How is milk production changing in Greece?

Milk available on farms. Raw milk available on farms; cows, ewes, goats and buffaloes remain distinct.

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Higher cow share is not better performance. These are mass quantities, not value, consumer-basket weights or proof of price effects.

Greece · Total

1,935.60

thousand tonnes · 2024 ·
Published total

Cow-only quantity

651.95

thousand tonnes ·

Cow-milk share

33.68%

What does the cow-only view leave out?

Species / category	thousand tonnes	Share of this total
Cow	651.95	33.68%
Ewe	945.82	48.86%
Goat	337.83	17.45%
Buffalo	0.00	0.00%

The reported components form a complete composition within the stated rounding bound. Published-total minus component sum: 0.00 thousand tonnes.

The European comparison

Official EU, same definition: 96.47% · p / p. Median of other reporting countries: 99.24% · 26/26.

Unavailable countries: none.

Exact country values and flags

Country	thousand tonnes	Cow-only quantity	Cow-milk share	Total / cow flags
Belgium	4,654.26	4,597.00	98.77%	/
Bulgaria	793.89	708.21	89.21%	/
Czechia	3,554.81	3,553.87	99.97%	/
Denmark	5,690.00	5,690.00	100.00%	/
Germany	33,792.59	33,777.78	99.96%	/
Estonia	941.00	940.60	99.96%	/
Ireland	8,697.20	8,697.20	100.00%	/
Greece	1,935.60	651.95	33.68%	/
Spain	8,587.23	7,576.06	88.22%	p / p
France	25,244.57	24,204.28	95.88%	p / p
Croatia	477.00	468.00	98.11%	/
Italy	13,973.39	13,185.34	94.36%	/
Cyprus	414.14	325.39	78.57%	/
Latvia	960.99	959.86	99.88%	/
Lithuania	1,528.52	1,526.13	99.84%	/
Luxembourg	485.79	482.94	99.41%	/
Hungary	2,098.01	2,093.69	99.79%	/
Malta	41.20	38.16	92.62%	/
Netherlands	14,815.69	14,348.21	96.84%	/
Austria	4,058.48	4,020.70	99.07%	/
Poland	16,049.76	16,039.61	99.94%	/
Portugal	2,048.14	1,943.32	94.88%	/
Romania	4,406.10	3,724.10	84.52%	/
Slovenia	611.34	608.94	99.61%	/
Slovakia	929.23	916.86	98.67%	/
Finland	2,209.22	2,209.22	100.00%	/
Sweden	2,799.91	2,799.91	100.00%	/

Is the milk mix changing elsewhere too?

Baseline year

Greece: -0.66 percentage points · 2020 → 2024. Other-country median change: +0.01 · 26/26.

Exact common endpoints and all intervening annual source cells are required. Breaks withhold changes; there is no causal attribution.

Matched changes and excluded countries

Country	Change, percentage points	Reason
Belgium	-0.23
Bulgaria	1.51
Czechia	-0.01
Denmark	0.00
Germany	0.03
Estonia	0.04
Ireland	0.00
Greece	-0.66
Spain	0.66
France	-0.11
Croatia	0.73
Italy	0.26
Cyprus	-0.63
Latvia	0.07
Lithuania	0.09
Luxembourg	0.12
Hungary	0.03
Malta	-1.08
Netherlands	-0.41
Austria	0.02
Poland	-0.00
Portugal	-0.09
Romania	0.18
Slovenia	0.01
Slovakia	-0.06
Finland	0.00
Sweden	-0.00

History and additional farm/dairy context

Year	thousand tonnes	Cow-milk share	Flags
2000	1,895.90	41.63%	/
2001	1,901.50	40.92%	/
2002	1,877.10	40.39%	/
2003	1,909.00	40.22%	/
2004	1,835.50	41.53%	/
2005	1,816.20	41.92%	/
2006	1,853.50	41.21%	/
2007	1,859.00	41.64%	/
2008	1,891.70	41.61%	/
2009	1,845.30	40.80%	/
2010	1,890.66	39.33%	/
2011	n/a	n/a	\|C /
2012	1,833.90	41.74%	/
2013	1,817.20	40.20%	/
2014	1,892.00	40.64%	/
2015	1,915.00	40.21%	/
2016	1,897.00	37.22%	/
2017	1,807.00	37.08%	/
2018	1,844.90	35.49%	/
2019	1,959.44	33.65%	/
2020	1,990.33	34.34%	/
2021	2,027.73	35.06%	/
2022	1,999.43	34.57%	/
2023	1,962.50	34.12%	/
2024	1,935.60	33.68%	/

Source concept	thousand tonnes	Flag
Farm raw-milk deliveries	1,525.58
Farm cheese	57.77
Farm cheese delivered to dairies	0.00

These concepts are separate. Do not label a collection/availability gap as imports or losses, or add farm and dairy cheese without checking overlaps. Mixed cheese is not a named protected product. Farm composition is not a retail price basket.

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