Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks in Mali
Mali: Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks was 14.04 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks in Mali, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Mali recorded 14.04 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 3.0% on the previous year and up 40.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Mali peaked at 14.04 million An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3.51 million An, in 1961.
Mali ranks 27th of 189 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks in Mali, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3.51 million An | — |
| 1962 | 3.86 million An | +9.9% |
| 1963 | 3.92 million An | +1.6% |
| 1964 | 4.26 million An | +8.6% |
| 1965 | 4.64 million An | +8.9% |
| 1966 | 4.77 million An | +2.9% |
| 1967 | 4.89 million An | +2.6% |
| 1968 | 4.75 million An | -2.9% |
| 1969 | 5.38 million An | +13.2% |
| 1970 | 5.31 million An | -1.3% |
| 1971 | 5.51 million An | +3.8% |
| 1972 | 4.77 million An | -13.4% |
| 1973 | 4.50 million An | -5.7% |
| 1974 | 3.64 million An | -19.1% |
| 1975 | 3.89 million An | +6.8% |
| 1976 | 4.08 million An | +5.0% |
| 1977 | 4.08 million An | -0.1% |
| 1978 | 4.40 million An | +8.0% |
| 1979 | 4.76 million An | +8.2% |
| 1980 | 5.85 million An | +22.8% |
| 1981 | 6.40 million An | +9.3% |
| 1982 | 6.66 million An | +4.2% |
| 1983 | 5.68 million An | -14.8% |
| 1984 | 4.90 million An | -13.7% |
| 1985 | 4.34 million An | -11.3% |
| 1986 | 4.47 million An | +3.0% |
| 1987 | 4.60 million An | +2.7% |
| 1988 | 4.70 million An | +2.3% |
| 1989 | 4.83 million An | +2.6% |
| 1990 | 5.00 million An | +3.5% |
| 1991 | 5.09 million An | +1.9% |
| 1992 | 5.13 million An | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 5.18 million An | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 5.24 million An | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 5.32 million An | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 5.41 million An | +1.7% |
| 1997 | 5.51 million An | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 5.63 million An | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 5.77 million An | +2.5% |
| 2000 | 5.93 million An | +2.8% |
| 2001 | 6.12 million An | +3.1% |
| 2002 | 6.82 million An | +11.5% |
| 2003 | 7.02 million An | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 7.23 million An | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 7.45 million An | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 7.53 million An | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 7.90 million An | +4.9% |
| 2008 | 8.14 million An | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 8.40 million An | +3.1% |
| 2010 | 8.90 million An | +6.0% |
| 2011 | 9.16 million An | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 9.44 million An | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 9.72 million An | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 10.01 million An | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 10.31 million An | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 10.94 million An | +6.1% |
| 2017 | 11.42 million An | +4.3% |
| 2018 | 11.76 million An | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 12.11 million An | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 12.47 million An | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 12.85 million An | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 13.23 million An | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 13.63 million An | +3.0% |
| 2024 | 14.04 million An | +3.0% |
Mali compared with similar countries
- Mali's 14.04 million An is above the median for low income countries, which is 4.83 million An, 2.9× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Mali's 14.04 million An is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2.61 million An, 5.4× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.44 million An | 3.51 million An | 5.38 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 4.49 million An | 3.64 million An | 5.51 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.24 million An | 4.34 million An | 6.66 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.33 million An | 5.00 million An | 5.77 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.25 million An | 5.93 million An | 8.40 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.38 million An | 8.90 million An | 12.11 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.25 million An | 12.47 million An | 14.04 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mali
- 24 Uganda 14.72 million An compare
- 25 Uzbekistan 14.39 million An compare
- 26 South Sudan 14.28 million An compare
- 27 Caribbean 8.27 million An compare
- 28 Côte d'Ivoire 1.90 million An compare
- 28 Paraguay 13.63 million An compare
- 29 Cabo Verde 29,779 An compare
- 29 Myanmar 12.88 million An compare
- 30 South Africa 12.12 million An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Mali
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3302 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 394.01 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6779 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 33.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 33.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 8.4% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Mali?
- Cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Mali was 14.04 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cattle and buffaloes — stocks recorded in Mali?
- The highest recorded value was 14.04 million An in 2024.
- What is the lowest cattle and buffaloes — stocks recorded in Mali?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.51 million An in 1961.
- How does Mali rank for cattle and buffaloes — stocks?
- Mali ranks 27th out of 189 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cattle and buffaloes — stocks rising or falling in Mali?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mali 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.