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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
209
Highest
92.21 %LSU
Paraguay
Lowest
0.4 %LSU
Singapore
Median
50.49 %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 209 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 50.49 %LSU, and the mean is 46.39 %LSU.

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

Over the past decade 90 countries rose and 119 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
1 United Republic of Tanzania 81.63 %LSU 2023 up 0.8% falling
2 Luxembourg 91.02 %LSU 2023 up 5.3% flat
2 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 80.07 %LSU 2023 up 0.2% flat
3 Ireland 89 %LSU 2023 up 4.9% flat
3 Timor-Leste 63.03 %LSU 2023 up 16.7% rising
4 Argentina 86.42 %LSU 2023 up 2.2% rising
4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 62.29 %LSU 2023 up 7.3% rising
5 Nicaragua 86.29 %LSU 2023 down 0.1% rising
6 Uruguay 85.65 %LSU 2023 down 0.3% rising
6 Lao People's Democratic Republic 58.79 %LSU 2023 down 7.6% falling
7 Brazil 82.74 %LSU 2023 down 1.1% rising
7 Türkiye 56.33 %LSU 2023 down 6.8% flat
8 India 82.04 %LSU 2023 down 1.1% falling
9 Guadeloupe 81.85 %LSU 2006 up 3.1% flat
9 Micronesia (Federated States of) 51.5 %LSU 2023 up 0.8% rising
10 Bhutan 78.16 %LSU 2023 down 3.7% flat
10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 50.49 %LSU 2023 up 46.3% falling
11 Guinea 77.66 %LSU 2023 down 2.8% falling
12 Sweden 77.12 %LSU 2023 up 19.5% falling
13 Colombia 76.88 %LSU 2023 down 6.1% falling
13 Micronesia 34.54 %LSU 2023 up 0.3% falling
14 Cambodia 76.68 %LSU 2023 down 1.0% falling
14 Viet Nam 33.18 %LSU 2023 down 8.1% falling
15 Namibia 76.57 %LSU 2023 up 6.6% rising
15 Polynesia 31.44 %LSU 2023 up 5.9% falling
16 Costa Rica 76.47 %LSU 2023 up 12.0% falling
16 Melanesia 26.51 %LSU 2023 down 32.4% falling
17 Madagascar 75.59 %LSU 2023 down 12.3% falling
17 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 25.27 %LSU 2023 up 1.9% falling
18 New Zealand 75.56 %LSU 2023 up 3.5% rising
18 Syrian Arab Republic 20.6 %LSU 2023 down 18.7% falling
19 Sri Lanka 75.26 %LSU 2023 down 3.6% falling
19 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 17.79 %LSU 2023 down 29.3% falling
20 Eswatini 74.4 %LSU 2023 down 6.8% falling
20 Republic of Moldova 8.4 %LSU 2023 down 51.9% falling
21 Australia and New Zealand 74.28 %LSU 2023 up 1.4% rising
22 Australia 73.88 %LSU 2023 up 0.8% rising
23 Botswana 73.59 %LSU 2023 down 4.8% falling
24 Honduras 73.37 %LSU 2023 up 0.4% falling
24 Caribbean 44.64 %LSU 2023 down 10.7% falling
25 Slovenia 72.47 %LSU 2023 up 7.2% rising
26 Vanuatu 71.97 %LSU 2023 down 5.8% flat
27 Central African Republic 71.8 %LSU 2023 up 1.4% falling
27 France 71.8 %LSU 2023 up 1.2% falling
29 Zimbabwe 71.26 %LSU 2023 down 6.7% falling
29 Côte d'Ivoire 30.41 %LSU 2023 down 32.5% flat
30 Switzerland 71.24 %LSU 2023 up 0.1% falling
31 Austria 70.9 %LSU 2023 up 11.5% falling
31 Cabo Verde 25.3 %LSU 2023 up 45.8% falling
32 Uzbekistan 70.53 %LSU 2023 down 0.4% flat
33 Belize 70.45 %LSU 2023 down 4.5% flat
34 New Caledonia 69.94 %LSU 2023 down 5.3% falling
35 Myanmar 69.86 %LSU 2023 up 4.6% falling
36 Panama 69.8 %LSU 2023 down 10.4% falling
37 Ethiopia 69.28 %LSU 2023 down 5.2% falling
38 Puerto Rico 69.1 %LSU 2023 up 23.1% falling
39 Guatemala 68.03 %LSU 2023 up 2.6% falling
40 Georgia 67.81 %LSU 2023 down 12.6% rising
41 Bangladesh 67.76 %LSU 2023 down 3.1% falling
42 Uganda 67.3 %LSU 2023 down 6.8% falling
43 Rwanda 66.93 %LSU 2023 up 37.9% falling
44 Zambia 66.75 %LSU 2023 down 4.3% falling
45 French Guiana 66.71 %LSU 2006 up 20.9% rising
46 Canada 66.68 %LSU 2023 down 4.4% falling
46 South Sudan 66.68 %LSU 2023 up 3.0% flat
48 Ethiopia PDR 66.23 %LSU 1992 up 0.6% flat
49 Tajikistan 66.01 %LSU 2023 up 1.3% flat
50 Italy 65.18 %LSU 2023 up 19.1% falling
51 Armenia 64.46 %LSU 2023 down 11.0% flat
52 South Africa 63.77 %LSU 2023 down 1.6% 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
56 OECD 62.3 %LSU 2023 down 0.0% falling
57 El Salvador 62.25 %LSU 2023 down 8.6% falling
58 Sudan (former) 61.96 %LSU 2011 up 0.2% rising
59 Nepal 61.73 %LSU 2023 down 20.8% falling
60 Finland 61.72 %LSU 2023 down 0.8% falling
61 USSR 61.12 %LSU 1991 down 1.0% flat
62 Lithuania 60.55 %LSU 2023 up 4.7% flat
63 Cameroon 60.46 %LSU 2023 down 2.7% falling
64 Niger 60.16 %LSU 2023 up 10.7% rising
65 Estonia 60.15 %LSU 2023 up 11.9% falling
66 Latvia 60.13 %LSU 2023 down 0.4% flat
67 Burkina Faso 60.07 %LSU 2023 up 6.1% falling
68 Guinea-Bissau 59.98 %LSU 2023 up 2.2% falling
69 Pakistan 59.72 %LSU 2023 down 7.1% falling
70 Angola 59.6 %LSU 2023 down 7.6% falling
71 Azerbaijan 59.39 %LSU 2023 up 1.9% flat
72 Eritrea 59.37 %LSU 2023 down 1.6% flat
73 Czechia 58.58 %LSU 2023 up 6.8% rising
74 Cuba 58.21 %LSU 2023 down 8.6% falling
75 Martinique 57.97 %LSU 2006 up 16.2% falling
76 Mozambique 57.68 %LSU 2023 up 26.0% falling
77 Belarus 57.65 %LSU 2023 down 5.2% falling
78 Czechoslovakia 57.12 %LSU 1992 down 4.8% flat
79 Germany 57.02 %LSU 2023 up 2.5% falling
80 Gambia 56.92 %LSU 2023 down 24.2% falling
81 Norway 56.83 %LSU 2023 up 3.3% falling
82 Mexico 56.55 %LSU 2023 up 0.9% flat
83 Chile 56.52 %LSU 2023 up 4.2% falling
83 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 56.52 %LSU 2023 down 2.6% falling
85 Afghanistan 56.09 %LSU 2023 up 3.1% rising
86 Benin 55.64 %LSU 2023 down 17.5% rising
87 Belgium-Luxembourg 55.49 %LSU 1999 down 6.7% falling
88 Ecuador 54.39 %LSU 2023 down 10.0% flat
89 Comoros 54.17 %LSU 2023 up 0.6% falling
90 Bulgaria 54 %LSU 2023 up 35.3% rising
91 Slovakia 53.53 %LSU 2023 up 14.6% rising
92 Montenegro 53.21 %LSU 2023 down 7.4% falling
93 Kenya 53.11 %LSU 2023 down 8.0% falling
94 Sudan 52.88 %LSU 2023 up 0.5% flat
95 Belgium 52.45 %LSU 2023 up 1.1% falling
96 Kyrgyzstan 50.71 %LSU 2023 up 6.0% rising
97 Djibouti 50.55 %LSU 2023 up 1.6% volatile
98 Haiti 49.31 %LSU 2023 up 2.4% rising
99 Chad 49.11 %LSU 2023 down 9.9% falling
100 Cyprus 48.18 %LSU 2023 up 143.2% rising
101 Malta 48.1 %LSU 2023 up 62.6% rising
102 Iceland 48.03 %LSU 2023 up 29.0% rising
103 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 47.56 %LSU 2023 up 3.8% falling
104 Mali 46.63 %LSU 2023 down 8.1% falling
105 Yugoslav SFR 46.52 %LSU 1991 down 7.1% falling
106 Egypt 46.24 %LSU 2023 down 29.6% falling
107 Samoa 46.18 %LSU 2023 up 16.8% flat
108 Poland 45.37 %LSU 2023 down 1.3% falling
109 Peru 44.71 %LSU 2023 down 0.6% flat
110 Kazakhstan 44.56 %LSU 2023 down 10.4% falling
111 Burundi 43.15 %LSU 2023 down 4.9% falling
112 Thailand 42.7 %LSU 2023 down 11.6% falling
113 Philippines 42.45 %LSU 2023 up 1.8% falling
114 Turkmenistan 41.53 %LSU 2023 down 2.1% falling
115 Russian Federation 41.44 %LSU 2023 down 15.3% falling
116 Lesotho 40.79 %LSU 2023 down 14.0% rising
117 Solomon Islands 40.33 %LSU 2023 up 0.4% falling
118 Japan 40.31 %LSU 2023 up 0.9% falling
119 Bosnia and Herzegovina 39.66 %LSU 2023 up 13.3% falling
120 Croatia 39.64 %LSU 2023 down 0.1% flat
121 Iraq 39.49 %LSU 2023 down 31.1% rising
122 North Macedonia 39.1 %LSU 2023 down 17.8% rising
123 Serbia and Montenegro 38.84 %LSU 2005 down 7.1% falling
124 Senegal 38.34 %LSU 2023 down 14.6% falling
125 Dominican Republic 37.96 %LSU 2023 down 14.6% falling
126 Israel 37.54 %LSU 2023 up 5.8% falling
127 Saint Lucia 36.45 %LSU 2023 down 6.5% falling
128 Republic of Korea 36.09 %LSU 2023 up 3.1% falling
129 Spain 36.08 %LSU 2023 up 9.1% falling
130 Nigeria 35.61 %LSU 2023 down 11.3% falling
131 Fiji 35.42 %LSU 2023 down 40.9% falling
132 Albania 34.65 %LSU 2023 down 13.2% falling
133 Oman 33.71 %LSU 2023 up 1.1% falling
134 Serbia 33.34 %LSU 2023 up 3.5% flat
135 Hungary 33.16 %LSU 2023 up 22.4% falling
136 Sierra Leone 32.61 %LSU 2023 down 17.5% falling
137 Grenada 31.18 %LSU 2023 down 3.5% falling
138 Ukraine 30.9 %LSU 2023 down 21.8% falling
139 Greece 30.87 %LSU 2023 up 37.8% falling
140 Ghana 30.17 %LSU 2023 down 3.0% falling
141 Denmark 29.69 %LSU 2023 down 3.7% falling
142 French Polynesia 29.24 %LSU 2023 up 9.6% falling
143 Romania 28.67 %LSU 2023 up 12.1% falling
144 Mongolia 28 %LSU 2023 up 15.5% flat
145 Yemen 27.64 %LSU 2023 up 1.3% falling
146 Suriname 26.9 %LSU 2023 down 24.1% falling
147 Morocco 26.26 %LSU 2023 down 12.5% falling
148 China, mainland 26.21 %LSU 2023 up 14.9% falling
149 China 26 %LSU 2023 up 14.8% falling
150 Jamaica 25.57 %LSU 2023 down 11.9% falling
151 Malawi 24.76 %LSU 2023 down 24.0% falling
152 Mauritania 23.94 %LSU 2023 up 0.1% falling
153 Antigua and Barbuda 23.7 %LSU 2023 down 14.9% falling
154 Indonesia 23.3 %LSU 2023 down 16.1% falling
155 Somalia 23.2 %LSU 2023 down 6.2% flat
156 Saint Kitts and Nevis 21.9 %LSU 2023 down 45.7% falling
157 Equatorial Guinea 20.85 %LSU 2023 down 1.3% falling
158 Tonga 19.88 %LSU 2023 down 0.1% rising
159 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 17.28 %LSU 2023 down 40.7% falling
160 Algeria 17.22 %LSU 2023 down 20.8% falling
161 Guyana 17.14 %LSU 2023 down 22.4% falling
162 Palestine 16.34 %LSU 2023 up 24.0% rising
163 Tunisia 16.23 %LSU 2023 down 9.8% falling
164 Gabon 14.9 %LSU 2023 down 0.4% rising
165 Togo 14.44 %LSU 2023 down 26.1% falling
166 Bahrain 14.27 %LSU 2023 down 52.7% falling
167 Malaysia 13.02 %LSU 2023 down 11.8% falling
168 Faroe Islands 12.75 %LSU 2023 down 10.7% falling
169 Papua New Guinea 10.35 %LSU 2023 down 6.8% falling
170 Réunion 10.29 %LSU 2006 up 6.0% volatile
171 Liberia 9.79 %LSU 2023 up 1.3% falling
172 Barbados 9.71 %LSU 2023 down 24.4% falling
173 Niue 9.37 %LSU 2023 down 7.7% volatile
174 Libya 8.97 %LSU 2023 down 0.3% falling
175 Lebanon 7.04 %LSU 2023 down 3.8% volatile
176 Saudi Arabia 6.79 %LSU 2023 down 17.9% falling
177 Jordan 6.43 %LSU 2023 down 10.6% falling
178 United Arab Emirates 6.36 %LSU 2023 up 2.4% falling
179 Trinidad and Tobago 5.75 %LSU 2023 down 8.6% volatile
180 Sao Tome and Principe 5.68 %LSU 2023 up 8.4% volatile
181 Qatar 5.58 %LSU 2023 down 6.5% volatile
182 Seychelles 4.98 %LSU 2023 down 10.8% volatile
183 China, Taiwan Province of 4.26 %LSU 2023 up 13.3% volatile
184 Kuwait 3.2 %LSU 2023 down 3.3% falling
185 Cook Islands 2.45 %LSU 2023 up 41.6% falling
186 China, Hong Kong SAR 1.69 %LSU 2023 down 23.2% volatile
187 Bahamas 1.29 %LSU 2023 down 3.7% volatile
188 Mauritius 0.96 %LSU 2023 down 59.0% volatile
189 Brunei Darussalam 0.43 %LSU 2023 down 61.6% volatile
190 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.

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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
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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.