Number of cattle in Greece

Number of cattle in Greece was 595,200 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 6.8% from 2023. That is the 18th highest of 27 EU countries in 2024.

2024, head595,200

Change on 2023-6.8%

Rank18th of 27EU countries ranked

Series high1,240,4471975

Series low530,0002019

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Number of cattle in Greece, 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	595,200
2023	638,800
2022	581,600
2021	614,100
2020	631,500
2019	530,000
2018	542,000
2017	610,690
2016	608,857
2015	606,705
2014	599,875
2013	608,964
2012	622,715
2011	627,132
2010	627,192
2009	626,301
2008	623,643
2007	628,885
2006	617,695
2005	603,993
2004	620,686
2003	625,854
2002	621,358
2001	613,060
2000	601,933
1999	583,367
1998	580,317
1997	580,408
1996	581,081
1995	577,808
1994	579,028
1993	587,177
1992	601,831
1991	623,514
1990	653,860
1989	677,066
1988	683,066
1987	724,651
1986	721,916
1985	724,651
1984	754,751
1983	791,995
1982	830,258
1981	880,833
1980	932,340
1979	975,202
1978	1,036,382
1977	1,115,114
1976	1,184,155
1975	1,240,447
1974	1,231,732
1973	1,054,827
1972	986,355
1971	952,350
1970	996,856
1969	1,037,578
1968	1,093,712
1967	1,081,656
1966	1,045,928
1965	1,017,000
1964	1,034,000
1963	1,060,000
1962	1,069,000
1961	1,074,286

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, Greece, 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, Greece, 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/greece. 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, Greece, 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/greece.

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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, Greece, 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/greece (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{food_number_of_cattle_greece_2024,
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  title = {{Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cattle, stocks, head (item 866, element 5111): Number of cattle, Greece, 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/greece. 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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1,240,447 head in 1975, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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