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Head of bovine livestock. Provinces

Head of bovine livestock. Provinces 2023
Less than 12 months 12 to 24 months More than 24 months
Slaughter Others Male Female Male Female for milk Female others Total
Barcelona 77,242 4,870 4,865 9,471 1,536 18,726 24,763 141,472
Girona 54,724 5,176 2,786 11,342 1,807 24,766 25,959 126,560
Lleida 223,974 5,939 17,511 14,681 3,690 26,646 26,831 319,271
Tarragona 8,661 106 411 562 396 1 1,343 11,479
Total 364,602 16,091 25,573 36,056 7,428 70,139 78,895 598,782
Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food.

Last update: November 29, 2024.

Methodological note

Methodological aspects

The European Union states that member states must hold fixed quarterly statistics on the number of cattle, either through surveys or from quality, contrasted administrative sources.

Until 2011, the technique used by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, Food and the Natural Environment (DAAM) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Environment (MAGRAMA) was a survey of farm owners, but from this year on, it has been agreed that this will be replaced by the use of administrative records, specifically the General Register of Individual Animal Identification (RIIA) and the General Register of Cattle Movement (REMO). This decision is taken jointly throughout the state after finding that the statistical information they provide is of a quality and reliability equal or superior to the surveys. This change in methodology represents significant progress in administrative simplification, cost reduction and significant improvement in the quality of results.

It must be remembered, however, that this methodological improvement causes a break in the time series data, which is larger the more the data is broken down. Therefore, the results for 2011 and earlier that are broken down by categories of animals cannot be compared with those of later years, since the changes observed are due to methodological change and not real differences.