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Number of cattle in Barbados

Number of cattle in Barbados was 11,241 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 1.2% from 2023. That is the 172nd highest of 190 countries in 2024.

2024, head11,241 Estimated
Change on 2023-1.2%
Rank172nd of 190Countries ranked
Series high33,6001992
Series low8,8002007

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Number of cattle in Barbados, 1961 to 2024

5,00010K15K20K25K30K35K19611971198119912001201120241961: 20,000 head1962: 15,600 head1963: 15,800 head1964: 15,600 head1965: 16,000 head1966: 16,500 head1967: 16,800 head1968: 17,000 head1969: 20,000 head1970: 20,000 head1971: 21,000 head1972: 20,000 head1973: 21,000 head1974: 18,500 head1975: 14,000 head1976: 14,000 head1977: 14,000 head1978: 16,000 head1979: 16,500 head1980: 18,000 head1981: 19,000 head1982: 17,500 head1983: 18,000 head1984: 18,500 head1985: 18,000 head1986: 20,000 head1987: 22,000 head1988: 24,000 head1989: 31,000 head1990: 32,300 head1991: 32,300 head1992: 33,600 head1993: 31,000 head1994: 31,000 head1995: 31,000 head1996: 31,000 head1997: 28,000 head1998: 27,000 head1999: 25,000 head2000: 23,000 head2001: 21,000 head2002: 19,000 head2003: 17,000 head2004: 15,000 head2005: 13,000 head2006: 10,500 head2007: 8,800 head2008: 9,600 head2009: 10,700 head2010: 11,000 head2011: 10,800 head2012: 11,000 head2013: 11,200 head2014: 11,100 head2015: 11,050 head2016: 11,034 head2017: 10,956 head2018: 10,975 head2019: 10,957 head2020: 10,966 head2021: 11,229 head2022: 11,322 head2023: 11,378 head2024: 11,241 head010K20K30K40K19611983200520241961: 20,000 head1962: 15,600 head1963: 15,800 head1964: 15,600 head1965: 16,000 head1966: 16,500 head1967: 16,800 head1968: 17,000 head1969: 20,000 head1970: 20,000 head1971: 21,000 head1972: 20,000 head1973: 21,000 head1974: 18,500 head1975: 14,000 head1976: 14,000 head1977: 14,000 head1978: 16,000 head1979: 16,500 head1980: 18,000 head1981: 19,000 head1982: 17,500 head1983: 18,000 head1984: 18,500 head1985: 18,000 head1986: 20,000 head1987: 22,000 head1988: 24,000 head1989: 31,000 head1990: 32,300 head1991: 32,300 head1992: 33,600 head1993: 31,000 head1994: 31,000 head1995: 31,000 head1996: 31,000 head1997: 28,000 head1998: 27,000 head1999: 25,000 head2000: 23,000 head2001: 21,000 head2002: 19,000 head2003: 17,000 head2004: 15,000 head2005: 13,000 head2006: 10,500 head2007: 8,800 head2008: 9,600 head2009: 10,700 head2010: 11,000 head2011: 10,800 head2012: 11,000 head2013: 11,200 head2014: 11,100 head2015: 11,050 head2016: 11,034 head2017: 10,956 head2018: 10,975 head2019: 10,957 head2020: 10,966 head2021: 11,229 head2022: 11,322 head2023: 11,378 head2024: 11,241 head
head. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cattle, stocks, head (item 866, element 5111). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-12-31.
All 64 values
Periodhead
202411,241 Estimated
202311,378 Estimated
202211,322 Estimated
202111,229 Estimated
202010,966 Estimated
201910,957 Estimated
201810,975 Estimated
201710,956 Estimated
201611,034 Estimated
201511,050 Estimated
201411,100 Estimated
201311,200 Estimated
201211,000 Estimated
201110,800 Estimated
201011,000 Estimated
200910,700 Estimated
20089,600 Estimated
20078,800 Estimated
200610,500 Estimated
200513,000 Estimated
200415,000 Estimated
200317,000 Estimated
200219,000 Estimated
200121,000 Estimated
200023,000 Estimated
199925,000 Estimated
199827,000 Estimated
199728,000 Estimated
199631,000 Estimated
199531,000 Estimated
199431,000 Estimated
199331,000 Estimated
199233,600 Estimated
199132,300 Estimated
199032,300 Estimated
198931,000 Estimated
198824,000 Estimated
198722,000 Estimated
198620,000 Estimated
198518,000 Estimated
198418,500 Estimated
198318,000 Estimated
198217,500 Estimated
198119,000 Estimated
198018,000 Estimated
197916,500 Estimated
197816,000 Estimated
197714,000 Estimated
197614,000 Estimated
197514,000 Estimated
197418,500 Estimated
197321,000
197220,000
197121,000 Estimated
197020,000 Estimated
196920,000 Estimated
196817,000
196716,800
196616,500
196516,000
196415,600
196315,800
196215,600
196120,000 Estimated

Barbados compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 119,098 headAfghanistan: 5,555,383 headAntigua and Barbuda: 4,500 headAlbania: 272,035 headArmenia: 491,594 headAngola: 5,200,294 headArgentina: 52,783,892 headAustria: 1,820,030 headAustralia: 30,372,537 headAzerbaijan: 2,329,506 headBosnia and Herzegovina: 383,331 headBangladesh: 25,013,000 headBelgium: 2,153,430 headBurkina Faso: 10,280,515 headBulgaria: 558,770 headBurundi: 1,228,356 headBenin: 2,762,716 headBrunei: 286 headBolivia: 11,245,622 headBrazil: 238,180,757 headBahamas: 743 headBhutan: 257,103 headBotswana: 918,057 headBelarus: 4,097,900 headBelize: 99,019 headCanada: 10,985,000 headDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 2,032,019 headCentral African Republic: 4,864,952 headRepublic of the Congo: 335,224 headSwitzerland: 1,533,483 headCôte d’Ivoire: 1,896,358 headChile: 2,962,490 headCameroon: 5,941,769 headChina: 70,325,500 headColombia: 30,344,182 headCosta Rica: 1,576,149 headCuba: 3,250,000 headCape Verde: 29,779 headCyprus: 82,680 headCzechia: 1,397,410 headGermany: 10,461,290 headDjibouti: 317,893 headDenmark: 1,413,860 headDominican Republic: 3,030,340 headAlgeria: 1,782,454 headEcuador: 3,436,276 headEstonia: 232,390 headEgypt: 2,625,729 headEritrea: 2,156,877 headSpain: 6,173,960 headEthiopia: 71,916,930 headFinland: 764,030 headFiji: 80,720 headFaroe Islands: 1,816 headFrance: 16,478,260 headGabon: 39,678 headUnited Kingdom: 9,411,871 headGeorgia: 837,700 headGhana: 2,362,472 headGambia: 309,195 headGuinea: 9,319,774 headEquatorial Guinea: 5,520 headGreece: 595,200 headGuatemala: 4,343,871 headGuinea-Bissau: 742,836 headGuyana: 98,851 headHong Kong: 1,570 headHonduras: 2,900,458 headCroatia: 422,000 headHaiti: 1,524,965 headHungary: 869,900 headIndonesia: 18,065,156 headIreland: 6,308,300 headIsrael: 477,958 headIndia: 194,753,479 headIraq: 2,104,351 headIran: 5,600,812 headIceland: 76,902 headItaly: 5,765,000 headJamaica: 153,169 headJordan: 88,819 headJapan: 3,985,000 headKenya: 22,435,638 headKyrgyzstan: 1,828,768 headCambodia: 2,821,807 headNorth Korea: 570,727 headSouth Korea: 3,889,278 headKuwait: 32,136 headKazakhstan: 7,976,665 headLaos: 2,691,000 headLebanon: 75,538 headSri Lanka: 1,125,450 headLiberia: 43,270 headLesotho: 517,450 headLithuania: 599,770 headLuxembourg: 180,530 headLatvia: 352,090 headLibya: 208,931 headMorocco: 2,365,210 headMoldova: 98,817 headMontenegro: 67,496 headMadagascar: 6,957,211 headNorth Macedonia: 143,953 headMali: 14,040,120 headMyanmar: 10,800,000 headMongolia: 5,074,552 headMauritania: 1,992,320 headMauritius: 3,500 headMalawi: 2,307,952 headMexico: 36,933,201 headMalaysia: 730,318 headMozambique: 2,467,082 headNamibia: 2,907,986 headNew Caledonia: 77,281 headNiger: 20,375,030 headNigeria: 20,943,448 headNetherlands: 3,562,000 headNorway: 852,800 headNepal: 5,198,388 headNew Zealand: 9,516,288 headOman: 446,988 headPanama: 1,401,169 headPeru: 5,842,166 headFrench Polynesia: 8,097 headPapua New Guinea: 90,889 headPhilippines: 2,605,517 headPakistan: 57,541,000 headPoland: 6,190,930 headPuerto Rico: 218,598 headPortugal: 1,486,910 headParaguay: 13,630,216 headQatar: 45,424 headRomania: 1,809,400 headSerbia: 698,605 headRussia: 17,373,368 headRwanda: 1,545,688 headSaudi Arabia: 534,181 headSolomon Islands: 15,381 headSudan: 31,256,148 headSweden: 1,333,820 headSingapore: 177 headSlovenia: 453,890 headSlovakia: 416,680 headSierra Leone: 682,125 headSenegal: 3,714,834 headSomalia: 4,788,212 headSuriname: 28,821 headSouth Sudan: 14,282,839 headEl Salvador: 772,208 headSyria: 826,396 headEswatini: 652,513 headChad: 39,625,902 headTogo: 477,388 headThailand: 4,293,189 headTajikistan: 2,789,212 headTimor-Leste: 238,902 headTurkmenistan: 2,545,439 headTunisia: 495,935 headTürkiye: 16,824,208 headTrinidad and Tobago: 35,419 headTaiwan: 155,741 headTanzania: 39,053,013 headUkraine: 2,156,200 headUganda: 14,723,179 headUnited States: 87,157,400 headUruguay: 11,960,556 headUzbekistan: 14,394,476 headVenezuela: 15,749,209 headVietnam: 6,212,203 headVanuatu: 89,000 headSamoa: 38,349 headYemen: 1,971,664 headSouth Africa: 12,122,027 headZambia: 4,887,687 headZimbabwe: 5,741,397 head
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Number of cattle, 2024, head. Barbados is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Number of cattle (domestic cattle, not buffaloes) present in the country, as published in FAOSTAT's crops and livestock products domain. FAO asks for the count on one day of the year, usually the census or survey date, so the reference day differs between countries.

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FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cattle, stocks, head (item 866, element 5111). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2025). Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cattle, stocks, head (item 866, element 5111) (Number of cattle, Barbados, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

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Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cattle, stocks, head (item 866, element 5111), Number of cattle, Barbados, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 31 Dec. 2025, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/cattle-population/barbados. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2025. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cattle, stocks, head (item 866, element 5111). Number of cattle, Barbados, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/cattle-population/barbados.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cattle, stocks, head (item 866, element 5111), Number of cattle, Barbados, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/cattle-population/barbados (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cattle, stocks, head (item 866, element 5111): Number of cattle, Barbados, 1961 to 2024}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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}
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What is the number of cattle in Barbados?

Number of cattle in Barbados was 11,241 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 1.2% from 2023. That is the 172nd highest of 190 countries in 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cattle, stocks, head (item 866, element 5111). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest number of cattle in Barbados?

33,600 head in 1992, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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