Buffalo — Share in total livestock by country
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...
What the numbers show
Buffalo — Share in total livestock is currently reported for 51 countries. The highest value is 29.99 %LSU in India; the lowest is 0 %LSU in Albania.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.55 %LSU, and the mean is 5.58 %LSU.
Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 29 fell. The largest increase was in Bulgaria (up 175.0%), and the largest decrease in Spain (down 100.0%).
Buffalo — Share in total livestock: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 29.99 %LSU | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 1 | Timor-Leste | 23.71 %LSU | 2023 | up 9.9% | falling |
| 2 | Pakistan | 26.75 %LSU | 2023 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 2 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 19.94 %LSU | 2023 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 3 | Nepal | 24.28 %LSU | 2023 | down 25.6% | rising |
| 4 | Philippines | 22.78 %LSU | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 4 | Viet Nam | 8.84 %LSU | 2023 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 5 | Sri Lanka | 16.98 %LSU | 2023 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 6 | Cambodia | 16.51 %LSU | 2023 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 7 | Bhutan | 16.44 %LSU | 2023 | up 50.1% | volatile |
| 7 | Türkiye | 0.55 %LSU | 2023 | up 19.6% | volatile |
| 8 | Egypt | 14.6 %LSU | 2023 | down 50.9% | falling |
| 8 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 0.5 %LSU | 2023 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 9 | Myanmar | 11.98 %LSU | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 9 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 0.48 %LSU | 2023 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 10 | China, mainland | 8.28 %LSU | 2023 | up 14.8% | falling |
| 10 | Micronesia | 0.32 %LSU | 2023 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 11 | China | 8.2 %LSU | 2023 | up 14.8% | falling |
| 11 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.16 %LSU | 2023 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 12 | Thailand | 7.32 %LSU | 2023 | down 28.7% | volatile |
| 13 | Iraq | 4.27 %LSU | 2023 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 14 | Bangladesh | 3.9 %LSU | 2023 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 15 | Italy | 3.34 %LSU | 2023 | up 20.1% | volatile |
| 16 | Azerbaijan | 2.97 %LSU | 2023 | down 54.5% | falling |
| 16 | Caribbean | 0.03 %LSU | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 17 | Bulgaria | 2.2 %LSU | 2023 | up 175.0% | volatile |
| 18 | Georgia | 1.77 %LSU | 2023 | up 32.1% | falling |
| 19 | Indonesia | 1.28 %LSU | 2023 | down 46.4% | volatile |
| 20 | Malaysia | 1.27 %LSU | 2023 | down 42.8% | volatile |
| 21 | Serbia and Montenegro | 1.06 %LSU | 2005 | up 135.6% | rising |
| 22 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.88 %LSU | 2023 | down 6.4% | volatile |
| 23 | Tajikistan | 0.46 %LSU | 2023 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 24 | Yugoslav SFR | 0.38 %LSU | 1991 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 25 | Hungary | 0.33 %LSU | 2023 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 25 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.33 %LSU | 2023 | down 61.2% | volatile |
| 27 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.32 %LSU | 2023 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 28 | Romania | 0.31 %LSU | 2023 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 29 | USSR | 0.22 %LSU | 1991 | up 22.2% | falling |
| 30 | North Macedonia | 0.19 %LSU | 2023 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 31 | Greece | 0.16 %LSU | 2023 | up 166.7% | volatile |
| 32 | OECD | 0.1 %LSU | 2023 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 33 | Armenia | 0.08 %LSU | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 34 | Kazakhstan | 0.07 %LSU | 2023 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 34 | Singapore | 0.07 %LSU | 1991 | down 30.0% | volatile |
| 36 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0.06 %LSU | 2023 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 37 | Germany | 0.05 %LSU | 2023 | up 150.0% | rising |
| 38 | Jordan | 0.01 %LSU | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 38 | Russian Federation | 0.01 %LSU | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 38 | Poland | 0.01 %LSU | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 41 | Spain | 0 %LSU | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Albania | 0 %LSU | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Southern Asia 24.8 %LSU
- Eastern Asia 7.37 %LSU
- Asia 13.6 %LSU
- South-Eastern Asia 6.78 %LSU
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 5.77 %LSU
- World 5.74 %LSU
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1.61 %LSU
- Northern Africa 1.83 %LSU
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 0.68 %LSU
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 0.99 %LSU
- Southern Europe 0.92 %LSU
- Western Asia 0.79 %LSU
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 0.47 %LSU
- European Union (27) 0.3 %LSU
- Africa 0.27 %LSU
- Europe 0.2 %LSU
- Eastern Europe 0.07 %LSU
- Central Asia 0.06 %LSU
- Western Europe 0.02 %LSU
About this data
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.