Brazil’s Cattle Industry
Brazil — Cattle Industry
Population
1990: 149143223; 2025: 212812405
Cattle inventory
1990: 147102320; 2024: 238180757 An
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef production
1990: 4115000; 2024: 10237584 t
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef imports
1990: 251208.1; 2024: 55909.09 t
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Beef exports
1990: 159697.2; 2024: 3630521.49 t
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Beef slaughtered
1990: 22500000; 2024: 39689184 An
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef offtake rate
1991: 16.4; 2024: 16.7 %
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: 815797 tonnes; 2024: 1640420.08 tonnes
Wheat
1991: 4673130 tonnes; 2024: 6647605.93 tonnes
Barley
1991: 146767 tonnes; 2024: 937096.03 tonnes
Sorghum
1991: 0 tonnes; 2024: 34749.59 tonnes
Oats
1991: 14532 tonnes; 2024: 1857.82 tonnes
Soya beans
1991: 281827 tonnes; 2024: 821545.36 tonnes
Cake of soya beans
1991: 0 tonnes; 2024: 670.3 tonnes