Horses — Stocks in China
China: Horses — Stocks was 3.52 million An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Horses — Stocks in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
China recorded 3.52 million An for horses — stocks in 2024.
The figure is down 1.9% on the previous year and down 18.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horses — stocks in China peaked at 11.45 million An in 1978 and was at its lowest, 3.44 million An, in 2017.
That places China 6th out of 176 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.42 million An | 6.21 million An | 8.80 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 10.64 million An | 9.20 million An | 11.45 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 10.92 million An | 10.54 million An | 11.15 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 9.73 million An | 8.72 million An | 10.30 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.68 million An | 5.63 million An | 8.92 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.25 million An | 3.44 million An | 5.30 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.64 million An | 3.52 million An | 3.73 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 3 Brazil 5.70 million An compare
- 4 Mongolia 4.68 million An compare
- 5 Kazakhstan 4.35 million An compare
- 7 China, mainland 3.52 million An compare
- 8 Ethiopia PDR 2.75 million An compare
- 9 Argentina 2.59 million An compare
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture share gdp 6.66 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.66 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
- Rural population 33.7% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.5% (2025)
- Rural population 473.41 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.30 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 12.10 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is horses — stocks in China?
- Horses — stocks in China was 3.52 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest horses — stocks recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 11.45 million An in 1978.
- What is the lowest horses — stocks recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.44 million An in 2017.
- How does China rank for horses — stocks?
- China ranks 6th out of 176 countries with data for 2024.
- Is horses — stocks rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Horses — 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.