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The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) for the month of February 2026 is 97.3

National Livestock Statistics 2021 - 2025

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

Neat Cattle (Number)

Cattle		Year
		2021		2022		2023		2024		2025*⁽¹⁾
		Local	Improved	Local	Improved	Local	Improved	Local	Improved	Local	Improved
Milk Cows	Milking at Present	246,500	104,910	243,720	104,660	242,890	100,460	245,780	105,370	248,670	101,570
Milk Cows	Milking not at Present	219,480	55,160	217,770	54,920	214,120	59,380	213,020	60,070	216,250	57,371
Other Cows		30,960	7,860	30,080	8,760	35,190	11,070	35,510	9,870	35,400	9,750
Bulls		74,060	18,170	74,990	18,310	70,070	15,480	65,820	15,810	63,180	15,530
Calves		278,170	95,810	277,620	98,800	276,930	96,780	274,040	100,160	278,390	101,450
Total Cattle		849,170	281,910	844,180	283,450	839,200	283,170	834,170	291,280	841,890	285,670

Buffaloes (Number)

Buffaloes		Year
		2021		2022		2023		2024		2025*⁽¹⁾
		Local	Improved	Local	Improved	Local	Improved	Local	Improved	Local	Improved
Milk Cows	Milking at Present	91,870	13,730	88,280	13,650	94,370	14,680	95,920	15,530	97,130	16,390
Milk Cows	Milking not at Present	67,700	9,850	65,060	9,640	63,110	10,540	62,620	10,920	61,660	11,380
Other Cows		8,650	1,180	8,370	1,150	10,280	1,430	10,660	1,700	10,790	1,710
Bulls		23,720	3,490	23,470	3,410	20,530	3,300	20,530	3,380	18,890	3,110
Calves		98,550	14,470	97,680	14,160	94,260	14,510	99,650	15,630	100,840	15,380
Total Buffaloes		290,490	42,720	282,860	2,010	282,550	44,460	289,380	47,160	289,200	47,970

Goats, Sheep and Swine (Number)

Species	Year
Species	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025*⁽¹⁾
Goats	361,740	365,790	350,550	351,450	360,070
Sheep	12,010	12,200	12,880	17,820	18,260
Swine	99,010	100,250	101,970	109,660	64,710

Poultry (Number)

Poultry	Year
	2021		2022		2023		2024		2025*⁽¹⁾
	Local	Improved	Local	Improved	Local	Improved	Local	Improved	Local	Improved
Cock Birds	14,149,290		13,000,140		10,190,240		10,566,130		10,660,190
Hens	1,160,740	5,879,190	1,161,530	5,617,100	1,167,150	4,631,540	1,238,730	5,021,760	1,164,010	5,268,460
Chicks	3,121,470		2,987,980		2,076,170		1,889,000		1,907,190
Total Chicken	24,310,690		22,766,750		18,065,100		18,715,620		18,990,850
Ducks	19,835		13,275		15,200		16,430		15,285

Average Monthly Production

Product	Year
	2021		2022		2023		2024		2025*⁽¹⁾
	Local	Improved	Local	Improved	Local	Improved	Local	Improved	Local	Improved
Cow Milk (Litres)	15,173,411	20,274,059	14,708,180	20,224,880	14,281,221	19,977,000	13,886,763	21,946,737	13,788,330	22,172,280
Buffalo Milk (Litres)	5,581,883	1,746,105	5,586,077	1,684,998	6,096,834	1,657,725	5,924,190	1,717,890	5,771,850	1,937,910
Total Milk (Litres)	42,775,457		42,204,134		42,012,780		43,475,580		43,670,370
Eggs (Number)	162,809,310		154,049,817		133,658,430		141,051,150		146,141,703

*Provisional

⁽¹⁾Excluding the Livestock data for Puttalam DS Division (Puttalam District)