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Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka.

Slaughter Statistics (2009 - 2022)

 
Cattle | Goat and Sheep| Swine
 
Note: Only the number of animals slaughtered at licensed houses are included here.
 
Slaughter Statistics 2009-2022 - Cattle
 
 
*Provisional
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District 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022*
COLOMBO  334 333 - 363 - - - - - - - - - 2
GAMPAHA 9,335 9,890 5,809 9,342 6,439 5,052 7,739 9,865 8,723 8,128 10,859 4,518 6,010 5,696
KALUTARA 5,182 4,251 2,772 3,608 3,339 2,290 2,516 3,502 2,691 2,590 2,521 1,891 2,269 2,354
KANDY  9,459 8,399 4,550 8,671 7,835 7,746 7,153 7,650 6,679 6,615 6,445 5,517 4,858 7,748
MATALE 5,054 6,633 5,087 4,925 5,272 4,206 4,085 4,115 3,726 6,615 3,931 4,258 2,987 3,752
NUWARA ELIYA 5,012 4,900 5,156 5,253 3,196 2,129 2,972 2,790 2,934 3,118 2,047 1,408 1,268 1,801
GALLE 653 728 728 745 622 790 1,775 1,460 1,557 1,609 1,192 1,074 549 536
MATARA 1,988 2,172 1,771 1733 1,579 1,704 2,376 1,444 840 2,306 550 602 1,226 1,286
HAMBANTOTA 2,197 2,544 2,107 1009 1,283 1,194 1,178 1,152 1,262 1,265 1,166 997 866 1,094
JAFFNA 3,632 7,560 8,785 9,168 8,720 9,376 11,298 10,115 6,845 7,444 6,411 8,807 9,259 8,787
KILINOCHCHI - 969 3,361 3,850 4,749 2,594 1,264 2,744 3,251 3,008 1,416 1,623 1,464 1,788
MANNAR 2,418 4,108 5,733 5,433 5,879 4,325 5,506 3,679 3,350 5,863 4,719 4,458 4,218 4,072
VAVUNIYA 5,900 7,012 10,761 13,089 14,356 6,701 5,786 9,308 6,263 4,888 5,548 7,267 8,256 6,304
MULLATIVU - 48 476 2658 2,025 1,954 2,418 2,297 1,808 1,559 2,392 2,784 2,129 2,242
BATTICALOA  24,705 29,204 26,979 28,326 29,554 29,273 30,403 27,369 31,456 32,609 32,976 32,782 33,562 28,303
AMPARA  21,761 24,778 16,932 15,540 13,873 18,520 22,110 21,199 18,816 23,700 25,235 27,846 26,053 22,976
TRINCOMALEE  15,962 22,642 16,777 17,274 17,403 14,546 16,690 17,462 14,137 13,674 12,804 15,499 13,801 11,866
KURUNEGALA 12,627 15,331 14,843 13,282 11,505 10,419 12,402 13,418 11,884 10,802 11,815 13,484 12,486 14,647
PUTTALAM 16,198 24,766 9,259 10,315 9,630 9,860 9,107 8,911 10,795 8,194 8,204 9,145 7,114 6,738
ANURADHAPURA 7,720 8,404 8,645 8,522 10,441 7,290 7,877 8,688 8,202 8,282 8,538 8,399 5,528 7,652
POLONNARUWA 3,165 3,620 825 455 967 1,084 1,488 1,893 3,648 1,671 2,429 2,637 2,614 2,787
BADULLA 5,248 6,207 4,356 5,016 5,838 5,607 5,589 4,401 2,759 3,332 2,999 2,879 1,918 1,711
MONERAGALA 4,729 5,532 3,710 3,107 3,838 2,416 3,194 1,832 1,436 1,332 1,982 2,198 1,592 1,476
RATNAPURA 3,782 2,615 1,939 1,720 1,701 1,490 1,557 1,933 2,144 1,313 1,913 1,529 1,119 1,066
KEGALLE 941 1,074 743 424 433 458 650 905 780 882 631 879 695 878
SRI LANKA 168,002 203,520 162,104 173,828 170,477 151,024 167,133 168,132 155,986 158,361 158,723 162,481 151,841 147,562
Note:Only the number of animals slaughtered at licensed slaughter houses are included here
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Slaughter Statistics - Goat and Sheep
 

District 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022*
COLOMBO  33,717 33,669 35,835 49,067 44,089 35,940 30,728 34,015 27,480 31,342 31,880 18,437 21,825 27,598
GAMPAHA 3,052 3,651 341 287 685 443 112 220 441 126 300 - 102 0
KALUTARA 312 276 338 179 124 151 - - - - 54 3 4 3
KANDY  3,729 3,596 3,837 4,309 2,014 2,605 2,014 1,310 1,242 1,169 1,452 952 1,005 1,072
MATALE 31 141 302 195 219 207 229 195 227 203 605 340 293 341
NUWARA ELIYA 532 424 225 673 497 394 767 503 655 922 391 406 561 264
GALLE - - - - - - 343 330 329 306 313 357 259 235
MATARA 557 - 189 201 349 220 221 185 223 367 71 37 174 108
HAMBANTOTA - 718 - 92 - 186 114 - - - - - - 0
JAFFNA 5,244 8,383 8,164 6,503 4,703 3,768 5,142 5,370 3,352 2,095 2,275 2,592 1,793 3,495
KILINOCHCHI - 3 - 24 - 24 - - 69 - 48 159 149 152
MANNAR - 8 40 - 65 - 100 30 - 34 20 150 - 10
VAVUNIYA 405 417 330 281 255 160 206 192 28 2 82 81 109 127
MULLATIVU - - - - 9 - - - - - - - 78 183
BATTICALOA  5,128 5,123 4,903 5,190 4,865 4,959 4,685 4,425 4,163 4,298 5,288 5,082 5,180 7,136
AMPARA  2,607 3,057 1,425 949 697 981 2,016 1,422 1,760 1,409 1,765 3,737 3,955 1,603
TRINCOMALEE  1,562 1,477 1,218 228 1,258 858 1046 983 - - - - 78 0
KURUNEGALA 604 1,574 1,914 560 585 961 748 164 140 52 782 85 143 98
PUTTALAM 1,559 2,215 1,606 1,633 2,576 2,644 1,190 1,116 1,796 1,167 1,374 1,542 1,393 322
ANURADHAPURA - - 130 196 96 22 - - - - 32 - - 0
POLONNARUWA - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0
BADULLA 2,536 2,347 1,844 2,276 999 1,402 1,745 1,033 729 360 555 348 574 972
MONERAGALA 526 332 - 16 - - - - - - - 43 146 0
RATNAPURA 319 752 485 465 426 60 62 82 46 12 2 11 14 151
KEGALLE 215 188 - - - - - 25 - - 27 1 - 0
SRI LANKA 62,635 68,351 63,126 73,324 64,511 55,985 51,468 51,600 42,680 43,864 48,316 34,363 37,835 43,470
Note:Only the number of animals slaughtered at licensed slaughter houses are included here
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Slaughter Statistics - Swine
 
District 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022*
COLOMBO  8,623 6,830 6,948 8,583 3,571 5,208 4,767 5,268 4,091 4,706 4,634 3,497 4,661 3,965
GAMPAHA 3,084 3,048 3,191 5,391 5,689 2,781 4,364 5,661 2,296 1,344 2,419 6,492 17,179 6,879
KALUTARA - - - - - - - - - 294 163 29 63 240
KANDY  - - 48 53 - 60 28 - - 27 - - - 0
MATALE 307 1,327 862 592 358 733 689 1,093 1,309 1,668 1,945 2,468 2,135 2,568
NUWARA ELIYA - - - 8 - - - - - 31 - - - 0
GALLE - - - - - - - - - 4 48 28 40 40
MATARA - - - - - - - - - 12 35 - - 0
HAMBANTOTA - - - - - - - - - - - 50 - 0
JAFFNA - - - - - 3 6 15 12 18 18 29 116 0
KILINOCHCHI - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0
MANNAR - 23 55 - - 38 150 75 75 187 81 - - 85
VAVUNIYA - - - - - - - - - - - - -
MULLATIVU - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0
BATTICALOA  - - - - 2 - - - - - - 82 - 0
AMPARA  - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0
TRINCOMALEE  - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0
KURUNEGALA 1,375 852 1,863 1,047 1,501 1,289 1,805 1,537 1,158 1,844 1,196 1,901 1,197 714
PUTTALAM 8,182 6,679 12,045 13,980 17,160 13,163 10,905 6,789 7,059 8,257 6,952 6,347 6,592 2,223
ANURADHAPURA 167 169 35 - 859 93 340 335 2,030 535 583 251 380 299
POLONNARUWA 56 138 - - - - - 410 315 - - - - 0
BADULLA 19 - - - - - - - - - - - - 0
MONERAGALA - - - 15 45 40 45 - - 150 150 190 373 849
RATNAPURA - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0
KEGALLE 452 473 394 490 425 356 343 - - - - - - 0
SRI LANKA 22,265 19,539 25,441 30,159 29,610 23,764 23,442 21,183 18,345 19,077 18,074 21,364 32,736 17,862
Note:Only the number of animals slaughtered at licensed slaughter houses are included here
Agriculture and Environmental Statistics Division
Department of Census and Statistics, Colombo, Sri Lanka.