In Germany in 2019 average consumption of drink milk per capita was 49.5 kilogram, which was for the first time below the 50 kilogram border. Twenty years ago, in 2000, the consumption was still 54 kilogram. Total milk consumption was in 2019 4.2 million tonnes which was 3.4 percent less than in 2018. In 2019 self-sufficiency rate of drink milk was 111.7 percent.