Cattle — Stocks in European Union (27)

European Union (27): Cattle — Stocks was 71.90 million An in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
71.90 million An
Change on year
down 2.5%
Rank
8th
of 10 groups
All-time high
106.61 million An
in 1980
All-time low
71.90 million An
in 2024
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Cattle — Stocks in European Union (27), 1961–2024

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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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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)

  1. 5 China, People's Republic of 70.48 million An compare
  2. 6 China, mainland 70.33 million An compare
  3. 7 Pakistan 57.54 million An compare
  4. 8 Argentina 52.78 million An compare
  5. 9 Sudan (former) 41.37 million An compare
  6. 10 Australia and New Zealand 39.89 million An compare
  7. 11 Chad 39.63 million An compare

See the full ranking of 238 places →

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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

Indicator
Cattle — 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.