Table I.1.
Number of holdings keeping dairy cows, total number of dairy cows, average herd sizes, annual raw milk production and average milk yield per cow in the EU‐MS Member States in 2016; average herd size and average milk yield based on calculations (source of data: Eurostat, 2021)
| Country | No. ofdairy cows | No. of dairy farms | ø Herd size | Raw milk from farm (1,000 t) | ø Milk yield per cow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EU‐MS | 21,928,780 | 1,190,950 | 18 | ||
| Germany | 4,274,480 | 69,190 | 62 | 32,672.34 | 7,644 |
| France | 3,678,420 | 64,420 | 57 | 25,138.93 | 6,834 |
| Poland | 2,183,470 | 243,560 | 9 | 13,244.00 | 6,066 |
| Italy | 2,010,090 | 53,380 | 38 | 11,886.04 | 5,913 |
| Netherlands | 1,744,830 | 17,910 | 97 | 14,531.00 | 8,328 |
| Ireland | 1,398,060 | 18,320 | 76 | 6,871.94 | 4,915 |
| Romania | 1,137,890 | 472,780 | 2 | 3,934.00 | 3,457 |
| Spain | 905,850 | 19,820 | 46 | 7,123.77 | 7,864 |
| Denmark | 571,640 | 3,170 | 180 | 5,435.70 | 9,509 |
| Austria | 562,430 | 31,980 | 18 | 3,627.61 | 6,450 |
| Belgium | 531,010 | 11,770 | 45 | 3,933.25 | 7,407 |
| Czechia | 369,110 | 2,870 | 129 | 3,064.73 | 8,303 |
| Sweden | 330,830 | 3,870 | 86 | 2,862.23 | 8,652 |
| Lithuania | 302,280 | 55,430 | 6 | 1,623.87 | 5,372 |
| Bulgaria | 285,350 | 39,850 | 7 | 1,019.00 | 3,571 |
| Finland | 282,440 | 8,070 | 35 | 2,429.60 | 8,602 |
| Portugal | 277,610 | 8,100 | 34 | 1,922.97 | 6,927 |
| Hungary | 246,460 | 7,730 | 32 | 1,918.23 | 7,783 |
| Latvia | 160,650 | 18,420 | 9 | 983.50 | 6,122 |
| Croatia | 148,280 | 18,830 | 8 | 671.00 | 4,525 |
| Slovakia | 127,670 | 4,130 | 31 | 905.26 | 7,091 |
| Greece | 124,040 | 5,030 | 25 | 702.56 | 5,664 |
| Slovenia | 111,110 | 9,570 | 12 | 649.68 | 5,847 |
| Estonia | 85,220 | 1,740 | 49 | 782.70 | 9,184 |
| Luxembourg | 51,030 | 700 | 73 | 376.22 | 7,373 |
| Cyprus | 22,030 | 190 | 116 | 186.02 | 8,444 |
| Malta | 6,490 | 100 | 65 | 43.13 | 6,646 |