Buffalo — Stocks 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 — Stocks is currently reported for 51 countries. The highest value is 56.02 million LSU in India; the lowest is 0 LSU in Albania.
The median across all reporting countries is 22,200 LSU, and the mean is 2.66 million LSU.
Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 24 fell. The largest increase was in Bulgaria (up 127.3%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 100.0%).
Buffalo — Stocks: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 56.02 million LSU | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 2 | Pakistan | 22.49 million LSU | 2023 | up 34.0% | volatile |
| 3 | China | 22.07 million LSU | 2023 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 3 | Viet Nam | 1.50 million LSU | 2023 | down 16.5% | rising |
| 4 | China, mainland | 22.07 million LSU | 2023 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 4 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 848,364 LSU | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 5 | Philippines | 1.94 million LSU | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 5 | Türkiye | 113,224 LSU | 2023 | up 50.6% | volatile |
| 6 | Nepal | 1.54 million LSU | 2023 | down 41.2% | rising |
| 6 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 112,000 LSU | 2023 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 7 | Myanmar | 1.45 million LSU | 2023 | down 37.5% | rising |
| 8 | Egypt | 1.01 million LSU | 2023 | down 63.1% | rising |
| 8 | Timor-Leste | 94,587 LSU | 2023 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 758,000 LSU | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 9 | Syrian Arab Republic | 4,551 LSU | 2023 | down 14.4% | volatile |
| 10 | Indonesia | 711,617 LSU | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 10 | Micronesia | 100.8 LSU | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 10 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 100.8 LSU | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 11 | Thailand | 622,842 LSU | 2023 | down 31.0% | volatile |
| 12 | Cambodia | 465,688 LSU | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 13 | OECD | 422,232 LSU | 2023 | up 16.5% | falling |
| 14 | Italy | 291,200 LSU | 2023 | up 3.3% | volatile |
| 15 | USSR | 249,000 LSU | 1991 | up 22.1% | falling |
| 16 | Iraq | 182,395 LSU | 2023 | up 44.2% | flat |
| 17 | Sri Lanka | 163,505 LSU | 2023 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 17 | Caribbean | 3,905 LSU | 2023 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 18 | Azerbaijan | 75,665 LSU | 2023 | down 58.6% | falling |
| 19 | Malaysia | 50,796 LSU | 2023 | down 41.3% | falling |
| 20 | Bhutan | 29,644 LSU | 2023 | up 25.7% | volatile |
| 21 | Yugoslav SFR | 22,200 LSU | 1991 | down 38.3% | falling |
| 22 | Serbia and Montenegro | 20,090 LSU | 2005 | up 59.4% | rising |
| 23 | Bulgaria | 14,658 LSU | 2023 | up 127.3% | volatile |
| 24 | Georgia | 13,761 LSU | 2023 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 25 | Romania | 11,830 LSU | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 26 | Tajikistan | 10,972 LSU | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 27 | Germany | 8,505 LSU | 2023 | up 121.9% | rising |
| 28 | Kazakhstan | 6,640 LSU | 2023 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 29 | Hungary | 5,320 LSU | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 30 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3,905 LSU | 2023 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 31 | Russian Federation | 3,585 LSU | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 32 | Greece | 2,940 LSU | 2023 | up 93.8% | volatile |
| 33 | China, Taiwan Province of | 1,408 LSU | 2023 | down 36.7% | volatile |
| 34 | Brunei Darussalam | 711.2 LSU | 2023 | down 56.8% | volatile |
| 35 | Spain | 609 LSU | 2023 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 36 | North Macedonia | 444.5 LSU | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 37 | Poland | 434 LSU | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 38 | Armenia | 379.4 LSU | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 39 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 234.5 LSU | 2023 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 40 | Jordan | 65.1 LSU | 2023 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 41 | Singapore | 14 LSU | 1991 | down 95.0% | volatile |
| 42 | 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.
- World 112.63 million LSU
- Asia 111.28 million LSU
- Southern Asia 81.12 million LSU
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 5.16 million LSU
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 28.86 million LSU
- Eastern Asia 22.07 million LSU
- South-Eastern Asia 7.69 million LSU
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 2.51 million LSU
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 1.56 million LSU
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 98,593 LSU
- Africa 1.01 million LSU
- Northern Africa 1.01 million LSU
- Western Asia 390,041 LSU
- Europe 339,526 LSU
- European Union (27) 335,496 LSU
- Southern Europe 295,194 LSU
- Eastern Europe 35,827 LSU
- Central Asia 17,613 LSU
- Western Europe 8,505 LSU
- Americas 3,905 LSU
- Latin America and the Caribbean 3,905 LSU
- Oceania 100.8 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.