Africa vs India: Cattle — Stocks
Cattle — Stocks over time
- Africa
- India
How they compare
Africa currently reports 398.74 million An against 194.75 million An in India, a difference of 203.98 million An.
That makes Africa's figure about 2.0 times India's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was India ahead.
Africa ranks 2nd and India ranks 2nd of 41 regions.
Across the 7 decades both report, Africa averaged higher in 4 and India in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 133.29 million An | 175.73 million An | 42.44 million An | India |
| 1970s | 157.08 million An | 179.69 million An | 22.62 million An | India |
| 1980s | 178.79 million An | 195.30 million An | 16.51 million An | India |
| 1990s | 206.81 million An | 200.91 million An | 5.90 million An | Africa |
| 2000s | 258.56 million An | 192.26 million An | 66.30 million An | Africa |
| 2010s | 330.87 million An | 190.68 million An | 140.19 million An | Africa |
| 2020s | 383.85 million An | 194.38 million An | 189.47 million An | Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cattle — stocks, Africa or India?
- Africa, at 398.74 million An against 194.75 million An in India as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cattle — stocks between Africa and India?
- 203.98 million An, with Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and India?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Africa and India rank globally for cattle — stocks?
- Africa ranks 2nd and India ranks 2nd of 41 regions.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cattle — Stocks. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.