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Cattle and Buffaloes — 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...

Countries reporting
206
Highest
92.21 %LSU
Paraguay
Lowest
0.4 %LSU
Singapore
Median
49.9 %LSU
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,793

What the numbers show

Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock is currently reported for 206 countries. The highest value is 92.21 %LSU in Paraguay; the lowest is 0.4 %LSU in Singapore.

The median across all reporting countries is 49.9 %LSU, and the mean is 46.35 %LSU.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 231.

Over the past decade 88 countries rose and 118 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 143.2%), and the largest decrease in Brunei Darussalam (down 61.6%).

Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Paraguay 92.21 %LSU 2023 down 0.6% rising
2 Luxembourg 91.02 %LSU 2023 up 5.3% flat
3 Ireland 89 %LSU 2023 up 4.9% flat
4 Argentina 86.42 %LSU 2023 up 2.2% rising
5 Nicaragua 86.29 %LSU 2023 down 0.1% rising
6 Uruguay 85.65 %LSU 2023 down 0.3% rising
7 Brazil 82.74 %LSU 2023 down 1.1% rising
8 India 82.04 %LSU 2023 down 1.1% falling
9 Guadeloupe 81.85 %LSU 2006 up 3.1% flat
10 United Republic of Tanzania 81.63 %LSU 2023 up 0.8% falling
11 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 80.07 %LSU 2023 up 0.2% flat
12 Bhutan 78.16 %LSU 2023 down 3.7% flat
13 Guinea 77.66 %LSU 2023 down 2.8% falling
14 Sweden 77.12 %LSU 2023 up 19.5% falling
15 Colombia 76.88 %LSU 2023 down 6.1% falling
16 Cambodia 76.68 %LSU 2023 down 1.0% falling
17 Namibia 76.57 %LSU 2023 up 6.6% rising
18 Costa Rica 76.47 %LSU 2023 up 12.0% falling
19 Madagascar 75.59 %LSU 2023 down 12.3% falling
20 New Zealand 75.56 %LSU 2023 up 3.5% rising
21 Sri Lanka 75.26 %LSU 2023 down 3.6% falling
22 Eswatini 74.4 %LSU 2023 down 6.8% falling
23 Australia and New Zealand 74.28 %LSU 2023 up 1.4% rising
24 Australia 73.88 %LSU 2023 up 0.8% rising
25 Botswana 73.59 %LSU 2023 down 4.8% falling
26 Honduras 73.37 %LSU 2023 up 0.4% falling
27 Slovenia 72.47 %LSU 2023 up 7.2% rising
28 Vanuatu 71.97 %LSU 2023 down 5.8% flat
29 France 71.8 %LSU 2023 up 1.2% falling
30 Zimbabwe 71.26 %LSU 2023 down 6.7% falling
31 Switzerland 71.24 %LSU 2023 up 0.1% falling
32 Austria 70.9 %LSU 2023 up 11.5% falling
33 Uzbekistan 70.53 %LSU 2023 down 0.4% flat
34 Belize 70.45 %LSU 2023 down 4.5% flat
35 New Caledonia 69.94 %LSU 2023 down 5.3% falling
36 Myanmar 69.86 %LSU 2023 up 4.6% falling
37 Panama 69.8 %LSU 2023 down 10.4% falling
38 Ethiopia 69.28 %LSU 2023 down 5.2% falling
39 Puerto Rico 69.1 %LSU 2023 up 23.1% falling
40 Guatemala 68.03 %LSU 2023 up 2.6% falling
41 Georgia 67.81 %LSU 2023 down 12.6% rising
42 Bangladesh 67.76 %LSU 2023 down 3.1% falling
43 Uganda 67.3 %LSU 2023 down 6.8% falling
44 Rwanda 66.93 %LSU 2023 up 37.9% falling
45 Zambia 66.75 %LSU 2023 down 4.3% falling
46 French Guiana 66.71 %LSU 2006 up 20.9% rising
47 Canada 66.68 %LSU 2023 down 4.4% falling
47 South Sudan 66.68 %LSU 2023 up 3.0% flat
49 Ethiopia PDR 66.23 %LSU 1992 up 0.6% flat
50 Tajikistan 66.01 %LSU 2023 up 1.3% flat
51 Italy 65.18 %LSU 2023 up 19.1% falling
52 Armenia 64.46 %LSU 2023 down 11.0% flat
53 Dominica 63.32 %LSU 2023 down 0.8% rising
54 Portugal 63.2 %LSU 2023 up 14.6% rising
55 Congo 63.03 %LSU 2023 down 2.5% rising
55 Timor-Leste 63.03 %LSU 2023 up 16.7% rising
57 OECD 62.3 %LSU 2023 down 0.0% falling
58 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 62.29 %LSU 2023 up 7.3% rising
59 El Salvador 62.25 %LSU 2023 down 8.6% falling
60 Sudan (former) 61.96 %LSU 2011 up 0.2% rising
61 Nepal 61.73 %LSU 2023 down 20.8% falling
62 Finland 61.72 %LSU 2023 down 0.8% falling
63 USSR 61.12 %LSU 1991 down 1.0% flat
64 Lithuania 60.55 %LSU 2023 up 4.7% flat
65 Cameroon 60.46 %LSU 2023 down 2.7% falling
66 Niger 60.16 %LSU 2023 up 10.7% rising
67 Estonia 60.15 %LSU 2023 up 11.9% falling
68 Latvia 60.13 %LSU 2023 down 0.4% flat
69 Burkina Faso 60.07 %LSU 2023 up 6.1% falling
70 Guinea-Bissau 59.98 %LSU 2023 up 2.2% falling
71 Pakistan 59.72 %LSU 2023 down 7.1% falling
72 Angola 59.6 %LSU 2023 down 7.6% falling
73 Azerbaijan 59.39 %LSU 2023 up 1.9% flat
74 Eritrea 59.37 %LSU 2023 down 1.6% flat
75 Lao People's Democratic Republic 58.79 %LSU 2023 down 7.6% falling
76 Czechia 58.58 %LSU 2023 up 6.8% rising
77 Cuba 58.21 %LSU 2023 down 8.6% falling
78 Martinique 57.97 %LSU 2006 up 16.2% falling
79 Mozambique 57.68 %LSU 2023 up 26.0% falling
80 Belarus 57.65 %LSU 2023 down 5.2% falling
81 Czechoslovakia 57.12 %LSU 1992 down 4.8% flat
82 Germany 57.02 %LSU 2023 up 2.5% falling
83 Gambia 56.92 %LSU 2023 down 24.2% falling
84 Norway 56.83 %LSU 2023 up 3.3% falling
85 Mexico 56.55 %LSU 2023 up 0.9% flat
86 Chile 56.52 %LSU 2023 up 4.2% falling
86 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 56.52 %LSU 2023 down 2.6% falling
88 Türkiye 56.33 %LSU 2023 down 6.8% flat
89 Afghanistan 56.09 %LSU 2023 up 3.1% rising
90 Benin 55.64 %LSU 2023 down 17.5% rising
91 Belgium-Luxembourg 55.49 %LSU 1999 down 6.7% falling
92 Ecuador 54.39 %LSU 2023 down 10.0% flat
93 Comoros 54.17 %LSU 2023 up 0.6% falling
94 Bulgaria 54 %LSU 2023 up 35.3% rising
95 Slovakia 53.53 %LSU 2023 up 14.6% rising
96 Montenegro 53.21 %LSU 2023 down 7.4% falling
97 Kenya 53.11 %LSU 2023 down 8.0% falling
98 Sudan 52.88 %LSU 2023 up 0.5% flat
99 Belgium 52.45 %LSU 2023 up 1.1% falling
100 Micronesia (Federated States of) 51.5 %LSU 2023 up 0.8% rising
101 Kyrgyzstan 50.71 %LSU 2023 up 6.0% rising
102 Djibouti 50.55 %LSU 2023 up 1.6% volatile
103 Democratic Republic of the Congo 50.49 %LSU 2023 up 46.3% falling
104 Haiti 49.31 %LSU 2023 up 2.4% rising
105 Chad 49.11 %LSU 2023 down 9.9% falling
106 Cyprus 48.18 %LSU 2023 up 143.2% rising
107 Malta 48.1 %LSU 2023 up 62.6% rising
108 Iceland 48.03 %LSU 2023 up 29.0% rising
109 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 47.56 %LSU 2023 up 3.8% falling
110 Mali 46.63 %LSU 2023 down 8.1% falling
111 Yugoslav SFR 46.52 %LSU 1991 down 7.1% falling
112 Egypt 46.24 %LSU 2023 down 29.6% falling
113 Samoa 46.18 %LSU 2023 up 16.8% flat
114 Poland 45.37 %LSU 2023 down 1.3% falling
115 Peru 44.71 %LSU 2023 down 0.6% flat
116 Caribbean 44.64 %LSU 2023 down 10.7% falling
117 Kazakhstan 44.56 %LSU 2023 down 10.4% falling
118 Burundi 43.15 %LSU 2023 down 4.9% falling
119 Thailand 42.7 %LSU 2023 down 11.6% falling
120 Philippines 42.45 %LSU 2023 up 1.8% falling
121 Turkmenistan 41.53 %LSU 2023 down 2.1% falling
122 Russian Federation 41.44 %LSU 2023 down 15.3% falling
123 Lesotho 40.79 %LSU 2023 down 14.0% rising
124 Solomon Islands 40.33 %LSU 2023 up 0.4% falling
125 Japan 40.31 %LSU 2023 up 0.9% falling
126 Bosnia and Herzegovina 39.66 %LSU 2023 up 13.3% falling
127 Croatia 39.64 %LSU 2023 down 0.1% flat
128 Iraq 39.49 %LSU 2023 down 31.1% rising
129 North Macedonia 39.1 %LSU 2023 down 17.8% rising
130 Serbia and Montenegro 38.84 %LSU 2005 down 7.1% falling
131 Senegal 38.34 %LSU 2023 down 14.6% falling
132 Dominican Republic 37.96 %LSU 2023 down 14.6% falling
133 Israel 37.54 %LSU 2023 up 5.8% falling
134 Saint Lucia 36.45 %LSU 2023 down 6.5% falling
135 Republic of Korea 36.09 %LSU 2023 up 3.1% falling
136 Spain 36.08 %LSU 2023 up 9.1% falling
137 Nigeria 35.61 %LSU 2023 down 11.3% falling
138 Fiji 35.42 %LSU 2023 down 40.9% falling
139 Albania 34.65 %LSU 2023 down 13.2% falling
140 Micronesia 34.54 %LSU 2023 up 0.3% falling
141 Oman 33.71 %LSU 2023 up 1.1% falling
142 Serbia 33.34 %LSU 2023 up 3.5% flat
143 Viet Nam 33.18 %LSU 2023 down 8.1% falling
144 Hungary 33.16 %LSU 2023 up 22.4% falling
145 Sierra Leone 32.61 %LSU 2023 down 17.5% falling
146 Polynesia 31.44 %LSU 2023 up 5.9% falling
147 Grenada 31.18 %LSU 2023 down 3.5% falling
148 Ukraine 30.9 %LSU 2023 down 21.8% falling
149 Greece 30.87 %LSU 2023 up 37.8% falling
150 Côte d'Ivoire 30.41 %LSU 2023 down 32.5% flat
151 Ghana 30.17 %LSU 2023 down 3.0% falling
152 Denmark 29.69 %LSU 2023 down 3.7% falling
153 French Polynesia 29.24 %LSU 2023 up 9.6% falling
154 Romania 28.67 %LSU 2023 up 12.1% falling
155 Mongolia 28 %LSU 2023 up 15.5% flat
156 Yemen 27.64 %LSU 2023 up 1.3% falling
157 Suriname 26.9 %LSU 2023 down 24.1% falling
158 Melanesia 26.51 %LSU 2023 down 32.4% falling
159 Morocco 26.26 %LSU 2023 down 12.5% falling
160 China, mainland 26.21 %LSU 2023 up 14.9% falling
161 China 26 %LSU 2023 up 14.8% falling
162 Jamaica 25.57 %LSU 2023 down 11.9% falling
163 Cabo Verde 25.3 %LSU 2023 up 45.8% falling
164 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 25.27 %LSU 2023 up 1.9% falling
165 Malawi 24.76 %LSU 2023 down 24.0% falling
166 Mauritania 23.94 %LSU 2023 up 0.1% falling
167 Antigua and Barbuda 23.7 %LSU 2023 down 14.9% falling
168 Indonesia 23.3 %LSU 2023 down 16.1% falling
169 Somalia 23.2 %LSU 2023 down 6.2% flat
170 Saint Kitts and Nevis 21.9 %LSU 2023 down 45.7% falling
171 Equatorial Guinea 20.85 %LSU 2023 down 1.3% falling
172 Syrian Arab Republic 20.6 %LSU 2023 down 18.7% falling
173 Tonga 19.88 %LSU 2023 down 0.1% rising
174 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 17.79 %LSU 2023 down 29.3% falling
175 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 17.28 %LSU 2023 down 40.7% falling
176 Algeria 17.22 %LSU 2023 down 20.8% falling
177 Guyana 17.14 %LSU 2023 down 22.4% falling
178 Palestine 16.34 %LSU 2023 up 24.0% rising
179 Tunisia 16.23 %LSU 2023 down 9.8% falling
180 Gabon 14.9 %LSU 2023 down 0.4% rising
181 Togo 14.44 %LSU 2023 down 26.1% falling
182 Bahrain 14.27 %LSU 2023 down 52.7% falling
183 Malaysia 13.02 %LSU 2023 down 11.8% falling
184 Faroe Islands 12.75 %LSU 2023 down 10.7% falling
185 Papua New Guinea 10.35 %LSU 2023 down 6.8% falling
186 Liberia 9.79 %LSU 2023 up 1.3% falling
187 Barbados 9.71 %LSU 2023 down 24.4% falling
188 Niue 9.37 %LSU 2023 down 7.7% volatile
189 Libya 8.97 %LSU 2023 down 0.3% falling
190 Republic of Moldova 8.4 %LSU 2023 down 51.9% falling
191 Lebanon 7.04 %LSU 2023 down 3.8% volatile
192 Saudi Arabia 6.79 %LSU 2023 down 17.9% falling
193 Jordan 6.43 %LSU 2023 down 10.6% falling
194 United Arab Emirates 6.36 %LSU 2023 up 2.4% falling
195 Trinidad and Tobago 5.75 %LSU 2023 down 8.6% volatile
196 Sao Tome and Principe 5.68 %LSU 2023 up 8.4% volatile
197 Qatar 5.58 %LSU 2023 down 6.5% volatile
198 Seychelles 4.98 %LSU 2023 down 10.8% volatile
199 China, Taiwan Province of 4.26 %LSU 2023 up 13.3% volatile
200 Kuwait 3.2 %LSU 2023 down 3.3% falling
201 Cook Islands 2.45 %LSU 2023 up 41.6% falling
202 China, Hong Kong SAR 1.69 %LSU 2023 down 23.2% volatile
203 Bahamas 1.29 %LSU 2023 down 3.7% volatile
204 Mauritius 0.96 %LSU 2023 down 59.0% volatile
205 Brunei Darussalam 0.43 %LSU 2023 down 61.6% volatile
206 Singapore 0.4 %LSU 2023 up 8.1% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Cattle and Buffaloes — Share in total livestock
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.