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Census of Public and Semi Government Sector Employment - 2024 Preliminary_Report . . . . . . . . . . . The estimated number of employees in all Public and Semi - Government Sector institutions is 1,156,018........ // .......... GDP - Economic growth rate for the first quarter of year 2025 has been estimated as 4.8 percent.

National Livestock Statistics 2020 - 2024

Neat Cattle | Buffaloes | Goats, Sheep and Swine | Poultry| Average Monthly Production

Neat Cattle (Number)

Cattle		Year
		2020		2021		2022		2023		2024*
		Local	Improved	Local	Improved	Local	Improved	Local	Improved	Local	Improved
Milk Cows	Milking at Present	237,240	101,110	246,500	104,910	243,720	104,660	242,890	100,460	245,780	105,370
Milk Cows	Milking not at Present	215,400	54,600	219,480	55,160	217,770	54,920	214,120	59,380	213,020	60,070
Other Cows		33,330	8,290	30,960	7,860	30,080	8,760	35,190	11,070	35,510	9,870
Bulls		74,960	17,430	74,060	18,170	74,990	18,310	70,070	15,480	65,820	15,810
Calves		267,190	94,020	278,170	95,810	277,620	98,800	276,930	96,780	274,040	100,160
Total Cattle		828,120	275,450	849,170	281,910	844,180	283,450	839,200	283,170	834,170	291,280

Buffaloes (Number)

Buffaloes		Year
		2020		2021		2022		2023		2024*
		Local	Improved	Local	Improved	Local	Improved	Local	Improved	Local	Improved
Milk Cows	Milking at Present	89,480	12,570	91,870	13,730	88,280	13,650	94,370	14,680	95,920	15,530
Milk Cows	Milking not at Present	64,110	9,510	67,700	9,850	65,060	9,640	63,110	10,540	62,620	10,920
Other Cows		9,700	1,340	8,650	1,180	8,370	1,150	10,280	1,430	10,660	1,700
Bulls		24,680	3,410	23,720	3,490	23,470	3,410	20,530	3,300	20,530	3,380
Calves		96,050	13,000	98,550	14,470	97,680	14,160	94,260	14,510	99,650	15,630
Total Buffaloes		284,020	38,980	290,490	42,720	282,860	2,010	282,550	44,460	289,380	47,160

Goats, Sheep and Swine (Number)

Species	Year
Species	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024*
Goats	334,430	361,740	365,790	350,550	351,450
Sheep	11,290	12,010	12,200	12,880	17,820
Swine	92,640	99,010	100,250	101,970	109,660

Poultry (Number)

Poultry	Year
	2020		2021		2022		2023		2024*
	Local	Improved	Local	Improved	Local	Improved	Local	Improved	Local	Improved
Cock Birds	13,641,690		14,149,290		13,000,140		10,190,240		10,566,130
Hens	1,095,820	6,221,620	1,160,740	5,879,190	1,161,530	5,617,100	1,167,150	4,631,540	1,238,730	5,021,760
Chicks	3,318,700		3,121,470		2,987,980		2,076,170		1,889,000
Total Chicken	24,277,830		24,310,690		22,766,750		18,065,100		18,715,620
Ducks	14,010		19,835		13,275		15,200		16,430

Average Monthly Production

Product	Year
	2020		2021		2022		2023		2024*
	Local	Improved	Local	Improved	Local	Improved	Local	Improved	Local	Improved
Cow Milk (Litres)	14,439,932	20,029,695	15,173,411	20,274,059	14,708,180	20,224,880	14,281,221	19,977,000	13,886,763	21,946,737
Buffalo Milk (Litres)	5,113,995	1,377,930	5,581,883	1,746,105	5,586,077	1,684,998	6,096,834	1,657,725	5,924,190	1,717,890
Total Milk (Litres)	40,961,552		42,775,457		42,204,134		42,012,780		43,475,580
Eggs (Number)	155,807,870		162,809,310		154,049,817		133,658,430		141,051,150

*Provisional