Australia and New Zealand vs Europe: Cattle — Stocks

Australia and New Zealand
39.89 million An
in 2024
Europe
108.98 million An
in 2024
Australia and New Zealand rank
10th
Europe rank
10th

Cattle — Stocks over time

  • Australia and New Zealand
  • Europe
050.0M100.0M150.0M200.0M250.0M196119922024

How they compare

Europe currently reports 108.98 million An against 39.89 million An in Australia and New Zealand, a difference of 69.09 million An.

That makes Europe's figure about 2.7 times Australia and New Zealand's.

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

Australia and New Zealand ranks 10th and Europe ranks 10th of 189 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia and New Zealand Europe Difference Ahead
1960s 25.87 million An 208.20 million An 182.33 million An Europe
1970s 37.52 million An 235.96 million An 198.44 million An Europe
1980s 31.25 million An 248.87 million An 217.62 million An Europe
1990s 33.96 million An 188.60 million An 154.64 million An Europe
2000s 37.25 million An 134.89 million An 97.65 million An Europe
2010s 37.29 million An 121.12 million An 83.83 million An Europe
2020s 36.32 million An 112.87 million An 76.55 million An Europe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cattle — stocks, Australia and New Zealand or Europe?
Europe, at 108.98 million An against 39.89 million An in Australia and New Zealand as of 2024.
What is the difference in cattle — stocks between Australia and New Zealand and Europe?
69.09 million An, with Europe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and New Zealand and Europe?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Australia and New Zealand and Europe rank globally for cattle — stocks?
Australia and New Zealand ranks 10th and Europe ranks 10th of 189 countries.
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.