Number of cattle in Benin

Number of cattle in Benin was 2,762,716 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 9.3% from 2023. That is the 71st highest of 190 countries in 2024.

2024, head2,762,716

Change on 2023+9.3%

Rank71st of 190Countries ranked

Series high2,762,7162024

Series low321,6091961

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Number of cattle in Benin, 1961 to 2024

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

Period	head
2024	2,762,716
2023	2,528,241
2022	2,313,666
2021	2,117,302
2020	1,937,604
2019	2,526,000
2018	2,462,000
2017	2,400,000
2016	2,339,000
2015	2,280,000
2014	2,222,000
2013	2,166,000
2012	2,111,000
2011	2,058,000
2010	2,005,000
2009	1,954,000
2008	1,905,000
2007	1,857,000
2006	1,810,000
2005	1,717,900
2004	1,717,900
2003	1,676,000
2002	1,639,183
2001	1,598,592
2000	1,540,647
1999	1,438,140
1998	1,370,780
1997	1,345,000
1996	1,300,000
1995	1,087,290
1994	1,286,850
1993	1,140,200
1992	1,140,990
1991	1,088,000
1990	1,080,000
1989	918,130
1988	925,200
1987	896,403
1986	895,100
1985	961,500
1984	933,500
1983	906,300
1982	879,746
1981	853,859
1980	828,990
1979	754,944
1978	740,089
1977	725,577
1976	711,350
1975	721,712
1974	633,760
1973	683,760
1972	646,200
1971	587,800
1970	566,400
1969	565,670
1968	524,554
1967	527,704
1966	506,700
1965	449,300
1964	393,100
1963	370,099
1962	346,145
1961	321,609

Benin compared with nearby places

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Number of cattle, 2024, head. Benin is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

Rankings

Countries by number of cattle 196 places
EU countries by number of cattle 27 places

Definition

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.

FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.

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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, Benin, 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, Benin, 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/benin. 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, Benin, 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/benin.

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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, Benin, 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/benin (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{food_number_of_cattle_benin_2024,
  author = {{Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations}},
  title = {{Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cattle, stocks, head (item 866, element 5111): Number of cattle, Benin, 1961 to 2024}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/cattle-population/benin. Publisher attribution: 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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