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India milk production

Annual milk output — India is the world's largest producer.

Milk production

239.3 MT

2023-24 · in million tonnes

Trend

193.5206.2218.9231.5244.22019-202020-212021-222022-232023-24
Milk productionin million tonnes

The numbers

Data table in million tonnes. Select a column header to sort.
2019-20198.4
2020-21210.0
2021-22221.1
2022-23230.6
2023-24239.3
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Figures are national milk production for the year (April–March), from DAHD's Basic Animal Husbandry Statistics.

What the numbers say

  • India is the world's largest milk producer, contributing about 24.8% of global output.
  • Output rose ~4% to 239.3 million tonnes in 2023-24, growing at roughly a 5.6% CAGR over the past decade (from 146.3 MT in 2014-15).
  • Per-capita availability reached 471 grams per day in 2023-24 — well above the world average.

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Sources

Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying (DAHD) figures, released via PIB (Nov 2024).

Last reviewed 3 July 2026.