Argentina vs China: Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks

Argentina
52.78 million An
in 2024
China
100.62 million An
in 2024
Argentina rank
8th
China rank
5th

Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks over time

  • Argentina
  • China
40.0M60.0M80.0M100.0M120.0M140.0M196119922024

How they compare

China currently reports 100.62 million An against 52.78 million An in Argentina, a difference of 47.84 million An.

That makes China's figure about 1.9 times Argentina's.

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

Argentina ranks 8th and China ranks 5th of 189 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Argentina China Difference Ahead
1960s 46.03 million An 64.06 million An 18.04 million An China
1970s 55.12 million An 73.12 million An 18.00 million An China
1980s 53.34 million An 82.18 million An 28.84 million An China
1990s 51.48 million An 114.12 million An 62.64 million An China
2000s 54.83 million An 113.33 million An 58.50 million An China
2010s 51.81 million An 91.53 million An 39.73 million An China
2020s 53.68 million An 100.46 million An 46.78 million An China

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cattle and buffaloes — stocks, Argentina or China?
China, at 100.62 million An against 52.78 million An in Argentina as of 2024.
What is the difference in cattle and buffaloes — stocks between Argentina and China?
47.84 million An, with China ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and China?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Argentina and China rank globally for cattle and buffaloes — stocks?
Argentina ranks 8th and China ranks 5th of 189 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks
Unit
An
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
238 places, 13,828 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.