Americas vs China: Cattle — Stocks

Americas
546.21 million An
in 2024
China
70.48 million An
in 2024
Americas rank
2nd
China rank
5th

Cattle — Stocks over time

  • Americas
  • China
0200.0M400.0M600.0M196119922024

How they compare

Americas currently reports 546.21 million An against 70.48 million An in China, a difference of 475.73 million An.

That makes Americas's figure about 7.7 times China's.

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

Americas ranks 2nd and China ranks 5th of 33 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Americas China Difference Ahead
1960s 312.83 million An 52.22 million An 260.61 million An Americas
1970s 385.24 million An 55.85 million An 329.39 million An Americas
1980s 423.74 million An 62.52 million An 361.22 million An Americas
1990s 450.72 million An 92.03 million An 358.69 million An Americas
2000s 497.71 million An 89.93 million An 407.78 million An Americas
2010s 515.07 million An 64.12 million An 450.96 million An Americas
2020s 542.83 million An 70.37 million An 472.47 million An Americas

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cattle — stocks, Americas or China?
Americas, at 546.21 million An against 70.48 million An in China as of 2024.
What is the difference in cattle — stocks between Americas and China?
475.73 million An, with Americas ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and China?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Americas and China rank globally for cattle — stocks?
Americas ranks 2nd and China ranks 5th of 33 groups.
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.