Ethiopia vs South America: Cattle — Stocks

Ethiopia
71.92 million An
in 2024
South America
386.26 million An
in 2024
Ethiopia rank
4th
South America rank
5th

Cattle — Stocks over time

  • Ethiopia
  • South America
0100.0M200.0M300.0M400.0M196119922024

How they compare

South America currently reports 386.26 million An against 71.92 million An in Ethiopia, a difference of 314.35 million An.

That makes South America's figure about 5.4 times Ethiopia's.

Across all 32 years both countries report, South America has been ahead every year.

Ethiopia ranks 4th and South America ranks 5th of 189 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Ethiopia South America Difference Ahead
1990s 31.86 million An 290.44 million An 258.58 million An South America
2000s 41.78 million An 335.15 million An 293.37 million An South America
2010s 57.58 million An 353.48 million An 295.90 million An South America
2020s 69.17 million An 379.09 million An 309.91 million An South America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cattle — stocks, Ethiopia or South America?
South America, at 386.26 million An against 71.92 million An in Ethiopia as of 2024.
What is the difference in cattle — stocks between Ethiopia and South America?
314.35 million An, with South America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and South America?
32 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2024.
How do Ethiopia and South America rank globally for cattle — stocks?
Ethiopia ranks 4th and South America ranks 5th 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
Last refreshed

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.