What is cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Americas?

Cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Americas was 414.38 million LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

What is the highest cattle and buffaloes — stocks recorded in Americas?

The highest recorded value was 414.38 million LSU in 2023.

What is the lowest cattle and buffaloes — stocks recorded in Americas?

The lowest recorded value was 230.69 million LSU in 1961.

How does Americas rank for cattle and buffaloes — stocks?

Americas ranks 2nd out of 35 groups with data for 2023.

Is cattle and buffaloes — stocks rising or falling in Americas?

Over the last ten years it is up 7.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Americas data come from?

The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks in Americas

Name: Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks in Americas
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)

Americas: Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks was 414.38 million LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

414.38 million LSU

Change on year

up 0.2%

Rank

2nd

of 35 groups

All-time high

414.38 million LSU

in 2023

All-time low

230.69 million LSU

in 1961

Years of data

1961–2023

Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks in Americas, 1961–2023

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU.

Analysis

Americas recorded 414.38 million LSU for cattle and buffaloes — stocks in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 7.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Americas peaked at 414.38 million LSU in 2023 and was at its lowest, 230.69 million LSU, in 1961.

That places Americas 2nd out of 35 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	253.40 million LSU	230.69 million LSU	270.45 million LSU	9
1970s	308.73 million LSU	276.34 million LSU	330.21 million LSU	10
1980s	331.60 million LSU	325.55 million LSU	335.28 million LSU	10
1990s	348.21 million LSU	334.07 million LSU	356.01 million LSU	10
2000s	380.59 million LSU	355.05 million LSU	392.81 million LSU	10
2010s	390.86 million LSU	385.98 million LSU	400.57 million LSU	10
2020s	409.61 million LSU	402.20 million LSU	414.38 million LSU	4

Countries ranked near Americas

1 OECD 252.87 million LSU compare
2 Brazil 167.04 million LSU compare
3 India 153.26 million LSU compare
4 China 69.99 million LSU compare
5 China, mainland 69.88 million LSU compare

See the full ranking of 241 places →

More environment data for Americas

Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 70.73 kg/ha (2024)
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 16.06 g/Int$ (2024)
Country area — Area 4.65 million 1000 ha (2024)
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 27.37 g/Int$ (2024)
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 25.42 kg/cap (2024)
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity 4.14 million t (2024)
Agriculture — Area 1.12 million 1000 ha (2024)
Land area — Area 3.85 million 1000 ha (2024)
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 14.92 kg/cap (2024)
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 26.66 million t (2024)

All data for Americas →

Frequently asked questions

What is cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Americas?: Cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Americas was 414.38 million LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest cattle and buffaloes — stocks recorded in Americas?: The highest recorded value was 414.38 million LSU in 2023.
What is the lowest cattle and buffaloes — stocks recorded in Americas?: The lowest recorded value was 230.69 million LSU in 1961.
How does Americas rank for cattle and buffaloes — stocks?: Americas ranks 2nd out of 35 groups with data for 2023.
Is cattle and buffaloes — stocks rising or falling in Americas?: Over the last ten years it is up 7.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Americas data come from?: The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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: 12 August 2026

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.