Americas vs China: Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks

Americas
414.38 million LSU
in 2023
China
69.99 million LSU
in 2023
Americas rank
2nd
China rank
4th

Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks over time

  • Americas
  • China
0100.0M200.0M300.0M400.0M196119922023

How they compare

Americas currently reports 414.38 million LSU against 69.99 million LSU in China, a difference of 344.40 million LSU.

That makes Americas's figure about 5.9 times China's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Americas has been ahead every year.

Americas ranks 2nd and China ranks 4th of 35 groups.

Americas has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Americas China Difference Ahead
1960s 253.40 million LSU 42.23 million LSU 211.16 million LSU Americas
1970s 308.73 million LSU 48.39 million LSU 260.34 million LSU Americas
1980s 331.60 million LSU 54.40 million LSU 277.20 million LSU Americas
1990s 348.21 million LSU 75.28 million LSU 272.93 million LSU Americas
2000s 380.59 million LSU 74.84 million LSU 305.75 million LSU Americas
2010s 390.86 million LSU 60.87 million LSU 329.99 million LSU Americas
2020s 409.61 million LSU 66.78 million LSU 342.83 million LSU Americas

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cattle and buffaloes — stocks, Americas or China?
Americas, at 414.38 million LSU against 69.99 million LSU in China as of 2023.
What is the difference in cattle and buffaloes — stocks between Americas and China?
344.40 million LSU, with Americas ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and China?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Americas and China rank globally for cattle and buffaloes — stocks?
Americas ranks 2nd and China ranks 4th of 35 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks
Unit
LSU
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
241 places, 13,793 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

The Livestock Patterns domain of FAOSTAT contains data on livestock numbers, shares of major livestock species and densities of livestock units in the agricultural land area. Values are calculated using Livestock Units (LSU), which facilitate aggregating information for different livestock types. Data are available by country, with global coverage, for the period 1961 to the most recent year available with annual updates. This methodology applies the LSU coefficients reported in the "Guidelines for the preparation of livestock sector reviews" (FAO, 2011). From this publication, LSU coefficients are computed by livestock type and by country. The reference unit used for the calculation of livestock units (=1 LSU) is the grazing equivalent of one adult dairy cow producing 3000 kg of milk annually, fed without additional concentrated foodstuffs. FAOSTAT agri-environmental indicators on livestock patterns closely follow the structure of the indicators in EUROSTAT.