Colombia’s Cattle Industry

Colombia — Cattle Industry

Population

1990: 32440069; 2024: 52886363

World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL)

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