Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks in Guyana
Guyana: Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks was 98,851 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks in Guyana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Guyana recorded 98,851 An for cattle and buffaloes — stocks in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 12.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Guyana peaked at 350,000 An in 1966 and was at its lowest, 96,208 An, in 2020.
Guyana ranks 144th of 189 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks in Guyana, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 180,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 220,000 An | +22.2% |
| 1963 | 225,000 An | +2.3% |
| 1964 | 270,000 An | +20.0% |
| 1965 | 332,000 An | +23.0% |
| 1966 | 350,000 An | +5.4% |
| 1967 | 315,000 An | -10.0% |
| 1968 | 305,500 An | -3.0% |
| 1969 | 280,000 An | -8.3% |
| 1970 | 256,800 An | -8.3% |
| 1971 | 258,000 An | +0.5% |
| 1972 | 260,000 An | +0.8% |
| 1973 | 265,000 An | +1.9% |
| 1974 | 270,000 An | +1.9% |
| 1975 | 275,000 An | +1.9% |
| 1976 | 260,000 An | -5.5% |
| 1977 | 240,000 An | -7.7% |
| 1978 | 225,000 An | -6.2% |
| 1979 | 135,000 An | -40.0% |
| 1980 | 170,000 An | +25.9% |
| 1981 | 160,000 An | -5.9% |
| 1982 | 168,000 An | +5.0% |
| 1983 | 163,000 An | -3.0% |
| 1984 | 120,000 An | -26.4% |
| 1985 | 110,000 An | -8.3% |
| 1986 | 110,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 120,000 An | +9.1% |
| 1988 | 135,000 An | +12.5% |
| 1989 | 145,000 An | +7.4% |
| 1990 | 160,000 An | +10.3% |
| 1991 | 190,000 An | +18.8% |
| 1992 | 200,000 An | +5.3% |
| 1993 | 190,000 An | -5.0% |
| 1994 | 180,000 An | -5.3% |
| 1995 | 170,000 An | -5.6% |
| 1996 | 160,000 An | -5.9% |
| 1997 | 150,000 An | -6.2% |
| 1998 | 145,000 An | -3.3% |
| 1999 | 135,000 An | -6.9% |
| 2000 | 125,000 An | -7.4% |
| 2001 | 120,000 An | -4.0% |
| 2002 | 110,000 An | -8.3% |
| 2003 | 110,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 110,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 110,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 110,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 110,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 110,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 110,900 An | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 112,800 An | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 112,800 An | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 112,900 An | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 112,900 An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 113,000 An | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 112,987 An | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 110,707 An | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 107,395 An | -3.0% |
| 2018 | 103,792 An | -3.4% |
| 2019 | 100,000 An | -3.7% |
| 2020 | 96,208 An | -3.8% |
| 2021 | 99,629 An | +3.6% |
| 2022 | 100,695 An | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 99,772 An | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 98,851 An | -0.9% |
Guyana compared with similar countries
- Guyana's 98,851 An is below the median for high income countries, which is 556,466 An, 18% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Guyana's 98,851 An is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.46 million An, 7% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks in Guyana changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | -40.0% | 225,000 An | 135,000 An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 275,278 An | 180,000 An | 350,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 244,480 An | 135,000 An | 275,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 140,100 An | 110,000 An | 170,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 168,000 An | 135,000 An | 200,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 112,590 An | 110,000 An | 125,000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 109,928 An | 100,000 An | 113,000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 99,031 An | 96,208 An | 100,695 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guyana
- 141 North Macedonia 144,597 An compare
- 142 United Arab Emirates 119,098 An compare
- 143 Belize 99,019 An compare
- 145 Papua New Guinea 90,889 An compare
- 146 Vanuatu 89,000 An compare
- 147 Jordan 88,910 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Guyana
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0773 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 2,507 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5708 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7351 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Guyana?
- Cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Guyana was 98,851 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cattle and buffaloes — stocks recorded in Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 350,000 An in 1966.
- What is the lowest cattle and buffaloes — stocks recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 96,208 An in 2020.
- How does Guyana rank for cattle and buffaloes — stocks?
- Guyana ranks 144th out of 189 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cattle and buffaloes — stocks rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guyana 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.