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Number of cattle in Ecuador

Number of cattle in Ecuador was 3,436,276 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 7.7% from 2023. That is the 63rd highest of 190 countries in 2024.

2024, head3,436,276
Change on 2023-7.7%
Rank63rd of 190Countries ranked
Series high5,437,0001997
Series low1,550,0001961

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Number of cattle in Ecuador, 1961 to 2024

1M2M3M4M5M6M19611971198119912001201120241961: 1,550,000 head1962: 1,720,000 head1963: 1,909,000 head1964: 1,900,000 head1965: 2,000,000 head1966: 2,274,000 head1967: 2,314,000 head1968: 2,353,300 head1969: 2,393,300 head1970: 2,433,900 head1971: 2,346,000 head1972: 2,358,000 head1973: 2,381,000 head1974: 2,412,000 head1975: 2,465,000 head1976: 2,551,000 head1977: 2,712,260 head1978: 2,777,083 head1979: 2,846,057 head1980: 3,005,390 head1981: 3,110,060 head1982: 3,220,910 head1983: 3,270,300 head1984: 3,574,800 head1985: 3,730,356 head1986: 3,764,800 head1987: 3,884,100 head1988: 3,997,400 head1989: 4,176,600 head1990: 4,359,393 head1991: 4,516,000 head1992: 4,682,000 head1993: 4,803,000 head1994: 4,937,000 head1995: 4,996,000 head1996: 5,189,000 head1997: 5,437,000 head1998: 5,076,400 head1999: 5,105,690 head2000: 4,486,020 head2001: 4,657,016 head2002: 5,015,770 head2003: 4,985,378 head2004: 5,082,094 head2005: 4,970,836 head2006: 5,034,652 head2007: 4,727,104 head2008: 4,892,216 head2009: 5,194,725 head2010: 5,253,536 head2011: 5,358,904 head2012: 5,235,550 head2013: 5,134,122 head2014: 4,579,374 head2015: 4,115,213 head2016: 4,127,311 head2017: 4,190,611 head2018: 4,056,796 head2019: 4,306,244 head2020: 4,335,924 head2021: 4,066,930 head2022: 3,860,493 head2023: 3,723,196 head2024: 3,436,276 head1M2M3M4M5M6M19611983200520241961: 1,550,000 head1962: 1,720,000 head1963: 1,909,000 head1964: 1,900,000 head1965: 2,000,000 head1966: 2,274,000 head1967: 2,314,000 head1968: 2,353,300 head1969: 2,393,300 head1970: 2,433,900 head1971: 2,346,000 head1972: 2,358,000 head1973: 2,381,000 head1974: 2,412,000 head1975: 2,465,000 head1976: 2,551,000 head1977: 2,712,260 head1978: 2,777,083 head1979: 2,846,057 head1980: 3,005,390 head1981: 3,110,060 head1982: 3,220,910 head1983: 3,270,300 head1984: 3,574,800 head1985: 3,730,356 head1986: 3,764,800 head1987: 3,884,100 head1988: 3,997,400 head1989: 4,176,600 head1990: 4,359,393 head1991: 4,516,000 head1992: 4,682,000 head1993: 4,803,000 head1994: 4,937,000 head1995: 4,996,000 head1996: 5,189,000 head1997: 5,437,000 head1998: 5,076,400 head1999: 5,105,690 head2000: 4,486,020 head2001: 4,657,016 head2002: 5,015,770 head2003: 4,985,378 head2004: 5,082,094 head2005: 4,970,836 head2006: 5,034,652 head2007: 4,727,104 head2008: 4,892,216 head2009: 5,194,725 head2010: 5,253,536 head2011: 5,358,904 head2012: 5,235,550 head2013: 5,134,122 head2014: 4,579,374 head2015: 4,115,213 head2016: 4,127,311 head2017: 4,190,611 head2018: 4,056,796 head2019: 4,306,244 head2020: 4,335,924 head2021: 4,066,930 head2022: 3,860,493 head2023: 3,723,196 head2024: 3,436,276 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
20243,436,276
20233,723,196
20223,860,493
20214,066,930
20204,335,924
20194,306,244
20184,056,796
20174,190,611
20164,127,311
20154,115,213
20144,579,374
20135,134,122
20125,235,550
20115,358,904
20105,253,536
20095,194,725
20084,892,216
20074,727,104
20065,034,652
20054,970,836
20045,082,094
20034,985,378
20025,015,770
20014,657,016
20004,486,020
19995,105,690
19985,076,400
19975,437,000
19965,189,000
19954,996,000
19944,937,000
19934,803,000
19924,682,000
19914,516,000
19904,359,393
19894,176,600
19883,997,400
19873,884,100
19863,764,800
19853,730,356
19843,574,800
19833,270,300
19823,220,910
19813,110,060
19803,005,390
19792,846,057
19782,777,083
19772,712,260
19762,551,000
19752,465,000
19742,412,000
19732,381,000
19722,358,000
19712,346,000
19702,433,900
19692,393,300
19682,353,300
19672,314,000
19662,274,000
19652,000,000
19641,900,000
19631,909,000
19621,720,000
19611,550,000

Ecuador 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. Ecuador 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.

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, Ecuador, 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, Ecuador, 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/ecuador. 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, Ecuador, 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/ecuador.

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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, Ecuador, 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/ecuador (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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@misc{food_number_of_cattle_ecuador_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, Ecuador, 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/ecuador. 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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What is the number of cattle in Ecuador?

Number of cattle in Ecuador was 3,436,276 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 7.7% from 2023. That is the 63rd highest of 190 countries in 2024.

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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 Ecuador?

5,437,000 head in 1997, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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