China, mainland vs Southern Asia: Cattle — Stocks

China, mainland
70.33 million An
in 2024
Southern Asia
295.05 million An
in 2024
China, mainland rank
6th
Southern Asia rank
7th

Cattle — Stocks over time

  • China, mainland
  • Southern Asia
50.0M100.0M150.0M200.0M250.0M300.0M196119922024

How they compare

Southern Asia currently reports 295.05 million An against 70.33 million An in China, mainland, a difference of 224.72 million An.

That makes Southern Asia's figure about 4.2 times China, mainland's.

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

China, mainland ranks 6th and Southern Asia ranks 7th of 189 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade China, mainland Southern Asia Difference Ahead
1960s 52.11 million An 229.17 million An 177.06 million An Southern Asia
1970s 55.73 million An 238.76 million An 183.02 million An Southern Asia
1980s 62.42 million An 251.56 million An 189.14 million An Southern Asia
1990s 91.88 million An 261.84 million An 169.96 million An Southern Asia
2000s 89.79 million An 261.35 million An 171.56 million An Southern Asia
2010s 63.97 million An 275.08 million An 211.11 million An Southern Asia
2020s 70.21 million An 291.44 million An 221.23 million An Southern Asia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cattle — stocks, China, mainland or Southern Asia?
Southern Asia, at 295.05 million An against 70.33 million An in China, mainland as of 2024.
What is the difference in cattle — stocks between China, mainland and Southern Asia?
224.72 million An, with Southern Asia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China, mainland and Southern Asia?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do China, mainland and Southern Asia rank globally for cattle — stocks?
China, mainland ranks 6th and Southern Asia ranks 7th 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.