India vs World: Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks

India
307.13 million An
in 2024
World
1.79 billion An
in 2024
India rank
1st
World rank
1st

Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks over time

  • India
  • World
0500.0M1.0B1.5B2.0B196119922024

How they compare

World currently reports 1.79 billion An against 307.13 million An in India, a difference of 1.48 billion An.

That makes World's figure about 5.8 times India's.

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

India ranks 1st and World ranks 1st of 205 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade India World Difference Ahead
1960s 228.58 million An 1.10 billion An 876.27 million An World
1970s 239.65 million An 1.27 billion An 1.03 billion An World
1980s 268.61 million An 1.39 billion An 1.12 billion An World
1990s 287.77 million An 1.47 billion An 1.18 billion An World
2000s 292.89 million An 1.54 billion An 1.25 billion An World
2010s 300.11 million An 1.65 billion An 1.35 billion An World
2020s 305.84 million An 1.76 billion An 1.46 billion An World

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cattle and buffaloes — stocks, India or World?
World, at 1.79 billion An against 307.13 million An in India as of 2024.
What is the difference in cattle and buffaloes — stocks between India and World?
1.48 billion An, with World ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for India and World?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do India and World rank globally for cattle and buffaloes — stocks?
India ranks 1st and World ranks 1st of 205 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.