EU-27: Drinking Milk production
This page contains the European Drinking milk production data, both in tables and charts.
The table offers as well the possibility to:
- consult the monthly volumes and changes, by clicking on the years in the column headers,
- access to the DairySheets by clicking on the names of the Member States of the EU.
The charts display:
- a breakdown of the Drinking milk production by Member States
- the monthly and average daily Drinking milk production,
- the year-over-year changes of Drinking milk production in the major EU Players,
- the yearly Drinking milk production of the last seven years,
- the Drinking milk production with rolling year
From the Eurostat Handbook: definition of "Drinking milk"
Raw milk, whole milk, semi-skimmed and skimmed milk containing no additives. Relates only to milk directly intended for consumption, normally in containers of 2 l or less. Also includes milk with vitamin additives.
UE-27: Production of Drinking milk (Tons) | ||||||||||||||
COUNTRY | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2023 | 2024 | Var % | Period | ||||
Austria | 796.300 | 784.770 | 829.840 | 765.740 | 751.040 | 708.550 | 67.530 | 59.240 | -12,3% | Jan '24 | ||||
Belgium | 673.130 | 676.460 | 717.450 | 648.580 | 642.830 | 638.460 | 57.000 | 58.790 | +3,1% | Jan '24 | ||||
Bulgaria | 74.950 | 74.920 | 76.100 | 77.280 | 70.380 | 65.900 | 4.650 | 5.900 | +26,9% | Jan '24 | ||||
Croatia | 217.550 | 224.080 | 230.600 | 215.330 | 231.990 | 207.680 | 19.800 | 17.990 | -9,1% | Jan '24 | ||||
Cyprus | 58.820 | 56.710 | 55.090 | 54.440 | 56.260 | 53.250 | 4.640 | 4.600 | -0,9% | Jan '24 | ||||
Czech Republic | 635.420 | 613.990 | 624.590 | 626.840 | 674.780 | 698.280 | 59.980 | 59.100 | -1,5% | Jan '24 | ||||
Denmark | 514.600 | 514.500 | 508.200 | 496.500 | 461.500 | 433.100 | 36.000 | 38.000 | +5,6% | Jan '24 | ||||
Estonia | 104.700 | 105.900 | 106.900 | 107.200 | 109.100 | 104.100 | 9.000 | 9.100 | +1,1% | Jan '24 | ||||
Finland | 618.330 | 590.300 | 571.000 | 566.530 | 533.250 | 533.250(i) | 46.060 | (c) | - | Jan '24 | ||||
France | 3.102.590 | 3.007.990 | 3.067.980 | 2.802.190 | 2.687.190 | 2.673.470 | - | - | - | |||||
Germany | 4.646.095 | 4.522.970 | 4.565.858 | 4.379.620 | 4.102.754 | 4.031.859 | - | - | - | |||||
Greece | 401.250 | 391.800 | 382.600 | 380.270 | 374.810 | 360.790 | - | - | - | |||||
Hungary | 520.260 | 531.430 | 556.520 | 522.060 | 537.840 | 514.090 | 48.150 | 45.220 | -6,1% | Jan '24 | ||||
Ireland | 552.760 | 549.420 | 541.110 | 521.480 | 518.230 | 512.560 | 41.620 | 39.120 | -6,0% | Jan '24 | ||||
Italy | 2.425.430 | 2.327.650 | 2.393.050 | 2.481.460 | 2.521.600 | 2.509.710 | 232.150 | 220.680 | -4,9% | Jan '24 | ||||
Latvia | 42.080 | 41.980 | 42.070 | 37.260 | 27.080 | 37.920 | 2.950 | 3.760 | +27,5% | Jan '24 | ||||
Lithuania | 87.480 | 86.100 | 86.340 | 83.690 | 68.940 | 64.170 | 5.650 | 5.720 | +1,2% | Jan '24 | ||||
Luxembourg | (c) | (c) | (c) | (c) | (c) | (c) | (c) | (c) | - | Jan '24 | ||||
Malta | (c) | (c) | (c) | (c) | (c) | (c) | (c) | (c) | - | Jan - Feb '24 | ||||
Netherlands | (c) | (c) | (c) | (c) | (c) | (c) | - | - | - | |||||
Poland | 1.776.800 | 1.891.910 | 1.986.720 | 1.958.320 | 1.978.330 | 1.919.650 | 167.120 | 170.780 | +2,2% | Jan '24 | ||||
Portugal | 766.240 | 695.980 | 714.550 | 662.710 | 648.320 | 667.870 | 61.180 | 54.010 | -11,7% | Jan '24 | ||||
Romania | 306.220 | 331.350 | 358.070 | 387.210 | 370.150 | 358.550 | 30.510 | 31.720 | +4,0% | Jan '24 | ||||
Slovakia | 242.920 | 227.570 | 255.190 | 243.950 | 229.940 | 242.250 | 20.700 | 21.890 | +5,7% | Jan '24 | ||||
Slovenia | 168.030 | 164.430 | 157.930 | 160.660 | 149.580 | 143.850 | 11.830 | 10.880 | -8,0% | Jan '24 | ||||
Spain | 3.257.010 | 3.134.970 | 3.583.360 | 3.976.810 | 4.244.530 | 4.573.340 | - | - | - | |||||
Sweden | 754.110 | 732.990 | 694.050 | 683.640 | 685.910 | 690.890 | - | - | - | |||||
TOTAL EU-27 | 22.743.075 | 22.280.170 | 23.105.168 | 22.839.770 | 22.676.334 | 22.743.539 | - | - | - | - | ||||
y-o-y % | -2,0% | +3,7% | -1,1% | -0,7% | +0,3% | |||||||||
(i) incomplete data (c) confidential data NOTE:The countries highlighted in yellow indicate the presence of some confidential data which are not considered in the total calculation of productions. Source: Eurostat, BLE, ISTAT, Stimato CLAL |
Rolling year: for each month the chart visualizes the production in that month plus the production of the previous 11 months. With this method is always considered the total production in a time window of 12 months, so it is possible to identify the trend without the effect of seasonality.