Costa Rica’s Cattle Industry
Costa Rica — Cattle Industry
Population
1990: 3121706; 2024: 5129910
Cattle inventory
1990: 2201000; 2024: 1576149 An
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef production
1990: 87481; 2024: 94191.44 t
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef imports
1990: 1414.5; 2024: 16656.22 t
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Beef exports
1990: 19525.5; 2024: 39049.61 t
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Beef slaughtered
1990: 412892; 2024: 409528 An
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef offtake rate
1991: 21.4; 2024: 26 %
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: 232495 tonnes; 2024: 1071573.45 tonnes
Wheat
1991: 151860 tonnes; 2024: 292671.51 tonnes
Barley
1991: 64 tonnes; 2024: 25.66 tonnes
Sorghum
1991: 0 tonnes; 2024: 2.11 tonnes
Oats
1991: 31 tonnes; 2024: 243.61 tonnes
Soya beans
1991: 80200 tonnes; 2024: 264412.03 tonnes
Cake of soya beans
1991: 5445 tonnes; 2024: 132856.4 tonnes