Number of cattle in United Arab Emirates

Number of cattle in the United Arab Emirates was 119,098 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 2.1% from 2023. That is the 145th highest of 190 countries in 2024.

2024, head119,098 Estimated

Change on 2023+2.1%

Rank145th of 190Countries ranked

Series high119,0982024

Series low5,0001961

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 United Arab Emirates, 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	119,098 Estimated
2023	116,687
2022	110,698
2021	112,370
2020	103,102
2019	100,914
2018	103,361 Estimated
2017	106,177
2016	108,384
2015	110,929
2014	89,510
2013	85,359
2012	78,717
2011	88,617
2010	100,860
2009	103,909
2008	65,179
2007	61,927
2006	58,838
2005	55,903
2004	100,000 Estimated
2003	113,082
2002	107,444
2001	101,795
2000	96,050
1999	90,686
1998	84,753
1997	79,208
1996	74,026
1995	69,183
1994	64,657
1993	60,428
1992	56,475
1991	52,781
1990	49,328
1989	46,102
1988	46,118
1987	44,109
1986	41,433
1985	35,172
1984	32,871
1983	31,000
1982	28,400
1981	26,832
1980	25,665
1979	25,000 Estimated
1978	23,332
1977	18,566
1976	15,900
1975	28,000 Estimated
1974	38,000
1973	33,000
1972	23,000
1971	20,000 Estimated
1970	15,000 Estimated
1969	12,000 Estimated
1968	10,000 Estimated
1967	8,000 Estimated
1966	6,000 Estimated
1965	6,000 Estimated
1964	5,800 Estimated
1963	5,600 Estimated
1962	5,300 Estimated
1961	5,000 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, United Arab Emirates, 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

MLA 9

Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cattle, stocks, head (item 866, element 5111), Number of cattle, United Arab Emirates, 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/united-arab-emirates. 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, United Arab Emirates, 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/united-arab-emirates.

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, United Arab Emirates, 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/united-arab-emirates (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{food_number_of_cattle_united_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, United Arab Emirates, 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/united-arab-emirates. 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.},
}

RIS

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