Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks was 58.05 million An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks in Middle Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Middle Africa is 58.05 million An, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.1% on the previous year and up 44.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Middle Africa peaked at 58.05 million An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8.64 million An, in 1961.
Middle Africa ranks 3rd of 20 regions on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9.40 million An | 8.64 million An | 10.46 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 11.36 million An | 10.30 million An | 12.75 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 15.87 million An | 13.77 million An | 18.16 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 20.90 million An | 18.77 million An | 24.32 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 28.85 million An | 25.47 million An | 32.55 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 40.74 million An | 33.57 million An | 47.63 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 53.54 million An | 49.47 million An | 58.05 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
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- Milk, Total — Milk Animals 8.08 million An (2024)
- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production 2.53 million t (2024)
- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield 508.9 kg/ha (2024)
- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested 4.96 million ha (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Production 2.00 million t (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield 403.7 kg/ha (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested 4.95 million ha (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Production 205,090 t (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 196,240 1000 An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Middle Africa?
- Cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Middle Africa was 58.05 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cattle and buffaloes — stocks recorded in Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 58.05 million An in 2024.
- What is the lowest cattle and buffaloes — stocks recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.64 million An in 1961.
- How does Middle Africa rank for cattle and buffaloes — stocks?
- Middle Africa ranks 3rd out of 20 regions with data for 2024.
- Is cattle and buffaloes — stocks rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Middle Africa 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.