Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks in Africa
Africa: Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks was 400.18 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Africa recorded 400.18 million An for cattle and buffaloes — stocks in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 20.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Africa peaked at 400.18 million An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 124.04 million An, in 1961.
That places Africa 5th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks in Africa, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 124.04 million An | — |
| 1962 | 126.00 million An | +1.6% |
| 1963 | 128.02 million An | +1.6% |
| 1964 | 131.74 million An | +2.9% |
| 1965 | 135.64 million An | +3.0% |
| 1966 | 136.44 million An | +0.6% |
| 1967 | 140.67 million An | +3.1% |
| 1968 | 144.51 million An | +2.7% |
| 1969 | 147.58 million An | +2.1% |
| 1970 | 150.60 million An | +2.0% |
| 1971 | 152.80 million An | +1.5% |
| 1972 | 153.89 million An | +0.7% |
| 1973 | 154.99 million An | +0.7% |
| 1974 | 155.85 million An | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 158.66 million An | +1.8% |
| 1976 | 160.25 million An | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 163.54 million An | +2.1% |
| 1978 | 168.47 million An | +3.0% |
| 1979 | 173.53 million An | +3.0% |
| 1980 | 174.59 million An | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 176.64 million An | +1.2% |
| 1982 | 180.69 million An | +2.3% |
| 1983 | 182.25 million An | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 179.06 million An | -1.7% |
| 1985 | 180.42 million An | +0.8% |
| 1986 | 182.60 million An | +1.2% |
| 1987 | 181.30 million An | -0.7% |
| 1988 | 184.63 million An | +1.8% |
| 1989 | 189.89 million An | +2.8% |
| 1990 | 194.46 million An | +2.4% |
| 1991 | 194.60 million An | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 200.45 million An | +3.0% |
| 1993 | 201.76 million An | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 203.57 million An | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 209.04 million An | +2.7% |
| 1996 | 212.25 million An | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 218.99 million An | +3.2% |
| 1998 | 226.13 million An | +3.3% |
| 1999 | 235.78 million An | +4.3% |
| 2000 | 235.76 million An | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 239.77 million An | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 245.83 million An | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 251.33 million An | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 254.03 million An | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 262.78 million An | +3.4% |
| 2006 | 268.22 million An | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 281.15 million An | +4.8% |
| 2008 | 289.92 million An | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 295.05 million An | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 302.08 million An | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 308.81 million An | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 319.85 million An | +3.6% |
| 2013 | 325.17 million An | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 332.05 million An | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 339.30 million An | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 347.05 million An | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 348.39 million An | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 357.04 million An | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 364.22 million An | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 376.62 million An | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 376.82 million An | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 379.90 million An | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 392.94 million An | +3.4% |
| 2024 | 400.18 million An | +1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 134.96 million An | 124.04 million An | 147.58 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 159.26 million An | 150.60 million An | 173.53 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 181.21 million An | 174.59 million An | 189.89 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 209.70 million An | 194.46 million An | 235.78 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 262.38 million An | 235.76 million An | 295.05 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 334.39 million An | 302.08 million An | 364.22 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 385.29 million An | 376.62 million An | 400.18 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 2 Brazil 239.99 million An compare
- 3 USSR 116.06 million An compare
- 4 Pakistan 103.85 million An compare
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 39.05 million An compare
- 5 China 100.62 million An compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 17.76 million An compare
- 6 China, mainland 100.47 million An compare
- 6 Türkiye 16.99 million An compare
- 7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 11.25 million An compare
- 7 Ethiopia 71.92 million An compare
- 8 Argentina 52.78 million An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Africa
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.72 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.96 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Africa?
- Cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Africa was 400.18 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cattle and buffaloes — stocks recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 400.18 million An in 2024.
- What is the lowest cattle and buffaloes — stocks recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 124.04 million An in 1961.
- How does Africa rank for cattle and buffaloes — stocks?
- Africa ranks 5th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cattle and buffaloes — stocks rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.