FAOSTAT · 1961–2024
Cow milk production in France
In 2024 France produced 24.2 million t of cow milk, the 8th largest in the world (3.04% of the world total). Over ten years it fell by 3.1%. The record was 28.5 million t in 1984.
- Production, 2024
- 24.2 million t
- World rank
- 8 of 183
- 10-year change
- −3.1%
- Record
- 28.5 million t
- 1984
Cow milk in France, 1961–2024 (tonnes)
By year
| Year | Tonnes | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24,204,280 | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 23,993,580 | −2.5% |
| 2022 | 24,606,350 | −0.6% |
| 2021 | 24,760,620 | −1.9% |
| 2020 | 25,234,840 | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 25,062,000 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 25,055,100 | −1.9% |
| 2017 | 25,539,489 | −0.3% |
| 2016 | 25,627,060 | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 25,068,226 | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 24,978,950 | +5.2% |
| 2013 | 23,747,341 | −1.0% |
| 2012 | 23,998,422 | −1.5% |
| 2011 | 24,361,094 | +4.5% |
| 2010 | 23,301,219 | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 22,653,085 | −3.9% |
| 2008 | 23,564,860 | +3.5% |
| 2007 | 22,768,718 | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 22,674,753 | −2.0% |
| 2005 | 23,128,947 | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 22,689,836 | −1.0% |
| 2003 | 22,910,911 | −2.2% |
| 2002 | 23,435,685 | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 23,074,188 | −0.4% |
| 2000 | 23,165,509 | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 23,010,060 | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 22,979,013 | −0.0% |
| 1997 | 22,988,724 | −0.7% |
| 1996 | 23,151,250 | −1.5% |
| 1995 | 23,492,580 | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 23,385,356 | +1.5% |
| 1993 | 23,037,769 | −1.2% |
| 1992 | 23,319,965 | −1.6% |
| 1991 | 23,702,111 | −9.3% |
| 1990 | 26,135,590 | −0.9% |
| 1989 | 26,368,000 | −1.0% |
| 1988 | 26,631,840 | −2.6% |
| 1987 | 27,331,552 | −3.5% |
| 1986 | 28,330,128 | +1.9% |
| 1985 | 27,808,112 | −2.4% |
| 1984 | 28,479,056 | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 28,376,000 | +1.6% |
| 1982 | 27,934,000 | +1.9% |
| 1981 | 27,411,328 | +0.4% |
| 1980 | 27,292,000 | +2.8% |
| 1979 | 26,549,008 | +5.1% |
| 1978 | 25,270,000 | +2.5% |
| 1977 | 24,658,208 | +1.9% |
| 1976 | 24,208,800 | −0.2% |
| 1975 | 24,253,600 | +0.2% |
| 1974 | 24,210,496 | −0.0% |
| 1973 | 24,211,008 | +1.4% |
| 1972 | 23,873,296 | +5.1% |
| 1971 | 22,711,808 | +1.0% |
| 1970 | 22,477,504 | −1.2% |
| 1969 | 22,762,000 | −1.4% |
| 1968 | 23,076,608 | +4.5% |
| 1967 | 22,083,008 | +5.6% |
| 1966 | 20,908,096 | +3.7% |
| 1965 | 20,169,600 | +6.9% |
| 1964 | 18,873,600 | −1.9% |
| 1963 | 19,236,608 | +3.7% |
| 1962 | 18,558,896 | −2.7% |
| 1961 | 19,069,296 | — |
Trade, 2024
- Exports
- 480,536 t USD 326 m
- Exporter rank
- 8 of 110
- Imports
- 109,834 t USD 205 m
- Importer rank
- 15 of 188
FAOSTAT detailed trade data, release of 23 July 2026; quantities in tonnes, values in current US dollars; exports include re-exports. World exporters and importers
Other large producers
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.