China vs India: Buffalo — Stocks

China
30.14 million An
in 2024
India
112.38 million An
in 2024
China rank
3rd
India rank
1st

Buffalo — Stocks over time

  • China
  • India
025.0M50.0M75.0M100.0M196119922024

How they compare

India currently reports 112.38 million An against 30.14 million An in China, a difference of 82.24 million An.

That makes India's figure about 3.7 times China's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, India has been ahead every year.

China ranks 3rd and India ranks 1st of 69 countries.

India has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade China India Difference Ahead
1960s 11.84 million An 52.85 million An 41.01 million An India
1970s 17.27 million An 59.95 million An 42.68 million An India
1980s 19.66 million An 73.32 million An 53.66 million An India
1990s 22.09 million An 86.87 million An 64.78 million An India
2000s 23.40 million An 100.62 million An 77.22 million An India
2010s 27.42 million An 109.43 million An 82.02 million An India
2020s 30.09 million An 111.46 million An 81.37 million An India

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher buffalo — stocks, China or India?
India, at 112.38 million An against 30.14 million An in China as of 2024.
What is the difference in buffalo — stocks between China and India?
82.24 million An, with India ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China and India?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do China and India rank globally for buffalo — stocks?
China ranks 3rd and India ranks 1st of 69 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Buffalo — Stocks. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Buffalo — Stocks
Unit
An
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
93 places, 4,163 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.