Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks in Southern Europe

Southern Europe: Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks was 16.92 million An in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
16.92 million An
Change on year
down 2.2%
Rank
26th
of 29 groups
All-time high
22.31 million An
in 1982
All-time low
16.92 million An
in 2024
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks in Southern Europe, 1961–2024

05.0M10.0M15.0M20.0M196119922024

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

Analysis

In 2024, cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Southern Europe stood at 16.92 million An. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.2% on the previous year and down 3.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Southern Europe peaked at 22.31 million An in 1982 and was at its lowest, 16.92 million An, in 2024.

Southern Europe ranks 26th of 29 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks in Southern Europe, year by year

Annual values for Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks in Southern Europe, 1961 to 2024.
Year An Change
1961 21.93 million An
1962 21.82 million An -0.5%
1963 20.93 million An -4.1%
1964 20.12 million An -3.9%
1965 20.80 million An +3.4%
1966 21.37 million An +2.7%
1967 21.78 million An +1.9%
1968 22.01 million An +1.1%
1969 22.29 million An +1.3%
1970 21.67 million An -2.8%
1971 20.85 million An -3.8%
1972 20.80 million An -0.2%
1973 21.46 million An +3.2%
1974 21.41 million An -0.3%
1975 21.46 million An +0.2%
1976 21.54 million An +0.4%
1977 21.88 million An +1.6%
1978 21.81 million An -0.3%
1979 21.81 million An -0.0%
1980 21.87 million An +0.3%
1981 21.79 million An -0.4%
1982 22.31 million An +2.4%
1983 20.80 million An -6.8%
1984 22.27 million An +7.1%
1985 22.08 million An -0.9%
1986 21.70 million An -1.7%
1987 21.52 million An -0.8%
1988 21.67 million An +0.7%
1989 21.45 million An -1.0%
1990 21.47 million An +0.1%
1991 20.57 million An -4.2%
1992 19.69 million An -4.2%
1993 19.22 million An -2.4%
1994 18.95 million An -1.4%
1995 18.94 million An -0.1%
1996 19.24 million An +1.5%
1997 19.56 million An +1.7%
1998 19.40 million An -0.8%
1999 19.46 million An +0.3%
2000 19.41 million An -0.3%
2001 18.40 million An -5.2%
2002 19.04 million An +3.5%
2003 18.90 million An -0.7%
2004 18.99 million An +0.5%
2005 18.56 million An -2.3%
2006 18.27 million An -1.6%
2007 18.44 million An +0.9%
2008 18.08 million An -1.9%
2009 17.95 million An -0.7%
2010 17.79 million An -0.9%
2011 17.40 million An -2.1%
2012 17.50 million An +0.6%
2013 17.12 million An -2.2%
2014 17.45 million An +2.0%
2015 17.68 million An +1.3%
2016 17.93 million An +1.4%
2017 18.20 million An +1.5%
2018 18.42 million An +1.2%
2019 18.54 million An +0.7%
2020 18.67 million An +0.7%
2021 18.24 million An -2.3%
2022 17.66 million An -3.2%
2023 17.31 million An -2.0%
2024 16.92 million An -2.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 21.45 million An 20.12 million An 22.29 million An 9
1970s 21.47 million An 20.80 million An 21.88 million An 10
1980s 21.75 million An 20.80 million An 22.31 million An 10
1990s 19.65 million An 18.94 million An 21.47 million An 10
2000s 18.60 million An 17.95 million An 19.41 million An 10
2010s 17.80 million An 17.12 million An 18.54 million An 10
2020s 17.76 million An 16.92 million An 18.67 million An 5

Countries ranked near Southern Europe

  1. 23 France 16.48 million An compare
  2. 24 Uganda 14.72 million An compare
  3. 25 Uzbekistan 14.39 million An compare
  4. 26 South Sudan 14.28 million An compare
  5. 27 Mali 14.04 million An compare
  6. 28 Paraguay 13.63 million An compare
  7. 29 Myanmar 12.88 million An compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Southern Europe?
Cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Southern Europe was 16.92 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest cattle and buffaloes — stocks recorded in Southern Europe?
The highest recorded value was 22.31 million An in 1982.
What is the lowest cattle and buffaloes — stocks recorded in Southern Europe?
The lowest recorded value was 16.92 million An in 2024.
How does Southern Europe rank for cattle and buffaloes — stocks?
Southern Europe ranks 26th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is cattle and buffaloes — stocks rising or falling in Southern Europe?
Over the last ten years it is down 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Southern Europe 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.