Algeria’s Cattle Industry

Algeria — Cattle Industry

Population

1990: 25375810; 2024: 46814308

World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL)

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