Number of cattle in Gambia

Number of cattle in the Gambia was 309,195 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 2.4% from 2023. That is the 134th highest of 190 countries in 2024.

2024, head309,195

Change on 2023+2.4%

Rank134th of 190Countries ranked

Series high482,9052015

Series low150,0001961

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Number of cattle in Gambia, 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	309,195
2023	301,948
2022	281,430
2021	283,300
2020	285,182
2019	311,800 Estimated
2018	346,860 Estimated
2017	396,554 Estimated
2016	465,381 Estimated
2015	482,905 Estimated
2014	479,183
2013	436,054
2012	372,801
2011	398,472
2010	425,000
2009	432,000
2008	420,000
2007	415,000
2006	413,000
2005	410,000
2004	408,000
2003	396,000
2002	326,556
2001	323,167
2000	364,113
1999	361,402
1998	358,712
1997	356,042
1996	353,392
1995	350,761
1994	348,150
1993	345,558
1992	342,986
1991	340,433
1990	327,000
1989	327,000
1988	317,000
1987	305,000
1986	295,000
1985	290,000
1984	285,000 Estimated
1983	295,000 Estimated
1982	297,000 Estimated
1981	295,000 Estimated
1980	293,210
1979	292,000 Estimated
1978	291,000 Estimated
1977	290,000 Estimated
1976	288,000 Estimated
1975	285,000 Estimated
1974	280,000 Estimated
1973	275,000 Estimated
1972	270,000 Estimated
1971	260,000
1970	248,698
1969	232,695
1968	221,227
1967	207,329
1966	200,000 Estimated
1965	195,000 Estimated
1964	188,000 Estimated
1963	181,996
1962	160,600
1961	150,000 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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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, Gambia, 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, Gambia, 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/gambia. 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, Gambia, 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/gambia.

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, Gambia, 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/gambia (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{food_number_of_cattle_gambia_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, Gambia, 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/gambia. 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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482,905 head in 2015, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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