Agricultural production in Germany
According to FAOSTAT, Germany produced 39.0 million t of cereals (16th in the world), 3.8 million t of vegetables, 2.2 million t of fruit, 6.9 million t of meat (8th in the world) and 33.8 million t of milk (6th in the world) in 2024. Its largest crops by volume were sugar beet (36.7 million t), wheat (18.5 million t) and potatoes (12.7 million t).
- Products recorded
- 85
- World #1
- 7
- products
- World top 10
- 40
- products
- Year
- 2024
Germany is the world’s largest producer of rye, yoghurt, cheese from skimmed cow milk, condensed whey, fresh cream and 2 more products, and ranks second or third for 11 other products.
Among its twelve largest crops, the biggest ten-year change was in dry onions (+70%), followed by triticale (−49%).
Livestock numbers: 10.5 million cattle, 21.3 million pigs, 1.5 million sheep and 168,300 goats.
Totals by group
| Group | Tonnes | World rank | Share | 10-year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All cereals | 38,975,500 | 16 | 1.24% | −25% |
| All sugar crops | 36,682,200 | 9 | 1.64% | +23% |
| All milk | 33,801,091 | 6 | 3.43% | +4.3% |
| All roots and tubers | 12,703,300 | 17 | 1.35% | +9.4% |
| All meat | 6,875,680 | 8 | 1.84% | −17% |
| All vegetables | 3,756,720 | 32 | 0.32% | −0.2% |
| All fruit | 2,212,770 | 58 | 0.23% | −22% |
| All eggs | 997,458 | 14 | 1% | +27% |
| All pulses | 814,800 | 25 | 0.84% | +172% |
All products by volume, 2024
| Product | Tonnes | World rank | Share | 10-year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sugar beet | 36,682,200 | 2 | 12.49% | +23% |
| Cow milk | 33,777,780 | 5 | 4.24% | +4.3% |
| Wheat | 18,526,700 | 12 | 2.32% | −33% |
| Potatoes | 12,703,300 | 6 | 3.25% | +9.4% |
| Skim milk of cows | 12,278,335 | 2 | 8.6% | −6.5% |
| Barley | 10,610,000 | 3 | 7.47% | −8.2% |
| Beer | 8,488,500 | 5 | 4.59% | −1.9% |
| Maize | 5,010,500 | 24 | 0.41% | −2.6% |
| Raw sugar | 4,555,384 | 9 | 2.43% | +26% |
| Pork (pig meat) | 4,289,110 | 6 | 3.42% | −22% |
| Rapeseed or canola oil, crude | 4,181,589 | 3 | 13.32% | +33% |
| Rapeseed | 3,631,700 | 7 | 4.13% | −42% |
| Rye | 2,584,400 | 1 | 22.28% | −33% |
| Cheese from whole cow milk | 2,359,510 | 2 | 10.27% | +6.1% |
| Triticale | 1,510,900 | 2 | 12.18% | −49% |
| Chicken meat | 1,114,000 | 29 | 0.87% | +8.5% |
| Grapes | 1,059,770 | 17 | 1.4% | −15% |
| Beef (cattle meat) | 1,015,350 | 14 | 1.46% | −11% |
| Hen eggs | 997,458 | 12 | 1.06% | +27% |
| Apples | 871,990 | 16 | 0.89% | −22% |
| Yoghurt | 852,630 | 1 | 17.11% | +26% |
| Carrots and turnips | 850,580 | 8 | 1.88% | +40% |
| Onions, dry | 848,440 | 25 | 0.78% | +70% |
| Molasses | 761,017 | 15 | 1.04% | +16% |
| Cabbages | 698,840 | 15 | 0.93% | −13% |
| Oats | 696,800 | 10 | 3.11% | +11% |
| Cheese from skimmed cow milk | 681,196 | 1 | 24.89% | −19% |
| Whey, condensed | 674,530 | 1 | 26.19% | +1.5% |
| Soya bean oil | 606,500 | 9 | 1.01% | −3.7% |
| Cream, fresh | 521,450 | 1 | 14.03% | −5.2% |
| Wine | 472,196 | 12 | 1.93% | −44% |
| Butter of cow milk | 468,880 | 2 | 7.84% | −0.9% |
| Pig fat, rendered | 464,927 | 4 | 7.53% | −26% |
| Turkey meat | 404,000 | 2 | 7.95% | −14% |
| Whole milk, evaporated | 389,686 | 2 | 13.57% | +15% |
| Whey, dry | 384,460 | 3 | 11.64% | +10% |
| Peas, dry | 376,000 | 9 | 2.66% | +142% |
| Skim milk and whey powder | 347,780 | 4 | 7.38% | +10% |
| Margarine and shortening | 324,000 | 10 | 2.46% | −39% |
| Whole milk, condensed | 298,010 | 3 | 15.18% | −26% |
| Cucumbers | 284,890 | 18 | 0.32% | +12% |
| Broad beans and horse beans, dry | 244,100 | 5 | 3.9% | +179% |
| Lettuce and chicory | 222,350 | 13 | 0.79% | −35% |
| Pumpkins and squash | 161,520 | 33 | 0.47% | +51% |
| Sunflower seed | 134,200 | 25 | 0.26% | +192% |
| Cauliflower and broccoli | 133,190 | 20 | 0.5% | −11% |
| Soybeans | 131,800 | 40 | 0.03% | +632% |
| Strawberries | 120,350 | 14 | 1.12% | −29% |
| Whole milk powder | 111,397 | 7 | 2.22% | −2.1% |
| Asparagus | 108,130 | 4 | 1.21% | −5.2% |
| Tomatoes | 108,030 | 80 | 0.06% | +28% |
| Leeks | 89,600 | 9 | 4.2% | −17% |
| Sunflower-seed oil, crude | 82,900 | 24 | 0.37% | −40% |
| Tallow | 80,344 | 16 | 0.98% | +101% |
| Mushrooms | 77,650 | 11 | 0.15% | +30% |
| Spinach | 65,720 | 15 | 0.21% | +4.4% |
| Lupins | 57,200 | 5 | 3.79% | +40% |
| Skim milk, evaporated | 52,789 | 1 | 61.5% | +82% |
| Plums | 49,290 | 27 | 0.39% | −13% |
| Other beans, green | 47,230 | 21 | 0.18% | −0.1% |
| Hop cones | 46,500 | 1 | 29.36% | +21% |
| Pears | 38,960 | 33 | 0.14% | −13% |
| Mixed grain | 36,200 | 8 | 2.23% | −46% |
| Oil of linseed | 32,500 | 5 | 4.16% | −29% |
| Honey | 31,800 | 15 | 1.6% | +58% |
| Sheep meat | 28,870 | 53 | 0.25% | −5.4% |
| Cherries | 27,890 | 19 | 0.9% | −30% |
| Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. | 22,910 | 116 | 0.01% | −94% |
| Buttermilk, dry | 21,620 | 13 | 3.3% | +29% |
| Peas, green | 19,590 | 31 | 0.09% | −32% |
| Duck meat | 19,000 | 18 | 0.26% | −62% |
| Oil of maize | 17,400 | 20 | 0.57% | +4.2% |
| Chillies and peppers, green | 16,480 | 75 | 0.04% | +96% |
| Blueberries | 15,090 | 11 | 1.08% | +25% |
| Oil of sesame seed | 12,436 | 16 | 1.03% | +0.5% |
| Currants | 9,620 | 6 | 1.36% | −25% |
| Sour cherries | 7,480 | 17 | 0.5% | −57% |
| Raspberries | 6,960 | 16 | 0.76% | +25% |
| Tea, packed | 6,421 | 33 | 0.09% | — |
| Other berries and fruits of the genus vaccinium n.e.c. | 5,370 | 20 | 0.5% | +6.4% |
| Goose meat | 3,200 | 8 | 0.06% | −35% |
| Horse meat, fresh or chilled | 1,700 | 25 | 0.23% | −27% |
| Broad beans and horse beans, green | 1,570 | 40 | 0.11% | −50% |
| Cheese from milk of goats, fresh or processed | 1,153 | 26 | 0.25% | −31% |
| Goat meat | 450 | 111 | 0.01% | +2.7% |
Live animals, 2024
Germany among the world’s producers, 2024
Share of world production by country for the largest crops of Germany, which is outlined on the map.
Small island states are not drawn at this scale.
Production per person, 2024
Germany had 84.6 million inhabitants in 2024 (FAOSTAT estimate). Production of its largest products per inhabitant, compared with the world average:
| Product | kg per person | World, kg per person | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugar beet | 434 | 36.0 | 12.1× |
| Cow milk | 399 | 97.7 | 4.1× |
| Wheat | 219 | 97.8 | 2.2× |
| Potatoes | 150 | 47.8 | 3.1× |
| Skim milk of cows | 145 | 17.5 | 8.3× |
| Barley | 125 | 17.4 | 7.2× |
| Beer | 100 | 22.7 | 4.4× |
| Maize | 59.3 | 149 | 0.4× |
| Raw sugar | 53.9 | 23.0 | 2.3× |
| Pork (pig meat) | 50.7 | 15.4 | 3.3× |
| Rapeseed or canola oil, crude | 49.5 | 3.85 | 12.9× |
| Rapeseed | 43.0 | 10.8 | 4.0× |
Production divided by population; it is not consumption, because crops are traded and used for feed, processing and industry.
Trade in agricultural products, 2024
Germany reported exports of 189 and imports of 196 of the products covered here; it was the world’s largest exporter of cheese from whole cow milk; hop cones; pig fat, rendered; fat of pigs; whole milk, evaporated; raw milk of cattle and 2 more.
Largest exports by value
| Product | Tonnes | Value | USD/kg | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheese from whole cow milk | 1,330,989 | USD 6.20 bn | 4.65 | 1 of 123 |
| Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled | 662,155 | USD 1.95 bn | 2.94 | 3 of 81 |
| Wheat | 7,018,941 | USD 1.72 bn | 0.24 | 8 of 102 |
| Coffee, green | 321,425 | USD 1.61 bn | 5.01 | 5 of 131 |
| Rapeseed or canola oil, crude | 1,357,248 | USD 1.51 bn | 1.11 | 2 of 73 |
| Beer of barley, malted | 1,428,972 | USD 1.35 bn | 0.94 | 4 of 149 |
| Wine | 316,760 | USD 1.12 bn | 3.54 | 8 of 128 |
| Raw milk of cattle | 1,625,080 | USD 1.02 bn | 0.63 | 1 of 110 |
| Butter of cow milk | 130,293 | USD 895 m | 6.87 | 4 of 113 |
| Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled | 152,669 | USD 861 m | 5.64 | 5 of 92 |
Largest imports by value
| Product | Tonnes | Value | USD/kg | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheese from whole cow milk | 926,744 | USD 5.87 bn | 6.33 | 1 of 192 |
| Coffee, green | 1,160,334 | USD 5.21 bn | 4.49 | 2 of 177 |
| Rape or colza seed | 5,805,742 | USD 2.98 bn | 0.51 | 2 of 91 |
| Wine | 1,288,459 | USD 2.72 bn | 2.11 | 1 of 192 |
| Cocoa beans | 405,559 | USD 2.59 bn | 6.39 | 3 of 108 |
| Soya beans | 3,686,302 | USD 1.80 bn | 0.49 | 7 of 165 |
| Tomatoes | 743,055 | USD 1.73 bn | 2.33 | 2 of 163 |
| Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled | 515,408 | USD 1.69 bn | 3.27 | 7 of 189 |
| Raw milk of cattle | 2,902,603 | USD 1.59 bn | 0.55 | 1 of 188 |
| Wheat | 6,095,918 | USD 1.49 bn | 0.24 | 9 of 176 |
FAOSTAT detailed trade data, release of 23 July 2026: quantities in tonnes and values in current US dollars as reported; exports include re-exports. Only the FAO trade items that match Husfarm production pages are included: meat covers fresh or chilled meat only (frozen meat is a separate item), and processed goods such as milled rice or flour are not listed.
Questions and answers
What are the main crops produced in Germany?
By volume, the largest products of Germany in 2024 were sugar beet (36.7 million t), cow milk (33.8 million t), wheat (18.5 million t), according to FAOSTAT.
Is Germany the world’s largest producer of anything?
Yes. In 2024 Germany was the world’s largest producer of 7 products: rye, yoghurt, cheese from skimmed cow milk, whey, condensed, cream, fresh, skim milk, evaporated, hop cones.
How much sugar beet does Germany produce per person?
About 434 kg per inhabitant in 2024, compared with a world average of 36.0 kg (production divided by population, FAOSTAT).
What does Germany export most?
By value, its largest agricultural exports in 2024 among the products covered here were cheese from whole cow milk (USD 6.20 bn), meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (USD 1.95 bn), wheat (USD 1.72 bn), according to FAOSTAT.
What does Germany import most?
By value, its largest agricultural imports in 2024 among the products covered here were cheese from whole cow milk (USD 5.87 bn), coffee, green (USD 5.21 bn), rape or colza seed (USD 2.98 bn).
Where does this data come from?
Production, trade and population figures are from FAOSTAT, the statistics database of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rankings, shares and per-person figures are calculated by Husfarm.
Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 4 November 2026. fao.org/faostat. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Charts, rankings and changes calculated by Husfarm.