Number of cattle in Faroe Islands

Number of cattle in Faroe Islands was 1,816 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 3.3% from 2023. That is the 181st highest of 190 countries in 2024.

2024, head1,816

Change on 2023+3.3%

Rank181st of 190Countries ranked

Series high3,0231962

Series low1,7582023

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Number of cattle in Faroe Islands, 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	1,816
2023	1,758
2022	2,050
2021	1,860
2020	1,837
2019	1,801
2018	1,873
2017	1,895
2016	1,826
2015	1,872
2014	1,917
2013	1,943
2012	1,899
2011	1,952
2010	1,990
2009	2,043
2008	1,981
2007	2,093
2006	2,069
2005	2,135
2004	2,342
2003	2,397
2002	2,398
2001	2,371
2000	2,306
1999	2,192
1998	2,149
1997	2,271
1996	2,249
1995	2,322
1994	2,304
1993	2,129 Estimated
1992	2,000 Estimated
1991	2,000 Estimated
1990	2,070
1989	2,000 Estimated
1988	2,000 Estimated
1987	2,000 Estimated
1986	2,000 Estimated
1985	2,000 Estimated
1984	2,184
1983	2,255
1982	2,199
1981	2,152
1980	2,042
1979	1,890
1978	1,818
1977	2,075
1976	2,133
1975	2,155
1974	2,202
1973	2,263
1972	2,368
1971	2,550
1970	2,555
1969	2,505
1968	2,486
1967	2,478
1966	2,589
1965	2,545
1964	2,564
1963	2,707
1962	3,023
1961	2,977

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, Faroe Islands, 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, Faroe Islands, 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/faroe-islands. 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, Faroe Islands, 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/faroe-islands.

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, Faroe Islands, 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/faroe-islands (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{food_number_of_cattle_faroe_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, Faroe Islands, 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/faroe-islands. 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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3,023 head in 1962, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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