Cattle — Stocks in Western Africa
Western Africa: Cattle — Stocks was 89.97 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cattle — Stocks in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, cattle — stocks in Western Africa stood at 89.97 million An. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 29.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — stocks in Western Africa peaked at 89.97 million An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 22.02 million An, in 1961.
That places Western Africa 8th out of 41 regions with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 26.00 million An | 22.02 million An | 29.20 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 29.48 million An | 27.45 million An | 32.03 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 34.06 million An | 32.28 million An | 36.05 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 39.56 million An | 35.85 million An | 43.29 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 51.51 million An | 44.28 million An | 58.80 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 70.32 million An | 59.83 million An | 79.57 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 85.26 million An | 78.75 million An | 89.97 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 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 Western Africa
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 48 kg/An (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 17.11 million An (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 14.80 million An (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production 50,778 t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 1.05 million ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 6,608 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 6.91 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 39,728 ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 710,078 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 598,635 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle — stocks in Western Africa?
- Cattle — stocks in Western Africa was 89.97 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cattle — stocks recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 89.97 million An in 2024.
- What is the lowest cattle — stocks recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.02 million An in 1961.
- How does Western Africa rank for cattle — stocks?
- Western Africa ranks 8th out of 41 regions with data for 2024.
- Is cattle — stocks rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western 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.