List of countries by milk production

The following article lists the world's largest producers of milk. Global milk production has increased rapidly over the past 50 years. According to Our World in Data, global milk production has nearly tripled since 1961, reaching around 930 million tonnes in 2022. The most popular milk is cow milk, followed by buffalo milk, goat milk, sheep milk and camel milk.

Production by country

The table shows the countries by milk production.

Rank	Country	Milk production in tonnes	Year
1	India	213,779,230	2022
2	United States	102,747,320	2022
3	Pakistan	62,557,950	2022
4	China	39,914,930	2022
5	Brazil	35,944,056	2022
6	Germany	33,188,890	2020
7	Russia	32,977,956	2022
8	France	25,028,850	2022
9	Turkey	21,563,492	2022
10	New Zealand	21,051,000	2022
11	United Kingdom	15,540,640	2022
12	Poland	15,218,080	2022
13	Netherlands	14,978,960	2022
14	Italy	13,971,690	2022
15	Mexico	13,728,428	2022
16	Bangladesh	13,074,000	2022
17	Argentina	11,904,142	2022
18	Uzbekistan	11,599,137	2022
19	Canada	9,742,541	2022
20	Ireland	9,108,280	2022
21	Spain	8,483,000	2022
22	Australia	8,450,000	2022
23	Iran	8,342,913	2022
24	Belarus	7,887,512	2022
25	Ukraine	7,767,600	2022
26	Japan	7,617,473	2022
27	Colombia	7,421,000	2022
28	Kazakhstan	6,367,030	2022
29	Egypt	5,724,420	2022
30	Kenya	5,676,123	2022
31	Denmark	5,664,000	2022
32	Sudan	4,665,197	2022
33	Belgium	4,618,000	2022
34	Ethiopia	4,484,393	2022
35	Romania	4,261,900	2022
36	Austria	3,980,300	2022
37	South Africa	3,771,000	2022
38	Switzerland	3,740,200	2022
39	Tanzania	3,679,743	2022
40	South Sudan	3,449,313	2022
41	Czechia	3,339,810	2022
42	Algeria	3,321,114	2022
43	Saudi Arabia	2,849,957	2022
44	Sweden	2,764,840	2022
45	Nepal	2,725,634	2022
46	Venezuela	2,524,250	2022
47	Turkmenistan	2,498,450	2022
48	Chile	2,292,832	2022
49	Uruguay	2,286,703	2022
50	Peru	2,267,208	2022
51	Azerbaijan	2,264,679	2022
52	Finland	2,258,630	2022
53	Afghanistan	2,233,261	2022
54	Somalia	2,157,154	2022
55	Morocco	2,151,866	2022
56	Hungary	2,044,900	2022
57	Portugal	2,030,930	2022
58	Syria	2,029,839	2022
59	Greece	1,999,420	2022
60	South Korea	1,983,391	2022
61	Ecuador	1,872,346	2022
62	Kyrgyzstan	1,734,691	2022
63	Israel	1,691,672	2022
64	Uganda	1,674,018	2022
65	Indonesia	1,581,467	2022
66	Lithuania	1,521,940	2022
67	Norway	1,513,256	2022
68	Serbia	1,512,107	2022
69	Nicaragua	1,436,684	2022
70	Tunisia	1,412,476	2022
71	Niger	1,312,846	2022
72	Thailand	1,222,000	2022
73	Costa Rica	1,220,227	2022
74	Vietnam	1,184,673	2022
75	Tajikistan	1,077,337	2022
76	Mali	1,010,361	2022
77	Albania	999,273	2022
78	Mongolia	990,401	2022
79	Latvia	975,290	2022
80	Slovakia	926,980	2022
81	Myanmar	911,885	2022
82	Bulgaria	868,600	2022
83	Dominican Republic	860,771	2022
84	Estonia	848,600	2022
85	Honduras	691,734	2022
86	Armenia	654,170	2022
87	Bolivia	629,666	2022
88	Slovenia	628,110	2022
89	Bosnia and Herzegovina	615,687	2022
90	Georgia	598,563	2022
91	Paraguay	558,738	2022
92	Croatia	535,000	2022
93	Guatemala	528,051	2022
94	Nigeria	527,437	2022
95	Sri Lanka	522,793	2022
96	Zambia	514,308	2022
97	Madagascar	491,962	2022
98	Taiwan	474,534	2022
99	Chad	463,379	2022
100	Luxembourg	452,430	2022
101	Burkina Faso	435,408	2022
102	Jordan	431,055	2022
103	Zimbabwe	423,632	2022
104	Macedonia	387,967	2022
105	Yemen	386,574	2022
106	Lebanon	385,458	2022
107	Cuba	372,306	2022
108	Cyprus	366,230	2022
109	El Salvador	364,597	2022
110	Oman	363,767	2022
111	Mauritania	363,481	2022
112	Iraq	354,629	2022
113	Guinea	290,416	2022
114	Cameroon	284,390	2022
115	Senegal	249,724	2022
116	United Arab Emirates	242,006	2022
117	Moldova	240,400	2022
118	Libya	234,251	2022
119	Rwanda	233,987	2022
120	Puerto Rico	229,973	2022
121	Angola	223,902	2022
122	Botswana	222,938	2022
123	Malawi	219,551	2022
124	Palestine	211,263	2022
125	Jamaica	209,260	2022
126	Panama	179,469	2022
127	Montenegro	176,647	2022
128	Lesotho	175,926	2022
129	Benin	153,060	2022
130	Iceland	152,405	2022
131	Sierra Leone	149,146	2022
132	Eritrea	147,608	2022
133	Burundi	112,871	2022
134	Namibia	111,199	2022
135	Haiti	102,877	2022
136	North Korea	83,330	2022
137	Central African Republic	82,476	2022
138	Kuwait	74,945	2022
139	Guyana	55,000	2022
140	Ghana	50,178	2022
141	Gambia	48,679	2022
142	Bhutan	46,757	2022
143	Qatar	45,542	2022
144	Malaysia	44,560	2022
145	Malta	42,070	2022
146	Eswatini	39,719	2022
147	Guinea-Bissau	39,200	2022
148	Côte d'Ivoire	31,759	2022
149	Philippines	31,188	2022
150	Réunion	26,146	2006
151	Cambodia	23,902	2022
152	Mozambique	23,714	2022
153	Djibouti	14,943	2022
154	Comoros	13,058	2022
155	Fiji	12,767	2022
156	Togo	11,649	2022
157	Bahrain	11,065	2022
158	Gabon	10,686	2022
159	Cape Verde	9,972	2022
160	Democratic Republic of the Congo	9,213	2022
161	Liberia	8,601	2022
162	Laos	7,300	2022
163	Faroe Islands	7,197	2022
164	Dominica	7,012	2022
165	East Timor	6,562	2022
166	Belize	6,558	2022
167	Republic of the Congo	4,543	2022
168	Barbados	4,039	2022
169	Solomon Islands	3,053	2022
170	Suriname	2,840	2022
171	Vanuatu	2,450	2022
172	Mauritius	2,231	2022
173	Bahamas	2,058	2022
174	Antigua and Barbuda	1,970	2022
175	Samoa	1,661	2022
176	Trinidad and Tobago	1,394	2022
177	Saint Lucia	1,036	2022
178	French Polynesia	847	2022
179	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	739	2022
180	Grenada	563	2022
181	Sao Tome and Principe	529	2022
182	New Caledonia	446	2022
183	Tonga	324	2022
184	French Guiana	293	2006
185	Papua New Guinea	203	2022
186	Brunei	172	2022
187	Seychelles	168	2022
188	Guadeloupe	160	2006
189	Hong Kong	60	2022
190	Niue	58	2022

World production

World production in tonnes.

Year Production 1961 344,170,270 1962 346,835,300 1963 344,276,450 1964 349,473,180 1965 364,798,050 1966 373,451,460 1967 381,786,500 1968 390,060,400 1969 391,139,780 1970 391,927,680

Year Production 1971 394,984,420 1972 405,233,570 1973 412,157,060 1974 420,401,660 1975 424,717,060 1976 433,538,980 1977 446,283,400 1978 452,706,460 1979 459,728,480 1980 465,797,060

Year Production 1981 469,799,200 1982 480,000,960 1983 498,517,470 1984 503,380,380 1985 511,705,660 1986 521,277,570 1987 520,913,440 1988 528,357,700 1989 536,220,770 1990 542,448,830

Year Production 1991 531,594,940 1992 524,339,650 1993 526,357,950 1994 531,231,600 1995 538,200,900 1996 545,521,340 1997 549,415,230 1998 558,327,200 1999 570,322,240 2000 579,159,100

Year Production 2001 589,442,000 2002 603,930,900 2003 616,549,500 2004 629,925,570 2005 649,523,200 2006 666,201,540 2007 679,896,640 2008 695,300,600 2009 708,528,060 2010 725,338,700

Year Production 2011 743,388,860 2012 761,761,000 2013 772,768,100 2014 802,548,600 2015 817,668,600 2016 827,616,260 2017 850,522,560 2018 871,573,570 2019 891,624,450 2020 921,289,400

Year Production 2021 940,609,900 2022 930,295,040 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030

See also

• List of countries by milk consumption per capita
• List of largest dairy companies