Number of cattle in Panama
Panama: Number of cattle was 1.40 million animals in 2024. ▲ Rising
Number of cattle in Panama, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in animals.
Analysis
The most recent figure for number of cattle in Panama is 1.40 million animals, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 7.7% on the previous year and down 14.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of cattle in Panama peaked at 1.73 million animals in 2011 and was at its lowest, 762,987 animals, in 1961.
Panama ranks 100th of 196 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 958,077 animals | 762,987 animals | 1.16 million animals | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.33 million animals | 1.19 million animals | 1.44 million animals | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.43 million animals | 1.40 million animals | 1.46 million animals | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.41 million animals | 1.36 million animals | 1.46 million animals | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.53 million animals | 1.34 million animals | 1.62 million animals | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.61 million animals | 1.50 million animals | 1.73 million animals | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.49 million animals | 1.40 million animals | 1.52 million animals | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Panama
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.37 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.6% (2025)
- Rural population 1.55 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.8% (2025)
- Rural population 33.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.7% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.6% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.6% (2025)
- Land under cereal production 109,277 hectares (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of cattle in Panama?
- Number of cattle in Panama was 1.40 million animals in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest number of cattle recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 1.73 million animals in 2011.
- What is the lowest number of cattle recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 762,987 animals in 1961.
- How does Panama rank for number of cattle?
- Panama ranks 100th out of 196 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of cattle rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Panama data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Number of cattle. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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