Livestock by district

Livestock numbers by district, a district a column. Annual, 2022–2025.

Published by the Department of Census and Statistics; read from CBSL Economic and Social Statistics.

Year

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2025

11 indicators × 25 districts

	Colombo	Gampaha	Kalutara	Kandy	Matale	Nuwara Eliya	Galle	Matara	Hambantota	Jaffna	Kilinochchi	Mannar	Vavuniya	Mullaitivu	Batticaloa	Ampara	Trincomalee	Kurunegala	Puttalam	Anuradhapura	Polonnaruwa	Badulla	Moneragala	Ratnapura	Kegalle	Total
Cattle - number of cattle	5,130	24,030	11,900	16,760	13,930	30,910	9,170	7,590	29,230	61,230	62,920	77,320	72,540	46,430	101,260	75,200	65,100	96,850	44,130	135,330	48,690	37,860	36,030	11,700	6,320	1,127,560
Cattle - cows milking at present	1,710	6,900	3,770	7,360	5,330	13,570	2,950	2,440	10,450	18,440	16,570	19,530	22,770	13,760	31,560	22,360	23,490	28,160	11,220	43,210	16,320	12,100	10,830	3,580	1,860	350,240
Cattle - avg. daily milk production, ltrs	3,450	13,817	4,806	22,374	15,016	111,722	4,038	2,802	11,000	23,271	15,838	14,567	15,976	12,148	22,456	25,064	15,150	78,200	21,832	76,752	26,836	38,999	14,092	5,398	3,740	599,344
Buffaloes - number of buffaloes	3,590	3,480	7,720	1,240	1,940	1,150	8,900	5,700	37,830	0	1,250	3,780	2,700	12,300	39,970	26,750	44,000	15,450	6,800	38,170	25,010	5,260	35,650	7,020	1,510	337,170
Buffaloes - cows milking at present	1,180	850	2,320	30	240	40	2,980	1,950	14,320	0	330	740	800	3,410	12,610	8,850	17,720	3,330	1,650	12,840	8,390	2,150	14,270	2,360	160	113,520
Buffaloes - avg. daily milk production, ltrs.	2,134	1,760	3,086	70	316	22	4,739	2,439	12,532	0	666	588	990	3,602	11,956	10,944	11,733	5,498	3,022	18,282	9,040	5,148	16,704	2,982	244	128,496
Poultry - number of chickens	2,271,920	2,571,540	802,090	405,090	613,080	676,860	279,250	99,670	96,370	276,170	133,580	130,040	90,400	93,410	246,830	302,210	209,860	6,752,750	1,273,850	441,580	352,440	182,850	151,300	297,620	249,090	18,999,850
Poultry - avg. monthly egg production, '000	11,150	4,240	3,005	4,965	4,833	6,658	2,770	1,240	1,234	2,214	920	1,071	847	765	2,430	2,603	2,182	71,182	13,517	3,015	1,821	118	1,317	1,119	926	146,142
Poultry - number of ducks	280	780	750	545	335	180	185	65	145	380	315	2,115	450	120	1,230	1,945	1,060	2,470	490	485	200	125	190	275	170	15,285
Pigs - number of swine	630	6,170	5,780	610	2,630	1,490	720	110	1,070	130	490	120	610	560	280	190	160	10,280	19,140	7,180	2,290	2,410	900	450	310	64,710
Goat and sheep - number of goats and sheep	2,120	8,050	6,700	17,390	6,570	8,920	3,410	2,090	3,320	51,750	16,150	15,920	14,540	13,310	40,390	19,150	24,080	26,800	29,510	28,190	12,860	12,320	3,450	5,640	5,700	378,330