Global per capita consumption of fluid milk 2022, by country

The country with the highest per capita consumption of fluid milk in 2022 was Belarus. The average person in Belarus consumed about 114.9 kilograms of milk in that year. Ukraine came in second with approximately 113.27 kilograms of fluid milk per person.

Dairy Cows and milk production

Global cow milk production has increased from 467 million metric tons in 2013 to around 544 million metric tons in 2022. Most of this production is attributed to the European Union, which generated almost 145 million metric tons of cow milk. In that same year, the EU was home to over 20 million dairy cows. But despite the EU producing highest volume of milk, India had more than twice that number of dairy cows.

Milk consumption worldwide

In 2022, about 85 million metric tons of milk were consumed in India. The European Union and the United States consumed 23.8 million metric tons and 21 million metric tons respectively in that year.