Kenya vs Middle Africa: Cattle — Stocks

Kenya
22.44 million An
in 2024
Middle Africa
58.05 million An
in 2024
Kenya rank
18th
Middle Africa rank
10th

Cattle — Stocks over time

  • Kenya
  • Middle Africa
020.0M40.0M60.0M196119922024

How they compare

Middle Africa currently reports 58.05 million An against 22.44 million An in Kenya, a difference of 35.61 million An.

That makes Middle Africa's figure about 2.6 times Kenya's.

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

Kenya ranks 18th and Middle Africa ranks 10th of 187 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Kenya Middle Africa Difference Ahead
1960s 7.48 million An 9.40 million An 1.92 million An Middle Africa
1970s 9.60 million An 11.36 million An 1.77 million An Middle Africa
1980s 12.06 million An 15.87 million An 3.81 million An Middle Africa
1990s 12.60 million An 20.90 million An 8.29 million An Middle Africa
2000s 13.92 million An 28.85 million An 14.93 million An Middle Africa
2010s 18.97 million An 40.74 million An 21.77 million An Middle Africa
2020s 22.95 million An 53.54 million An 30.59 million An Middle Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cattle — stocks, Kenya or Middle Africa?
Middle Africa, at 58.05 million An against 22.44 million An in Kenya as of 2024.
What is the difference in cattle — stocks between Kenya and Middle Africa?
35.61 million An, with Middle Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Middle Africa?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Kenya and Middle Africa rank globally for cattle — stocks?
Kenya ranks 18th and Middle Africa ranks 10th of 187 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.