Cattle — Stocks in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Cattle — Stocks was 71.90 million An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cattle — Stocks in European Union (27), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
European Union (27) recorded 71.90 million An for cattle — stocks in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 2.5% on the previous year and down 9.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — stocks in European Union (27) peaked at 106.61 million An in 1980 and was at its lowest, 71.90 million An, in 2024.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 93.93 million An | 90.56 million An | 97.70 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 102.28 million An | 96.29 million An | 106.38 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 103.80 million An | 99.43 million An | 106.61 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 92.71 million An | 87.74 million An | 99.28 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 82.84 million An | 80.59 million An | 87.86 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 78.72 million An | 77.16 million An | 80.03 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 74.54 million An | 71.90 million An | 76.55 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near European Union (27)
- 5 China, People's Republic of 70.48 million An compare
- 6 China, mainland 70.33 million An compare
- 7 Pakistan 57.54 million An compare
- 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
More agriculture & rural data for European Union (27)
- Tomatoes — Production 16.90 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 669,430 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 21,250 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 100,090 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 41,140 ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 223.89 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 21.26 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 95 kg/An (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 132.13 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 232,110 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle — stocks in European Union (27)?
- Cattle — stocks in European Union (27) was 71.90 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cattle — stocks recorded in European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 106.61 million An in 1980.
- What is the lowest cattle — stocks recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 71.90 million An in 2024.
- How does European Union (27) rank for cattle — stocks?
- European Union (27) ranks 8th out of 10 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cattle — stocks rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this European Union (27) 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.