Cattle — Stocks in Portugal
Portugal: Cattle — Stocks was 1.49 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cattle — Stocks in Portugal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, cattle — stocks in Portugal stood at 1.49 million An.
That represents a change of down 2.7% on the previous year and down 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — stocks in Portugal peaked at 1.69 million An in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1.05 million An, in 1967.
That places Portugal 104th out of 205 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 | 1.12 million An | 1.05 million An | 1.24 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.21 million An | 1.07 million An | 1.29 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.33 million An | 1.28 million An | 1.38 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.38 million An | 1.34 million An | 1.41 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.43 million An | 1.39 million An | 1.50 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.57 million An | 1.45 million An | 1.67 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.59 million An | 1.49 million An | 1.69 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture share gdp 1.96 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.96 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
- Rural population 38.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.6% (2025)
- Rural population 4.16 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.79 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 30,230 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle — stocks in Portugal?
- Cattle — stocks in Portugal was 1.49 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cattle — stocks recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 1.69 million An in 2020.
- What is the lowest cattle — stocks recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.05 million An in 1967.
- How does Portugal rank for cattle — stocks?
- Portugal ranks 104th out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cattle — stocks rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Portugal data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cattle — 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.