Total carabao inventory as of 30 September 2022 was estimated at 2.78 million heads. Of the total carabao inventory, smallhold farms accounted for 99.1 percent, while the remaining comprised the semi-commercial farms and commercial farms at 0.7 percent and 0.2 percent, respectively. (Figure 2)

Higher contribution in the country’s total carabao population were reported in Bicol Region, Western Visayas, and Central Luzon with respective shares of 11.6 percent, 9.7 percent, and 8.7 percent.