Cattle — Stocks by country
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...
Countries reporting
208
Highest
238.18 million An
Brazil
Lowest
113 An
Niue
Median
1.53 million An
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
13,828
What the numbers show
Cattle — Stocks is currently reported for 208 countries. The highest value is 238.18 million An in Brazil; the lowest is 113 An in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.53 million An, and the mean is 8.71 million An.
Over the past decade 113 countries rose and 94 fell. The largest increase was in Democratic Republic of the Congo (up 114.0%), and the largest decrease in Brunei Darussalam (down 61.9%).
Cattle — Stocks: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 238.18 million An | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 2 | India | 194.75 million An | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 3 | USSR | 115.64 million An | 1991 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 4 | Ethiopia | 71.92 million An | 2024 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 4 | United Republic of Tanzania | 39.05 million An | 2024 | up 51.4% | rising |
| 5 | China | 70.48 million An | 2024 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 5 | Türkiye | 16.82 million An | 2024 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 6 | China, mainland | 70.33 million An | 2024 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 6 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 15.75 million An | 2024 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 7 | Pakistan | 57.54 million An | 2024 | up 44.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 11.25 million An | 2024 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 8 | Argentina | 52.78 million An | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 9 | Sudan (former) | 41.37 million An | 2011 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 9 | Viet Nam | 6.21 million An | 2024 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 10 | Australia and New Zealand | 39.89 million An | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 10 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 5.60 million An | 2024 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 11 | Chad | 39.63 million An | 2024 | up 67.6% | volatile |
| 11 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2.69 million An | 2024 | up 52.4% | volatile |
| 12 | Mexico | 36.93 million An | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 12 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2.03 million An | 2024 | up 114.0% | rising |
| 13 | Sudan | 31.26 million An | 2024 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 13 | Syrian Arab Republic | 826,396 An | 2024 | down 24.2% | rising |
| 14 | Ethiopia PDR | 31.00 million An | 1992 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 14 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 570,727 An | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 15 | Australia | 30.37 million An | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 15 | Melanesia | 353,270 An | 2024 | down 21.1% | rising |
| 16 | Colombia | 30.34 million An | 2024 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 16 | Timor-Leste | 238,902 An | 2024 | up 35.5% | volatile |
| 17 | Bangladesh | 25.01 million An | 2024 | up 6.5% | flat |
| 17 | Republic of Moldova | 98,817 An | 2024 | down 47.7% | volatile |
| 18 | Kenya | 22.44 million An | 2024 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 18 | Polynesia | 58,989 An | 2024 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 19 | Nigeria | 20.94 million An | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 19 | Micronesia | 18,180 An | 2024 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 19 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 18,180 An | 2024 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 20 | Niger | 20.38 million An | 2024 | up 79.1% | volatile |
| 21 | Indonesia | 18.07 million An | 2024 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 22 | Russian Federation | 17.37 million An | 2024 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 23 | France | 16.48 million An | 2024 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 24 | Uganda | 14.72 million An | 2024 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 25 | Uzbekistan | 14.39 million An | 2024 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 26 | South Sudan | 14.28 million An | 2024 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 27 | Mali | 14.04 million An | 2024 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 27 | Caribbean | 8.26 million An | 2024 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 28 | Paraguay | 13.63 million An | 2024 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 28 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.90 million An | 2024 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 29 | South Africa | 12.12 million An | 2024 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 29 | Cabo Verde | 29,779 An | 2024 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 30 | Uruguay | 11.96 million An | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 31 | Canada | 10.98 million An | 2024 | down 8.8% | flat |
| 32 | Myanmar | 10.80 million An | 2024 | down 30.2% | rising |
| 33 | Germany | 10.46 million An | 2024 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 34 | Burkina Faso | 10.28 million An | 2024 | up 13.1% | volatile |
| 35 | New Zealand | 9.52 million An | 2024 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 36 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 9.41 million An | 2024 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 37 | Guinea | 9.32 million An | 2024 | up 53.4% | volatile |
| 38 | Kazakhstan | 7.98 million An | 2024 | up 36.3% | flat |
| 39 | Madagascar | 6.96 million An | 2024 | down 31.8% | flat |
| 40 | Ireland | 6.31 million An | 2024 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 41 | Poland | 6.19 million An | 2024 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 42 | Spain | 6.17 million An | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 43 | Cameroon | 5.94 million An | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 44 | Peru | 5.84 million An | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 45 | Italy | 5.76 million An | 2024 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 46 | Zimbabwe | 5.74 million An | 2024 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 47 | Nicaragua | 5.62 million An | 2023 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 48 | Afghanistan | 5.56 million An | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 49 | Angola | 5.20 million An | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 50 | Nepal | 5.20 million An | 2024 | down 28.2% | rising |
| 51 | Mongolia | 5.07 million An | 2024 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 52 | Zambia | 4.89 million An | 2024 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 53 | Central African Republic | 4.86 million An | 2024 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 54 | Somalia | 4.79 million An | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 55 | Yugoslav SFR | 4.51 million An | 1991 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 56 | Czechoslovakia | 4.35 million An | 1992 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 57 | Guatemala | 4.34 million An | 2024 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 58 | Thailand | 4.29 million An | 2024 | down 12.4% | rising |
| 59 | Belarus | 4.10 million An | 2024 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 60 | Japan | 3.98 million An | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 61 | Republic of Korea | 3.89 million An | 2024 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 62 | Senegal | 3.71 million An | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 63 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 3.56 million An | 2024 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 64 | Ecuador | 3.44 million An | 2024 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 65 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 3.40 million An | 1999 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 66 | Cuba | 3.25 million An | 2024 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 67 | Dominican Republic | 3.03 million An | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 68 | Chile | 2.96 million An | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 69 | Namibia | 2.91 million An | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 70 | Honduras | 2.90 million An | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 71 | Cambodia | 2.82 million An | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 72 | Tajikistan | 2.79 million An | 2024 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 73 | Benin | 2.76 million An | 2024 | up 24.3% | volatile |
| 74 | Egypt | 2.63 million An | 2024 | down 44.9% | rising |
| 75 | Philippines | 2.61 million An | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 76 | Turkmenistan | 2.55 million An | 2024 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 77 | Mozambique | 2.47 million An | 2024 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 78 | Morocco | 2.37 million An | 2024 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 79 | Ghana | 2.36 million An | 2024 | up 42.6% | rising |
| 80 | Azerbaijan | 2.33 million An | 2024 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 81 | Malawi | 2.31 million An | 2024 | up 75.3% | rising |
| 82 | Eritrea | 2.16 million An | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 83 | Ukraine | 2.16 million An | 2024 | down 51.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Belgium | 2.15 million An | 2024 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 85 | Iraq | 2.10 million An | 2024 | down 27.4% | rising |
| 86 | Mauritania | 1.99 million An | 2024 | up 7.7% | flat |
| 87 | Yemen | 1.97 million An | 2024 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 88 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.83 million An | 2024 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 89 | Austria | 1.82 million An | 2024 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 90 | Romania | 1.81 million An | 2024 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 91 | Algeria | 1.78 million An | 2024 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 92 | Costa Rica | 1.58 million An | 2024 | up 21.1% | falling |
| 93 | Rwanda | 1.55 million An | 2024 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 94 | Switzerland | 1.53 million An | 2024 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 95 | Haiti | 1.52 million An | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 96 | Portugal | 1.49 million An | 2024 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 97 | Denmark | 1.41 million An | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 98 | Panama | 1.40 million An | 2024 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 99 | Czechia | 1.40 million An | 2024 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 100 | Sweden | 1.33 million An | 2024 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 101 | Burundi | 1.23 million An | 2024 | up 48.7% | rising |
| 102 | Serbia and Montenegro | 1.20 million An | 2005 | down 38.7% | falling |
| 103 | Sri Lanka | 1.13 million An | 2024 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 104 | Botswana | 918,057 An | 2024 | down 42.5% | falling |
| 105 | Hungary | 869,900 An | 2024 | up 11.2% | falling |
| 106 | Norway | 852,800 An | 2024 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 107 | Georgia | 837,700 An | 2024 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 108 | El Salvador | 772,208 An | 2024 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 109 | Finland | 764,030 An | 2024 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 110 | Guinea-Bissau | 742,836 An | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 111 | Malaysia | 730,318 An | 2024 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 112 | Serbia | 698,605 An | 2024 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 113 | Sierra Leone | 682,125 An | 2024 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 114 | Eswatini | 652,513 An | 2024 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 115 | Lithuania | 599,770 An | 2024 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 116 | Greece | 595,200 An | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 117 | Bulgaria | 558,770 An | 2024 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 118 | Saudi Arabia | 534,181 An | 2024 | up 50.8% | rising |
| 119 | Lesotho | 517,450 An | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 120 | Tunisia | 495,935 An | 2024 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 121 | Armenia | 491,594 An | 2024 | down 27.4% | rising |
| 122 | Israel | 477,958 An | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 123 | Togo | 477,388 An | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 124 | Slovenia | 453,890 An | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 125 | Oman | 446,988 An | 2024 | up 21.9% | volatile |
| 126 | Croatia | 422,000 An | 2024 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 127 | Slovakia | 416,680 An | 2024 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 128 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 383,331 An | 2024 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 129 | Latvia | 352,090 An | 2024 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 130 | Congo | 335,224 An | 2024 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 131 | Djibouti | 317,893 An | 2024 | up 6.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Gambia | 309,195 An | 2024 | down 35.5% | rising |
| 133 | Albania | 272,035 An | 2024 | down 45.6% | flat |
| 134 | Bhutan | 257,103 An | 2024 | down 26.1% | rising |
| 135 | Estonia | 232,390 An | 2024 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 136 | Puerto Rico | 218,598 An | 2024 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 137 | Libya | 208,931 An | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 138 | Luxembourg | 180,530 An | 2024 | down 9.2% | flat |
| 139 | China, Taiwan Province of | 155,741 An | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 140 | Jamaica | 153,169 An | 2024 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 141 | North Macedonia | 143,953 An | 2024 | down 40.4% | falling |
| 142 | United Arab Emirates | 119,098 An | 2024 | up 33.1% | volatile |
| 143 | Belize | 99,019 An | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 144 | Guyana | 98,851 An | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 145 | Papua New Guinea | 90,889 An | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 146 | Vanuatu | 89,000 An | 2024 | down 49.1% | rising |
| 147 | Jordan | 88,819 An | 2024 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 148 | Cyprus | 82,680 An | 2024 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 149 | Fiji | 80,720 An | 2024 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 150 | New Caledonia | 77,281 An | 2024 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 151 | Iceland | 76,902 An | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 152 | Guadeloupe | 75,830 An | 2006 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 153 | Lebanon | 75,538 An | 2024 | down 19.6% | flat |
| 154 | Montenegro | 67,496 An | 2024 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 155 | Comoros | 51,420 An | 2024 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 156 | Qatar | 45,424 An | 2024 | up 103.9% | volatile |
| 157 | Liberia | 43,270 An | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 158 | Palestine | 41,590 An | 2022 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 159 | Gabon | 39,678 An | 2024 | up 3.1% | volatile |
| 160 | Samoa | 38,349 An | 2024 | down 22.0% | rising |
| 161 | Réunion | 36,372 An | 2006 | up 40.1% | flat |
| 162 | Trinidad and Tobago | 35,419 An | 2024 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 163 | Kuwait | 32,136 An | 2024 | up 17.7% | volatile |
| 164 | Suriname | 28,821 An | 2024 | down 20.2% | rising |
| 165 | Martinique | 23,900 An | 2006 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 166 | Solomon Islands | 15,381 An | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 167 | Dominica | 13,873 An | 2024 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 168 | Malta | 13,800 An | 2024 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 169 | French Guiana | 13,386 An | 2006 | up 51.2% | volatile |
| 170 | Tonga | 12,196 An | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 171 | Barbados | 11,241 An | 2024 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 172 | Saint Lucia | 10,486 An | 2024 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 173 | French Polynesia | 8,097 An | 2024 | up 10.9% | falling |
| 174 | Bahrain | 7,000 An | 2024 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 175 | Grenada | 6,191 An | 2024 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 176 | Equatorial Guinea | 5,520 An | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 177 | Antigua and Barbuda | 4,500 An | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 178 | Mauritius | 3,500 An | 2024 | down 42.1% | volatile |
| 179 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2,600 An | 2024 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 180 | Faroe Islands | 1,816 An | 2024 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 181 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1,709 An | 2024 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 182 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1,588 An | 2024 | up 32.3% | falling |
| 183 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 1,570 An | 2024 | down 7.6% | volatile |
| 184 | Bahamas | 743 An | 2024 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 185 | Seychelles | 557 An | 2024 | up 85.7% | volatile |
| 186 | Brunei Darussalam | 286 An | 2024 | down 61.9% | volatile |
| 187 | Cook Islands | 233 An | 2024 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 188 | Singapore | 177 An | 2024 | down 11.5% | volatile |
| 189 | Niue | 113 An | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 1.58 billion An
- Asia 484.36 million An
- Americas 546.21 million An
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 370.75 million An
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 501.01 million An
- Middle Africa 58.05 million An
- Africa 398.74 million An
- South America 386.26 million An
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 379.15 million An
- Southern Asia 295.05 million An
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 284.16 million An
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 9.99 million An
- Eastern Africa 194.87 million An
- Europe 108.98 million An
- Northern America 98.14 million An
- Western Africa 89.97 million An
- United States of America 87.16 million An
- Eastern Asia 84.00 million An
- European Union (27) 71.90 million An
- Central America 53.54 million An
- South-Eastern Asia 48.46 million An
- Oceania 40.32 million An
- Northern Africa 38.73 million An
- Western Europe 36.19 million An
- Eastern Europe 34.97 million An
- Central Asia 29.53 million An
- Western Asia 27.32 million An
- Northern Europe 21.35 million An
- Southern Africa 17.12 million An
- Southern Europe 16.48 million An
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.