Egypt’s Cattle Industry
Egypt — Cattle Industry
Population
1990: 58396618; 2024: 116538258
Cattle inventory
1990: 2617835; 2024: 2625729 An
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef production
1990: 143000; 2024: 321030.99 t
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef imports
1990: 160586.4; 2024: 310260.75 t
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Beef exports
1990: 3551.9; 2024: 4508.47 t
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Beef slaughtered
1990: 1065000; 2024: 1157851 An
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef offtake rate
1991: 35.3; 2024: 44.1 %
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: 1300000 tonnes; 2024: 7890034.19 tonnes
Wheat
1991: 5587400 tonnes; 2024: 13095852.18 tonnes
Barley
1991: 25913 tonnes; 2024: 3586.87 tonnes
Sorghum
1991: 100000 tonnes; 2024: 1447.35 tonnes
Oats
Baseline: Unavailable tonnes; 2024: 2.22 tonnes
Soya beans
1991: 0 tonnes; 2024: 3364920.54 tonnes
Cake of soya beans
1991: 252843 tonnes; 2024: 509378.57 tonnes