Africa vs USSR: Cattle — Stocks

Africa
398.74 million An
in 2024
USSR
115.64 million An
in 1991
Africa rank
2nd
USSR rank
3rd

Cattle — Stocks over time

  • Africa
  • USSR
100.0M200.0M300.0M400.0M196119922024

How they compare

Africa currently reports 398.74 million An against 115.64 million An in USSR, a difference of 283.09 million An.

That makes Africa's figure about 3.4 times USSR's.

Across all 31 years both countries report, Africa has been ahead every year.

Africa ranks 2nd and USSR ranks 3rd of 41 regions.

Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Africa USSR Difference Ahead
1960s 133.29 million An 88.99 million An 44.30 million An Africa
1970s 157.08 million An 106.44 million An 50.64 million An Africa
1980s 178.79 million An 118.48 million An 60.31 million An Africa
1990s 191.82 million An 117.02 million An 74.80 million An Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cattle — stocks, Africa or USSR?
Africa, at 398.74 million An against 115.64 million An in USSR as of 2024.
What is the difference in cattle — stocks between Africa and USSR?
283.09 million An, with Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and USSR?
31 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1991.
How do Africa and USSR rank globally for cattle — stocks?
Africa ranks 2nd and USSR ranks 3rd 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

Indicator
Cattle — 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
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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.