Canada vs South Africa: Cattle — Stocks

Canada
10.98 million An
in 2024
South Africa
12.12 million An
in 2024
Canada rank
31st
South Africa rank
29th

Cattle — Stocks over time

  • Canada
  • South Africa
05.0M10.0M15.0M196119922024

How they compare

South Africa currently reports 12.12 million An against 10.98 million An in Canada, a difference of 1.14 million An.

That makes South Africa's figure about 1.1 times Canada's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South Africa ahead.

Canada ranks 31st and South Africa ranks 29th of 189 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 2 and South Africa in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Canada South Africa Difference Ahead
1960s 11.48 million An 11.72 million An 239,467 An South Africa
1970s 12.85 million An 12.41 million An 440,270 An Canada
1980s 11.46 million An 12.68 million An 1.21 million An South Africa
1990s 12.43 million An 13.24 million An 805,660 An South Africa
2000s 13.91 million An 13.66 million An 243,700 An Canada
2010s 11.94 million An 13.45 million An 1.51 million An South Africa
2020s 11.36 million An 12.21 million An 849,320 An South Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cattle — stocks, Canada or South Africa?
South Africa, at 12.12 million An against 10.98 million An in Canada as of 2024.
What is the difference in cattle — stocks between Canada and South Africa?
1.14 million An, with South Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and South Africa?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Canada and South Africa rank globally for cattle — stocks?
Canada ranks 31st and South Africa ranks 29th 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.