EU countries by milk production

Germany had the highest milk production of 27 EU countries in 2023, at 34,036,255 tonnes. Malta had the lowest, at 40,390 tonnes. The median was 2,239,000 tonnes. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Highest34,036,255Germany

Lowest40,390Malta

Median2,239,00027 EU countries

Map of EU countries, 2023

Under 800K
800K to 2M
2M to 3.6M
3.6M to 8.7M
8.7M and over

tonnes, 2023. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Milk; Total, production, t (item 1780, element 5510). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All EU countries, 2023

tonnes. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Milk; Total, production, t (item 1780, element 5510). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	EU countries	2023 tonnes	Change on 2022
1	Germany	34,036,255	+5%
2	France	25,050,500	-2.5%
3	Poland	15,491,880	+1.8%
4	Netherlands	15,117,050	+0.9%
5	Italy	13,842,200	-0.9%
6	Ireland	8,730,710	-4.1%
7	Spain	8,564,630	+1%
8	Denmark	5,687,000	+0.4%
9	Belgium	4,684,370	+1.4%
10	Romania	4,318,400	+1.3%
11	Austria	3,716,970	-6.6%
12	Czechia	3,475,280	+4.1%
13	Sweden	2,818,530	+1.9%
14	Finland	2,239,000	-0.9%
15	Portugal	2,058,680	+1.4%
16	Hungary	2,032,110	-0.6%
17	Greece	1,962,510	-1.8%
18	Lithuania	1,472,970	-3.2%
19	Latvia	963,680	-1.2%
20	Slovakia	926,060	-0.1%
21	Estonia	894,700	+5.4%
22	Bulgaria	815,780	-6.1%
23	Slovenia	607,760	-3.2%
24	Croatia	479,000	-10.5%
25	Luxembourg	471,560	+4.2%
26	Cyprus	390,810	+6.7%
27	Malta	40,390	-4%

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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, 2023) [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, 2023. 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=2023. 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, 2023. 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=2023.

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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, 2023 [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=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  title = {{Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Milk; Total, production, t (item 1780, element 5510): EU countries by milk production, 2023}},
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  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/milk-production/eu-countries?period=2023. Publisher attribution: 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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Which EU country has the highest milk production?

Germany, with 34,036,255 tonnes in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Which EU country has the lowest milk production?

Malta, with 40,390 tonnes in 2023.

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.

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