Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks in Melanesia
Melanesia: Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks was 353,270 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks in Melanesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Melanesia stood at 353,270 An.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and down 21.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Melanesia peaked at 718,000 An in 1995 and was at its lowest, 269,150 An, in 1961.
Melanesia ranks 16th of 20 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 269,150 An | — |
| 1962 | 278,569 An | +3.5% |
| 1963 | 298,065 An | +7.0% |
| 1964 | 297,539 An | -0.2% |
| 1965 | 317,849 An | +6.8% |
| 1966 | 336,642 An | +5.9% |
| 1967 | 372,316 An | +10.6% |
| 1968 | 396,630 An | +6.5% |
| 1969 | 417,218 An | +5.2% |
| 1970 | 432,493 An | +3.7% |
| 1971 | 454,589 An | +5.1% |
| 1972 | 467,249 An | +2.8% |
| 1973 | 501,137 An | +7.3% |
| 1974 | 521,195 An | +4.0% |
| 1975 | 544,668 An | +4.5% |
| 1976 | 564,706 An | +3.7% |
| 1977 | 567,275 An | +0.5% |
| 1978 | 569,661 An | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 576,083 An | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 567,995 An | -1.4% |
| 1981 | 573,600 An | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 568,671 An | -0.9% |
| 1983 | 598,124 An | +5.2% |
| 1984 | 603,546 An | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 613,522 An | +1.7% |
| 1986 | 621,830 An | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 619,927 An | -0.3% |
| 1988 | 627,600 An | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 618,035 An | -1.5% |
| 1990 | 630,000 An | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 646,618 An | +2.6% |
| 1992 | 662,000 An | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 692,000 An | +4.5% |
| 1994 | 699,088 An | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 718,000 An | +2.7% |
| 1996 | 712,000 An | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 711,000 An | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 689,023 An | -3.1% |
| 1999 | 691,000 An | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 685,000 An | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 681,000 An | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 663,308 An | -2.6% |
| 2003 | 659,000 An | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 663,500 An | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 655,500 An | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 646,915 An | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 687,637 An | +6.3% |
| 2008 | 685,500 An | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 668,500 An | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 672,500 An | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 676,500 An | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 675,404 An | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 685,000 An | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 447,909 An | -34.6% |
| 2015 | 421,100 An | -6.0% |
| 2016 | 379,421 An | -9.9% |
| 2017 | 377,506 An | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 368,524 An | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 391,524 An | +6.2% |
| 2020 | 369,620 An | -5.6% |
| 2021 | 369,296 An | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 346,312 An | -6.2% |
| 2023 | 349,276 An | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 353,270 An | +1.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks in Melanesia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | -34.6% | 685,000 An | 447,909 An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 331,553 An | 269,150 An | 417,218 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 519,906 An | 432,493 An | 576,083 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 601,285 An | 567,995 An | 627,600 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 685,073 An | 630,000 An | 718,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 669,586 An | 646,915 An | 687,637 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 509,539 An | 368,524 An | 685,000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 357,555 An | 346,312 An | 369,620 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 13 Sudan 31.26 million An compare
- 13 Syrian Arab Republic 833,187 An compare
- 14 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 570,727 An compare
- 14 Ethiopia PDR 31.00 million An compare
- 15 Colombia 30.88 million An compare
- 15 Timor-Leste 374,875 An compare
- 16 Australia 30.37 million An compare
- 17 Bangladesh 26.54 million An compare
- 17 Republic of Moldova 98,817 An compare
- 18 Kenya 22.44 million An compare
- 18 Polynesia 58,989 An compare
- 19 Micronesia (Federated States of) 18,348 An compare
- 19 Nigeria 20.94 million An compare
- 19 Micronesia 18,348 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Melanesia
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production 8.13 % change on previous year (2024)
- Potatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -19.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant) 0.4201 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.2146 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 11.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 8.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 21.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 0.8374 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -1.73 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Melanesia?
- Cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Melanesia was 353,270 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cattle and buffaloes — stocks recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 718,000 An in 1995.
- What is the lowest cattle and buffaloes — stocks recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 269,150 An in 1961.
- How does Melanesia rank for cattle and buffaloes — stocks?
- Melanesia ranks 16th out of 20 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cattle and buffaloes — stocks rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Melanesia 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.