Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks in Melanesia

Melanesia: Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks was 353,270 An in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
353,270 An
Change on year
up 1.1%
Rank
140th
of 205 regions
All-time high
718,000 An
in 1995
All-time low
269,150 An
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks in Melanesia, 1961–2024

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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 140th of 205 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.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 137 Slovakia 416,680 An compare
  2. 138 Bosnia and Herzegovina 383,331 An compare
  3. 141 Latvia 352,090 An compare
  4. 142 Congo 335,224 An compare
  5. 143 Djibouti 317,893 An compare

See the full ranking of 238 places →

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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 140th out of 205 regions 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.

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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.