The production of milk annually in four nations in the three years 1990, 2000 and 2010 was displayed in the table below.
Overall, as can be seen from the table, there was an upward trend for all countries, except for the amount of milk in Australia, where a decrease was witnessed. While the Netherlands consistently recorded the a highest figures, the figures for the Guatemala ranked last in the three years.
Looking first at the two largest milk producer, inn 1990, the Netherlands started at 11,262,000 litres, which was the largest figure, followed by Australia (11,246 million litres). Over the 20-year period, Australia decreased steadily stably from 11,105,000 litres to 9,165,000 litres, whereas the Netherlands experienced a fluctuation process. The amount of the production of milk in the Netherlands fell down at 11,155 million litres in 2000, before increasing sharply to 11,466 million litres in 2010.
In contrast, Tanzania’s and Guatemala’s production were lower all the time. The figure for Tanzania began at 87,000 litres, which was roughly three times that of Guatemala (26.000 litres) in 1990. The production of milk in Tanzania increased significantly to , at 155,000 litres by the end throughout the whole period and , the figure for Guatemala was similar to Tanzania’. Similarly, Guatemala’s production rose to and’ bottomed at 84,000 litres in the final year, which was nearly half that of Tanzania