India vs South America: Cattle — Stocks

India
194.75 million An
in 2024
South America
386.26 million An
in 2024
India rank
2nd
South America rank
5th

Cattle — Stocks over time

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

How they compare

South America currently reports 386.26 million An against 194.75 million An in India, a difference of 191.51 million An.

That makes South America's figure about 2.0 times India's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was India ahead.

India ranks 2nd and South America ranks 5th of 189 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, India averaged higher in 1 and South America in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade India South America Difference Ahead
1960s 175.73 million An 158.62 million An 17.11 million An India
1970s 179.69 million An 208.56 million An 28.86 million An South America
1980s 195.30 million An 252.40 million An 57.10 million An South America
1990s 200.91 million An 286.27 million An 85.36 million An South America
2000s 192.26 million An 335.15 million An 142.89 million An South America
2010s 190.68 million An 353.48 million An 162.81 million An South America
2020s 194.38 million An 379.09 million An 184.71 million An South America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cattle — stocks, India or South America?
South America, at 386.26 million An against 194.75 million An in India as of 2024.
What is the difference in cattle — stocks between India and South America?
191.51 million An, with South America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for India and South America?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do India and South America rank globally for cattle — stocks?
India ranks 2nd 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
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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.