Livestock Production Statistics of India – 2018

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(Updated till 09/2019)

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India has emerged as the largest producer of milk with 20.17 percent share in total milk production in the world. India accounts for about 5.65 percent of the global egg production and also the largest population of milch animals in the world, with 110 million buffaloes, 133 million goats and 63 million sheep. India’s share in total meat production is 3 percent (APEDA, 2018).

Standings of India in the world

Rank	Sector
1st	Total Livestock Population, Milk Production, Cattle Population, Buffalo Population, Carabeef Production, Goat Milk Production, Total Bovine Population
2nd	Goat Population, Bristle Production (a pig industry by-product), Fish Production
3rd	Sheep Production, Egg Production
4th	Chicken Production
5th	Poultry Meat Production, Poultry Production, Meat production
8th	Duck Production
9th	Camel Population, Wool Production

Animal Products Statistics

Commodity	Total Production (per year)	Per Capita Availability	ICMR Recommendations
Milk	176.3 MT	375 grams/day	280 grams/day
Meat	7.7 MT	–	11 kg/year
Eggs	95.2 billion	74 eggs/year	182 eggs/year
Wool	41.5 million kg	–	–

Average Yield per In-Milk Animal in 2017-18

Type of animal	Average yield
Exotic/Cross-bred cow	7.71 kg/day
Indigenous/Non-descript cow	2.93 kg/day
Buffalo	5.47 kg/day
Goat	0.47 kg/day

Average Yield per Year per Bird in 2017-18

Type of bird	Average yield
Desi fowl (Backyard)	107.96 eggs/year
Improved fowl (Commercial)	282.02 eggs/year
Desi duck (Backyard)	109.39 eggs/year
Improved duck (Commercial)	199.84 eggs/year

Average Yield per Season of Wool in 2017-18

Type of animal	Average yield per season
Ram/Wether	1.41 kg
Ewe	1.04 kg
Lamb	0.78 kg

Meat Processing Infrastructure and Related Facts

• Number of regular slaughter houses: 1377
• Number of carcass utilization centres: 09
• Small scale meat retail shops: 25,000
• Abattoirs with meat processing facilities approved by APEDA: 68
• APEDA registered meat processing plants: 32
• APEDA registered stand-alone abattoirs: 11
• Top 5 Carabeef export destinations: Vietnam, Malaysia, Egypt, Indonesia and Saudi Arabia. Vietnam accounted for 48 percent of total Indian exports at 840 thousand metric tons followed by Egypt (9.4 percent), Malaysia (9.3 percent), Indonesia (4.6 percent) and Saudi Arabia (4.4 percent).
• Organized poultry sector inn India: 70 per cent
• Poultry Capital of India: Andhra Pradesh

Leading States in India for Livestock Production

Feature	State
Highest milk producing state	Uttar Pradesh
State with highest per capita availability of milk	Punjab (1120 g)
Highest egg producing state	Andhra Pradesh
State with highest per capita availability of eggs	Andhra Pradesh (312 eggs)
Highest meat production	Uttar Pradesh
Highest goat meat production	West Bengal
Highest poultry and sheep meat production	Andhra Pradesh
Highest wool production	Rajasthan
Highest indigenous milch cows	Madhya Pradesh
Highest Cross-bred or exotic cows	Tamil Nadu
Highest number of poultry birds	Andhra Pradesh
Highest number of mules	Jammu & Kashmir
Highest number of livestock	Uttar Pradesh
Highest cattle population	Madhya Pradesh
Highest buffalo population	Uttar Pradesh
Highest sheep population	Andhra Pradesh
Highest goat population	Rajasthan
Highest pig population	Assam
Highest camel population	Rajasthan
Highest mithun population	Arunachal Pradesh
Highest yak population	Jammu & Kashmir
Highest horses and ponies population	Uttar Pradesh
Highest donkey population	Rajasthan

Share of States in Production of Livestock Products

• Largest Share in Total Milk Production in India: Uttar Pradesh (16.5%)
• Second Largest Share in Total Milk Production in India: Rajasthan (12.7%)
• Largest Share in Total Egg Production in India: Andhra Pradesh (18.7%)
• Second Largest Share in Total Egg Production in India: Tamil Nadu (18.3%)
• Largest Share in Total Meat Production in India: Uttar Pradesh (15.0%)
• Second Largest Share in Total Meat Production in India: Maharashtra (12.1%)
• Largest Share Total Wool Production in India: Rajasthan (34.5%)
• Second Largest Share Total Wool Production in India: Jammu & Kashmir (18.1%)

Annual Growth Rate of Livestock Products

Product	Growth Rate
Meat	3.66 per cent
Broiler production	11 per cent
Egg production	8.03 per cent
Milk production	6.62 per cent
Wool production	-4.78 per cent

Highest Annual Growth Rate of Livestock Products

• Highest growth rate in milk production: Andhra Pradesh (12.7%)
• Highest growth rate in egg production: West Bengal (16.6%)
• Highest growth rate in meat production: Goa (16.70%)
• Highest growth rate in wool production: Bihar (6.13%)

Value Output from Livestock Rearing

Sector	Percentage of total output
Milk and Milk Products	65.05 per cent
Meat and Meat Products	19.83 per cent
Dung	6.93 per cent
Eggs	3.77 per cent
Increment in Livestock	3.35 per cent
Wool and Hair	0.2 per cent

Livestock Census

First livestock census in India was conducted as Dairy Cattle Census in 1919.

Livestock Census 2012 was 19^th Livestock Census conducted with reference date of 15^th October, 2012.

Livestock Census takes place at every five years (Quinquennial)

• Total livestock population: 512.05 million
• Total poultry population: 729.02 million
• Milch animals: 118.59 million
• Total bovine population: 299.99 million
• Total cattle population: 190.90 million
• Total indigenous cattle: 151.17 million
• Total buffalo population: 108.70 million
• Total sheep population: 65.06 million
• Total goat population: 135.17 million
• Total pig population: 10.29 million
• Total camel population: 0.4 million
• Total horses and ponies population: 0.62 million
• Total mules population: 0.19 million
• Total donkey population: 0.32 million
• Total yak population: 0.07 million
• Total mithun population: 0.29 million
• Total elephant population: 22,000
• Total rabbit population: 0.59 million
• Number of animals under Livestock Insurance Scheme of DADF: 842536 (2016-17)

Percentage Distribution of Total Livestock

Species	Percentage
Cattle	37. 28 per cent
Buffalo	21.23 per cent
Sheep	12. 71 per cent
Goat	26.40 per cent
Pigs	2.01 per cent
Others	0.37 per cent

Species Wise Milk Contribution to Total Milk Production in India

Species	Percentage of Total Milk
Buffalo indigenous	35 per cent
Buffalo non-descript	14 per cent
Cow indigenous	10 per cent
Cow non-descript	10 per cent
Cow cross-bred	26 per cent
Cow exotic	1 per cent
Goat	4 per cent

Species Wise Egg Contribution to Total Egg Production in India

Species	Percentage of Total Eggs
Improved fowl	86.99 per cent
Desi fowl	11.83 per cent
Desi duck	0.91 per cent
Improved duck	0.26 per cent

Species Wise Meat Contribution to Total Meat Production in India

Species	Percentage of Total Meat
Poultry	49.64 per cent
Buffalo	18.85 per cent
Goat	13.74 per cent
Sheep	7.94 per cent
Pig	5.22 per cent
Cattle	4.61 per cent

Category Wise Contribution to Total Wool Production in India

Category	Percentage of Total Meat
Ewe	67.71 per cent
Ram/Wether	17.10 per cent
Lamb	15.19 per cent

Incidence of Major Livestock Diseases in 2017

Disease	Number of Outbreaks	Deaths
Foot & Mouth Disease (FMD)	146	388
Haemorrhagic Septicaemia  (HS)	75	284
Black Quarter (BQ)	62	71
Anthrax	39	247
Fascioliasis	185	0
Sheep & Goat Pox	38	955
Blue Tongue	17	11718
Contagious Caprine Pleuropneumonia (CCPP)	3	19
Amphistomiasis	89	0
Swine Fever	33	422
Coccidiosis	350	5687
Ranikhet Disease (NCD)	113	3240
Chronic Respiratory Disease (CRD)	347	13232
Rabies	109	355
Babesiosis	285	20
Mastitis	318	0
Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR)	145	8
Glanders	6	2153
Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)	107	155

Value of Livestock Export and Import in 2017-18

Broad Group	Value
India’s total import of livestock and livestock products	Rs. 101.24 billion
India’s total export of livestock and livestock products	Rs. 457.76 billion

Area under Fodder Crops and Permanent Pastures (2014-15)

Fodder Crops: 9.13 million hectares

Permanent Pastures and other Grazing Lands: 10.25 million hectares

Share of Usually Working Persons in Animal Production (per 1000 persons)

Category of Worker	Rural	Urban
Men	10.2	5.5
Women	88.3	25.6

Fish Production Statistics

Total Fish Production in India: 12.32 MT

Fish Seed Production: 72193.91 million fry

Inland Fisheries Resources

• Total Water Bodies: 73.12 Lakh Ha

Marine Fisheries Resources

• Approximate length of coastline: 8118 km
• Continental Shelf: 5.30 Lakh sq.km.
• Number of Landing Centers: 1547
• Number of Fishing Villages: 3477
• Number of fisherman families: 893258
• Total fishing crafts: 255382

Demographic Dependence on Livestock

• Livestock sector employs 8 per cent of total Indian Workforce
• Percentage of population dependent on agriculture for livelihood: 49.8 per cent
• Percentage of livestock owned by marginal, small and semi-medium farmers: 87.7 per cent
• Percentage of area used for all types of livestock farming: 1.69 per cent

Percentage of the World Livestock Present in India

Species	Percentage present in India
Total Livestock	11.54 per cent
Buffalo	56.7 per cent
Small ruminants	20.4 per cent
Cattle	12.5 per cent
Poultry	3.1 per cent

Infrastructure Related to Animal Husbandry in India

(As of 31-03-2018)

• Veterinary Dispensaries: 25263
• Veterinary Aid Centres (Stockman Centres/Mobile Dispensaries): 27628
• Veterinary Hospitals/Polyclinics: 12099
• Number of ICD Projects: 346
• Semen Production Centres: 56
• Frozen Semen Banks: 226
• Number of AI Centres: 99239
• Cattle Breeding Farms: 185
• Buffalo Breeding Farms: 35
• Number of Gaushalas: 6495
• Liquid Nitrogen Plants: 92
• Poultry Breeding Farms: 2099
• Duck Breeding Farms: 38
• Hatcheries: 594
• Sheep Breeding Farms: 88
• Intensive Sheep Development Projects: 69
• Sheep & Wool Extension Centres: 1544
• Wool Grading Centres: 16
• Goat Breeding Farms: 161
• Rabbit Breeding Farms: 34
• Fodder Seed Production Farms: 297
• Pig Breeding Farms: 366
• Camel Breeding Farms: 2
• Horse Farms: 14
• Rinderpest Check Posts: 170
• Milk Processing Factories: 307
• Liquid Milk Plants: 1543
• Total Artificial Inseminations done in 2017-18: 73.07 million
• Highest number of veterinary aid centres: Rajasthan

World Leaders in Livestock Production

Category	Number One in the World
Bovines	India
Cattle	India
Buffalo	India
Milk production	India
Carabeef	India
Pigs	China
Donkeys	China
Sheep	China
Goat	China
Duck	China
Fish	China
Eggs	China
Chevon	China
Mutton	China
Pork	China
Camels	Somalia
Poultry	USA
Poultry meat	Brazil
Fibre	Australia
Wool	Australia
Beef	USA

Per Capita Monthly Consumption Expenditure in India

Rural Areas: Rs. 1278.94

Urban Areas: Rs. 2399.24

Share of Agriculture & Allied Sectors in Gross Value Added (GVA)

(At current prices in Rs. Crore for 2016-17)

Total GVA: Rs. 13841591 crores

Total Agricultural GVA: 2484005 (17.9% of total)

Category	Total GVA (in crores)	Percentage Share (%)
Crops	1530137	11.1
Livestock	639912	4.6
Forestry and logging	180465	1.3
Fishing and aquaculture	133492	1.0

Export Statement of Animal Products for the year 2018-19

Animal Product	Quantity (In MT)	Value (In Lakh Rs.)	Percent share in total export
Buffalo Meat	1236638.40	2516830.67	19.30
Sheep/Goat Meat	18424.97	79064.89	0.61
Other Meat	852.36	1373.04	0.01
Processed Meat	405.63	1351.94	0.01
Animal Casings	14882.83	48066.26	0.37
Poultry Products	544985.05	68731.46	0.53
Dairy Products	113725.73	242301.38	1.86
Casein	5638.75	22052.59	0.17
Natural Honey	61333.90	73218.84	0.56
Albumin( Eggs & Milk )	2196.83	10306.26	0.08
Total	1999084.45	3063297.33

Sources

• 19th Livestock Census (2014). DADF, Ministry of Agriculture, GoI.
• Three Year Export Statement, APEDA. Retrieved from https://agriexchange.apeda.gov.in/indexp/ExportStatement.aspx on 14-09-2019.
• Basic Animal Husbandry & Fisheries Statistics (2018). Animal Husbandry Statistics Division, DADF, Ministry of Agriculture, GoI. 

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