Number of cattle in Israel

Number of cattle in Israel was 477,958 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 17.6% from 2023. That is the 124th highest of 190 countries in 2024.

2024, head477,958

Change on 2023-17.6%

Rank124th of 190Countries ranked

Series high581,5352022

Series low202,1001966

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 Israel, 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	477,958
2023	580,059
2022	581,535
2021	555,196
2020	525,900
2019	552,640
2018	546,200
2017	509,100
2016	506,700
2015	500,000
2014	461,000
2013	465,000
2012	435,000
2011	432,000
2010	430,000
2009	400,000
2008	416,000
2007	394,000
2006	406,000
2005	357,000
2004	350,000
2003	360,000
2002	355,000
2001	390,000
2000	395,000
1999	395,000
1998	388,000
1997	380,000
1996	391,000
1995	391,355
1994	387,250
1993	366,100
1992	349,100
1991	331,000
1990	342,100
1989	348,100
1988	345,000
1987	325,000
1986	316,000
1985	312,000
1984	308,500
1983	305,900
1982	298,300
1981	291,100
1980	304,200
1979	302,500
1978	308,900
1977	307,800
1976	305,400
1975	300,000
1974	279,700
1973	260,200
1972	239,200
1971	233,500
1970	240,400
1969	232,400
1968	224,700
1967	209,400
1966	202,100
1965	217,100
1964	215,800
1963	242,600
1962	234,700
1961	226,400

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, Israel, 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, Israel, 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/israel. 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, Israel, 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/israel.

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, Israel, 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/israel (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{food_number_of_cattle_israel_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, Israel, 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/israel. 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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581,535 head in 2022, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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