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EU-27: Drinking Milk production

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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 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2025 2026 Var % Period
Austria 829.840 765.740 751.040 708.550 674.530 694.110 302.760 295.340 -2,5% Jan - May '26
Belgium 717.450 648.580 642.830 638.460 630.140 611.920 259.260 268.050 +3,4% Jan - May '26
Bulgaria 76.100 77.280 70.380 65.900 72.240 92.360 38.820 43.240 +11,4% Jan - May '26
Croatia 230.600 215.330 231.990 207.680 210.770 212.490 94.450 94.950 +0,5% Jan - May '26
Cyprus 55.090 54.440 56.260 53.250 55.640 56.430 17.850 18.510 +3,7% Jan - Apr '26
Czech Republic 624.590 626.840 674.780 698.280 695.900 712.960 308.880 304.280 -1,5% Jan - May '26
Denmark 508.200 496.500 461.500 433.100 426.700 417.700 135.200 140.000 +3,6% Jan - Apr '26
Estonia 106.900 107.200 109.100 104.100 109.800 107.140 35.900 35.900(e) 0,0% Jan - Apr '26
Finland 571.000 566.530 533.250 0 0 (c) (c) (c) - Jan - May '26
France 3.067.980 2.802.190 2.687.190 2.674.910 2.654.050 2.518.730 1.101.060 1.083.180 -1,6% Jan - May '26
Germany 4.565.858 4.379.620 4.102.754 4.031.859 3.987.077 3.883.979 1.637.992 1.608.727(e) -1,8% Jan - May '26
Greece 382.600 380.270 374.810 360.790 346.690 341.220 112.820 109.970 -2,5% Jan - Apr '26
Hungary 556.520 522.060 537.840 520.540 518.900 471.660 203.420 197.860 -2,7% Jan - May '26
Ireland 541.110 521.480 518.230 512.560 493.390 500.490 204.570 213.680 +4,5% Jan - May '26
Italy 2.393.050 2.481.460 2.521.600 2.509.710 2.467.420 2.525.000 864.000 864.000(e) 0,0% Jan - Apr '26
Latvia 42.070 37.260 27.080 34.500 32.910 30.920 10.500 10.500(e) 0,0% Jan - Apr '26
Lithuania 86.340 83.690 68.940 64.160 65.190 62.500 26.090 25.750 -1,3% Jan - May '26
Luxembourg 0 0 0 0 0 (c) (c) 0 - -
Malta 0 0 0 0 0 (c) (c) (c) - Jan - May '26
Netherlands 0 0 0 0 469.700 507.600 170.100 172.800 - Jan - Apr '26
Poland 1.986.720 1.958.320 1.978.330 1.919.650 1.908.590 1.941.020 787.800 824.380 +4,6% Jan - May '26
Portugal 714.550 662.710 648.320 667.870 612.820 613.140 266.890 285.990 +7,2% Jan - May '26
Romania 358.070 387.210 370.150 358.550 374.890 386.530 160.770 171.230 +6,5% Jan - May '26
Slovakia 255.190 243.950 229.940 242.250 250.180 253.770 110.710 103.290 -6,7% Jan - May '26
Slovenia 157.930 160.660 149.580 143.850 140.180 137.760 48.480 48.480(e) 0,0% Jan - Apr '26
Spain 3.583.360 3.976.810 4.244.530 4.573.340 5.030.910 5.008.940 2.073.060 2.154.460 +3,9% Jan - May '26
Sweden 694.050 683.640 685.910 690.890 678.580 664.580 279.350 278.990 -0,1% Jan - May '26
TOTAL EU-27 23.105.168 22.839.770 22.676.334 22.214.749 22.437.497 22.245.349 7.550.427 7.578.597 (e) +0,4% Jan - Apr '26
y-o-y % -1,1% -0,7% -2,0% +1,0% -0,9%      
(e) estimated 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.

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