Number of cattle in Libya

Number of cattle in Libya was 208,931 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 1.1% from 2023. That is the 140th highest of 190 countries in 2024.

2024, head208,931 Estimated

Change on 2023-1.1%

Rank140th of 190Countries ranked

Series high250,0001990

Series low101,1431971

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Number of cattle in Libya, 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	208,931 Estimated
2023	211,263 Estimated
2022	215,920 Estimated
2021	199,610
2020	218,260
2019	229,890
2018	225,140
2017	204,196 Estimated
2016	202,849 Estimated
2015	201,376 Estimated
2014	200,000 Estimated
2013	198,500 Estimated
2012	198,000 Estimated
2011	197,000 Estimated
2010	195,000
2009	190,000
2008	185,000
2007	185,000
2006	185,000
2005	150,000 Estimated
2004	145,000 Estimated
2003	137,000 Estimated
2002	135,000 Estimated
2001	130,210
2000	130,210
1999	138,000
1998	140,000 Estimated
1997	142,000 Estimated
1996	145,000
1995	145,000
1994	140,000
1993	155,000 Estimated
1992	180,000 Estimated
1991	225,000 Estimated
1990	250,000
1989	240,000
1988	230,000
1987	220,000 Estimated
1986	210,000 Estimated
1985	200,000
1984	190,000
1983	170,000
1982	130,000
1981	132,000
1980	156,000 Estimated
1979	180,880
1978	183,300
1977	179,379
1976	195,788
1975	189,170
1974	150,285
1973	120,750
1972	105,705
1971	101,143
1970	107,870
1969	104,662
1968	118,557
1967	116,222
1966	109,958
1965	108,634
1964	107,565
1963	106,300
1962	105,135
1961	103,970

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, Libya, 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, Libya, 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/libya. 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, Libya, 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/libya.

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, Libya, 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/libya (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{food_number_of_cattle_libya_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, Libya, 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/libya. 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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250,000 head in 1990, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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