India’s Cattle Industry
India — Cattle Industry
Population
1990: 864972221; 2024: 1450935791
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