,000 tonnesSlovenia: 632,734 tonnesSlovakia: 960,181 tonnes
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tonnes, 2015. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Milk; Total, production, t (item 1780, element 5510). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All EU countries, 2015

Germany: 32,707,947 tonnesGermany32,707,947France: 25,934,792 tonnesFrance25,934,792Netherlands: 13,551,243 tonnesNetherlands13,551,243Poland: 13,252,886 tonnesPoland13,252,886Italy: 11,785,180 tonnesItaly11,785,180Spain: 7,865,000 tonnesSpain7,865,000Ireland: 6,585,120 tonnesIreland6,585,120Denmark: 5,356,270 tonnesDenmark5,356,270Romania: 4,676,627 tonnesRomania4,676,627Belgium: 4,006,912 tonnesBelgium4,006,912Austria: 3,568,901 tonnesAustria3,568,901Czechia: 3,025,882 tonnesCzechia3,025,882Sweden: 2,933,000 tonnesSweden2,933,000Finland: 2,435,847 tonnesFinland2,435,847Portugal: 2,150,241 tonnesPortugal2,150,241Greece: 1,971,541 tonnesGreece1,971,541Hungary: 1,946,650 tonnesHungary1,946,650Lithuania: 1,738,520 tonnesLithuania1,738,520Bulgaria: 1,152,603 tonnesBulgaria1,152,603Latvia: 978,099 tonnesLatvia978,099Slovakia: 960,181 tonnesSlovakia960,181Estonia: 783,153 tonnesEstonia783,153Croatia: 707,000 tonnesCroatia707,000Slovenia: 632,734 tonnesSlovenia632,734Luxembourg: 349,289 tonnesLuxembourg349,289Cyprus: 213,553 tonnesCyprus213,553Malta: 44,244 tonnesMalta44,244Germany: 32,707,947 tonnesGermany32,707,947France: 25,934,792 tonnesFrance25,934,792Netherlands: 13,551,243 tonnesNetherlands13,551,243Poland: 13,252,886 tonnesPoland13,252,886Italy: 11,785,180 tonnesItaly11,785,180Spain: 7,865,000 tonnesSpain7,865,000Ireland: 6,585,120 tonnesIreland6,585,120Denmark: 5,356,270 tonnesDenmark5,356,270Romania: 4,676,627 tonnesRomania4,676,627Belgium: 4,006,912 tonnesBelgium4,006,912Austria: 3,568,901 tonnesAustria3,568,901Czechia: 3,025,882 tonnesCzechia3,025,882Sweden: 2,933,000 tonnesSweden2,933,000Finland: 2,435,847 tonnesFinland2,435,847Portugal: 2,150,241 tonnesPortugal2,150,241Greece: 1,971,541 tonnesGreece1,971,541Hungary: 1,946,650 tonnesHungary1,946,650Lithuania: 1,738,520 tonnesLithuania1,738,520Bulgaria: 1,152,603 tonnesBulgaria1,152,603Latvia: 978,099 tonnesLatvia978,099Slovakia: 960,181 tonnesSlovakia960,181Estonia: 783,153 tonnesEstonia783,153Croatia: 707,000 tonnesCroatia707,000Slovenia: 632,734 tonnesSlovenia632,734Luxembourg: 349,289 tonnesLuxembourg349,289Cyprus: 213,553 tonnesCyprus213,553Malta: 44,244 tonnesMalta44,244
tonnes. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Milk; Total, production, t (item 1780, element 5510). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankEU countries2015
tonnes		Change on 2014
1Germany32,707,947+0.9%
2France25,934,792+0.4%
3Netherlands13,551,243+6.9%
4Poland13,252,886+1.9%
5Italy11,785,180+1.3%
6Spain7,865,000+0.1%
7Ireland6,585,120+13.2%
8Denmark5,356,270+3.2%
9Romania4,676,627-2.6%
10Belgium4,006,912+8.3%
11Austria3,568,901+1.2%
12Czechia3,025,882+3.2%
13Sweden2,933,000-1.3%
14Finland2,435,847+1.5%
15Portugal2,150,241+5.2%
16Greece1,971,541-2.3%
17Hungary1,946,650+3.7%
18Lithuania1,738,520-3.2%
19Bulgaria1,152,603-6.4%
20Latvia978,099+0.7%
21Slovakia960,181+1%
22Estonia783,153-2.7%
23Croatia707,000-2.9%
24Slovenia632,734+2.3%
25Luxembourg349,289+9.2%
26Cyprus213,553+2.4%
27Malta44,244-2.4%

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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, 2015) [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, 2015. 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=2015. 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, 2015. 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=2015.

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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, 2015 [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=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which EU country has the highest milk production?

Germany, with 32,707,947 tonnes in 2015, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Which EU country has the lowest milk production?

Malta, with 44,244 tonnes in 2015.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Milk; Total, production, t (item 1780, element 5510). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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