Number of cattle in Cape Verde

Number of cattle in Cape Verde was 29,779 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 0.2% from 2023. That is the 165th highest of 190 countries in 2024.

2024, head29,779

Change on 2023+0.2%

Rank165th of 190Countries ranked

Series high29,7792024

Series low8,0001984

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Number of cattle in Cape Verde, 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	29,779
2023	29,714
2022	29,649
2021	29,584
2020	29,519
2019	29,623
2018	29,558
2017	29,599
2016	22,902
2015	22,852
2014	22,802
2013	22,752
2012	22,702
2011	22,652
2010	24,000 Estimated
2009	26,000 Estimated
2008	25,928
2007	23,979
2006	27,370
2005	25,000 Estimated
2004	22,306
2003	21,823
2002	22,000 Estimated
2001	21,500 Estimated
2000	21,500
1999	22,000
1998	22,400 Estimated
1997	21,250 Estimated
1996	21,224
1995	18,530
1994	18,195
1993	17,867
1992	17,545
1991	16,262
1990	19,191
1989	18,700
1988	17,996
1987	13,000
1986	11,500
1985	10,000
1984	8,000
1983	9,000
1982	12,930
1981	12,000
1980	11,000
1979	10,200 Estimated
1978	10,000 Estimated
1977	9,500 Estimated
1976	9,200 Estimated
1975	9,500 Estimated
1974	10,800 Estimated
1973	12,500 Estimated
1972	14,804
1971	12,007
1970	13,893
1969	14,000 Estimated
1968	14,000 Estimated
1967	13,346
1966	12,828
1965	12,633
1964	12,720
1963	13,905
1962	12,240
1961	12,000 Estimated

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.

How to cite

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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APA 7

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, Cape Verde, 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

MLA 9

Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cattle, stocks, head (item 866, element 5111), Number of cattle, Cape Verde, 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/cape-verde. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

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, Cape Verde, 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/cape-verde.

Harvard

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, Cape Verde, 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/cape-verde (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{food_number_of_cattle_cape_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, Cape Verde, 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/cape-verde. 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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