El Salvador’s Cattle Industry

El Salvador — Cattle Industry

Population

1990: 5399726; 2024: 6338193

World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL)

Cattle inventory

1990: 1219700; 2024: 772208 An

FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)

Beef production

1990: 27212; 2024: 16414.65 t

FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)

Beef imports

1990: 81.5; 2024: 49174.71 t

FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)

Beef exports

1990: 829; 2024: 236.6 t

FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)

Beef slaughtered

1990: 162520; 2024: 115831 An

FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)

Beef offtake rate

1991: 11.3; 2024: 15 %

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: 91034 tonnes; 2024: 728908.14 tonnes

Wheat

1991: 316668 tonnes; 2024: 262010.76 tonnes

Barley

1991: 0 tonnes; 2024: 9.95 tonnes

Sorghum

1991: 37 tonnes; 2024: 0.02 tonnes

Oats

1991: 32 tonnes; 2024: 12.89 tonnes

Soya beans

1991: 0 tonnes; 2024: 29.18 tonnes

Cake of soya beans

1991: 64635 tonnes; 2024: 231646.57 tonnes