As of 30 June 2022, the total carabao inventory reached 2.74 million heads. This was -3.7 percent lower than the previous year’s same period count of 2.85 million heads. Carabao population in both backyard farms and commercial farms diminished by -3.5 percent and -50.0 percent, respectively. Of the total carabao population, 99.8 percent were raised in backyard farms, while the remaining 0.2 percent were from commercial farms. (Figure 2)

In terms of carabao inventory, the top regions were Bicol Region, Western Visayas, and Central Luzon with a combined share of 30.4 percent to the total carabao population.