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EU countries by milk production

Germany had the highest milk production of 27 EU countries in 2018, at 33,109,650 tonnes. Malta had the lowest, at 43,230 tonnes. The median was 2,397,880 tonnes. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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Highest33,109,650Germany
Lowest43,230Malta
Median2,397,88027 EU countries

Map of EU countries, 2018

Austria: 3,859,990 tonnesBelgium: 4,236,000 tonnesBulgaria: 1,025,200 tonnesCyprus: 294,650 tonnesCzechia: 3,161,510 tonnesGermany: 33,109,650 tonnesDenmark: 5,615,200 tonnesEstonia: 797,600 tonnesSpain: 8,417,530 tonnesFinland: 2,397,880 tonnesFrance: 26,022,500 tonnesGreece: 1,844,900 tonnesCroatia: 634,000 tonnesHungary: 1,953,760 tonnesIreland: 7,831,250 tonnesItaly: 13,131,640 tonnesLithuania: 1,571,840 tonnesLuxembourg: 410,890 tonnesLatvia: 982,929 tonnesMalta: 43,230 tonnesNetherlands: 14,426,200 tonnesPoland: 14,179,210 tonnesPortugal: 2,040,290 tonnesRomania: 4,443,300 tonnesSweden: 2,760,230 tonnesSlovenia: 631,230 tonnesSlovakia: 917,000 tonnes
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tonnes, 2018. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Milk; Total, production, t (item 1780, element 5510). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All EU countries, 2018

Germany: 33,109,650 tonnesGermany33,109,650France: 26,022,500 tonnesFrance26,022,500Netherlands: 14,426,200 tonnesNetherlands14,426,200Poland: 14,179,210 tonnesPoland14,179,210Italy: 13,131,640 tonnesItaly13,131,640Spain: 8,417,530 tonnesSpain8,417,530Ireland: 7,831,250 tonnesIreland7,831,250Denmark: 5,615,200 tonnesDenmark5,615,200Romania: 4,443,300 tonnesRomania4,443,300Belgium: 4,236,000 tonnesBelgium4,236,000Austria: 3,859,990 tonnesAustria3,859,990Czechia: 3,161,510 tonnesCzechia3,161,510Sweden: 2,760,230 tonnesSweden2,760,230Finland: 2,397,880 tonnesFinland2,397,880Portugal: 2,040,290 tonnesPortugal2,040,290Hungary: 1,953,760 tonnesHungary1,953,760Greece: 1,844,900 tonnesGreece1,844,900Lithuania: 1,571,840 tonnesLithuania1,571,840Bulgaria: 1,025,200 tonnesBulgaria1,025,200Latvia: 982,929 tonnesLatvia982,929Slovakia: 917,000 tonnesSlovakia917,000Estonia: 797,600 tonnesEstonia797,600Croatia: 634,000 tonnesCroatia634,000Slovenia: 631,230 tonnesSlovenia631,230Luxembourg: 410,890 tonnesLuxembourg410,890Cyprus: 294,650 tonnesCyprus294,650Malta: 43,230 tonnesMalta43,230Germany: 33,109,650 tonnesGermany33,109,650France: 26,022,500 tonnesFrance26,022,500Netherlands: 14,426,200 tonnesNetherlands14,426,200Poland: 14,179,210 tonnesPoland14,179,210Italy: 13,131,640 tonnesItaly13,131,640Spain: 8,417,530 tonnesSpain8,417,530Ireland: 7,831,250 tonnesIreland7,831,250Denmark: 5,615,200 tonnesDenmark5,615,200Romania: 4,443,300 tonnesRomania4,443,300Belgium: 4,236,000 tonnesBelgium4,236,000Austria: 3,859,990 tonnesAustria3,859,990Czechia: 3,161,510 tonnesCzechia3,161,510Sweden: 2,760,230 tonnesSweden2,760,230Finland: 2,397,880 tonnesFinland2,397,880Portugal: 2,040,290 tonnesPortugal2,040,290Hungary: 1,953,760 tonnesHungary1,953,760Greece: 1,844,900 tonnesGreece1,844,900Lithuania: 1,571,840 tonnesLithuania1,571,840Bulgaria: 1,025,200 tonnesBulgaria1,025,200Latvia: 982,929 tonnesLatvia982,929Slovakia: 917,000 tonnesSlovakia917,000Estonia: 797,600 tonnesEstonia797,600Croatia: 634,000 tonnesCroatia634,000Slovenia: 631,230 tonnesSlovenia631,230Luxembourg: 410,890 tonnesLuxembourg410,890Cyprus: 294,650 tonnesCyprus294,650Malta: 43,230 tonnesMalta43,230
tonnes. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Milk; Total, production, t (item 1780, element 5510). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankEU countries2018
tonnes		Change on 2017
1Germany33,109,650+1.5%
2France26,022,500-1.8%
3Netherlands14,426,200-0.8%
4Poland14,179,210+6.5%
5Italy13,131,640+9.2%
6Spain8,417,530+4.1%
7Ireland7,831,250+4.7%
8Denmark5,615,200+1%
9Romania4,443,300+0.1%
10Belgium4,236,000+4.4%
11Austria3,859,990+3%
12Czechia3,161,510+2.7%
13Sweden2,760,230-2%
14Finland2,397,880-0.3%
15Portugal2,040,290-0.7%
16Hungary1,953,760-1%
17Greece1,844,900-4%
18Lithuania1,571,840+0.1%
19Bulgaria1,025,200-6.1%
20Latvia982,929-1.7%
21Slovakia917,000-3%
22Estonia797,600+0.9%
23Croatia634,000-5.1%
24Slovenia631,230-2.9%
25Luxembourg410,890+5.3%
26Cyprus294,650+5.6%
27Malta43,230-1.2%

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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, 2018) [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, 2018. 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=2018. 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, 2018. 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=2018.

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Which EU country has the highest milk production?

Germany, with 33,109,650 tonnes in 2018, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Which EU country has the lowest milk production?

Malta, with 43,230 tonnes in 2018.

Where does this ranking come from?

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