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EU countries by milk production

Germany had the highest milk production of 27 EU countries in 2020, at 33,188,890 tonnes. Malta had the lowest, at 44,940 tonnes. The median was 2,406,520 tonnes. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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Highest33,188,890Germany
Lowest44,940Malta
Median2,406,52027 EU countries

Map of EU countries, 2020

Austria: 3,852,260 tonnesBelgium: 4,502,000 tonnesBulgaria: 1,005,450 tonnesCyprus: 347,400 tonnesCzechia: 3,267,730 tonnesGermany: 33,188,890 tonnesDenmark: 5,666,000 tonnesEstonia: 849,000 tonnesSpain: 8,686,220 tonnesFinland: 2,406,520 tonnesFrance: 26,288,520 tonnesGreece: 1,990,330 tonnesCroatia: 612,000 tonnesHungary: 2,019,000 tonnesIreland: 8,561,470 tonnesItaly: 13,509,520 tonnesLithuania: 1,491,670 tonnesLuxembourg: 450,540 tonnesLatvia: 990,100 tonnesMalta: 44,940 tonnesNetherlands: 14,932,000 tonnesPoland: 14,830,870 tonnesPortugal: 2,099,120 tonnesRomania: 4,362,500 tonnesSweden: 2,772,740 tonnesSlovenia: 633,200 tonnesSlovakia: 929,540 tonnes
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tonnes, 2020. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Milk; Total, production, t (item 1780, element 5510). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All EU countries, 2020

Germany: 33,188,890 tonnesGermany33,188,890France: 26,288,520 tonnesFrance26,288,520Netherlands: 14,932,000 tonnesNetherlands14,932,000Poland: 14,830,870 tonnesPoland14,830,870Italy: 13,509,520 tonnesItaly13,509,520Spain: 8,686,220 tonnesSpain8,686,220Ireland: 8,561,470 tonnesIreland8,561,470Denmark: 5,666,000 tonnesDenmark5,666,000Belgium: 4,502,000 tonnesBelgium4,502,000Romania: 4,362,500 tonnesRomania4,362,500Austria: 3,852,260 tonnesAustria3,852,260Czechia: 3,267,730 tonnesCzechia3,267,730Sweden: 2,772,740 tonnesSweden2,772,740Finland: 2,406,520 tonnesFinland2,406,520Portugal: 2,099,120 tonnesPortugal2,099,120Hungary: 2,019,000 tonnesHungary2,019,000Greece: 1,990,330 tonnesGreece1,990,330Lithuania: 1,491,670 tonnesLithuania1,491,670Bulgaria: 1,005,450 tonnesBulgaria1,005,450Latvia: 990,100 tonnesLatvia990,100Slovakia: 929,540 tonnesSlovakia929,540Estonia: 849,000 tonnesEstonia849,000Slovenia: 633,200 tonnesSlovenia633,200Croatia: 612,000 tonnesCroatia612,000Luxembourg: 450,540 tonnesLuxembourg450,540Cyprus: 347,400 tonnesCyprus347,400Malta: 44,940 tonnesMalta44,940Germany: 33,188,890 tonnesGermany33,188,890France: 26,288,520 tonnesFrance26,288,520Netherlands: 14,932,000 tonnesNetherlands14,932,000Poland: 14,830,870 tonnesPoland14,830,870Italy: 13,509,520 tonnesItaly13,509,520Spain: 8,686,220 tonnesSpain8,686,220Ireland: 8,561,470 tonnesIreland8,561,470Denmark: 5,666,000 tonnesDenmark5,666,000Belgium: 4,502,000 tonnesBelgium4,502,000Romania: 4,362,500 tonnesRomania4,362,500Austria: 3,852,260 tonnesAustria3,852,260Czechia: 3,267,730 tonnesCzechia3,267,730Sweden: 2,772,740 tonnesSweden2,772,740Finland: 2,406,520 tonnesFinland2,406,520Portugal: 2,099,120 tonnesPortugal2,099,120Hungary: 2,019,000 tonnesHungary2,019,000Greece: 1,990,330 tonnesGreece1,990,330Lithuania: 1,491,670 tonnesLithuania1,491,670Bulgaria: 1,005,450 tonnesBulgaria1,005,450Latvia: 990,100 tonnesLatvia990,100Slovakia: 929,540 tonnesSlovakia929,540Estonia: 849,000 tonnesEstonia849,000Slovenia: 633,200 tonnesSlovenia633,200Croatia: 612,000 tonnesCroatia612,000Luxembourg: 450,540 tonnesLuxembourg450,540Cyprus: 347,400 tonnesCyprus347,400Malta: 44,940 tonnesMalta44,940
tonnes. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Milk; Total, production, t (item 1780, element 5510). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankEU countries2020
tonnes		Change on 2019
1Germany33,188,890+0.3%
2France26,288,520+1%
3Netherlands14,932,000-0.1%
4Poland14,830,870+2.2%
5Italy13,509,520+1.6%
6Spain8,686,220+1.5%
7Ireland8,561,470+3.8%
8Denmark5,666,000+0.9%
9Belgium4,502,000+3.8%
10Romania4,362,500+0.5%
11Austria3,852,260+0.8%
12Czechia3,267,730+3.5%
13Sweden2,772,740+2.5%
14Finland2,406,520+1.4%
15Portugal2,099,120+0.8%
16Hungary2,019,000+2.6%
17Greece1,990,330+1.6%
18Lithuania1,491,670-3.8%
19Bulgaria1,005,450+7%
20Latvia990,100+0.9%
21Slovakia929,540+1.5%
22Estonia849,000+3.3%
23Slovenia633,200+1.2%
24Croatia612,000-0.5%
25Luxembourg450,540+6.2%
26Cyprus347,400+11.9%
27Malta44,940+1.9%

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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, 2020) [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, 2020. 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=2020. 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, 2020. 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=2020.

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Which EU country has the highest milk production?

Germany, with 33,188,890 tonnes in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Which EU country has the lowest milk production?

Malta, with 44,940 tonnes in 2020.

Where does this ranking come from?

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