EU countries by milk production
Germany had the highest milk production of 27 EU countries in 2017, at 32,616,198 tonnes. Malta had the lowest, at 43,773 tonnes. The median was 2,405,761 tonnes. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Map of EU countries, 2017
- Under 800K
- 800K to 1.9M
- 1.9M to 3.5M
- 3.5M to 8M
- 8M and over
All EU countries, 2017
Full ranking
| Rank | EU countries | 2017 | Change on 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 32,616,198 | -0.2% |
| 2 | France | 26,509,065 | -0.2% |
| 3 | Netherlands | 14,544,331 | -0.1% |
| 4 | Poland | 13,312,335 | +0.5% |
| 5 | Italy | 12,028,628 | +5.2% |
| 6 | Spain | 8,086,554 | -0.8% |
| 7 | Ireland | 7,478,160 | +9.1% |
| 8 | Denmark | 5,557,160 | +1.9% |
| 9 | Romania | 4,439,226 | -3.2% |
| 10 | Belgium | 4,058,282 | +3.9% |
| 11 | Austria | 3,747,784 | +2.4% |
| 12 | Czechia | 3,079,213 | +0.5% |
| 13 | Sweden | 2,816,660 | -1.6% |
| 14 | Finland | 2,405,761 | -1% |
| 15 | Portugal | 2,055,406 | -0.3% |
| 16 | Hungary | 1,972,989 | +2.6% |
| 17 | Greece | 1,921,152 | +0.6% |
| 18 | Lithuania | 1,570,714 | -3.5% |
| 19 | Bulgaria | 1,091,470 | -5% |
| 20 | Latvia | 1,000,092 | +1.4% |
| 21 | Slovakia | 944,921 | -2.4% |
| 22 | Estonia | 790,646 | +1% |
| 23 | Croatia | 668,300 | -3% |
| 24 | Slovenia | 649,959 | -0.2% |
| 25 | Luxembourg | 390,352 | +2.9% |
| 26 | Cyprus | 279,018 | +10% |
| 27 | Malta | 43,773 | -4.6% |
Other periods
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.
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.Citation styles
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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, 2017) [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, 2017. 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=2017. 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, 2017. 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=2017.
Harvard
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, 2017 [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=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
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Which EU country has the highest milk production?
Germany, with 32,616,198 tonnes in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Which EU country has the lowest milk production?
Malta, with 43,773 tonnes in 2017.
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.