The nation is the largest exporter of whole milk powder (WMP), with around 95 percent of the milk produced in New Zealand processed to be exported. Other important export products include butter, cheese, infant formula, and skim milk powder.
There was a bit of a pattern. Big countries that are on all of these kind of quizzes, Europe, and the Anglosphere. A bit tough to figure it out at first, but was definitely easier at the end.
European or European-descended cultures use milk and dairy products like cheese and yogurt much more extensively than African, Asian, or indigenous American cultures. In many Asian cultures putting cheese on everything seems disgusting. That's one reason why places like Ireland beat out other places like China, Indonesia, or Nigeria.
If only Mongolia had the modern production lines, they'd beat us all. Their origin legend, after all, states that they are "people/children of the cow" (hence the cow shoulders in traditional women's dressing and the hairstyle resembling cow horns).
probably the majority of people in those countries being lactose-intolerant doesn't help. I did find it funny though that, in a study, it was found that Japanese participants thought that weak cheeses like Brie had an extremely strong flavour, simply because they weren't used to them
This map goes a long way in explaining these trends. Lactase, the enzyme used to digest lactose, is ubiquitous in European populations but very rare in East Asian and certain African populations. The Middle East and India (as well as the Caucasus) are somewhere between those extremes. As a result, Europe dominates this list, but a few of the more populous countries of South and West Asia also show up.
Except for New Zealand and Ireland, the countries above Netherlands are all large. The Dutch do love their dairy, but there are only so many cows one can pack into the Low Countries. I guessed it anyway assuming the sheer volume of production would make the list.
Thank you Google :)
A good stomach you have
What are your sources ?
I found different results here
https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QCL/visualize