Cattle Population by Country

China stayed the fifth-largest cattle holder while losing 3,234,070 head and Brazil added 20,344,475 head since 2020. The figures below reproduce FAO Crops and Livestock Products records for item Cattle, 2020-2024, reporting stocks quantity in head. The table lists 192 countries; 190 reported a 2024 quantity, and the 2024 annual listed total is 1,573,069,174 head. The 2024 country list runs from the largest listed quantity to the smallest.

Brazil reported 1.22 times as many as India: 238,180,757 head against 194,753,479, while the United States ranks third with 87,157,400 head, 107,596,079 head behind India. The top two hold 27.5 percent of the listed total, with third and fourth at 87,157,400 and 71,916,930 head respectively.

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#	Country	2024
1	Brazil BR	238,180,757
2	India IN	194,753,479
3	United States US	87,157,400
4	Ethiopia ET	71,916,930
5	China CN	70,325,500
6	Pakistan PK	57,541,000
7	Argentina AR	52,783,892
8	Chad TD	39,625,902
9	Tanzania TZ	39,053,013
10	Mexico MX	36,933,201
11	Sudan SD	31,256,148
12	Australia AU	30,372,537
13	Colombia CO	30,344,182
14	Bangladesh BD	25,013,000
15	Kenya KE	22,435,638
16	Nigeria NG	20,943,448
17	Niger NE	20,375,030
18	Indonesia ID	18,065,156
19	Russia RU	17,373,368
20	Türkiye TR	16,824,208
21	France FR	16,478,260
22	Venezuela VE	15,749,209
23	Uganda UG	14,723,179
24	Uzbekistan UZ	14,394,476
25	South Sudan SS	14,282,839
26	Mali ML	14,040,120
27	Paraguay PY	13,630,216
28	South Africa ZA	12,122,027
29	Uruguay UY	11,960,556
30	Bolivia BO	11,245,622
31	Canada CA	10,985,000
32	Myanmar MM	10,800,000
33	Germany DE	10,461,290
34	Burkina Faso BF	10,280,515
35	New Zealand NZ	9,516,288
36	United Kingdom GB	9,411,871
37	Guinea GN	9,319,774
38	Kazakhstan KZ	7,976,665
39	Madagascar MG	6,957,211
40	Ireland IE	6,308,300
41	Vietnam VN	6,212,203
42	Poland PL	6,190,930
43	Spain ES	6,173,960
44	Cameroon CM	5,941,769
45	Peru PE	5,842,166
46	Italy IT	5,765,000
47	Zimbabwe ZW	5,741,397
48	Iran IR	5,600,812
49	Afghanistan AF	5,555,383
50	Angola AO	5,200,294
51	Nepal NP	5,198,388
52	Mongolia MN	5,074,552
53	Zambia ZM	4,887,687
54	Central African Republic CF	4,864,952
55	Somalia SO	4,788,212
56	Guatemala GT	4,343,871
57	Thailand TH	4,293,189
58	Belarus BY	4,097,900
59	Japan JP	3,985,000
60	South Korea KR	3,889,278
61	Senegal SN	3,714,834
62	Netherlands NL	3,562,000
63	Ecuador EC	3,436,276
64	Cuba CU	3,250,000
65	Dominican Republic DO	3,030,340
66	Chile CL	2,962,490
67	Namibia NA	2,907,986
68	Honduras HN	2,900,458
69	Cambodia KH	2,821,807
70	Tajikistan TJ	2,789,212
71	Benin BJ	2,762,716
72	Laos LA	2,691,000
73	Egypt EG	2,625,729
74	Philippines PH	2,605,517
75	Turkmenistan TM	2,545,439
76	Mozambique MZ	2,467,082
77	Morocco MA	2,365,210
78	Ghana GH	2,362,472
79	Azerbaijan AZ	2,329,506
80	Malawi MW	2,307,952
81	Eritrea ER	2,156,877
82	Ukraine UA	2,156,200
83	Belgium BE	2,153,430
84	Iraq IQ	2,104,351
85	DR Congo CD	2,032,019
86	Mauritania MR	1,992,320
87	Yemen YE	1,971,664
88	Ivory Coast CI	1,896,358
89	Kyrgyzstan KG	1,828,768
90	Austria AT	1,820,030
91	Romania RO	1,809,400
92	Algeria DZ	1,782,454
93	Costa Rica CR	1,576,149
94	Rwanda RW	1,545,688
95	Switzerland CH	1,533,483
96	Haiti HT	1,524,965
97	Portugal PT	1,486,910
98	Denmark DK	1,413,860
99	Panama PA	1,401,169
100	Czech Republic CZ	1,397,410
101	Sweden SE	1,333,820
102	Burundi BI	1,228,356
103	Sri Lanka LK	1,125,450
104	Botswana BW	918,057
105	Hungary HU	869,900
106	Norway NO	852,800
107	Georgia GE	837,700
108	Syria SY	826,396
109	El Salvador SV	772,208
110	Finland FI	764,030
111	Guinea-Bissau GW	742,836
112	Malaysia MY	730,318
113	Serbia RS	698,605
114	Sierra Leone SL	682,125
115	Eswatini SZ	652,513
116	Lithuania LT	599,770
117	Greece GR	595,200
118	North Korea KP	570,727
119	Bulgaria BG	558,770
120	Saudi Arabia SA	534,181
121	Lesotho LS	517,450
122	Tunisia TN	495,935
123	Armenia AM	491,594
124	Israel IL	477,958
125	Togo TG	477,388
126	Slovenia SI	453,890
127	Oman OM	446,988
128	Croatia HR	422,000
129	Slovakia SK	416,680
130	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	383,331
131	Latvia LV	352,090
132	Congo CG	335,224
133	Djibouti DJ	317,893
134	Gambia GM	309,195
135	Albania AL	272,035
136	Bhutan BT	257,103
137	Timor-Leste TL	238,902
138	Estonia EE	232,390
139	Puerto Rico PR	218,598
140	Libya LY	208,931
141	Luxembourg LU	180,530
142	Taiwan TW	155,741
143	Jamaica JM	153,169
144	North Macedonia MK	143,953
145	United Arab Emirates AE	119,098
146	Belize BZ	99,019
147	Guyana GY	98,851
148	Moldova MD	98,817
149	Papua New Guinea PG	90,889
150	Vanuatu VU	89,000
151	Jordan JO	88,819
152	Cyprus CY	82,680
153	Fiji FJ	80,720
154	New Caledonia NC	77,281
155	Iceland IS	76,902
156	Lebanon LB	75,538
157	Montenegro ME	67,496
158	Comoros KM	51,420
159	Qatar QA	45,424
160	Liberia LR	43,270
161	Gabon GA	39,678
162	Samoa WS	38,349
163	Trinidad and Tobago TT	35,419
164	Kuwait KW	32,136
165	Cape Verde CV	29,779
166	Suriname SR	28,821
167	Micronesia FM	18,180
168	Solomon Islands SB	15,381
169	Dominica DM	13,873
170	Malta MT	13,800
171	Tonga TO	12,196
172	Barbados BB	11,241
173	Saint Lucia LC	10,486
174	French Polynesia PF	8,097
175	Bahrain BH	7,000
176	Grenada GD	6,191
177	Equatorial Guinea GQ	5,520
178	Antigua and Barbuda AG	4,500
179	Mauritius MU	3,500
180	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC	2,600
181	Faroe Islands FO	1816
182	Saint Kitts and Nevis KN	1709
183	Sao Tome and Principe ST	1588
184	Hong Kong HK	1570
185	Bahamas BS	743
186	Seychelles SC	557
187	Brunei BN	286
188	Cook Islands CK	233
189	Singapore SG	177
190	Niue NU	113
191	Nicaragua NI	-
192	Palestine PS	-

Cattle Population by Country in 2024

Brazil was the largest cattle holder in the 2024 listed data with 238,180,757 head, followed by India with 194,753,479 head and the United States with 87,157,400 head. Ethiopia ranked fourth with 71,916,930 head.

Brazil holds 15.1 percent of the listed 2024 total. The top three together hold 33.1 percent of the 1,573,069,174-head listed total.

China Falls 3,234,070 Head as Cattle Stocks Edge Up 0.3 Percent Among Common Reporters

From 2023 to 2024 the common reporter universe (190 countries with data in both years) moved from 1,568,481,509 head to 1,573,069,174 head, a change of 4,587,665 head (0.3 percent). The totals listed for each year were 1,574,101,045 head (191 reporters) and 1,573,069,174 head (190 reporters); 1 country reporting in 2023 (5,619,536 head, Nicaragua) did not report in 2024, while no new reporters joined. China fell 3,234,070 head (down 4.4 percent), while Ethiopia added 2,598,685 head (up 3.7 percent) and Pakistan 2,091,000 head (up 3.8 percent).

Brazil Adds 20,344,475 Head as Cattle Stocks Grow 3.4 Percent Among Common Reporters Since 2020

Between 2020 and 2024, the common reporter universe (190 countries with data in both years) rose from 1,521,524,504 head to 1,573,069,174 head, a change of 51,544,670 head (3.4 percent). The totals listed for each year were 1,526,880,527 head (192 reporters) and 1,573,069,174 head (190 reporters); 2 reporters present in 2020 (Nicaragua, 5,330,233 head, and Palestine, 25,790 head) are absent in 2024, while no new reporters joined. Brazil added 20,344,475 head (up 9.3 percent), accounting for 39.5 percent of the increase, while Pakistan added 7,917,000 head (up 16.0 percent) and Chad 7,388,693 head (up 22.9 percent).

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#	Country	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
1	Brazil	217,836,282	224,601,992	234,851,536	238,620,910	238,180,757
2	India	194,939,240	193,442,970	194,202,718	194,539,444	194,753,479
3	United States	93,793,300	93,586,500	91,788,700	88,841,000	87,157,400
4	Ethiopia	70,291,776	68,079,757	66,260,987	69,318,245	71,916,930
5	China	66,934,420	68,720,750	71,510,950	73,559,570	70,325,500
6	Pakistan	49,624,000	51,495,000	53,436,000	55,450,000	57,541,000
7	Argentina	54,460,799	53,517,534	53,416,435	54,242,595	52,783,892
8	Chad	32,237,209	33,287,209	35,749,982	37,647,402	39,625,902
9	Tanzania	33,615,796	35,256,637	36,584,883	37,913,129	39,053,013
10	Mexico	35,653,619	35,998,885	36,339,884	36,619,592	36,933,201
11	Sudan	31,757,266	31,026,579	30,100,000	30,703,980	31,256,148
12	Australia	23,503,238	24,431,174	24,398,826	29,878,186	30,372,537
13	Colombia	27,973,390	29,301,392	29,642,539	29,203,256	30,344,182
14	Bangladesh	24,391,000	24,545,000	24,700,000	24,856,000	25,013,000
15	Kenya	26,765,935	22,853,225	20,830,134	21,882,008	22,435,638
16	Nigeria	20,585,153	20,764,244	20,862,418	20,896,548	20,943,448
17	Niger	16,138,935	17,107,271	18,133,707	19,221,727	20,375,030
18	Indonesia	17,440,393	17,977,214	17,602,538	17,567,755	18,065,156
19	Russia	18,126,003	18,027,172	17,649,619	17,489,037	17,373,368
20	Türkiye	17,965,482	17,850,543	16,851,956	16,421,256	16,824,208
21	France	17,815,670	17,330,080	16,986,190	16,806,900	16,478,260
22	Venezuela	16,055,171	16,668,751	17,446,122	16,210,903	15,749,209
23	Uganda	14,918,000	14,500,000	14,530,855	14,614,315	14,723,179
24	Uzbekistan	13,154,200	13,544,400	13,853,517	14,142,239	14,394,476
25	South Sudan	13,784,065	13,612,784	13,645,892	14,134,585	14,282,839
26	Mali	12,474,462	12,848,696	13,234,157	13,631,182	14,040,120
27	Paraguay	14,026,143	13,919,507	13,241,944	13,113,252	13,630,216
28	South Africa	12,297,621	12,232,115	12,196,802	12,198,082	12,122,027
29	Uruguay	11,182,000	11,910,000	11,572,000	11,877,000	11,960,556
30	Bolivia	10,103,767	10,385,482	10,739,448	11,099,476	11,245,622
31	Canada	11,540,000	11,515,000	11,515,000	11,245,000	10,985,000
32	Myanmar	10,305,196	10,663,000	10,810,000	10,800,000	10,800,000
33	Germany	11,301,860	11,039,660	10,996,960	10,836,200	10,461,290
34	Burkina Faso	7,607,000	9,740,337	9,939,785	10,143,317	10,280,515
35	New Zealand	10,082,788	10,150,246	9,751,189	9,538,661	9,516,288
36	United Kingdom	9,615,000	9,603,000	9,631,892	9,555,426	9,411,871
37	Guinea	8,367,838	8,826,796	9,310,926	9,821,600	9,319,774
38	Kazakhstan	6,486,000	6,704,000	6,536,282	6,616,836	7,976,665
39	Madagascar	7,963,494	7,030,843	6,320,500	7,520,290	6,957,211
40	Ireland	6,529,440	6,649,310	6,551,830	6,525,960	6,308,300
41	Vietnam	6,230,519	6,333,344	6,353,079	6,331,895	6,212,203
42	Poland	6,278,900	6,378,700	6,448,290	6,267,460	6,190,930
43	Spain	6,636,430	6,576,300	6,455,130	6,294,640	6,173,960
44	Cameroon	5,808,691	5,903,786	5,905,938	5,923,854	5,941,769
45	Peru	5,636,388	5,853,660	5,862,305	5,876,213	5,842,166
46	Italy	6,400,040	6,280,280	6,049,000	5,999,000	5,765,000
47	Zimbabwe	5,195,154	5,478,648	5,533,727	5,754,985	5,741,397
48	Iran	5,323,974	5,628,000	5,625,000	5,549,436	5,600,812
49	Afghanistan	5,370,129	5,267,794	5,386,042	5,470,284	5,555,383
50	Angola	4,924,541	5,140,151	5,130,157	5,165,133	5,200,294
51	Nepal	7,458,885	7,466,841	7,413,197	4,750,329	5,198,388
52	Mongolia	4,732,010	5,022,225	5,512,839	5,350,755	5,074,552
53	Zambia	3,814,438	4,114,604	4,698,972	5,115,495	4,887,687
54	Central African Republic	4,772,942	4,668,171	4,746,586	4,811,279	4,864,952
55	Somalia	4,778,805	4,789,380	4,789,395	4,785,860	4,788,212
56	Guatemala	4,055,342	4,139,731	4,210,482	4,277,177	4,343,871
57	Thailand	4,557,716	4,445,086	4,503,210	4,405,006	4,293,189
58	Belarus	4,287,700	4,232,400	4,209,300	4,197,100	4,097,900
59	Japan	3,907,000	3,961,000	3,985,000	4,043,000	3,985,000
60	South Korea	3,804,976	3,990,257	4,116,407	4,035,076	3,889,278
61	Senegal	3,658,199	3,678,029	3,765,797	3,831,583	3,714,834
62	Netherlands	3,691,000	3,705,000	3,751,000	3,739,000	3,562,000
63	Ecuador	4,335,924	4,066,930	3,860,493	3,723,196	3,436,276
64	Cuba	3,752,400	3,657,300	3,516,400	3,252,400	3,250,000
65	Dominican Republic	3,009,176	3,022,475	3,018,158	3,024,249	3,030,340
66	Chile	3,199,969	3,020,039	2,999,458	2,980,974	2,962,490
67	Namibia	2,516,554	2,590,348	3,115,974	3,017,636	2,907,986
68	Honduras	2,861,440	2,872,190	2,880,208	2,890,333	2,900,458
69	Cambodia	2,829,718	2,849,203	2,834,061	2,827,934	2,821,807
70	Tajikistan	2,392,000	2,468,000	2,554,000	2,685,900	2,789,212
71	Benin	1,937,604	2,117,302	2,313,666	2,528,241	2,762,716
72	Laos	2,188,000	2,299,000	2,428,000	2,561,000	2,691,000
73	Egypt	2,745,000	2,812,000	3,091,000	2,830,000	2,625,729
74	Philippines	2,541,959	2,605,262	2,577,506	2,581,371	2,605,517
75	Turkmenistan	2,498,583	2,513,950	2,522,407	2,541,931	2,545,439
76	Mozambique	2,183,857	2,219,635	2,320,248	2,406,285	2,467,082
77	Morocco	3,166,900	3,178,876	3,100,909	2,883,867	2,365,210
78	Ghana	2,109,000	2,174,000	2,223,553	2,291,077	2,362,472
79	Azerbaijan	2,504,048	2,519,692	2,498,179	2,399,626	2,329,506
80	Malawi	1,946,033	1,959,101	2,054,208	2,187,583	2,307,952
81	Eritrea	2,122,934	2,159,183	2,147,162	2,152,019	2,156,877
82	Ukraine	3,092,000	2,874,000	2,644,000	2,307,000	2,156,200
83	Belgium	2,335,440	2,310,440	2,286,110	2,245,710	2,153,430
84	Iraq	2,019,660	2,061,427	2,104,057	2,147,569	2,104,351
85	DR Congo	1,343,889	1,490,234	1,652,514	1,832,468	2,032,019
86	Mauritania	1,952,155	1,977,421	1,943,115	1,969,172	1,992,320
87	Yemen	1,835,801	1,872,516	1,909,204	1,971,872	1,971,664
88	Ivory Coast	1,750,915	1,806,045	1,835,661	1,865,763	1,896,358
89	Kyrgyzstan	1,715,776	1,750,467	1,783,469	1,802,299	1,828,768
90	Austria	1,855,430	1,870,100	1,861,070	1,835,470	1,820,030
91	Romania	1,875,200	1,826,800	1,833,700	1,814,700	1,809,400
92	Algeria	1,740,183	1,734,476	1,734,460	1,805,943	1,782,454
93	Costa Rica	1,427,793	2,144,370	1,495,343	1,550,368	1,576,149
94	Rwanda	1,608,499	1,498,466	1,424,180	1,453,264	1,545,688
95	Switzerland	1,515,123	1,513,701	1,525,270	1,528,595	1,533,483
96	Haiti	1,528,747	1,524,954	1,518,685	1,521,825	1,524,965
97	Portugal	1,691,320	1,640,650	1,579,140	1,527,720	1,486,910
98	Denmark	1,500,000	1,480,000	1,466,000	1,434,870	1,413,860
99	Panama	1,505,500	1,509,900	1,516,774	1,518,656	1,401,169
100	Czech Republic	1,340,040	1,359,420	1,390,490	1,369,590	1,397,410
101	Sweden	1,390,960	1,389,890	1,390,550	1,369,000	1,333,820
102	Burundi	838,991	1,117,598	1,170,181	1,225,237	1,228,356
103	Sri Lanka	1,103,570	1,131,080	1,127,630	1,122,370	1,125,450
104	Botswana	1,000,000	990,000	1,100,000	1,000,000	918,057
105	Hungary	932,900	909,900	894,000	869,700	869,900
106	Norway	882,961	901,026	898,800	874,200	852,800
107	Georgia	869,500	925,800	928,600	853,700	837,700
108	Syria	884,572	872,307	852,719	841,437	826,396
109	El Salvador	754,172	790,983	757,942	748,412	772,208
110	Finland	835,380	829,980	821,970	798,640	764,030
111	Guinea-Bissau	730,127	736,533	741,627	735,671	742,836
112	Malaysia	699,424	717,431	728,107	726,206	730,318
113	Serbia	886,127	859,514	799,844	725,408	698,605
114	Sierra Leone	622,091	733,029	646,230	667,117	682,125
115	Eswatini	548,964	554,400	560,036	613,475	652,513
116	Lithuania	629,500	628,700	641,920	623,520	599,770
117	Greece	631,500	614,100	581,600	638,800	595,200
118	North Korea	581,000	578,412	569,064	571,586	570,727
119	Bulgaria	588,910	611,200	579,860	574,300	558,770
120	Saudi Arabia	700,000	453,603	312,060	501,975	534,181
121	Lesotho	330,726	288,664	593,664	670,022	517,450
122	Tunisia	535,032	536,067	495,566	519,700	495,935
123	Armenia	579,256	613,413	559,627	501,862	491,594
124	Israel	525,900	555,196	581,535	580,059	477,958
125	Togo	464,299	468,942	473,632	477,885	477,388
126	Slovenia	485,610	482,620	464,910	456,050	453,890
127	Oman	412,948	421,950	429,632	438,225	446,988
128	Croatia	423,000	428,000	422,000	415,000	422,000
129	Slovakia	442,290	434,090	433,180	429,720	416,680
130	Bosnia and Herzegovina	427,461	341,898	339,169	330,119	383,331
131	Latvia	398,990	393,470	391,350	368,060	352,090
132	Congo	336,147	337,619	336,021	335,600	335,224
133	Djibouti	311,178	313,647	314,719	316,306	317,893
134	Gambia	285,182	283,300	281,430	301,948	309,195
135	Albania	362,583	336,784	297,656	263,385	272,035
136	Bhutan	332,418	345,978	384,026	260,565	257,103
137	Timor-Leste	246,718	222,894	252,449	241,365	238,902
138	Estonia	253,300	250,800	249,620	241,360	232,390
139	Puerto Rico	217,925	210,266	202,621	222,198	218,598
140	Libya	218,260	199,610	215,920	211,263	208,931
141	Luxembourg	190,690	187,200	186,130	183,560	180,530
142	Taiwan	151,514	159,122	158,235	156,946	155,741
143	Jamaica	160,000	158,671	153,880	154,090	153,169
144	North Macedonia	222,202	177,622	164,751	148,693	143,953
145	United Arab Emirates	103,102	112,370	110,698	116,687	119,098
146	Belize	101,632	100,528	99,522	99,270	99,019
147	Guyana	96,208	99,629	100,695	99,772	98,851
148	Moldova	108,900	104,074	102,368	101,030	98,817
149	Papua New Guinea	91,903	91,591	91,355	91,119	90,889
150	Vanuatu	89,439	89,411	89,131	88,793	89,000
151	Jordan	77,888	78,477	81,466	90,296	88,819
152	Cyprus	83,030	84,610	81,440	82,270	82,680
153	Fiji	93,301	93,440	71,608	75,924	80,720
154	New Caledonia	79,863	79,595	78,923	78,102	77,281
155	Iceland	80,643	80,563	79,306	78,732	76,902
156	Lebanon	88,128	88,663	80,198	74,602	75,538
157	Montenegro	71,134	70,227	69,320	68,410	67,496
158	Comoros	51,310	51,378	51,254	51,337	51,420
159	Qatar	44,718	50,721	41,575	43,977	45,424
160	Liberia	42,269	42,917	43,028	43,147	43,270
161	Gabon	38,825	39,262	39,411	39,545	39,678
162	Samoa	41,928	40,345	38,804	38,042	38,349
163	Trinidad and Tobago	34,769	34,800	34,848	35,095	35,419
164	Kuwait	31,480	31,770	32,928	31,972	32,136
165	Cape Verde	29,519	29,584	29,649	29,714	29,779
166	Suriname	36,465	35,602	33,990	32,190	28,821
167	Micronesia	17,122	17,216	17,501	17,818	18,180
168	Solomon Islands	15,114	15,260	15,296	15,338	15,381
169	Dominica	13,885	13,879	13,876	13,874	13,873
170	Malta	14,290	14,020	14,200	14,230	13,800
171	Tonga	12,048	12,157	12,148	12,172	12,196
172	Barbados	10,966	11,229	11,322	11,378	11,241
173	Saint Lucia	10,476	10,514	10,524	10,505	10,486
174	French Polynesia	8,579	8,895	10,000	8,500	8,097
175	Bahrain	7,000	7,500	7,200	7,000	7,000
176	Grenada	6,108	5,889	5,720	5,548	6,191
177	Equatorial Guinea	5,442	5,462	5,478	5,499	5,520
178	Antigua and Barbuda	4,198	4,187	4,126	4,069	4,500
179	Mauritius	4,754	3,734	3,512	3,410	3,500
180	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3,390	3,000	3,120	2,800	2,600
181	Faroe Islands	1837	1860	2050	1758	1816
182	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1933	1891	1831	1739	1709
183	Sao Tome and Principe	1415	1452	1496	1542	1588
184	Hong Kong	1570	1573	1574	1572	1570
185	Bahamas	749	743	744	744	743
186	Seychelles	500	600	631	517	557
187	Brunei	583	353	367	314	286
188	Cook Islands	224	227	229	231	233
189	Singapore	176	177	178	177	177
190	Niue	113	113	113	113	113
191	Nicaragua	5,330,233	5,403,602	5,524,787	5,619,536	-
192	Palestine	25,790	67,760	41,590	-	-

Methodology

Percentage changes use the corresponding value in the earlier year as the base. Yearly totals sum FAO Crops and Livestock Products stocks quantity (Element 5111) for item Cattle, 2020-2024. For cattle stocks, quantities are shown as whole head. The 2024 cattle stocks ranking and shares use 2024 listed quantities. In the cattle stocks data, zero means a reported nil or negligible flow; an empty cell means no quantity was reported. For cattle stocks changes, only countries with quantities in both endpoint years enter the arithmetic. Stocks record the standing herd, not a production flow. Production quantities are reported to FAO by national statistical sources.