Cattle and Buffaloes — 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...
Countries reporting
209
Highest
252.87 million LSU
OECD
Lowest
67.8 LSU
Niue
Median
1.06 million LSU
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,793
What the numbers show
Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks is currently reported for 209 countries. The highest value is 252.87 million LSU in OECD; the lowest is 67.8 LSU in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.06 million LSU, and the mean is 7.26 million LSU.
Over the past decade 110 countries rose and 98 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 139.0%), and the largest decrease in Fiji (down 61.0%).
Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 252.87 million LSU | 2023 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 2 | Brazil | 167.04 million LSU | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 3 | India | 153.26 million LSU | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 4 | China | 69.99 million LSU | 2023 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 4 | United Republic of Tanzania | 18.96 million LSU | 2023 | up 54.5% | rising |
| 5 | China, mainland | 69.88 million LSU | 2023 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 5 | Türkiye | 11.61 million LSU | 2023 | up 18.3% | falling |
| 6 | USSR | 69.63 million LSU | 1991 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 6 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 11.57 million LSU | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 7 | Pakistan | 50.21 million LSU | 2023 | up 39.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 7.77 million LSU | 2023 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 8 | Argentina | 37.97 million LSU | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 9 | Australia and New Zealand | 35.48 million LSU | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 9 | Viet Nam | 5.61 million LSU | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 10 | Ethiopia | 35.45 million LSU | 2023 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 10 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 3.95 million LSU | 2023 | down 30.6% | rising |
| 11 | Australia | 26.89 million LSU | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 11 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2.50 million LSU | 2023 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 12 | Mexico | 25.63 million LSU | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 12 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 916,234 LSU | 2023 | up 93.6% | rising |
| 13 | Sudan (former) | 20.68 million LSU | 2011 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 13 | Syrian Arab Republic | 593,557 LSU | 2023 | down 24.3% | rising |
| 14 | Colombia | 20.44 million LSU | 2023 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 14 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 372,711 LSU | 2023 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 15 | Chad | 18.82 million LSU | 2023 | up 67.7% | volatile |
| 15 | Timor-Leste | 251,474 LSU | 2023 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 16 | Ethiopia PDR | 18.60 million LSU | 1992 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 16 | Melanesia | 240,266 LSU | 2023 | down 41.5% | rising |
| 17 | Sudan | 15.35 million LSU | 2023 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 17 | Republic of Moldova | 60,618 LSU | 2023 | down 47.2% | volatile |
| 18 | France | 15.13 million LSU | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 18 | Polynesia | 36,675 LSU | 2023 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 19 | Bangladesh | 13.19 million LSU | 2023 | up 6.3% | flat |
| 19 | Micronesia | 10,834 LSU | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 19 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 10,834 LSU | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 20 | Indonesia | 12.95 million LSU | 2023 | up 43.5% | rising |
| 21 | Canada | 11.29 million LSU | 2023 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 22 | Kenya | 10.94 million LSU | 2023 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 23 | Russian Federation | 10.50 million LSU | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 24 | Nigeria | 10.45 million LSU | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 25 | Germany | 9.76 million LSU | 2023 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 26 | Paraguay | 9.47 million LSU | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 27 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 8.60 million LSU | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 28 | New Zealand | 8.58 million LSU | 2023 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 29 | Niger | 8.56 million LSU | 2023 | up 59.6% | volatile |
| 29 | Caribbean | 5.10 million LSU | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 30 | South Africa | 8.54 million LSU | 2023 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 30 | Côte d'Ivoire | 934,000 LSU | 2023 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 31 | Uzbekistan | 8.49 million LSU | 2023 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 31 | Cabo Verde | 14,857 LSU | 2023 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 32 | Myanmar | 8.47 million LSU | 2023 | down 29.8% | rising |
| 33 | Uruguay | 8.31 million LSU | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 34 | Uganda | 7.62 million LSU | 2023 | up 17.3% | volatile |
| 35 | South Sudan | 7.07 million LSU | 2023 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 36 | Mali | 6.82 million LSU | 2023 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 37 | Ireland | 5.87 million LSU | 2023 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 38 | Italy | 5.69 million LSU | 2023 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 39 | Spain | 5.67 million LSU | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 40 | Burkina Faso | 5.07 million LSU | 2023 | up 13.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Guinea | 4.42 million LSU | 2023 | up 52.6% | volatile |
| 42 | Peru | 4.11 million LSU | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 43 | Kazakhstan | 3.98 million LSU | 2023 | up 16.2% | falling |
| 44 | Afghanistan | 3.92 million LSU | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 45 | Nepal | 3.92 million LSU | 2023 | down 37.4% | rising |
| 46 | Nicaragua | 3.89 million LSU | 2023 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 47 | Poland | 3.76 million LSU | 2023 | up 7.0% | falling |
| 48 | Madagascar | 3.76 million LSU | 2023 | down 25.0% | flat |
| 49 | Japan | 3.64 million LSU | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 50 | Thailand | 3.63 million LSU | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 51 | Philippines | 3.62 million LSU | 2023 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 52 | Mongolia | 3.48 million LSU | 2023 | up 83.9% | rising |
| 53 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 3.37 million LSU | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 54 | Egypt | 3.21 million LSU | 2023 | down 47.1% | rising |
| 55 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 3.06 million LSU | 1999 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 56 | Cameroon | 2.99 million LSU | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 57 | Guatemala | 2.92 million LSU | 2023 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 58 | Zimbabwe | 2.88 million LSU | 2023 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 59 | Yugoslav SFR | 2.73 million LSU | 1991 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 60 | Republic of Korea | 2.62 million LSU | 2023 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 61 | Czechoslovakia | 2.61 million LSU | 1992 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 62 | Ecuador | 2.61 million LSU | 2023 | down 27.5% | rising |
| 63 | Angola | 2.59 million LSU | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 64 | Belarus | 2.52 million LSU | 2023 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 65 | Central African Republic | 2.42 million LSU | 2023 | up 12.7% | volatile |
| 66 | Zambia | 2.29 million LSU | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 67 | Somalia | 2.27 million LSU | 2023 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 68 | Cambodia | 2.16 million LSU | 2023 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 69 | Chile | 2.07 million LSU | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 70 | Honduras | 2.05 million LSU | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 71 | Cuba | 2.04 million LSU | 2023 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 72 | Belgium | 2.02 million LSU | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 73 | Morocco | 2.02 million LSU | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 74 | Senegal | 1.88 million LSU | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 75 | Dominican Republic | 1.85 million LSU | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 76 | Namibia | 1.80 million LSU | 2023 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 77 | Iraq | 1.69 million LSU | 2023 | down 18.7% | rising |
| 78 | Austria | 1.65 million LSU | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 79 | Tajikistan | 1.57 million LSU | 2023 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 80 | Costa Rica | 1.54 million LSU | 2023 | up 69.0% | falling |
| 81 | Turkmenistan | 1.53 million LSU | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 82 | Azerbaijan | 1.52 million LSU | 2023 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 83 | Ukraine | 1.38 million LSU | 2023 | down 50.3% | volatile |
| 84 | Switzerland | 1.38 million LSU | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 85 | Portugal | 1.37 million LSU | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 86 | Yemen | 1.31 million LSU | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 87 | Denmark | 1.29 million LSU | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 88 | Algeria | 1.26 million LSU | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 89 | Benin | 1.26 million LSU | 2023 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 90 | Sweden | 1.23 million LSU | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 91 | Mozambique | 1.20 million LSU | 2023 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 92 | Ghana | 1.15 million LSU | 2023 | up 44.1% | rising |
| 93 | Romania | 1.10 million LSU | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 94 | Malawi | 1.09 million LSU | 2023 | up 74.8% | rising |
| 95 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.08 million LSU | 2023 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 96 | Eritrea | 1.07 million LSU | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 97 | Panama | 1.06 million LSU | 2023 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 98 | Mauritania | 984,196 LSU | 2023 | up 11.0% | flat |
| 99 | Haiti | 935,097 LSU | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 100 | Czechia | 821,754 LSU | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 101 | Norway | 788,040 LSU | 2023 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 102 | Serbia and Montenegro | 737,566 LSU | 2005 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 103 | Sri Lanka | 724,690 LSU | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 104 | Rwanda | 720,856 LSU | 2023 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 105 | Finland | 718,776 LSU | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 106 | Burundi | 596,108 LSU | 2023 | up 57.0% | rising |
| 107 | Greece | 563,100 LSU | 2023 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 108 | Hungary | 527,140 LSU | 2023 | up 15.6% | falling |
| 109 | Georgia | 525,981 LSU | 2023 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 110 | Malaysia | 522,829 LSU | 2023 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 111 | El Salvador | 522,261 LSU | 2023 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 112 | Botswana | 500,000 LSU | 2023 | down 52.0% | falling |
| 113 | Saudi Arabia | 451,926 LSU | 2023 | up 41.5% | rising |
| 114 | Serbia | 435,245 LSU | 2023 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 115 | Tunisia | 408,680 LSU | 2023 | down 9.6% | flat |
| 116 | Lithuania | 374,112 LSU | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 117 | Guinea-Bissau | 369,464 LSU | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 118 | Bulgaria | 359,238 LSU | 2023 | up 11.5% | falling |
| 119 | Israel | 348,035 LSU | 2023 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 120 | Sierra Leone | 333,558 LSU | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 121 | Oman | 307,298 LSU | 2023 | up 22.1% | volatile |
| 122 | Armenia | 301,497 LSU | 2023 | down 24.1% | rising |
| 123 | Slovenia | 273,630 LSU | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 124 | Slovakia | 257,832 LSU | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 125 | Eswatini | 256,564 LSU | 2023 | down 18.2% | flat |
| 126 | Croatia | 249,000 LSU | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 127 | Togo | 234,479 LSU | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 128 | Latvia | 220,836 LSU | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 129 | Lesotho | 202,176 LSU | 2023 | down 26.2% | rising |
| 130 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 198,071 LSU | 2023 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 131 | Luxembourg | 165,204 LSU | 2023 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 132 | Congo | 163,884 LSU | 2023 | down 2.7% | volatile |
| 133 | Albania | 158,031 LSU | 2023 | down 47.1% | rising |
| 134 | Djibouti | 155,398 LSU | 2023 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 135 | Libya | 147,884 LSU | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 136 | Estonia | 144,816 LSU | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 137 | Bhutan | 140,943 LSU | 2023 | down 19.4% | rising |
| 138 | Gambia | 139,425 LSU | 2023 | down 36.1% | rising |
| 139 | Puerto Rico | 135,409 LSU | 2023 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 140 | China, Taiwan Province of | 103,573 LSU | 2023 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 141 | Jamaica | 90,899 LSU | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 142 | North Macedonia | 89,660 LSU | 2023 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 143 | United Arab Emirates | 76,935 LSU | 2023 | up 28.8% | volatile |
| 144 | Fiji | 73,079 LSU | 2023 | down 61.0% | rising |
| 145 | Guyana | 71,768 LSU | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 146 | Belize | 71,745 LSU | 2023 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 147 | Iceland | 70,859 LSU | 2023 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 148 | Lebanon | 60,894 LSU | 2023 | up 8.1% | flat |
| 149 | Cyprus | 57,589 LSU | 2023 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 150 | Jordan | 55,559 LSU | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 151 | Papua New Guinea | 55,100 LSU | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 152 | Vanuatu | 54,986 LSU | 2023 | down 47.0% | rising |
| 153 | New Caledonia | 47,837 LSU | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 154 | Guadeloupe | 45,498 LSU | 2006 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 155 | Montenegro | 41,579 LSU | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 156 | Palestine | 31,218 LSU | 2023 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 157 | Qatar | 30,784 LSU | 2023 | up 139.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Comoros | 25,676 LSU | 2023 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 159 | Trinidad and Tobago | 25,507 LSU | 2023 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 160 | Samoa | 24,068 LSU | 2023 | down 17.5% | rising |
| 161 | Kuwait | 23,458 LSU | 2023 | up 33.5% | volatile |
| 162 | Liberia | 22,434 LSU | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 163 | Suriname | 22,353 LSU | 2023 | down 30.7% | rising |
| 164 | Gabon | 19,912 LSU | 2023 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 165 | Réunion | 18,186 LSU | 2006 | up 40.1% | flat |
| 166 | Martinique | 14,340 LSU | 2006 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 167 | French Guiana | 9,370 LSU | 2006 | up 51.2% | volatile |
| 168 | Solomon Islands | 9,263 LSU | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 169 | Malta | 8,538 LSU | 2023 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 170 | Dominica | 8,402 LSU | 2023 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 171 | Tonga | 7,302 LSU | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 172 | Barbados | 6,439 LSU | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 173 | Saint Lucia | 6,324 LSU | 2023 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 174 | French Polynesia | 5,100 LSU | 2023 | up 14.9% | falling |
| 175 | Bahrain | 4,868 LSU | 2023 | down 33.8% | rising |
| 176 | Grenada | 3,998 LSU | 2023 | up 14.5% | falling |
| 177 | Equatorial Guinea | 2,758 LSU | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 178 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2,288 LSU | 2023 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 179 | Mauritius | 1,700 LSU | 2023 | down 53.0% | volatile |
| 180 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1,302 LSU | 2023 | down 48.0% | falling |
| 181 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 1,248 LSU | 2023 | down 5.1% | volatile |
| 182 | Faroe Islands | 1,150 LSU | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 183 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1,043 LSU | 2023 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 184 | Brunei Darussalam | 915.3 LSU | 2023 | down 57.7% | volatile |
| 185 | Sao Tome and Principe | 733 LSU | 2023 | up 28.5% | falling |
| 186 | Bahamas | 465.6 LSU | 2023 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 187 | Seychelles | 250.5 LSU | 2023 | up 67.0% | volatile |
| 188 | Cook Islands | 137.4 LSU | 2023 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 189 | Singapore | 115.7 LSU | 2023 | down 11.0% | volatile |
| 190 | Niue | 67.8 LSU | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 1.12 billion LSU
- Asia 384.78 million LSU
- Americas 414.38 million LSU
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 189.35 million LSU
- Latin America and the Caribbean 314.25 million LSU
- Middle Africa 27.93 million LSU
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 286.37 million LSU
- South America 271.45 million LSU
- Southern Asia 229.31 million LSU
- Africa 200.37 million LSU
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 190.69 million LSU
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 6.22 million LSU
- Sub-Saharan Africa 177.97 million LSU
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 150.17 million LSU
- Northern America 100.14 million LSU
- Eastern Africa 96.10 million LSU
- United States of America 88.84 million LSU
- Europe 88.82 million LSU
- Eastern Asia 80.10 million LSU
- European Union (27) 62.66 million LSU
- Western Africa 42.65 million LSU
- South-Eastern Asia 39.73 million LSU
- Central America 37.69 million LSU
- Oceania 35.76 million LSU
- Western Europe 33.47 million LSU
- Northern Africa 22.40 million LSU
- Eastern Europe 21.29 million LSU
- Northern Europe 19.32 million LSU
- Western Asia 18.99 million LSU
- Central Asia 16.64 million LSU
- Southern Europe 14.75 million LSU
- Southern Africa 11.30 million 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.