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Number of cattle in Mauritius

Number of cattle in Mauritius was 3,500 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 2.6% from 2023. That is the 179th highest of 190 countries in 2024.

2024, head3,500 Estimated
Change on 2023+2.6%
Rank179th of 190Countries ranked
Series high48,0001970
Series low3,4102023

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Number of cattle in Mauritius, 1961 to 2024

010K20K30K40K50K19611971198119912001201120241961: 44,000 head1962: 44,000 head1963: 44,000 head1964: 45,683 head1965: 45,000 head1966: 45,000 head1967: 46,000 head1968: 46,000 head1969: 47,000 head1970: 48,000 head1971: 48,000 head1972: 45,000 head1973: 41,094 head1974: 33,500 head1975: 28,500 head1976: 28,000 head1977: 30,000 head1978: 21,098 head1979: 25,000 head1980: 30,000 head1981: 27,000 head1982: 27,000 head1983: 25,485 head1984: 26,685 head1985: 30,000 head1986: 32,000 head1987: 32,000 head1988: 33,000 head1989: 34,000 head1990: 30,000 head1991: 23,000 head1992: 24,000 head1993: 24,000 head1994: 24,000 head1995: 23,000 head1996: 22,900 head1997: 20,500 head1998: 22,000 head1999: 25,000 head2000: 27,000 head2001: 11,000 head2002: 8,800 head2003: 8,100 head2004: 8,180 head2005: 6,700 head2006: 6,934 head2007: 7,203 head2008: 7,327 head2009: 7,237 head2010: 7,491 head2011: 6,596 head2012: 7,302 head2013: 7,240 head2014: 6,041 head2015: 5,898 head2016: 4,533 head2017: 3,815 head2018: 3,985 head2019: 3,484 head2020: 4,754 head2021: 3,734 head2022: 3,512 head2023: 3,410 head2024: 3,500 head020K40K60K19611983200520241961: 44,000 head1962: 44,000 head1963: 44,000 head1964: 45,683 head1965: 45,000 head1966: 45,000 head1967: 46,000 head1968: 46,000 head1969: 47,000 head1970: 48,000 head1971: 48,000 head1972: 45,000 head1973: 41,094 head1974: 33,500 head1975: 28,500 head1976: 28,000 head1977: 30,000 head1978: 21,098 head1979: 25,000 head1980: 30,000 head1981: 27,000 head1982: 27,000 head1983: 25,485 head1984: 26,685 head1985: 30,000 head1986: 32,000 head1987: 32,000 head1988: 33,000 head1989: 34,000 head1990: 30,000 head1991: 23,000 head1992: 24,000 head1993: 24,000 head1994: 24,000 head1995: 23,000 head1996: 22,900 head1997: 20,500 head1998: 22,000 head1999: 25,000 head2000: 27,000 head2001: 11,000 head2002: 8,800 head2003: 8,100 head2004: 8,180 head2005: 6,700 head2006: 6,934 head2007: 7,203 head2008: 7,327 head2009: 7,237 head2010: 7,491 head2011: 6,596 head2012: 7,302 head2013: 7,240 head2014: 6,041 head2015: 5,898 head2016: 4,533 head2017: 3,815 head2018: 3,985 head2019: 3,484 head2020: 4,754 head2021: 3,734 head2022: 3,512 head2023: 3,410 head2024: 3,500 head
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
Periodhead
20243,500 Estimated
20233,410
20223,512
20213,734
20204,754
20193,484
20183,985
20173,815
20164,533
20155,898
20146,041
20137,240
20127,302
20116,596
20107,491
20097,237
20087,327
20077,203
20066,934
20056,700 Estimated
20048,180 Estimated
20038,100 Estimated
20028,800 Estimated
200111,000 Estimated
200027,000 Estimated
199925,000 Estimated
199822,000 Estimated
199720,500 Estimated
199622,900 Estimated
199523,000 Estimated
199424,000 Estimated
199324,000 Estimated
199224,000 Estimated
199123,000 Estimated
199030,000 Estimated
198934,000
198833,000
198732,000
198632,000
198530,000
198426,685
198325,485
198227,000 Estimated
198127,000 Estimated
198030,000 Estimated
197925,000 Estimated
197821,098
197730,000 Estimated
197628,000 Estimated
197528,500 Estimated
197433,500 Estimated
197341,094
197245,000 Estimated
197148,000 Estimated
197048,000 Estimated
196947,000 Estimated
196846,000 Estimated
196746,000 Estimated
196645,000 Estimated
196545,000 Estimated
196445,683
196344,000
196244,000
196144,000

Mauritius compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 119,098 headAfghanistan: 5,555,383 headAntigua and Barbuda: 4,500 headAlbania: 272,035 headArmenia: 491,594 headAngola: 5,200,294 headArgentina: 52,783,892 headAustria: 1,820,030 headAustralia: 30,372,537 headAzerbaijan: 2,329,506 headBosnia and Herzegovina: 383,331 headBangladesh: 25,013,000 headBelgium: 2,153,430 headBurkina Faso: 10,280,515 headBulgaria: 558,770 headBurundi: 1,228,356 headBenin: 2,762,716 headBrunei: 286 headBolivia: 11,245,622 headBrazil: 238,180,757 headBahamas: 743 headBhutan: 257,103 headBotswana: 918,057 headBelarus: 4,097,900 headBelize: 99,019 headCanada: 10,985,000 headDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 2,032,019 headCentral African Republic: 4,864,952 headRepublic of the Congo: 335,224 headSwitzerland: 1,533,483 headCôte d’Ivoire: 1,896,358 headChile: 2,962,490 headCameroon: 5,941,769 headChina: 70,325,500 headColombia: 30,344,182 headCosta Rica: 1,576,149 headCuba: 3,250,000 headCape Verde: 29,779 headCyprus: 82,680 headCzechia: 1,397,410 headGermany: 10,461,290 headDjibouti: 317,893 headDenmark: 1,413,860 headDominican Republic: 3,030,340 headAlgeria: 1,782,454 headEcuador: 3,436,276 headEstonia: 232,390 headEgypt: 2,625,729 headEritrea: 2,156,877 headSpain: 6,173,960 headEthiopia: 71,916,930 headFinland: 764,030 headFiji: 80,720 headFaroe Islands: 1,816 headFrance: 16,478,260 headGabon: 39,678 headUnited Kingdom: 9,411,871 headGeorgia: 837,700 headGhana: 2,362,472 headGambia: 309,195 headGuinea: 9,319,774 headEquatorial Guinea: 5,520 headGreece: 595,200 headGuatemala: 4,343,871 headGuinea-Bissau: 742,836 headGuyana: 98,851 headHong Kong: 1,570 headHonduras: 2,900,458 headCroatia: 422,000 headHaiti: 1,524,965 headHungary: 869,900 headIndonesia: 18,065,156 headIreland: 6,308,300 headIsrael: 477,958 headIndia: 194,753,479 headIraq: 2,104,351 headIran: 5,600,812 headIceland: 76,902 headItaly: 5,765,000 headJamaica: 153,169 headJordan: 88,819 headJapan: 3,985,000 headKenya: 22,435,638 headKyrgyzstan: 1,828,768 headCambodia: 2,821,807 headNorth Korea: 570,727 headSouth Korea: 3,889,278 headKuwait: 32,136 headKazakhstan: 7,976,665 headLaos: 2,691,000 headLebanon: 75,538 headSri Lanka: 1,125,450 headLiberia: 43,270 headLesotho: 517,450 headLithuania: 599,770 headLuxembourg: 180,530 headLatvia: 352,090 headLibya: 208,931 headMorocco: 2,365,210 headMoldova: 98,817 headMontenegro: 67,496 headMadagascar: 6,957,211 headNorth Macedonia: 143,953 headMali: 14,040,120 headMyanmar: 10,800,000 headMongolia: 5,074,552 headMauritania: 1,992,320 headMauritius: 3,500 headMalawi: 2,307,952 headMexico: 36,933,201 headMalaysia: 730,318 headMozambique: 2,467,082 headNamibia: 2,907,986 headNew Caledonia: 77,281 headNiger: 20,375,030 headNigeria: 20,943,448 headNetherlands: 3,562,000 headNorway: 852,800 headNepal: 5,198,388 headNew Zealand: 9,516,288 headOman: 446,988 headPanama: 1,401,169 headPeru: 5,842,166 headFrench Polynesia: 8,097 headPapua New Guinea: 90,889 headPhilippines: 2,605,517 headPakistan: 57,541,000 headPoland: 6,190,930 headPuerto Rico: 218,598 headPortugal: 1,486,910 headParaguay: 13,630,216 headQatar: 45,424 headRomania: 1,809,400 headSerbia: 698,605 headRussia: 17,373,368 headRwanda: 1,545,688 headSaudi Arabia: 534,181 headSolomon Islands: 15,381 headSudan: 31,256,148 headSweden: 1,333,820 headSingapore: 177 headSlovenia: 453,890 headSlovakia: 416,680 headSierra Leone: 682,125 headSenegal: 3,714,834 headSomalia: 4,788,212 headSuriname: 28,821 headSouth Sudan: 14,282,839 headEl Salvador: 772,208 headSyria: 826,396 headEswatini: 652,513 headChad: 39,625,902 headTogo: 477,388 headThailand: 4,293,189 headTajikistan: 2,789,212 headTimor-Leste: 238,902 headTurkmenistan: 2,545,439 headTunisia: 495,935 headTürkiye: 16,824,208 headTrinidad and Tobago: 35,419 headTaiwan: 155,741 headTanzania: 39,053,013 headUkraine: 2,156,200 headUganda: 14,723,179 headUnited States: 87,157,400 headUruguay: 11,960,556 headUzbekistan: 14,394,476 headVenezuela: 15,749,209 headVietnam: 6,212,203 headVanuatu: 89,000 headSamoa: 38,349 headYemen: 1,971,664 headSouth Africa: 12,122,027 headZambia: 4,887,687 headZimbabwe: 5,741,397 head
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Number of cattle, 2024, head. Mauritius is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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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.

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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, Mauritius, 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, Mauritius, 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/mauritius. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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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, Mauritius, 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/mauritius.

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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, Mauritius, 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/mauritius (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cattle, stocks, head (item 866, element 5111): Number of cattle, Mauritius, 1961 to 2024}},
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  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/mauritius. 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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What is the number of cattle in Mauritius?

Number of cattle in Mauritius was 3,500 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 2.6% from 2023. That is the 179th highest of 190 countries in 2024.

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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.

What was the highest number of cattle in Mauritius?

48,000 head in 1970, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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