Guatemala’s Cattle Industry

Guatemala — Cattle Industry

Population

1990: 9024773; 2024: 18406359

World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL)

Cattle inventory

1990: 2032400; 2024: 4343871 An

FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)

Beef production

1990: 66613; 2024: 312601.68 t

FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)

Beef imports

1990: 133.1; 2024: 30882.36 t

FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)

Beef exports

1990: 21242; 2024: 4699.15 t

FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)

Beef slaughtered

1990: 367594; 2024: 1158037 An

FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)

Beef offtake rate

1991: 13.7; 2024: 26.7 %

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: 135659 tonnes; 2024: 2019437.61 tonnes

Wheat

1991: 250838 tonnes; 2024: 720967.13 tonnes

Barley

1991: 6 tonnes; 2024: 3.83 tonnes

Sorghum

1991: 106 tonnes; 2024: 12.19 tonnes

Oats

1991: 3825 tonnes; 2024: 3298.88 tonnes

Soya beans

1991: 880 tonnes; 2024: 173.03 tonnes

Cake of soya beans

1991: 43210 tonnes; 2024: 585847.55 tonnes