Band 5+: The charts below give information about the world's top three producers for four different dairy products (milk, cheese, butter, milk powder) in the year of 2012.

The bar chart illustrate the number of milk products was produce in 2012

Overall, a larger amount of milk was produced compared to other products. Moreover , while the European Union make the most milk and cheese, India was the top producer of butter and China dominated milk powder production.

In relation to milk and cheese production, in the European Union the former stood at 142,970 metric tons, compared to 127,000 metric tons in India and 90,038 metric ton in the United States. In the same year, the European Union produced 7,120 metric tons of cheese, followed by 4,925 metric tons in the United States, and Brazil was far behind with only 700 metric tons.

For other products , butter production in India was recorded at 4,500 metric tons, more than double the figure for the European Union with 2,040 metric tons. However, just 810 metric tons of butter were made in the United States. Such a inconsistency was not seen in milk powder as the data for China and New Zealand were relatively comparable at 1,200 and 1,110 metric tons respectively, while the European Union industial 770 metric tons of milk powder