Cattle — Stocks in Northern America

Northern America: Cattle — Stocks was 98.14 million An in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
98.14 million An
Change on year
down 1.9%
Rank
6th
of 10 groups
All-time high
146.31 million An
in 1975
All-time low
98.14 million An
in 2024
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Cattle — Stocks in Northern America, 1961–2024

050.0M100.0M150.0M196119922024

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for cattle — stocks in Northern America is 98.14 million An, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.9% on the previous year and down 2.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, cattle — stocks in Northern America peaked at 146.31 million An in 1975 and was at its lowest, 98.14 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 117.76 million An 108.40 million An 121.42 million An 9
1970s 133.27 million An 122.86 million An 146.31 million An 10
1980s 119.75 million An 107.72 million An 127.61 million An 10
1990s 112.11 million An 107.04 million An 116.95 million An 10
2000s 110.13 million An 107.75 million An 111.40 million An 10
2010s 104.00 million An 100.58 million An 106.75 million An 10
2020s 102.39 million An 98.14 million An 105.33 million An 5

Countries ranked near Northern America

  1. 3 USSR 115.64 million An compare
  2. 4 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 71.92 million An compare
  3. 5 China, People's Republic of 70.48 million An compare
  4. 6 China, mainland 70.33 million An compare
  5. 7 Pakistan 57.54 million An compare
  6. 8 Argentina 52.78 million An compare
  7. 9 Sudan (former) 41.37 million An compare

See the full ranking of 238 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is cattle — stocks in Northern America?
Cattle — stocks in Northern America was 98.14 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest cattle — stocks recorded in Northern America?
The highest recorded value was 146.31 million An in 1975.
What is the lowest cattle — stocks recorded in Northern America?
The lowest recorded value was 98.14 million An in 2024.
How does Northern America rank for cattle — stocks?
Northern America ranks 6th out of 10 groups with data for 2024.
Is cattle — stocks rising or falling in Northern America?
Over the last ten years it is down 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Northern America 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.