Number of cattle in Eritrea

Number of cattle in Eritrea was 2,156,877 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 0.2% from 2023. That is the 81st highest of 190 countries in 2024.

2024, head2,156,877 Estimated

Change on 2023+0.2%

Rank81st of 190Countries ranked

Series high2,159,1832021

Series low1,268,5601993

Next release: Thursday, 31 December 2026, estimated by Invokely from past publication dates (low confidence), not announced by the publisher. Release calendar

Number of cattle in Eritrea, 1993 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 32 values

Period	head
2024	2,156,877 Estimated
2023	2,152,019 Estimated
2022	2,147,162 Estimated
2021	2,159,183 Estimated
2020	2,122,934 Estimated
2019	2,119,780 Estimated
2018	2,116,621 Estimated
2017	2,113,239 Estimated
2016	2,108,957 Estimated
2015	2,099,522 Estimated
2014	2,090,000 Estimated
2013	2,080,000 Estimated
2012	2,070,000 Estimated
2011	2,065,000 Estimated
2010	2,056,570 Estimated
2009	2,046,339
2008	2,036,158
2007	2,026,028
2006	1,950,000 Estimated
2005	1,950,000 Estimated
2004	1,930,000 Estimated
2003	1,927,457 Estimated
2002	1,900,000 Estimated
2001	1,950,000 Estimated
2000	2,150,000 Estimated
1999	2,100,000 Estimated
1998	2,026,200
1997	1,927,800
1996	1,600,000
1995	1,312,050
1994	1,290,120
1993	1,268,560

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, Eritrea, 1993 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, Eritrea, 1993 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/eritrea. 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, Eritrea, 1993 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/eritrea.

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, Eritrea, 1993 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/eritrea (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{food_number_of_cattle_eritrea_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, Eritrea, 1993 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/eritrea. 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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