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Head of ovine and caprine livestock. Provinces

Head of ovine and caprine livestock. Provinces Total
Sheep Goats
Stud for life Female for life For slaughter Total Stud for life Female for life For slaughter Total
2022 9,700 287,142 149,366 446,208 2,565 52,994 13,270 68,829
2021 10,066 302,725 154,093 466,884 2,777 55,135 14,181 72,093
2020 9,499 316,673 162,040 488,212 3,074 59,277 13,177 75,528
2019 9,757 326,517 168,217 504,491 3,118 60,424 13,053 76,595
2018 11,155 338,240 174,938 524,333 2,936 58,828 12,982 74,746
2017 9,874 347,442 156,785 514,101 2,839 56,434 13,042 72,315
2016 9,884 354,746 168,659 533,289 2,701 54,487 14,329 71,517
2015 9,819 352,688 168,285 530,792 2,662 53,692 14,132 70,486
2014 10,433 358,055 165,106 533,594 2,635 51,445 11,776 65,856
2013 11,410 410,597 126,812 548,819 3,081 64,515 8,515 76,111
2012 12,100 454,929 143,445 610,474 3,119 63,823 8,954 75,896
2011 11,758 462,814 133,314 607,886 3,104 61,627 9,953 74,684
2010 11,667 476,480 150,657 638,804 3,295 73,459 14,269 91,023
2009 11,986 486,433 134,813 633,232 3,193 69,630 8,767 81,590
2008 13,042 543,654 192,145 748,841 4,184 78,944 15,946 99,074
Source:
2008: Departament d'Agricultura, Alimentació i Acció Rural. Effective livestock survey.
2009-2013: Departament d'Agricultura, Ramaderia, Pesca, Alimentació i Medi Natural. Effective livestock survey.
2014: Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, Food and Natural Environment.
2015-2019: Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food.
2020-2022: Ministry of Climate Action, Food and Rural Agenda.

Last update: October 30, 2023.

Methodological note

Methodological aspects

EU member states must carry out annual livestock surveys to determine the number of cattle and type by age and productive states.

Livestock surveys aimed at quantifying the number of pigs, sheep and goats present on Catalan farms in two specific reference periods. In sheep and goats, information on milk production and its destination is also gathered. Regulation 1165/2008 states that two yearly surveys into pig production will be carried out, the first in May and the second in November. For sheep and goats, one annual survey is to be carried out into the two species together during the month of November. The population scope includes all pig, sheep and goat production within the territory of Catalonia and recorded as active in the registry of farms of the DAAM.

The body responsible for the management, implementation, review and dissemination of the results of the Survey of Livestock in Catalonia is the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, Food and the Environment (DAAM). This statistical operation is to be carried out in accordance with the rules established by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment (MAGRAMA) for all autonomous communities in the Spanish State.

Unavailable information is represented using the symbol ":". When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".