Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks in European Union (27)

European Union (27): Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks was 72.40 million An in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
72.40 million An
Change on year
down 2.5%
Rank
15th
of 29 groups
All-time high
106.75 million An
in 1980
All-time low
72.40 million An
in 2024
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks in European Union (27), 1961–2024

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

Analysis

European Union (27) recorded 72.40 million An for cattle and buffaloes — stocks in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.

That represents a change of down 2.5% on the previous year and down 9.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, cattle and buffaloes — stocks in European Union (27) peaked at 106.75 million An in 1980 and was at its lowest, 72.40 million An, in 2024.

European Union (27) ranks 15th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks in European Union (27), year by year

Annual values for Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks in European Union (27), 1961 to 2024.
Year An Change
1961 91.33 million An
1962 93.27 million An +2.1%
1963 92.44 million An -0.9%
1964 90.80 million An -1.8%
1965 92.14 million An +1.5%
1966 94.88 million An +3.0%
1967 96.81 million An +2.0%
1968 97.87 million An +1.1%
1969 97.82 million An -0.1%
1970 97.23 million An -0.6%
1971 96.44 million An -0.8%
1972 97.06 million An +0.7%
1973 100.84 million An +3.9%
1974 104.68 million An +3.8%
1975 105.48 million An +0.8%
1976 104.86 million An -0.6%
1977 105.31 million An +0.4%
1978 105.89 million An +0.6%
1979 106.52 million An +0.6%
1980 106.75 million An +0.2%
1981 105.41 million An -1.3%
1982 105.57 million An +0.2%
1983 103.80 million An -1.7%
1984 106.57 million An +2.7%
1985 106.12 million An -0.4%
1986 104.43 million An -1.6%
1987 101.45 million An -2.9%
1988 99.56 million An -1.9%
1989 99.70 million An +0.1%
1990 99.41 million An -0.3%
1991 95.64 million An -3.8%
1992 95.86 million An +0.2%
1993 95.06 million An -0.8%
1994 92.80 million An -2.4%
1995 91.15 million An -1.8%
1996 91.16 million An +0.0%
1997 90.65 million An -0.6%
1998 88.81 million An -2.0%
1999 87.95 million An -1.0%
2000 88.05 million An +0.1%
2001 86.12 million An -2.2%
2002 84.91 million An -1.4%
2003 83.13 million An -2.1%
2004 82.30 million An -1.0%
2005 81.38 million An -1.1%
2006 80.81 million An -0.7%
2007 81.46 million An +0.8%
2008 81.61 million An +0.2%
2009 81.02 million An -0.7%
2010 80.10 million An -1.1%
2011 78.20 million An -2.4%
2012 78.37 million An +0.2%
2013 78.58 million An +0.3%
2014 79.56 million An +1.3%
2015 80.10 million An +0.7%
2016 80.44 million An +0.4%
2017 80.03 million An -0.5%
2018 78.30 million An -2.2%
2019 77.62 million An -0.9%
2020 77.02 million An -0.8%
2021 76.18 million An -1.1%
2022 75.29 million An -1.2%
2023 74.24 million An -1.4%
2024 72.40 million An -2.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 94.15 million An 90.80 million An 97.87 million An 9
1970s 102.43 million An 96.44 million An 106.52 million An 10
1980s 103.94 million An 99.56 million An 106.75 million An 10
1990s 92.85 million An 87.95 million An 99.41 million An 10
2000s 83.08 million An 80.81 million An 88.05 million An 10
2010s 79.13 million An 77.62 million An 80.44 million An 10
2020s 75.03 million An 72.40 million An 77.02 million An 5

Countries ranked near European Union (27)

  1. 12 Mexico 36.93 million An compare
  2. 13 Sudan 31.26 million An compare
  3. 14 Ethiopia PDR 31.00 million An compare
  4. 15 Colombia 30.88 million An compare
  5. 16 Australia 30.37 million An compare
  6. 17 Bangladesh 26.54 million An compare
  7. 18 Kenya 22.44 million An compare

See the full ranking of 238 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is cattle and buffaloes — stocks in European Union (27)?
Cattle and buffaloes — stocks in European Union (27) was 72.40 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest cattle and buffaloes — stocks recorded in European Union (27)?
The highest recorded value was 106.75 million An in 1980.
What is the lowest cattle and buffaloes — stocks recorded in European Union (27)?
The lowest recorded value was 72.40 million An in 2024.
How does European Union (27) rank for cattle and buffaloes — stocks?
European Union (27) ranks 15th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is cattle and buffaloes — stocks rising or falling in European Union (27)?
Over the last ten years it is down 9.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this European Union (27) 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

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.