Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks in Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands: Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks was 1,816 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks in Faroe Islands, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Faroe Islands stood at 1,816 An.
The figure is up 3.3% on the previous year and down 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Faroe Islands peaked at 3,023 An in 1962 and was at its lowest, 1,758 An, in 2023.
Faroe Islands ranks 181st of 187 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,653 An | 2,478 An | 3,023 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,201 An | 1,818 An | 2,555 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,083 An | 2,000 An | 2,255 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,169 An | 2,000 An | 2,322 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,214 An | 1,981 An | 2,398 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,897 An | 1,801 An | 1,990 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,864 An | 1,758 An | 2,050 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Faroe Islands
- 178 Mauritius 3,525 An compare
- 179 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 2,600 An compare
- 180 China, Hong Kong SAR 1,903 An compare
- 182 St. Kitts and Nevis 1,709 An compare
- 183 São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of 1,588 An compare
- 184 Brunei Darussalam 1,169 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Faroe Islands
- Rural population growth 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2009)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 3.1% (2009)
- Rural population 60.4% (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 16.07 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 16.07 (2024)
- Rural population 33,136 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 16.1% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 651.17 million current US$ (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value 6,675 1000 Int$ (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Faroe Islands?
- Cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Faroe Islands was 1,816 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cattle and buffaloes — stocks recorded in Faroe Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 3,023 An in 1962.
- What is the lowest cattle and buffaloes — stocks recorded in Faroe Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,758 An in 2023.
- How does Faroe Islands rank for cattle and buffaloes — stocks?
- Faroe Islands ranks 181st out of 187 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cattle and buffaloes — stocks rising or falling in Faroe Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Faroe Islands 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.