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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
206
Highest
252.87 million LSU
OECD
Lowest
67.8 LSU
Niue
Median
1.02 million LSU
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,793

What the numbers show

Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks is currently reported for 206 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 1.02 million LSU, and the mean is 7.31 million LSU.

Over the past decade 108 countries rose and 97 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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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
5 China, mainland 69.88 million LSU 2023 up 16.9% rising
6 USSR 69.63 million LSU 1991 up 0.6% rising
7 Pakistan 50.21 million LSU 2023 up 39.8% volatile
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
10 Ethiopia 35.45 million LSU 2023 up 28.9% rising
11 Australia 26.89 million LSU 2023 up 2.0% rising
12 Mexico 25.63 million LSU 2023 up 13.0% rising
13 Sudan (former) 20.68 million LSU 2011 up 7.9% rising
14 Colombia 20.44 million LSU 2023 up 26.9% rising
15 United Republic of Tanzania 18.96 million LSU 2023 up 54.5% rising
16 Chad 18.82 million LSU 2023 up 67.7% volatile
17 Ethiopia PDR 18.60 million LSU 1992 up 18.3% rising
18 Sudan 15.35 million LSU 2023 up 2.3% flat
19 France 15.13 million LSU 2023 down 12.0% falling
20 Bangladesh 13.19 million LSU 2023 up 6.3% flat
21 Indonesia 12.95 million LSU 2023 up 43.5% rising
22 Türkiye 11.61 million LSU 2023 up 18.3% falling
23 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 11.57 million LSU 2023 down 2.6% rising
24 Canada 11.29 million LSU 2023 down 7.7% flat
25 Kenya 10.94 million LSU 2023 up 20.6% rising
26 Russian Federation 10.50 million LSU 2023 down 12.3% falling
27 Nigeria 10.45 million LSU 2023 up 7.9% rising
28 Germany 9.76 million LSU 2023 down 13.9% falling
29 Paraguay 9.47 million LSU 2023 up 1.1% rising
30 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 8.60 million LSU 2023 down 2.9% falling
31 New Zealand 8.58 million LSU 2023 down 6.3% rising
32 Niger 8.56 million LSU 2023 up 59.6% volatile
33 Uzbekistan 8.49 million LSU 2023 up 39.5% rising
34 Myanmar 8.47 million LSU 2023 down 29.8% rising
35 Uruguay 8.31 million LSU 2023 up 3.0% rising
36 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 7.77 million LSU 2023 up 25.5% rising
37 Uganda 7.62 million LSU 2023 up 17.3% volatile
38 South Sudan 7.07 million LSU 2023 up 20.1% rising
39 Mali 6.82 million LSU 2023 up 40.2% rising
40 Ireland 5.87 million LSU 2023 down 5.5% rising
41 Italy 5.69 million LSU 2023 up 2.6% falling
42 Spain 5.67 million LSU 2023 up 10.5% rising
43 Viet Nam 5.61 million LSU 2023 up 9.1% rising
44 Caribbean 5.10 million LSU 2023 down 6.4% falling
45 Burkina Faso 5.07 million LSU 2023 up 13.8% volatile
46 Guinea 4.42 million LSU 2023 up 52.6% volatile
47 Peru 4.11 million LSU 2023 up 5.8% rising
48 Kazakhstan 3.98 million LSU 2023 up 16.2% falling
49 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 3.95 million LSU 2023 down 30.6% rising
50 Afghanistan 3.92 million LSU 2023 up 6.9% rising
51 Nepal 3.92 million LSU 2023 down 37.4% rising
52 Nicaragua 3.89 million LSU 2023 up 21.7% rising
53 Poland 3.76 million LSU 2023 up 7.0% falling
54 Madagascar 3.76 million LSU 2023 down 25.0% flat
55 Japan 3.64 million LSU 2023 down 0.5% rising
56 Thailand 3.63 million LSU 2023 down 14.5% falling
57 Philippines 3.62 million LSU 2023 down 1.1% rising
58 Mongolia 3.48 million LSU 2023 up 83.9% rising
59 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 3.37 million LSU 2023 down 6.5% falling
60 Egypt 3.21 million LSU 2023 down 47.1% rising
61 Belgium-Luxembourg 3.06 million LSU 1999 up 7.0% rising
62 Cameroon 2.99 million LSU 2023 up 3.0% rising
63 Guatemala 2.92 million LSU 2023 up 22.1% rising
64 Zimbabwe 2.88 million LSU 2023 down 6.4% rising
65 Yugoslav SFR 2.73 million LSU 1991 down 17.8% falling
66 Republic of Korea 2.62 million LSU 2023 up 20.7% rising
67 Czechoslovakia 2.61 million LSU 1992 down 14.8% rising
68 Ecuador 2.61 million LSU 2023 down 27.5% rising
69 Angola 2.59 million LSU 2023 up 8.2% rising
70 Belarus 2.52 million LSU 2023 down 3.9% falling
71 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2.50 million LSU 2023 up 28.5% rising
72 Zambia 2.29 million LSU 2023 up 14.0% rising
73 Somalia 2.27 million LSU 2023 down 6.7% rising
74 Cambodia 2.16 million LSU 2023 down 8.3% rising
75 Chile 2.07 million LSU 2023 down 1.8% rising
76 Honduras 2.05 million LSU 2023 up 5.7% rising
77 Cuba 2.04 million LSU 2023 down 17.1% falling
78 Belgium 2.02 million LSU 2023 down 8.5% falling
79 Morocco 2.02 million LSU 2023 down 9.1% falling
80 Senegal 1.88 million LSU 2023 up 9.8% rising
81 Dominican Republic 1.85 million LSU 2023 up 2.8% rising
82 Namibia 1.80 million LSU 2023 up 36.7% rising
83 Iraq 1.69 million LSU 2023 down 18.7% rising
84 Austria 1.65 million LSU 2023 down 6.1% falling
85 Tajikistan 1.57 million LSU 2023 up 23.9% rising
86 Costa Rica 1.54 million LSU 2023 up 69.0% falling
87 Turkmenistan 1.53 million LSU 2023 up 12.7% rising
88 Azerbaijan 1.52 million LSU 2023 down 7.0% rising
89 Ukraine 1.38 million LSU 2023 down 50.3% volatile
90 Switzerland 1.38 million LSU 2023 down 1.9% falling
91 Portugal 1.37 million LSU 2023 up 3.9% rising
92 Yemen 1.31 million LSU 2023 up 9.0% rising
93 Denmark 1.29 million LSU 2023 down 11.1% falling
94 Algeria 1.26 million LSU 2023 down 5.4% rising
95 Benin 1.26 million LSU 2023 up 16.7% volatile
96 Sweden 1.23 million LSU 2023 down 8.5% falling
97 Mozambique 1.20 million LSU 2023 up 43.2% rising
98 Ghana 1.15 million LSU 2023 up 44.1% rising
99 Romania 1.10 million LSU 2023 down 8.7% falling
100 Malawi 1.09 million LSU 2023 up 74.8% rising
101 Kyrgyzstan 1.08 million LSU 2023 up 28.4% rising
102 Eritrea 1.07 million LSU 2023 up 3.0% rising
103 Panama 1.06 million LSU 2023 down 12.1% rising
104 Mauritania 984,196 LSU 2023 up 11.0% flat
105 Haiti 935,097 LSU 2023 up 6.4% rising
106 Côte d'Ivoire 934,000 LSU 2023 up 17.8% rising
107 Democratic Republic of the Congo 916,234 LSU 2023 up 93.6% rising
108 Czechia 821,754 LSU 2023 up 1.2% falling
109 Norway 788,040 LSU 2023 up 2.6% falling
110 Serbia and Montenegro 737,566 LSU 2005 down 37.6% falling
111 Sri Lanka 724,690 LSU 2023 down 6.5% falling
112 Rwanda 720,856 LSU 2023 up 27.3% rising
113 Finland 718,776 LSU 2023 down 12.4% falling
114 Burundi 596,108 LSU 2023 up 57.0% rising
115 Syrian Arab Republic 593,557 LSU 2023 down 24.3% rising
116 Greece 563,100 LSU 2023 up 2.5% falling
117 Hungary 527,140 LSU 2023 up 15.6% falling
118 Georgia 525,981 LSU 2023 down 28.9% falling
119 Malaysia 522,829 LSU 2023 down 9.1% rising
120 El Salvador 522,261 LSU 2023 down 16.5% falling
121 Botswana 500,000 LSU 2023 down 52.0% falling
122 Saudi Arabia 451,926 LSU 2023 up 41.5% rising
123 Serbia 435,245 LSU 2023 down 20.6% falling
124 Tunisia 408,680 LSU 2023 down 9.6% flat
125 Lithuania 374,112 LSU 2023 down 14.5% falling
126 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 372,711 LSU 2023 down 0.5% falling
127 Guinea-Bissau 369,464 LSU 2023 up 10.3% rising
128 Bulgaria 359,238 LSU 2023 up 11.5% falling
129 Israel 348,035 LSU 2023 up 24.7% rising
130 Sierra Leone 333,558 LSU 2023 down 3.1% rising
131 Oman 307,298 LSU 2023 up 22.1% volatile
132 Armenia 301,497 LSU 2023 down 24.1% rising
133 Slovenia 273,630 LSU 2023 down 0.9% flat
134 Slovakia 257,832 LSU 2023 down 8.8% falling
135 Eswatini 256,564 LSU 2023 down 18.2% flat
136 Timor-Leste 251,474 LSU 2023 up 31.9% rising
137 Croatia 249,000 LSU 2023 down 6.1% falling
138 Melanesia 240,266 LSU 2023 down 41.5% rising
139 Togo 234,479 LSU 2023 up 5.8% rising
140 Latvia 220,836 LSU 2023 down 6.4% falling
141 Lesotho 202,176 LSU 2023 down 26.2% rising
142 Bosnia and Herzegovina 198,071 LSU 2023 down 26.1% falling
143 Luxembourg 165,204 LSU 2023 down 5.2% flat
144 Congo 163,884 LSU 2023 down 2.7% volatile
145 Albania 158,031 LSU 2023 down 47.1% rising
146 Djibouti 155,398 LSU 2023 up 4.3% volatile
147 Libya 147,884 LSU 2023 up 6.4% rising
148 Estonia 144,816 LSU 2023 down 1.9% falling
149 Bhutan 140,943 LSU 2023 down 19.4% rising
150 Gambia 139,425 LSU 2023 down 36.1% rising
151 Puerto Rico 135,409 LSU 2023 down 13.1% falling
152 China, Taiwan Province of 103,573 LSU 2023 up 8.8% falling
153 Jamaica 90,899 LSU 2023 down 10.9% falling
154 North Macedonia 89,660 LSU 2023 down 37.5% falling
155 United Arab Emirates 76,935 LSU 2023 up 28.8% volatile
156 Fiji 73,079 LSU 2023 down 61.0% rising
157 Guyana 71,768 LSU 2023 down 9.2% falling
158 Belize 71,745 LSU 2023 down 9.4% rising
159 Iceland 70,859 LSU 2023 up 15.8% rising
160 Lebanon 60,894 LSU 2023 up 8.1% flat
161 Republic of Moldova 60,618 LSU 2023 down 47.2% volatile
162 Cyprus 57,589 LSU 2023 up 42.9% rising
163 Jordan 55,559 LSU 2023 up 13.6% rising
164 Papua New Guinea 55,100 LSU 2023 down 1.3% rising
165 Vanuatu 54,986 LSU 2023 down 47.0% rising
166 New Caledonia 47,837 LSU 2023 down 13.3% falling
167 Guadeloupe 45,498 LSU 2006 down 5.7% flat
168 Montenegro 41,579 LSU 2023 down 18.2% falling
169 Polynesia 36,675 LSU 2023 down 10.2% rising
170 Palestine 31,218 LSU 2023 up 31.2% rising
171 Qatar 30,784 LSU 2023 up 139.0% volatile
172 Comoros 25,676 LSU 2023 up 2.7% falling
173 Trinidad and Tobago 25,507 LSU 2023 up 4.7% falling
174 Samoa 24,068 LSU 2023 down 17.5% rising
175 Kuwait 23,458 LSU 2023 up 33.5% volatile
176 Liberia 22,434 LSU 2023 up 6.8% rising
177 Suriname 22,353 LSU 2023 down 30.7% rising
178 Gabon 19,912 LSU 2023 up 4.8% volatile
179 Cabo Verde 14,857 LSU 2023 up 30.6% rising
180 Martinique 14,340 LSU 2006 down 15.5% falling
181 Micronesia 10,834 LSU 2023 up 8.4% rising
181 Micronesia (Federated States of) 10,834 LSU 2023 up 8.4% rising
183 French Guiana 9,370 LSU 2006 up 51.2% volatile
184 Solomon Islands 9,263 LSU 2023 up 2.9% rising
185 Malta 8,538 LSU 2023 down 6.5% rising
186 Dominica 8,402 LSU 2023 up 0.0% rising
187 Tonga 7,302 LSU 2023 up 4.0% rising
188 Barbados 6,439 LSU 2023 down 4.2% falling
189 Saint Lucia 6,324 LSU 2023 down 4.2% rising
190 French Polynesia 5,100 LSU 2023 up 14.9% falling
191 Bahrain 4,868 LSU 2023 down 33.8% rising
192 Grenada 3,998 LSU 2023 up 14.5% falling
193 Equatorial Guinea 2,758 LSU 2023 up 4.1% rising
194 Antigua and Barbuda 2,288 LSU 2023 down 23.7% falling
195 Mauritius 1,700 LSU 2023 down 53.0% volatile
196 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,302 LSU 2023 down 48.0% falling
197 China, Hong Kong SAR 1,248 LSU 2023 down 5.1% volatile
198 Faroe Islands 1,150 LSU 2023 down 1.4% falling
199 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1,043 LSU 2023 down 35.6% falling
200 Brunei Darussalam 915.3 LSU 2023 down 57.7% volatile
201 Sao Tome and Principe 733 LSU 2023 up 28.5% falling
202 Bahamas 465.6 LSU 2023 up 3.5% volatile
203 Seychelles 250.5 LSU 2023 up 67.0% volatile
204 Cook Islands 137.4 LSU 2023 up 4.6% falling
205 Singapore 115.7 LSU 2023 down 11.0% volatile
206 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.

About this data

Indicator
Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks
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.