As of 31 March 2024, the total carabao inventory was estimated at 2.70 million heads. This indicates a decline of 1.7 percent from its previous year’s same period count of 2.75 million heads. About 99.3 percent of the country’s carabao population came from smallhold farms, while the remaining 0.6 percent and 0.1 percent were from semi-commercial and commercial farms, respectively. (Figure 2)

As of 31 March 2024, the total cattle inventory reached 2.61 million heads. This indicates an increase of 1.2 percent from the previous year’s same period count of 2.58 million heads. About 83.8 percent of the country’s cattle population during the period came from smallhold farms, while the remaining 13.5 percent and 2.8 percent were comprised of semi-commercial farms and commercial farms, respectively. (Figure 6)

As of 31 March 2024, the total goat inventory was estimated at 3.89 million heads. This reflects a decrease of 1.1 percent from the previous year’s same period count of 3.94 million heads. About 99.3 percent of the country’s goat population came from smallhold farms, while semi-commercial and commercial farms contributed 0.3 percent each, respectively. (Figure 10)

As of 31 March 2024, the country’s total swine inventory was estimated at 9.96 million heads. This was 2.5 percent lower than the previous year’s same period count of 10.21 million heads. About 70.4 percent of the country’s swine population came from smallhold farms, while the remaining 27.1 percent and 2.4 percent were from commercial and semi-commercial farms, respectively. (Figure 14)

As 31 March 2024, the total count of dairy animals was estimated at 151.27 thousand heads. This indicates a growth of 58.7 percent from the previous year’s same period count of 95.30 thousand heads. Of the total dairy animals inventory as of 31 March 2024, the dairy carabao accounted for 54.0 percent. This was followed by dairy goat with 23.4 percent share and dairy cattle with 22.6 percent share. (Figure 18)

As of 31 March 2024, the total chicken inventory reached 207.28 million birds. This was 5.5 percent higher than the previous year’s same period count of 196.52 million birds. Broiler chicken and layer chicken stocks both registered expansions of 6.7 percent, while population of native/improved chicken also grew by 3.8 percent. (Figure 22)

As of 31 March 2024, the country’s total chicken laying flock was estimated at 70.85 million birds. This represents an increment of 8.0 percent from the inventory level of 65.60 million birds in the same period of the previous year. The layer chicken, native/improved chicken, and broiler breeder laying flock inventory recorded increases of 9.5 percent, 3.7 percent, and 17.4 percent, respectively. Of the total laying flock, layer chicken shared 60.0 percent. This was followed by native/improved chicken with 33.2 percent and broiler breeder with 6.9 percent share. (Figure 27)

As of 31 March 2024, the total duck inventory was recorded at 14.43 million birds. This was 0.4 percent higher than the previous year’s same period level of 14.38 million birds. About 67.5 percent of the country’s duck population came from smallhold farms, while the remaining 30.3 percent and 2.2 percent were from semi-commercial and commercial farms, respectively. (Figure 31)

As of 31 March 2024, the total duck laying flock inventory was estimated at 8.17 million birds. This was 5.2 percent higher than the previous year’s same period count of 7.77 million birds.