Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks in El Salvador
El Salvador: Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks was 772,208 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks in El Salvador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 772,208 An for cattle and buffaloes — stocks in 2024.
The figure is up 3.2% on the previous year and down 25.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle and buffaloes — stocks in El Salvador peaked at 1.40 million An in 2008 and was at its lowest, 699,086 An, in 2019.
El Salvador ranks 109th of 189 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.14 million An | — |
| 1962 | 1.15 million An | +1.0% |
| 1963 | 1.16 million An | +1.0% |
| 1964 | 1.17 million An | +0.9% |
| 1965 | 1.18 million An | +1.0% |
| 1966 | 1.19 million An | +1.0% |
| 1967 | 1.21 million An | +1.0% |
| 1968 | 1.22 million An | +1.0% |
| 1969 | 1.23 million An | +1.0% |
| 1970 | 1.24 million An | +1.0% |
| 1971 | 1.10 million An | -11.4% |
| 1972 | 1.15 million An | +4.5% |
| 1973 | 1.01 million An | -12.4% |
| 1974 | 1.04 million An | +3.0% |
| 1975 | 1.03 million An | -0.7% |
| 1976 | 1.11 million An | +7.6% |
| 1977 | 1.28 million An | +15.7% |
| 1978 | 1.35 million An | +5.2% |
| 1979 | 1.39 million An | +2.7% |
| 1980 | 1.21 million An | -12.7% |
| 1981 | 1.11 million An | -8.7% |
| 1982 | 964,000 An | -12.8% |
| 1983 | 936,800 An | -2.8% |
| 1984 | 928,700 An | -0.9% |
| 1985 | 979,990 An | +5.5% |
| 1986 | 1.05 million An | +7.2% |
| 1987 | 1.09 million An | +3.6% |
| 1988 | 1.14 million An | +5.1% |
| 1989 | 1.18 million An | +2.8% |
| 1990 | 1.22 million An | +3.7% |
| 1991 | 1.24 million An | +1.9% |
| 1992 | 1.26 million An | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 1.20 million An | -4.7% |
| 1994 | 1.26 million An | +5.4% |
| 1995 | 1.12 million An | -10.8% |
| 1996 | 1.29 million An | +14.4% |
| 1997 | 1.16 million An | -9.7% |
| 1998 | 1.04 million An | -10.7% |
| 1999 | 1.14 million An | +10.0% |
| 2000 | 1.05 million An | -8.0% |
| 2001 | 1.22 million An | +15.8% |
| 2002 | 1.30 million An | +7.0% |
| 2003 | 1.25 million An | -4.0% |
| 2004 | 1.26 million An | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 1.26 million An | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 1.32 million An | +5.0% |
| 2007 | 1.37 million An | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 1.40 million An | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 1.34 million An | -3.9% |
| 2010 | 1.25 million An | -7.1% |
| 2011 | 1.02 million An | -18.6% |
| 2012 | 1.12 million An | +10.7% |
| 2013 | 893,308 An | -20.5% |
| 2014 | 1.04 million An | +16.6% |
| 2015 | 1.02 million An | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 941,703 An | -7.7% |
| 2017 | 885,564 An | -6.0% |
| 2018 | 740,287 An | -16.4% |
| 2019 | 699,086 An | -5.6% |
| 2020 | 754,172 An | +7.9% |
| 2021 | 790,983 An | +4.9% |
| 2022 | 757,942 An | -4.2% |
| 2023 | 748,412 An | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 772,208 An | +3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.18 million An | 1.14 million An | 1.23 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.17 million An | 1.01 million An | 1.39 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.06 million An | 928,700 An | 1.21 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.19 million An | 1.04 million An | 1.29 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.28 million An | 1.05 million An | 1.40 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 960,873 An | 699,086 An | 1.25 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 764,743 An | 748,412 An | 790,983 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for El Salvador
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.84 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.044 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 253.9 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2448 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 4.4 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 4.4 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle and buffaloes — stocks in El Salvador?
- Cattle and buffaloes — stocks in El Salvador was 772,208 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cattle and buffaloes — stocks recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 1.40 million An in 2008.
- What is the lowest cattle and buffaloes — stocks recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 699,086 An in 2019.
- How does El Salvador rank for cattle and buffaloes — stocks?
- El Salvador ranks 109th out of 189 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cattle and buffaloes — stocks rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.