India’s Cattle Industry

India — Cattle Industry

Population

1990: 864972221; 2024: 1450935791

World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL)

Cattle inventory

1990: 202500000; 2024: 194753479 An

FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)

Beef production

1990: 1060590.82; 2024: Unavailable t

FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)

Beef imports

1990: 0; 2013: 1.3 t

FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)

Beef exports

1990: 11793.1; 2024: 1238701.61 t

FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)

Beef slaughtered

1990: 10297000; 2024: Unavailable An

FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)

Beef offtake rate

1991: Unavailable; 2024: Unavailable %

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: 0 tonnes; 2024: 895523.5 tonnes

Wheat

1991: 0 tonnes; 2024: 116428.4 tonnes

Barley

1991: 0 tonnes; 2024: 121134.53 tonnes

Sorghum

1991: 0 tonnes; 2024: 0.15 tonnes

Oats

1991: 0 tonnes; 2024: 31737.77 tonnes

Soya beans

1991: 0 tonnes; 2024: 593111.53 tonnes

Cake of soya beans

1991: 1532 tonnes; 2024: 19001.55 tonnes