Cattle — Stocks in Americas
Americas: Cattle — Stocks was 414.38 million LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cattle — Stocks in Americas, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cattle — stocks in Americas is 414.38 million LSU, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 7.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — 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 31 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.
Cattle — Stocks in Americas, year by year
| Year | LSU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 230.69 million LSU | — |
| 1962 | 236.36 million LSU | +2.5% |
| 1963 | 241.12 million LSU | +2.0% |
| 1964 | 249.39 million LSU | +3.4% |
| 1965 | 256.55 million LSU | +2.9% |
| 1966 | 261.07 million LSU | +1.8% |
| 1967 | 265.66 million LSU | +1.8% |
| 1968 | 269.27 million LSU | +1.4% |
| 1969 | 270.45 million LSU | +0.4% |
| 1970 | 276.33 million LSU | +2.2% |
| 1971 | 282.38 million LSU | +2.2% |
| 1972 | 292.10 million LSU | +3.4% |
| 1973 | 300.80 million LSU | +3.0% |
| 1974 | 314.13 million LSU | +4.4% |
| 1975 | 324.27 million LSU | +3.2% |
| 1976 | 328.66 million LSU | +1.4% |
| 1977 | 330.21 million LSU | +0.5% |
| 1978 | 321.50 million LSU | -2.6% |
| 1979 | 316.90 million LSU | -1.4% |
| 1980 | 325.54 million LSU | +2.7% |
| 1981 | 331.34 million LSU | +1.8% |
| 1982 | 333.70 million LSU | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 334.46 million LSU | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 335.28 million LSU | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 332.44 million LSU | -0.8% |
| 1986 | 330.23 million LSU | -0.7% |
| 1987 | 328.40 million LSU | -0.6% |
| 1988 | 331.00 million LSU | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 333.56 million LSU | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 334.07 million LSU | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 337.61 million LSU | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 342.24 million LSU | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 346.15 million LSU | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 351.92 million LSU | +1.7% |
| 1995 | 356.01 million LSU | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 354.38 million LSU | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 354.69 million LSU | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 352.66 million LSU | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 352.34 million LSU | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 355.05 million LSU | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 360.03 million LSU | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 369.66 million LSU | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 380.03 million LSU | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 387.10 million LSU | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 390.37 million LSU | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 392.80 million LSU | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 389.52 million LSU | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 390.96 million LSU | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 390.32 million LSU | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 387.72 million LSU | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 387.01 million LSU | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 386.39 million LSU | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 386.07 million LSU | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 385.97 million LSU | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 388.04 million LSU | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 393.69 million LSU | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 395.89 million LSU | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 397.18 million LSU | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 400.57 million LSU | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 402.20 million LSU | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 408.39 million LSU | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 413.45 million LSU | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 414.38 million LSU | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 253.39 million LSU | 230.69 million LSU | 270.45 million LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 308.73 million LSU | 276.33 million LSU | 330.21 million LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 331.60 million LSU | 325.54 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 | 392.80 million LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 390.85 million LSU | 385.97 million LSU | 400.57 million LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 409.60 million LSU | 402.20 million LSU | 414.38 million LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Americas
More environment data for Americas
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 1.95 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.303 °C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth US$ 2.72 % (2024)
- Wood fuel, coniferous — Production 78.58 million m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production 263.00 million m3 (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP US$ 1.73 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, 2015 525,862 million USD (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP US$ 1.74 % (2024)
- Wood fuel — Production 341.57 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle — stocks in Americas?
- Cattle — 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 — stocks recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 414.38 million LSU in 2023.
- What is the lowest cattle — stocks recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 230.69 million LSU in 1961.
- How does Americas rank for cattle — stocks?
- Americas ranks 2nd out of 31 groups with data for 2023.
- Is cattle — 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 — Stocks. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.