Cattle — Stocks in South America
South America: Cattle — Stocks was 386.26 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cattle — Stocks in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cattle — stocks in South America is 386.26 million An, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — stocks in South America peaked at 387.08 million An in 2023 and was at its lowest, 144.49 million An, in 1961.
That places South America 3rd out of 41 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 158.62 million An | 144.49 million An | 173.94 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 208.56 million An | 177.43 million An | 232.42 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 252.40 million An | 242.03 million An | 269.37 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 286.27 million An | 271.81 million An | 293.74 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 335.15 million An | 298.86 million An | 351.11 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 353.48 million An | 347.02 million An | 361.36 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 379.09 million An | 364.94 million An | 387.08 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 1 Brazil 238.18 million An compare
- 2 India 194.75 million An compare
- 3 USSR 115.64 million An compare
- 4 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 71.92 million An compare
- 5 China, People's Republic of 70.48 million An compare
- 6 China, mainland 70.33 million An compare
More agriculture & rural data for South America
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.00 million ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 20.74 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 132,585 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 62,811 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 8.33 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 747,608 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 401,333 ha (2024)
- Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight 2,346 kg/An (2024)
- Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 68.28 million An (2024)
- Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production 16.58 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle — stocks in South America?
- Cattle — stocks in South America was 386.26 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cattle — stocks recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 387.08 million An in 2023.
- What is the lowest cattle — stocks recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 144.49 million An in 1961.
- How does South America rank for cattle — stocks?
- South America ranks 3rd out of 41 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cattle — stocks rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South 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
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.