El Salvador’s Cattle Industry
El Salvador — Cattle Industry
Population
1990: 5399726; 2024: 6338193
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