Chile’s Cattle Industry

Chile — Cattle Industry

Population

1990: 13437176; 2024: 19764771

World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL)

Cattle inventory

1990: 3403850; 2024: 2962490 An

FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)

Beef production

1990: 242452; 2024: 197958.3 t

FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)

Beef imports

1990: 4285.9; 2024: 392573.65 t

FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)

Beef exports

1990: 130.7; 2024: 27021.98 t

FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)

Beef slaughtered

1990: 1010741; 2024: 760265 An

FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)

Beef offtake rate

1991: 27.2; 2024: 25.7 %

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: 284820 tonnes; 2024: 2662903.77 tonnes

Wheat

1991: 161333 tonnes; 2024: 979210.73 tonnes

Barley

1991: 10000 tonnes; 2024: 0.81 tonnes

Sorghum

1991: 6262 tonnes; 2024: 8440.85 tonnes

Oats

1991: 0 tonnes; 2024: 6.83 tonnes

Soya beans

1991: 675 tonnes; 2024: 86098.74 tonnes

Cake of soya beans

1991: 101943 tonnes; 2024: 1077094.03 tonnes