Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks in Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Iran (Islamic Republic of): Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks was 5.74 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
5.74 million An
Change on year
up 0.5%
Rank
10th
of 20 regions
All-time high
9.26 million An
in 1998
All-time low
4.34 million An
in 2014
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks in Iran (Islamic Republic of), 1961–2024

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Iran (Islamic Republic of) is 5.74 million An, measured in 2024.

The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 32.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Iran (Islamic Republic of) peaked at 9.26 million An in 1998 and was at its lowest, 4.34 million An, in 2014.

Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 10th of 20 regions on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks in Iran (Islamic Republic of), year by year

Annual values for Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks in Iran (Islamic Republic of), 1961 to 2024.
Year An Change
1961 6.27 million An
1962 6.33 million An +1.0%
1963 5.43 million An -14.3%
1964 5.25 million An -3.3%
1965 5.25 million An +0.0%
1966 5.15 million An -1.9%
1967 5.20 million An +1.0%
1968 5.23 million An +0.6%
1969 5.34 million An +2.1%
1970 5.54 million An +3.7%
1971 5.75 million An +3.7%
1972 5.85 million An +1.8%
1973 6.04 million An +3.3%
1974 6.09 million An +0.9%
1975 5.87 million An -3.6%
1976 5.84 million An -0.6%
1977 5.74 million An -1.7%
1978 5.64 million An -1.7%
1979 5.62 million An -0.5%
1980 5.41 million An -3.6%
1981 5.93 million An +9.5%
1982 5.39 million An -9.0%
1983 5.71 million An +6.0%
1984 6.13 million An +7.3%
1985 6.56 million An +6.9%
1986 7.07 million An +7.8%
1987 6.91 million An -2.4%
1988 6.80 million An -1.5%
1989 8.35 million An +22.8%
1990 7.97 million An -4.6%
1991 7.14 million An -10.5%
1992 8.33 million An +16.8%
1993 8.43 million An +1.1%
1994 8.64 million An +2.5%
1995 8.79 million An +1.8%
1996 8.95 million An +1.8%
1997 9.10 million An +1.7%
1998 9.26 million An +1.7%
1999 8.52 million An -8.0%
2000 8.76 million An +2.8%
2001 9.01 million An +2.8%
2002 7.83 million An -13.1%
2003 7.93 million An +1.3%
2004 8.03 million An +1.3%
2005 8.23 million An +2.5%
2006 8.32 million An +1.0%
2007 8.42 million An +1.3%
2008 7.28 million An -13.6%
2009 7.45 million An +2.3%
2010 7.63 million An +2.4%
2011 7.81 million An +2.4%
2012 8.00 million An +2.4%
2013 8.14 million An +1.7%
2014 4.34 million An -46.7%
2015 4.67 million An +7.7%
2016 5.63 million An +20.5%
2017 5.01 million An -11.1%
2018 5.41 million An +8.1%
2019 5.59 million An +3.3%
2020 5.50 million An -1.6%
2021 5.83 million An +6.1%
2022 5.82 million An -0.2%
2023 5.71 million An -1.8%
2024 5.74 million An +0.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 5.50 million An 5.15 million An 6.33 million An 9
1970s 5.80 million An 5.54 million An 6.09 million An 10
1980s 6.43 million An 5.39 million An 8.35 million An 10
1990s 8.51 million An 7.14 million An 9.26 million An 10
2000s 8.13 million An 7.28 million An 9.01 million An 10
2010s 6.22 million An 4.34 million An 8.14 million An 10
2020s 5.72 million An 5.50 million An 5.83 million An 5

Countries ranked near Iran (Islamic Republic of)

  1. 7 Ethiopia 71.92 million An compare
  2. 8 Argentina 52.78 million An compare
  3. 9 Sudan (former) 41.37 million An compare
  4. 10 Australia and New Zealand 39.89 million An compare
  5. 11 Chad 39.63 million An compare
  6. 12 Mexico 36.93 million An compare
  7. 13 Sudan 31.26 million An compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
Cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Iran (Islamic Republic of) was 5.74 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest cattle and buffaloes — stocks recorded in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
The highest recorded value was 9.26 million An in 1998.
What is the lowest cattle and buffaloes — stocks recorded in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
The lowest recorded value was 4.34 million An in 2014.
How does Iran (Islamic Republic of) rank for cattle and buffaloes — stocks?
Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 10th out of 20 regions with data for 2024.
Is cattle and buffaloes — stocks rising or falling in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
Over the last ten years it is up 32.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Iran (Islamic Republic of) 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.