Number of pigs in Sri Lanka

Number of pigs in Sri Lanka was 109,660 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 7.5% from 2023. That is the 111th highest of 171 countries in 2024.

2024, head109,660

Change on 2023+7.5%

Rank111th of 171Countries ranked

Series high128,1891967

Series low33,1861975

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Number of pigs in Sri Lanka, 1961 to 2024

head. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-12-31.

All 64 values

Period	head
2024	109,660
2023	101,970
2022	100,250
2021	99,010
2020	92,640
2019	91,200
2018	97,990
2017	95,120
2016	81,420
2015	69,680
2014	105,210
2013	81,170
2012	89,250
2011	82,030
2010	83,790
2009	81,310
2008	89,420
2007	94,210
2006	92,210
2005	85,020
2004	79,290
2003	67,740
2002	82,143
2001	68,300
2000	70,800
1999	73,600
1998	76,300
1997	80,300
1996	84,800
1995	86,900
1994	93,800
1993	90,100
1992	90,803
1991	83,500
1990	85,000
1989	94,400
1988	94,700
1987	96,700
1986	85,800
1985	83,600
1984	84,800
1983	77,000
1982	75,100
1981	93,700
1980	71,300
1979	48,700
1978	40,767
1977	36,186
1976	35,801
1975	33,186
1974	49,138
1973	91,010
1972	102,180
1971	89,669
1970	108,356
1969	108,313
1968	124,377
1967	128,189
1966	122,090
1965	116,945
1964	127,253
1963	105,800
1962	50,184
1961	58,237

Rankings

Countries by number of pigs 178 places
EU countries by number of pigs 27 places

Definition

Number of pigs (swine) 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): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, 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): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111) (Number of pigs, Sri Lanka, 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): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111), Number of pigs, Sri Lanka, 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/pig-population/sri-lanka. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2025. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111). Number of pigs, Sri Lanka, 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/pig-population/sri-lanka.

Harvard

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111), Number of pigs, Sri Lanka, 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/pig-population/sri-lanka (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{food_number_of_pigs_sri_2024,
  author = {{Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations}},
  title = {{Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111): Number of pigs, Sri Lanka, 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/pig-population/sri-lanka. Publisher attribution: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, 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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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

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128,189 head in 1967, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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