Cattle — Stocks in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Cattle — Stocks was 194.87 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cattle — Stocks in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cattle — stocks in Eastern Africa is 194.87 million An, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 23.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — stocks in Eastern Africa peaked at 194.87 million An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 62.08 million An, in 1961.
Eastern Africa ranks 11th of 33 groups 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 65.90 million An | 62.08 million An | 70.54 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 75.81 million An | 71.91 million An | 81.03 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 83.09 million An | 78.96 million An | 87.00 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 90.46 million An | 86.46 million An | 100.53 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 109.15 million An | 96.70 million An | 128.59 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 157.44 million An | 132.84 million An | 178.17 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 188.72 million An | 182.68 million An | 194.87 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 8 Argentina 52.78 million An compare
- 9 Sudan (former) 41.37 million An compare
- 10 Australia and New Zealand 39.89 million An compare
- 11 Chad 39.63 million An compare
- 12 United Republic of Tanzania 39.05 million An compare
- 13 Mexico 36.93 million An compare
- 14 Sudan 31.26 million An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eastern Africa
- Fat of pigs — Production 63,544 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.08 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 641,088 t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 12.53 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 546,014 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 3.49 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 16,968 kg/ha (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 23.97 million An (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 23.97 million An (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 29.04 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle — stocks in Eastern Africa?
- Cattle — stocks in Eastern Africa was 194.87 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cattle — stocks recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 194.87 million An in 2024.
- What is the lowest cattle — stocks recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 62.08 million An in 1961.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for cattle — stocks?
- Eastern Africa ranks 11th out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cattle — stocks rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cattle — 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.