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EU countries by milk production

Germany had the highest milk production of 27 EU countries in 2022, at 32,422,536 tonnes. Malta had the lowest, at 42,070 tonnes. The median was 2,258,630 tonnes. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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Highest32,422,536Germany
Lowest42,070Malta
Median2,258,63027 EU countries

Map of EU countries, 2022

Austria: 3,980,300 tonnesBelgium: 4,618,000 tonnesBulgaria: 868,600 tonnesCyprus: 366,230 tonnesCzechia: 3,339,810 tonnesGermany: 32,422,536 tonnesDenmark: 5,664,000 tonnesEstonia: 848,600 tonnesSpain: 8,483,000 tonnesFinland: 2,258,630 tonnesFrance: 25,681,540 tonnesGreece: 1,999,420 tonnesCroatia: 535,000 tonnesHungary: 2,044,900 tonnesIreland: 9,108,280 tonnesItaly: 13,971,690 tonnesLithuania: 1,521,940 tonnesLuxembourg: 452,430 tonnesLatvia: 975,290 tonnesMalta: 42,070 tonnesNetherlands: 14,983,910 tonnesPoland: 15,218,080 tonnesPortugal: 2,030,930 tonnesRomania: 4,261,900 tonnesSweden: 2,764,840 tonnesSlovenia: 628,110 tonnesSlovakia: 926,980 tonnes
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tonnes, 2022. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Milk; Total, production, t (item 1780, element 5510). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All EU countries, 2022

Germany: 32,422,536 tonnesGermany32,422,536France: 25,681,540 tonnesFrance25,681,540Poland: 15,218,080 tonnesPoland15,218,080Netherlands: 14,983,910 tonnesNetherlands14,983,910Italy: 13,971,690 tonnesItaly13,971,690Ireland: 9,108,280 tonnesIreland9,108,280Spain: 8,483,000 tonnesSpain8,483,000Denmark: 5,664,000 tonnesDenmark5,664,000Belgium: 4,618,000 tonnesBelgium4,618,000Romania: 4,261,900 tonnesRomania4,261,900Austria: 3,980,300 tonnesAustria3,980,300Czechia: 3,339,810 tonnesCzechia3,339,810Sweden: 2,764,840 tonnesSweden2,764,840Finland: 2,258,630 tonnesFinland2,258,630Hungary: 2,044,900 tonnesHungary2,044,900Portugal: 2,030,930 tonnesPortugal2,030,930Greece: 1,999,420 tonnesGreece1,999,420Lithuania: 1,521,940 tonnesLithuania1,521,940Latvia: 975,290 tonnesLatvia975,290Slovakia: 926,980 tonnesSlovakia926,980Bulgaria: 868,600 tonnesBulgaria868,600Estonia: 848,600 tonnesEstonia848,600Slovenia: 628,110 tonnesSlovenia628,110Croatia: 535,000 tonnesCroatia535,000Luxembourg: 452,430 tonnesLuxembourg452,430Cyprus: 366,230 tonnesCyprus366,230Malta: 42,070 tonnesMalta42,070Germany: 32,422,536 tonnesGermany32,422,536France: 25,681,540 tonnesFrance25,681,540Poland: 15,218,080 tonnesPoland15,218,080Netherlands: 14,983,910 tonnesNetherlands14,983,910Italy: 13,971,690 tonnesItaly13,971,690Ireland: 9,108,280 tonnesIreland9,108,280Spain: 8,483,000 tonnesSpain8,483,000Denmark: 5,664,000 tonnesDenmark5,664,000Belgium: 4,618,000 tonnesBelgium4,618,000Romania: 4,261,900 tonnesRomania4,261,900Austria: 3,980,300 tonnesAustria3,980,300Czechia: 3,339,810 tonnesCzechia3,339,810Sweden: 2,764,840 tonnesSweden2,764,840Finland: 2,258,630 tonnesFinland2,258,630Hungary: 2,044,900 tonnesHungary2,044,900Portugal: 2,030,930 tonnesPortugal2,030,930Greece: 1,999,420 tonnesGreece1,999,420Lithuania: 1,521,940 tonnesLithuania1,521,940Latvia: 975,290 tonnesLatvia975,290Slovakia: 926,980 tonnesSlovakia926,980Bulgaria: 868,600 tonnesBulgaria868,600Estonia: 848,600 tonnesEstonia848,600Slovenia: 628,110 tonnesSlovenia628,110Croatia: 535,000 tonnesCroatia535,000Luxembourg: 452,430 tonnesLuxembourg452,430Cyprus: 366,230 tonnesCyprus366,230Malta: 42,070 tonnesMalta42,070
tonnes. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Milk; Total, production, t (item 1780, element 5510). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankEU countries2022
tonnes		Change on 2021
1Germany32,422,536-0.3%
2France25,681,540-0.6%
3Poland15,218,080+2.2%
4Netherlands14,983,910+2.6%
5Italy13,971,690-0.2%
6Ireland9,108,280+0.8%
7Spain8,483,000-2.5%
8Denmark5,664,000+0.4%
9Belgium4,618,000+3.1%
10Romania4,261,900-0.9%
11Austria3,980,300+2.9%
12Czechia3,339,810+0.9%
13Sweden2,764,840-0.6%
14Finland2,258,630-2.4%
15Hungary2,044,900-1.9%
16Portugal2,030,930-3.3%
17Greece1,999,420-1.4%
18Lithuania1,521,940+3.1%
19Latvia975,290-1.7%
20Slovakia926,980+1.4%
21Bulgaria868,600-8.9%
22Estonia848,600+1.1%
23Slovenia628,110-2.3%
24Croatia535,000-6.1%
25Luxembourg452,430+1.3%
26Cyprus366,230-4.3%
27Malta42,070-0.6%

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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, 2022) [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, 2022. 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=2022. 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, 2022. 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=2022.

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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, 2022 [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=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which EU country has the highest milk production?

Germany, with 32,422,536 tonnes in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Which EU country has the lowest milk production?

Malta, with 42,070 tonnes in 2022.

Where does this ranking come from?

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