Algeria’s Cattle Industry
Algeria — Cattle Industry
Population
1990: 25375810; 2024: 46814308
Cattle inventory
1990: 1392700; 2024: 1782454 An
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef production
1990: 89500; 2024: 135000 t
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef imports
1990: 10951.2; 2024: 91579.95 t
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Beef exports
1990: 0; 2024: 36.37 t
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Beef slaughtered
1990: 584000; 2024: 648036 An
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef offtake rate
1991: 45.4; 2024: 36.4 %
Derived as head slaughtered ÷ total cattle inventory × 100.
Derived from FAOSTAT cattle inventory and slaughter
Selected grain and feed imports
Supplier breakdown from the FAOSTAT Detailed Trade Matrix, latest year with recorded import value per country; feed items summed. Reported by the importing country.
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Maize (corn)
1991: 830623 tonnes; 2024: 4950594.78 tonnes
Wheat
1991: 2321798 tonnes; 2024: 6922843.66 tonnes
Barley
1991: 44619 tonnes; 2024: 782938.89 tonnes
Sorghum
1991: 3123 tonnes; 2024: 190.16 tonnes
Oats
1991: 12342 tonnes; 2024: 2082.1 tonnes
Soya beans
1991: 0 tonnes; 2024: 1616858.71 tonnes
Cake of soya beans
1991: 340102 tonnes; 2024: 325906.72 tonnes