Colombia’s Cattle Industry
Colombia — Cattle Industry
Population
1990: 32440069; 2024: 52886363
Cattle inventory
1990: 24383504; 2024: 30344182 An
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef production
1990: 746107; 2024: 731624.83 t
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef imports
1990: 234.8; 2024: 13474.93 t
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Beef exports
1990: 11354.7; 2024: 36775.69 t
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Beef slaughtered
1990: 3883553; 2024: 3225606 An
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef offtake rate
1991: 15; 2024: 10.6 %
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: 8109 tonnes; 2024: 6850855.19 tonnes
Wheat
1991: 642619 tonnes; 2024: 1923959.33 tonnes
Barley
1991: 115760 tonnes; 2024: 358999.5 tonnes
Sorghum
1991: 684 tonnes; 2024: 255.46 tonnes
Oats
1991: 10473 tonnes; 2024: 926.91 tonnes
Soya beans
1991: 69098 tonnes; 2024: 443642.94 tonnes
Cake of soya beans
1991: 10178 tonnes; 2024: 1709887.6 tonnes