Northern America vs USSR: Cattle — Stocks

Northern America
98.14 million An
in 2024
USSR
115.64 million An
in 1991
Northern America rank
11th
USSR rank
3rd

Cattle — Stocks over time

  • Northern America
  • USSR
050.0M100.0M150.0M196119922024

How they compare

USSR currently reports 115.64 million An against 98.14 million An in Northern America, a difference of 17.50 million An.

That makes USSR's figure about 1.2 times Northern America's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 31 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Northern America ahead.

Northern America ranks 11th and USSR ranks 3rd of 29 groups.

Across the 4 decades both report, Northern America averaged higher in 3 and USSR in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Northern America USSR Difference Ahead
1960s 117.76 million An 88.99 million An 28.77 million An Northern America
1970s 133.27 million An 106.44 million An 26.83 million An Northern America
1980s 119.75 million An 118.48 million An 1.27 million An Northern America
1990s 107.36 million An 117.02 million An 9.66 million An USSR

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cattle — stocks, Northern America or USSR?
USSR, at 115.64 million An against 98.14 million An in Northern America as of 1991.
What is the difference in cattle — stocks between Northern America and USSR?
17.50 million An, with USSR ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Northern America and USSR?
31 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1991.
How do Northern America and USSR rank globally for cattle — stocks?
Northern America ranks 11th and USSR ranks 3rd of 29 groups.
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.