Number of cattle in Eswatini

Number of cattle in Eswatini was 652,513 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 6.4% from 2023. That is the 115th highest of 190 countries in 2024.

2024, head652,513

Change on 2023+6.4%

Rank115th of 190Countries ranked

Series high752,7751992

Series low491,0281966

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Number of cattle in Eswatini, 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	652,513
2023	613,475
2022	560,036
2021	554,400
2020	548,964
2019	527,153
2018	501,643
2017	511,174
2016	531,450
2015	591,454
2014	620,032
2013	627,486
2012	633,954
2011	625,000 Estimated
2010	620,000 Estimated
2009	585,000 Estimated
2008	585,000 Estimated
2007	585,000 Estimated
2006	580,000 Estimated
2005	615,000 Estimated
2004	610,000 Estimated
2003	600,252
2002	522,260
2001	505,966
2000	588,288
1999	613,932
1998	623,446
1997	658,453
1996	656,484
1995	641,979
1994	626,356
1993	607,513
1992	752,775
1991	740,170
1990	715,941
1989	679,188
1988	639,943
1987	640,901
1986	653,222
1985	648,332
1984	613,529
1983	642,447
1982	636,036
1981	655,692
1980	657,608
1979	660,505
1978	644,156
1977	634,090
1976	634,241
1975	621,721
1974	607,366
1973	602,414
1972	589,220
1971	571,785
1970	568,369
1969	538,230
1968	514,964
1967	504,423
1966	491,028
1965	510,085
1964	544,883
1963	531,540
1962	543,393
1961	535,376

Eswatini compared with nearby places

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Number of cattle, 2024, head. Eswatini 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, Eswatini, 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, Eswatini, 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/eswatini. 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, Eswatini, 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/eswatini.

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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, Eswatini, 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/eswatini (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{food_number_of_cattle_eswatini_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, Eswatini, 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/eswatini. 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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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.

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752,775 head in 1992, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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