2019 to 2021 data on bovine cattle inventory for the Department of Boyacá, Colombia. It contains annual counts of cattle categorized by sex and age group for each municipality. The figures were obtained by the Rural Agricultural Planning Unit (UPRA) of the Ministry of Agriculture in coordination with municipalities.
Use Cases
- Analyze the distribution of cattle age groups (e.g., HEMBRAS MENORES DE 12 MESES, MACHOS MAYORES DE 36 MESES) across MUNICIPIO to identify regional breeding or production patterns.
- Model annual changes in TOTAL cattle population per AÑO and MUNICIPIO to assess agricultural growth or decline in the Boyacá region.
- Forecast future herd composition by training models on the detailed sex and age breakdown columns (e.g., HEMBRAS DE 24 A 36 MESES, MACHOS DE 12 A 24 MESES).
Strengths
- Data covers a 3-year time range (2019-2021) for temporal analysis.
- Provides detailed demographic breakdown with 11 columns for sex and age categories per record.
Limitations
- Dataset size (rows) is unknown, limiting assessment of statistical power.
- Geographic scope is limited to a single Colombian department, Boyacá.
Provenance
- Source
- Unidad de Planificación Rural Agropecuaria (UPRA) of the Colombian Ministry of Agriculture.
- Collection Method
- Compiled in coordination with municipalities.
- Time Range
- 2019 to 2021
- Freshness
- Data current through 2021, with a metadata update in December 2025.
- Geography
- Municipalities within the Department of Boyacá, Colombia.