Cattle, non-dairy — Stocks by country

The Livestock Manure domain of FAOSTAT contains estimates of nitrogen (N) inputs to agricultural soils from livestock manure. Data on the N losses to air and water are also disseminated. These estimates are compiled using official FAOSTAT statistics of animal stocks and by applying the internationally approved...

Countries reporting
206
Highest
237.78 million An
OECD
Lowest
38 An
Niue
Median
1.05 million An
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,919

What the numbers show

Cattle, non-dairy — Stocks is currently reported for 206 countries. The highest value is 237.78 million An in OECD; the lowest is 38 An in Niue.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.05 million An, and the mean is 8.06 million An.

Over the past decade 115 countries rose and 91 fell. The largest increase was in Bahamas (up 690.0%), and the largest decrease in Mauritius (down 86.9%).

Cattle, non-dairy — Stocks: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 OECD 237.78 million An 2023 up 0.4% flat
2 Brazil 222.97 million An 2023 up 18.1% rising
3 India 130.88 million An 2023 down 9.2% falling
4 USSR 73.80 million An 1991 up 3.0% rising
5 Ethiopia 61.52 million An 2023 up 39.7% rising
6 China 57.51 million An 2023 up 13.0% rising
7 China, mainland 57.42 million An 2023 up 13.0% rising
8 Argentina 52.70 million An 2023 up 8.0% rising
9 Pakistan 39.09 million An 2023 up 44.8% rising
10 Chad 36.32 million An 2023 up 67.3% volatile
11 Mexico 33.91 million An 2023 up 13.0% rising
12 Australia and New Zealand 33.42 million An 2023 up 2.0% rising
13 United Republic of Tanzania 28.84 million An 2023 up 64.0% rising
14 Australia 28.51 million An 2023 up 3.3% rising
15 Ethiopia PDR 27.28 million An 1992 up 18.3% rising
16 Sudan (former) 26.61 million An 2011 down 4.4% rising
17 Colombia 25.68 million An 2023 up 53.5% rising
18 Sudan 22.73 million An 2023 up 1.6% flat
19 Nigeria 18.68 million An 2023 up 9.8% rising
20 Indonesia 18.27 million An 2023 up 49.3% rising
21 Kenya 16.87 million An 2023 up 36.0% rising
22 Bangladesh 16.16 million An 2023 up 6.5% falling
23 Niger 14.54 million An 2023 up 62.0% volatile
24 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 13.65 million An 2023 down 9.0% rising
25 France 13.64 million An 2023 down 11.4% flat
26 Paraguay 13.32 million An 2023 up 1.3% rising
27 Mali 11.45 million An 2023 up 39.4% rising
28 Uganda 11.33 million An 2023 up 18.8% volatile
29 Uruguay 11.18 million An 2023 up 4.0% rising
30 Russian Federation 11.08 million An 2023 down 8.9% falling
31 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 10.87 million An 2023 up 25.9% rising
32 Canada 10.33 million An 2023 down 8.4% rising
33 Myanmar 9.50 million An 2023 down 21.8% rising
34 Türkiye 9.44 million An 2023 up 13.7% falling
35 Burkina Faso 8.47 million An 2023 up 10.1% volatile
36 Uzbekistan 8.45 million An 2023 up 34.1% rising
37 Guinea 7.91 million An 2023 up 54.2% volatile
38 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 7.69 million An 2023 down 4.4% falling
39 Caribbean 7.33 million An 2023 down 7.6% falling
40 Germany 7.12 million An 2023 down 14.4% falling
41 Madagascar 6.07 million An 2023 down 25.8% flat
42 Viet Nam 6.01 million An 2023 up 20.9% rising
43 Cameroon 5.66 million An 2023 up 3.3% rising
44 Spain 5.51 million An 2023 up 13.8% rising
45 South Sudan 5.50 million An 2023 up 25.1% rising
46 Kazakhstan 5.27 million An 2023 up 48.7% rising
47 Ireland 5.02 million An 2023 down 12.6% rising
48 Peru 4.94 million An 2023 up 5.2% rising
49 New Zealand 4.91 million An 2023 down 5.1% falling
50 Angola 4.73 million An 2023 up 6.4% rising
51 Zimbabwe 4.73 million An 2023 down 9.5% rising
52 Nicaragua 4.54 million An 2023 up 26.7% rising
53 Thailand 4.36 million An 2023 down 11.3% rising
54 Zambia 4.20 million An 2023 up 12.7% rising
55 Italy 4.19 million An 2023 up 5.2% falling
56 Mongolia 4.08 million An 2023 up 91.1% rising
57 Poland 4.02 million An 2023 up 15.0% falling
58 Republic of Korea 3.84 million An 2023 up 22.5% rising
59 Nepal 3.83 million An 2023 down 38.6% rising
60 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 3.49 million An 2023 down 40.5% rising
61 Guatemala 3.45 million An 2023 up 26.1% rising
62 Somalia 3.41 million An 2023 down 6.1% rising
63 Namibia 3.31 million An 2023 up 37.2% rising
64 Japan 3.21 million An 2023 up 2.1% rising
65 Cuba 3.08 million An 2023 down 16.7% falling
66 Senegal 3.06 million An 2023 up 16.6% rising
67 Czechoslovakia 2.91 million An 1992 down 10.5% rising
68 Ecuador 2.88 million An 2023 down 28.1% rising
69 Belarus 2.75 million An 2023 down 3.3% falling
70 Belgium-Luxembourg 2.72 million An 1999 up 21.1% rising
71 Philippines 2.57 million An 2023 up 3.2% rising
72 Dominican Republic 2.52 million An 2023 down 1.7% rising
73 Cambodia 2.50 million An 2023 down 9.6% rising
74 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2.49 million An 2023 up 48.5% volatile
75 Honduras 2.42 million An 2023 up 5.8% rising
76 Chile 2.41 million An 2023 down 4.0% rising
77 Mozambique 2.40 million An 2023 up 43.2% rising
78 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 2.19 million An 2023 down 9.0% rising
79 Yugoslav SFR 2.17 million An 1991 down 22.4% falling
80 Malawi 2.01 million An 2023 up 76.9% rising
81 Benin 1.96 million An 2023 up 18.9% rising
82 Ghana 1.90 million An 2023 up 49.2% rising
83 Afghanistan 1.89 million An 2023 up 58.0% falling
84 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1.82 million An 2023 up 94.3% rising
85 Iraq 1.71 million An 2023 down 29.1% rising
86 Belgium 1.71 million An 2023 down 14.3% falling
87 Mauritania 1.54 million An 2023 up 9.1% falling
88 Côte d'Ivoire 1.54 million An 2023 up 18.8% rising
89 Egypt 1.52 million An 2023 down 51.9% rising
90 Yemen 1.45 million An 2023 up 10.6% rising
91 Turkmenistan 1.43 million An 2023 up 15.9% rising
92 Tajikistan 1.43 million An 2023 up 35.0% rising
93 Eritrea 1.42 million An 2023 up 4.0% flat
94 Costa Rica 1.39 million An 2023 up 170.5% falling
95 Panama 1.37 million An 2023 down 12.4% rising
96 Haiti 1.36 million An 2023 up 6.5% rising
97 Portugal 1.31 million An 2023 up 5.6% rising
98 Morocco 1.30 million An 2023 down 16.8% falling
99 Austria 1.29 million An 2023 down 9.6% flat
100 Azerbaijan 1.11 million An 2023 down 1.1% rising
101 Burundi 1.09 million An 2023 up 66.0% rising
102 Rwanda 1.08 million An 2023 up 27.9% rising
103 Sweden 1.08 million An 2023 down 6.3% falling
104 Czechia 1.01 million An 2023 up 3.3% falling
105 Switzerland 1.00 million An 2023 up 3.8% flat
106 Botswana 995,614 An 2023 down 52.1% falling
107 Ukraine 979,900 An 2023 down 54.0% volatile
108 Kyrgyzstan 900,055 An 2023 up 31.3% rising
109 Denmark 888,040 An 2023 down 14.0% falling
110 Algeria 834,051 An 2023 down 7.2% rising
111 Sri Lanka 779,020 An 2023 down 9.7% falling
112 Romania 758,000 An 2023 down 10.4% volatile
113 Malaysia 684,424 An 2023 up 0.2% rising
114 Norway 671,300 An 2023 up 7.4% rising
115 Guinea-Bissau 627,751 An 2023 up 10.7% rising
116 Hungary 604,200 An 2023 up 19.9% falling
117 Serbia and Montenegro 571,883 An 2005 down 35.7% falling
118 Finland 562,370 An 2023 down 10.6% falling
119 Sierra Leone 549,476 An 2023 down 3.5% rising
120 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 537,347 An 2023 up 0.6% falling
121 Greece 533,000 An 2023 up 18.5% falling
122 Israel 464,177 An 2023 up 34.2% rising
123 Saudi Arabia 453,173 An 2023 up 119.6% volatile
124 Georgia 422,300 An 2023 down 30.7% flat
125 Lithuania 411,540 An 2023 up 1.4% falling
126 Togo 402,581 An 2023 up 2.4% rising
127 Eswatini 394,362 An 2023 down 19.8% flat
128 El Salvador 389,619 An 2023 down 42.2% falling
129 Bulgaria 371,890 An 2023 up 56.7% volatile
130 Serbia 370,710 An 2023 down 20.5% falling
131 Syrian Arab Republic 370,407 An 2023 down 25.2% rising
132 Slovenia 361,360 An 2023 up 3.5% rising
133 Croatia 344,000 An 2023 up 24.6% rising
134 Melanesia 340,113 An 2023 down 46.4% rising
135 Congo 324,382 An 2023 down 3.0% volatile
136 Slovakia 314,820 An 2023 down 1.9% falling
137 Oman 303,285 An 2023 up 32.2% volatile
138 Djibouti 284,746 An 2023 up 4.9% volatile
139 Armenia 279,797 An 2023 down 21.8% rising
140 Lesotho 279,783 An 2023 down 32.2% flat
141 Latvia 249,020 An 2023 up 9.0% volatile
142 Gambia 241,553 An 2023 down 36.8% rising
143 Timor-Leste 224,509 An 2023 up 36.6% volatile
144 Bosnia and Herzegovina 187,501 An 2023 down 4.3% rising
145 Tunisia 168,600 An 2023 down 13.1% falling
146 Bhutan 166,751 An 2023 down 36.1% rising
147 Puerto Rico 166,007 An 2023 down 12.8% falling
148 Estonia 158,010 An 2023 up 5.9% falling
149 Jamaica 147,662 An 2023 down 5.6% falling
150 Luxembourg 128,350 An 2023 down 12.9% falling
151 Belize 96,444 An 2023 down 10.8% rising
152 China, Taiwan Province of 91,177 An 2023 up 8.7% flat
153 Papua New Guinea 90,209 An 2023 down 1.1% rising
154 Libya 86,454 An 2023 up 34.0% falling
155 Vanuatu 81,420 An 2023 down 48.5% rising
156 New Caledonia 79,410 An 2023 down 13.4% falling
157 Fiji 75,924 An 2023 down 73.0% rising
158 Guadeloupe 75,557 An 2006 down 5.7% flat
159 North Macedonia 69,672 An 2023 down 37.7% falling
160 United Arab Emirates 65,367 An 2023 up 38.0% volatile
161 Guyana 63,526 An 2023 down 15.2% volatile
162 Polynesia 58,737 An 2023 down 10.6% rising
163 Iceland 49,974 An 2023 up 15.4% rising
164 Cyprus 43,610 An 2023 up 18.0% rising
165 Comoros 41,575 An 2023 up 5.3% falling
166 Qatar 38,677 An 2023 up 193.1% volatile
167 Samoa 38,490 An 2023 down 18.3% rising
168 Liberia 38,114 An 2023 up 7.4% rising
169 Republic of Moldova 37,958 An 2023 down 33.2% volatile
170 Jordan 33,478 An 2023 up 6.4% flat
171 Gabon 31,623 An 2023 up 12.9% volatile
172 Suriname 30,933 An 2023 down 30.0% rising
173 Trinidad and Tobago 28,824 An 2023 up 13.9% volatile
174 Lebanon 25,991 An 2023 up 94.2% falling
175 Kuwait 23,434 An 2023 up 49.5% volatile
176 Martinique 23,066 An 2006 down 10.0% falling
177 Cabo Verde 21,662 An 2023 up 32.6% rising
178 Albania 20,984 An 2023 down 85.2% falling
179 Montenegro 20,010 An 2023 down 12.5% falling
180 Palestine 18,086 An 2023 down 24.8% rising
181 Micronesia 15,111 An 2023 up 6.0% rising
181 Micronesia (Federated States of) 15,111 An 2023 up 6.0% rising
183 Solomon Islands 13,150 An 2023 up 2.7% flat
184 French Guiana 12,964 An 2006 up 52.8% volatile
185 Tonga 11,962 An 2023 up 4.5% rising
186 Saint Lucia 9,803 An 2023 down 3.9% rising
187 Malta 8,300 An 2023 down 5.6% rising
188 French Polynesia 8,062 An 2023 up 16.8% falling
189 Barbados 7,827 An 2023 down 0.9% falling
190 Dominica 6,507 An 2023 down 0.7% rising
191 Grenada 5,865 An 2023 up 14.0% rising
192 Equatorial Guinea 4,995 An 2023 up 5.0% rising
193 Bahrain 2,317 An 2023 down 41.4% rising
194 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,645 An 2023 down 48.2% falling
195 China, Hong Kong SAR 1,540 An 2023 down 8.3% volatile
196 Antigua and Barbuda 1,456 An 2023 down 9.0% volatile
197 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1,251 An 2023 down 33.7% falling
198 Sao Tome and Principe 1,039 An 2023 up 31.9% falling
199 Faroe Islands 834 An 2023 down 3.5% falling
200 Mauritius 360 An 2023 down 86.9% volatile
201 Seychelles 258 An 2023 up 158.0% volatile
202 Brunei Darussalam 238 An 2023 down 66.0% falling
203 Cook Islands 184.76 An 2023 up 4.6% falling
204 Singapore 165.57 An 2023 down 11.3% volatile
205 Bahamas 79 An 2023 up 690.0% volatile
206 Niue 38 An 2023 down 2.6% 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, non-dairy — Stocks
Unit
An
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
243 places, 13,919 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

The Livestock Manure domain of FAOSTAT contains estimates of nitrogen (N) inputs to agricultural soils from livestock manure. Data on the N losses to air and water are also disseminated. These estimates are compiled using official FAOSTAT statistics of animal stocks and by applying the internationally approved Guidelines of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Data are available by country, with global coverage and updated annually.The following elements are disseminated: 1) Stocks; 2) Amount excreted in manure (N content); 3) Manure left on pasture (N content); 4) Manure left on pasture that volatilises (N content); 5) Manure left on pasture that leaches (N content); 6) Manure treated (N content); 7) Losses from manure treated (N content); 8) Manure applied to soils (N content); 9) Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content); 10) Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content).