Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks in Americas

Americas: Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks was 550.57 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
550.57 million An
Change on year
down 0.4%
Rank
4th
of 33 groups
All-time high
553.01 million An
in 2023
All-time low
284.28 million An
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks in Americas, 1961–2024

0200.0M400.0M600.0M196119922024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.

Analysis

The most recent figure for cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Americas is 550.57 million An, measured in 2024.

The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 7.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Americas peaked at 553.01 million An in 2023 and was at its lowest, 284.28 million An, in 1961.

Americas ranks 4th of 33 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 312.92 million An 284.28 million An 335.80 million An 9
1970s 385.50 million An 343.08 million An 415.05 million An 10
1980s 424.60 million An 414.01 million An 432.99 million An 10
1990s 452.03 million An 434.09 million An 462.05 million An 10
2000s 498.85 million An 461.80 million An 515.75 million An 10
2010s 516.82 million An 510.35 million An 530.86 million An 10
2020s 546.57 million An 533.63 million An 553.01 million An 5

Countries ranked near Americas

  1. 1 India 307.13 million An compare
  2. 2 Brazil 239.99 million An compare
  3. 3 USSR 116.06 million An compare
  4. 4 Pakistan 103.85 million An compare
  5. 5 China 100.62 million An compare
  6. 6 China, mainland 100.47 million An compare
  7. 7 Ethiopia 71.92 million An compare

See the full ranking of 238 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Americas?
Cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Americas was 550.57 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest cattle and buffaloes — stocks recorded in Americas?
The highest recorded value was 553.01 million An in 2023.
What is the lowest cattle and buffaloes — stocks recorded in Americas?
The lowest recorded value was 284.28 million An in 1961.
How does Americas rank for cattle and buffaloes — stocks?
Americas ranks 4th out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
Is cattle and buffaloes — stocks rising or falling in Americas?
Over the last ten years it is up 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Americas 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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Indicator
Cattle and Buffaloes — 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.