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EU countries by milk production

Germany had the highest milk production of 27 EU countries in 2019, at 33,102,570 tonnes. Malta had the lowest, at 44,110 tonnes. The median was 2,374,360 tonnes. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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Highest33,102,570Germany
Lowest44,110Malta
Median2,374,36027 EU countries

Map of EU countries, 2019

Austria: 3,820,050 tonnesBelgium: 4,337,000 tonnesBulgaria: 939,500 tonnesCyprus: 310,350 tonnesCzechia: 3,155,790 tonnesGermany: 33,102,570 tonnesDenmark: 5,615,000 tonnesEstonia: 821,500 tonnesSpain: 8,559,680 tonnesFinland: 2,374,360 tonnesFrance: 26,036,290 tonnesGreece: 1,959,440 tonnesCroatia: 615,000 tonnesHungary: 1,967,370 tonnesIreland: 8,244,870 tonnesItaly: 13,300,100 tonnesLithuania: 1,551,140 tonnesLuxembourg: 424,230 tonnesLatvia: 981,400 tonnesMalta: 44,110 tonnesNetherlands: 14,943,800 tonnesPoland: 14,511,490 tonnesPortugal: 2,081,880 tonnesRomania: 4,339,600 tonnesSweden: 2,704,390 tonnesSlovenia: 625,640 tonnesSlovakia: 915,710 tonnes
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tonnes, 2019. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Milk; Total, production, t (item 1780, element 5510). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All EU countries, 2019

Germany: 33,102,570 tonnesGermany33,102,570France: 26,036,290 tonnesFrance26,036,290Netherlands: 14,943,800 tonnesNetherlands14,943,800Poland: 14,511,490 tonnesPoland14,511,490Italy: 13,300,100 tonnesItaly13,300,100Spain: 8,559,680 tonnesSpain8,559,680Ireland: 8,244,870 tonnesIreland8,244,870Denmark: 5,615,000 tonnesDenmark5,615,000Romania: 4,339,600 tonnesRomania4,339,600Belgium: 4,337,000 tonnesBelgium4,337,000Austria: 3,820,050 tonnesAustria3,820,050Czechia: 3,155,790 tonnesCzechia3,155,790Sweden: 2,704,390 tonnesSweden2,704,390Finland: 2,374,360 tonnesFinland2,374,360Portugal: 2,081,880 tonnesPortugal2,081,880Hungary: 1,967,370 tonnesHungary1,967,370Greece: 1,959,440 tonnesGreece1,959,440Lithuania: 1,551,140 tonnesLithuania1,551,140Latvia: 981,400 tonnesLatvia981,400Bulgaria: 939,500 tonnesBulgaria939,500Slovakia: 915,710 tonnesSlovakia915,710Estonia: 821,500 tonnesEstonia821,500Slovenia: 625,640 tonnesSlovenia625,640Croatia: 615,000 tonnesCroatia615,000Luxembourg: 424,230 tonnesLuxembourg424,230Cyprus: 310,350 tonnesCyprus310,350Malta: 44,110 tonnesMalta44,110Germany: 33,102,570 tonnesGermany33,102,570France: 26,036,290 tonnesFrance26,036,290Netherlands: 14,943,800 tonnesNetherlands14,943,800Poland: 14,511,490 tonnesPoland14,511,490Italy: 13,300,100 tonnesItaly13,300,100Spain: 8,559,680 tonnesSpain8,559,680Ireland: 8,244,870 tonnesIreland8,244,870Denmark: 5,615,000 tonnesDenmark5,615,000Romania: 4,339,600 tonnesRomania4,339,600Belgium: 4,337,000 tonnesBelgium4,337,000Austria: 3,820,050 tonnesAustria3,820,050Czechia: 3,155,790 tonnesCzechia3,155,790Sweden: 2,704,390 tonnesSweden2,704,390Finland: 2,374,360 tonnesFinland2,374,360Portugal: 2,081,880 tonnesPortugal2,081,880Hungary: 1,967,370 tonnesHungary1,967,370Greece: 1,959,440 tonnesGreece1,959,440Lithuania: 1,551,140 tonnesLithuania1,551,140Latvia: 981,400 tonnesLatvia981,400Bulgaria: 939,500 tonnesBulgaria939,500Slovakia: 915,710 tonnesSlovakia915,710Estonia: 821,500 tonnesEstonia821,500Slovenia: 625,640 tonnesSlovenia625,640Croatia: 615,000 tonnesCroatia615,000Luxembourg: 424,230 tonnesLuxembourg424,230Cyprus: 310,350 tonnesCyprus310,350Malta: 44,110 tonnesMalta44,110
tonnes. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Milk; Total, production, t (item 1780, element 5510). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankEU countries2019
tonnes		Change on 2018
1Germany33,102,570-0%
2France26,036,290+0.1%
3Netherlands14,943,800+3.6%
4Poland14,511,490+2.3%
5Italy13,300,100+1.3%
6Spain8,559,680+1.7%
7Ireland8,244,870+5.3%
8Denmark5,615,000-0%
9Romania4,339,600-2.3%
10Belgium4,337,000+2.4%
11Austria3,820,050-1%
12Czechia3,155,790-0.2%
13Sweden2,704,390-2%
14Finland2,374,360-1%
15Portugal2,081,880+2%
16Hungary1,967,370+0.7%
17Greece1,959,440+6.2%
18Lithuania1,551,140-1.3%
19Latvia981,400-0.2%
20Bulgaria939,500-8.4%
21Slovakia915,710-0.1%
22Estonia821,500+3%
23Slovenia625,640-0.9%
24Croatia615,000-3%
25Luxembourg424,230+3.2%
26Cyprus310,350+5.3%
27Malta44,110+2%

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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, 2019) [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, 2019. 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=2019. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Which EU country has the highest milk production?

Germany, with 33,102,570 tonnes in 2019, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Which EU country has the lowest milk production?

Malta, with 44,110 tonnes in 2019.

Where does this ranking come from?

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