ZAGREB, 17 April (Hina) – Croatia registered an increase in the number of livestock and poultry in 2024, according to data from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics (DZS) as of 1 November 2024.

Last year, there were 422,000 head of cattle, representing a 1.7% increase compared to the previous year, when there were 415,000.

The number of cattle over two years of age rose by 1.9% to 158,000, while the number of dairy cows remained roughly the same at around 71,000.

The number of young cattle under one year of age also increased, by 3.4%, to a total of 150,000.

The number of pigs increased by 2.3% compared to 2023, reaching 873,000.

The total number of sheep in 2024 rose by 0.2% to 553,000.

The total number of goats decreased by 6.8%, amounting to 68,000.

The number of poultry increased by 5.2% compared to the previous year, reaching 11.3 million birds.

Within that, the number of broiler chickens increased by 7.4% to 7.6 million, and the number of hens rose by 2.2% to 2.8 million, while the number of turkeys fell by 9.5% to 323,000.