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WORLD: Milk production and uses
This page provides with a table showing:
  1. World milk production, including forecast for 2026;
  2. Fluid milk, Cheese, WMP, SMP production in milk equivalent*, including forecast for 2026;
  3. Dairy product in milk equivalent impact on milk production

Graph at the bottom evidences the trend of the incidence of dairy products in milk equivalent in milk production.
* Assumptions used to convert product weight into Milk Equivalent::
  • It takes 8,50 kg of whole farm milk to obtain 1 kg of cheese
  • It takes 7,81 kg of whole farm milk to obtain 1 kg of WMP
  • It takes 10,72 kg of whole farm milk to obtain 1 kg of SMP
  • It takes 2 kg of whole farm milk to obtain 1 kg of Condensed milk
World: Milk production and uses (in milk equivalent)
'000 tons 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 ±% on '25 ±% on '24
Milk (M) 406.642 428.534 431.153 395.884 402.598 311.711 -22,58% -21,26%
Consumption of fluid Milk (CM) 53.707 53.002 51.696 50.754 49.989 49.404 -1,17% -2,66%
% (CM) / (M) 13,2% 12,4% 12,0% 12,8% 12,4% 15,8%
Cheese (C) 67.961 151.020 152.957 155.811 158.428 159.643 0,77% 2,46%
% (C) / (M) 16,7% 35,2% 35,5% 39,4% 39,4% 51,2%
WMP (W) 16.211 20.070 19.672 19.430 19.266 19.133 -0,69% -1,53%
% (W) / (M) 4,0% 4,7% 4,6% 4,9% 4,8% 6,1%
SMP (S) 36.109 36.474 35.038 34.491 33.687 34.148 1,37% -0,99%
% (S) / (M) 8,9% 8,5% 8,1% 8,7% 8,4% 11,0%
CM + C + W + S 173.988 260.566 259.362 260.486 261.370 262.328
% (CM + C + W + S) / (M) 42,8% 60,8% 60,2% 65,8% 64,9% 84,2%
Last updated: 08-04-2026
2025 preliminary
2026 forecast

Source: Data processed by Clal based on FAS-USDA, Eurostat and National Statistical Institutes sources

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