Bolivia’s Cattle Industry
Bolivia — Cattle Industry
Population
1990: 7130142; 2025: 12581843
Cattle inventory
1990: 5131659; 2024: 11245622 An
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef production
1990: 130398; 2024: 349417.26 t
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef imports
1990: 357.5; 2024: 2437.98 t
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Beef exports
1990: 0; 2024: 74199.95 t
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Beef slaughtered
1990: 770530; 2024: 1704622 An
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef offtake rate
1991: 15; 2024: 15.2 %
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: 88 tonnes; 2024: 4838.4 tonnes
Wheat
1991: 300000 tonnes; 2024: 25205.34 tonnes
Barley
1991: 0 tonnes; 2021: 667 tonnes
Sorghum
1991: 78 tonnes; 2024: 1850 tonnes
Oats
1991: 232 tonnes; 2023: 0 tonnes
Soya beans
1991: 92 tonnes; 2024: 2451.78 tonnes
Cake of soya beans
Baseline: Unavailable tonnes; 2023: 0 tonnes