Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks was 682,125 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks in Sierra Leone, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Sierra Leone is 682,125 An, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.2% on the previous year and down 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Sierra Leone peaked at 733,029 An in 2021 and was at its lowest, 150,000 An, in 2001.
Sierra Leone ranks 113th of 189 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 220,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 235,000 An | +6.8% |
| 1963 | 250,000 An | +6.4% |
| 1964 | 260,000 An | +4.0% |
| 1965 | 270,000 An | +3.8% |
| 1966 | 278,000 An | +3.0% |
| 1967 | 283,000 An | +1.8% |
| 1968 | 287,000 An | +1.4% |
| 1969 | 291,000 An | +1.4% |
| 1970 | 296,000 An | +1.7% |
| 1971 | 300,000 An | +1.4% |
| 1972 | 304,000 An | +1.3% |
| 1973 | 309,000 An | +1.6% |
| 1974 | 314,000 An | +1.6% |
| 1975 | 318,000 An | +1.3% |
| 1976 | 323,000 An | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 328,000 An | +1.5% |
| 1978 | 333,000 An | +1.5% |
| 1979 | 340,000 An | +2.1% |
| 1980 | 348,000 An | +2.4% |
| 1981 | 360,000 An | +3.4% |
| 1982 | 375,000 An | +4.2% |
| 1983 | 350,880 An | -6.4% |
| 1984 | 333,000 An | -5.1% |
| 1985 | 333,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 333,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 333,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 333,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 333,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 333,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 333,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 348,600 An | +4.7% |
| 1993 | 360,200 An | +3.3% |
| 1994 | 370,000 An | +2.7% |
| 1995 | 350,000 An | -5.4% |
| 1996 | 300,000 An | -14.3% |
| 1997 | 250,000 An | -16.7% |
| 1998 | 250,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 200,000 An | -20.0% |
| 2000 | 200,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 150,000 An | -25.0% |
| 2002 | 150,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 170,000 An | +13.3% |
| 2004 | 200,000 An | +17.6% |
| 2005 | 250,000 An | +25.0% |
| 2006 | 350,000 An | +40.0% |
| 2007 | 325,532 An | -7.0% |
| 2008 | 390,638 An | +20.0% |
| 2009 | 470,000 An | +20.3% |
| 2010 | 517,000 An | +10.0% |
| 2011 | 568,700 An | +10.0% |
| 2012 | 625,570 An | +10.0% |
| 2013 | 688,127 An | +10.0% |
| 2014 | 700,155 An | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 625,000 An | -10.7% |
| 2016 | 579,793 An | -7.2% |
| 2017 | 546,881 An | -5.7% |
| 2018 | 564,928 An | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 583,571 An | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 622,091 An | +6.6% |
| 2021 | 733,029 An | +17.8% |
| 2022 | 646,230 An | -11.8% |
| 2023 | 667,117 An | +3.2% |
| 2024 | 682,125 An | +2.2% |
Sierra Leone compared with similar countries
- Sierra Leone's 682,125 An is below the median for low income countries, which is 4.83 million An, 14% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Sierra Leone's 682,125 An is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2.61 million An, 26% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks in Sierra Leone changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +40.0% | 250,000 An | 350,000 An |
| 2001 | -25.0% | 200,000 An | 150,000 An |
| 2005 | +25.0% | 200,000 An | 250,000 An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 263,778 An | 220,000 An | 291,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 316,500 An | 296,000 An | 340,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 343,188 An | 333,000 An | 375,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 309,480 An | 200,000 An | 370,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 265,617 An | 150,000 An | 470,000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 599,972 An | 517,000 An | 700,155 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 670,118 An | 622,091 An | 733,029 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Sierra Leone
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2954 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 250 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5407 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 29.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 29.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.4% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Sierra Leone?
- Cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Sierra Leone was 682,125 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cattle and buffaloes — stocks recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 733,029 An in 2021.
- What is the lowest cattle and buffaloes — stocks recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 150,000 An in 2001.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for cattle and buffaloes — stocks?
- Sierra Leone ranks 113th out of 189 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cattle and buffaloes — stocks rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sierra Leone 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.