Countries by Milk Consumption Per Person

Complete ranking of 180 countries • kg/person/year • Updated 2026

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Finland leads all 180 countries in Milk Consumption Per Person with a value of 430.76, while Laos ranks last at 2.92. This represents a 148-fold difference between the highest and lowest values.

What Milk Consumption Per Person Measures

Annual milk consumption per person from Wikipedia country tables.

Why This Ranking Matters

Examining Milk Consumption Per Person across all countries reveals patterns that might not be obvious at the national level. Regional clusters, outlier nations, and historical trajectories all become clearer when the full global picture is assembled in a single ranking.

Global Range

Values range from 2.92 (Laos) to 430.76 (Finland) — a 148-fold difference across 180 countries.

Regional Patterns

European countries dominate this ranking, holding 18 of the top 20 positions. This strong regional concentration suggests shared economic, geographic, or policy factors that drive higher values across the continent.

Values are broadly distributed across countries, with the middle 50% ranging from 32.66 to 159.05. The overall spread from 2.92 to 430.76 reflects significant global variation.

Notable Outliers

Finland holds a significant lead over Albania, with a 22% gap between first and second place. While several countries cluster near the top, the leader's margin is notable.

Continental Leaders

Europe

Finland

430.76

Asia

Kazakhstan

288.12

North America

United States

254.69

Oceania

Australia

234.49

South America

Uruguay

210.54

Africa

Mauritania

160.82

Highest Ranked

The top five countries for Milk Consumption Per Person are Finland (430.76), Albania (351.72), Montenegro (349.21), Netherlands (341.47), and Sweden (341.23). Together, these nations represent the global leaders in this metric.

Lowest Ranked

At the other end of the spectrum, Laos (2.92), Liberia (3.04), Cambodia (3.47), North Korea (3.79), and Burundi (4.60) have the lowest values globally.

Data Source & Methodology

Rankings are based on the latest available data from Wikipedia Food Consumption Tables, covering 180 of 249 countries and territories. Countries without data for this metric are excluded from the ranking. All values represent the most recently reported figures.

Top 10 Countries

1stFinland430.8 years

2ndAlbania351.7 years

3rdMontenegro349.2 years

4thNetherlands341.5 years

5thSweden341.2 years

6thSwitzerland318.7 years

7thLithuania295.5 years

8thIreland291.9 years

9thKazakhstan288.1 years

10thEstonia284.9 years

Full Rankings

Milk Consumption Per Person ranking for 180 countries
				Percentile
1st	Finland	430.8 years	Europe	100%
2nd	Albania	351.7 years	Europe	99%
3rd	Montenegro	349.2 years	Europe	99%
4th	Netherlands	341.5 years	Europe	98%
5th	Sweden	341.2 years	Europe	98%
6th	Switzerland	318.7 years	Europe	97%
7th	Lithuania	295.5 years	Europe	97%
8th	Ireland	291.9 years	Europe	96%
9th	Kazakhstan	288.1 years	Asia	96%
10th	Estonia	284.9 years	Europe	95%
11th	Denmark	277.3 years	Europe	94%
12th	Norway	261.3 years	Europe	94%
13th	Germany	258.7 years	Europe	93%
14th	Austria	258.1 years	Europe	93%
15th	Luxembourg	255.3 years	Europe	92%
16th	Greece	255.3 years	Europe	92%
17th	United States	254.7 years	North America	91%
18th	Italy	246.9 years	Europe	91%
19th	France	241.3 years	Europe	90%
20th	Romania	238.3 years	Europe	89%
21st	Belgium	236.2 years	Europe	89%
22nd	Slovenia	235.0 years	Europe	88%
23rd	Australia	234.5 years	Oceania	88%
24th	United Kingdom	232.2 years	Europe	87%
25th	Croatia	231.0 years	Europe	87%
26th	Iceland	225.8 years	Europe	86%
27th	Kyrgyzstan	210.9 years	Asia	86%
28th	Uruguay	210.5 years	South America	85%
29th	Armenia	209.0 years	Europe	84%
30th	Poland	205.4 years	Europe	84%
31st	Portugal	205.0 years	Europe	83%
32nd	Czechia	195.2 years	Europe	83%
33rd	Argentina	195.1 years	South America	82%
34th	Turkey	193.9 years	Europe	82%
35th	Israel	193.6 years	Asia	81%
36th	Malta	190.1 years	Europe	81%
37th	Canada	187.8 years	North America	80%
38th	Costa Rica	183.3 years	North America	79%
39th	Pakistan	183.1 years	Asia	79%
40th	Latvia	174.1 years	Europe	78%
41st	Bosnia and Herzegovina	174.0 years	Europe	78%
42nd	Spain	164.3 years	Europe	77%
43rd	Russia	163.6 years	Europe	77%
44th	Mauritania	160.8 years	Africa	76%
45th	Hungary	159.1 years	Europe	76%
46th	North Macedonia	157.9 years	Europe	75%
47th	Kuwait	157.7 years	Asia	74%
48th	Bulgaria	155.7 years	Europe	74%
49th	Sudan	155.2 years	Africa	73%
50th	Moldova	155.2 years	Europe	73%
51st	Oman	152.3 years	Asia	72%
52nd	Azerbaijan	152.1 years	Europe	72%
53rd	Brazil	149.3 years	South America	71%
54th	Georgia	149.3 years	Europe	71%
55th	Serbia	148.5 years	Europe	70%
56th	Ukraine	145.0 years	Europe	69%
57th	Slovakia	143.1 years	Europe	69%
58th	Guyana	141.7 years	North America	68%
59th	Algeria	141.5 years	Africa	68%
60th	Mongolia	139.8 years	Asia	67%
61st	Ecuador	139.6 years	South America	67%
62nd	New Zealand	137.3 years	Oceania	66%
63rd	Turkmenistan	137.1 years	Asia	66%
64th	Dominica	136.9 years	North America	65%
65th	Belarus	133.7 years	Europe	64%
66th	United Arab Emirates	132.7 years	Asia	64%
67th	Uzbekistan	130.8 years	Asia	63%
68th	El Salvador	124.3 years	North America	63%
69th	Antigua and Barbuda	123.7 years	North America	62%
70th	Venezuela	117.8 years	North America	62%
71st	Botswana	117.7 years	Africa	61%
72nd	Mauritius	117.3 years	Africa	61%
73rd	Chile	116.1 years	South America	60%
74th	Cabo Verde	115.6 years	Africa	59%
75th	Lebanon	114.5 years	Asia	59%
76th	Tunisia	114.5 years	Africa	58%
77th	Cyprus	113.3 years	Europe	58%
78th	Mexico	111.9 years	North America	57%
79th	Maldives	111.5 years	Asia	57%
80th	Syria	111.4 years	Asia	56%
81st	Barbados	110.5 years	North America	56%
82nd	Colombia	108.5 years	North America	55%
83rd	New Caledonia	108.0 years	Oceania	54%
84th	Hong Kong	105.8 years	Asia	54%
85th	Bahamas	104.8 years	North America	53%
86th	Trinidad and Tobago	103.8 years	North America	53%
87th	Cuba	99.9 years	North America	52%
88th	Mali	98.7 years	Africa	52%
89th	Bermuda	95.6 years	North America	51%
90th	Kenya	94.9 years	Africa	51%
91st	French Polynesia	93.6 years	Oceania	50%
92nd	Honduras	91.3 years	North America	49%
93rd	Jamaica	91.1 years	North America	49%
94th	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	87.6 years	North America	48%
95th	Saint Kitts and Nevis	87.4 years	North America	48%
96th	Grenada	86.9 years	North America	47%
97th	Nicaragua	85.2 years	North America	47%
98th	India	84.5 years	Asia	46%
99th	Saudi Arabia	83.7 years	Asia	46%
100th	Saint Lucia	80.7 years	North America	45%
101st	Belize	80.3 years	North America	44%
102nd	Seychelles	79.2 years	Africa	44%
103rd	Jordan	77.7 years	Asia	43%
104th	Paraguay	75.7 years	South America	43%
105th	Libya	75.0 years	Africa	42%
106th	Dominican Republic	73.8 years	North America	42%
107th	Namibia	73.0 years	Africa	41%
108th	Japan	72.1 years	Asia	41%
109th	Brunei	70.5 years	Asia	40%
110th	Panama	70.3 years	North America	39%
111st	Afghanistan	62.2 years	Asia	39%
112nd	Peru	62.1 years	South America	38%
113rd	Djibouti	59.8 years	Africa	38%
114th	Egypt	59.5 years	Africa	37%
115th	Niger	58.9 years	Africa	37%
116th	Eswatini	56.6 years	Africa	36%
117th	South Africa	55.8 years	Africa	36%
118th	Morocco	54.7 years	Africa	35%
119th	Tajikistan	54.5 years	Asia	34%
120th	Samoa	52.5 years	Oceania	34%
121st	Nepal	52.1 years	Asia	33%
122nd	Suriname	49.0 years	North America	33%
123rd	Iran	46.7 years	Asia	32%
124th	Guatemala	46.6 years	North America	32%
125th	Bolivia	46.0 years	South America	31%
126th	Gambia	45.7 years	Africa	31%
127th	Ethiopia	44.1 years	Africa	30%
128th	Yemen	44.0 years	Asia	29%
129th	Taiwan	41.7 years	Asia	29%
130th	Tanzania	40.3 years	Africa	28%
131st	Fiji	40.2 years	Oceania	28%
132nd	Macao	37.5 years	Asia	27%
133rd	Uganda	37.3 years	Africa	27%
134th	Sri Lanka	35.0 years	Asia	26%
135th	China	32.7 years	Asia	26%
136th	Zimbabwe	31.9 years	Africa	25%
137th	Myanmar	31.5 years	Asia	24%
138th	Gabon	30.2 years	Africa	24%
139th	Burkina Faso	29.8 years	Africa	23%
140th	Thailand	29.4 years	Asia	23%
141st	South Korea	29.1 years	Asia	22%
142nd	Lesotho	25.4 years	Africa	22%
143rd	Malaysia	25.3 years	Asia	21%
144th	Vanuatu	25.2 years	Oceania	21%
145th	Madagascar	24.8 years	Africa	20%
146th	Sao Tome and Principe	22.6 years	Africa	19%
147th	Iraq	22.2 years	Asia	19%
148th	Bangladesh	21.9 years	Asia	18%
149th	Chad	20.6 years	Africa	18%
150th	Guinea	20.6 years	Africa	17%
151st	Guinea-Bissau	19.9 years	Africa	17%
152nd	Haiti	19.0 years	North America	16%
153rd	Senegal	16.9 years	Africa	16%
154th	Vietnam	16.4 years	Asia	15%
155th	Philippines	15.7 years	Asia	14%
156th	Cameroon	15.3 years	Africa	14%
157th	Indonesia	14.8 years	Asia	13%
158th	Central African Republic	13.5 years	Africa	13%
159th	Angola	12.3 years	Africa	12%
160th	Eritrea	11.6 years	Africa	12%
161st	Solomon Islands	11.5 years	Oceania	11%
162nd	Comoros	11.2 years	Africa	11%
163rd	Timor-Leste	11.0 years	Asia	10%
164th	Kiribati	10.9 years	Oceania	9%
165th	Congo	10.7 years	Africa	9%
166th	Zambia	9.7 years	Africa	8%
167th	Ghana	9.1 years	Africa	8%
168th	Benin	8.4 years	Africa	7%
169th	Malawi	8.0 years	Africa	7%
170th	Togo	8.0 years	Africa	6%
171st	Nigeria	7.9 years	Africa	6%
172nd	Rwanda	7.2 years	Africa	5%
173rd	Sierra Leone	7.0 years	Africa	4%
174th	Côte d'Ivoire	6.4 years	Africa	4%
175th	Mozambique	4.8 years	Africa	3%
176th	Burundi	4.6 years	Africa	3%
177th	North Korea	3.8 years	Asia	2%
178th	Cambodia	3.5 years	Asia	2%
179th	Liberia	3.0 years	Africa	1%
180th	Laos	2.9 years	Asia	1%