Morocco’s Cattle Industry

Morocco — Cattle Industry

Population

1990: 24375551; 2024: 38081173

World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL)

Cattle inventory

1990: 3346258; 2024: 2365210 An

FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)

Beef production

1990: 144890; 2024: 254200 t

FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)

Beef imports

1990: 3915.7; 2024: 8415.59 t

FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)

Beef exports

1990: 0; 2024: 54.88 t

FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)

Beef slaughtered

1990: 891851; 2024: 1270000 An

FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)

Beef offtake rate

1991: 28.6; 2024: 53.7 %

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: 180809 tonnes; 2024: 2856995.73 tonnes

Wheat

1991: 1533760 tonnes; 2024: 5147851.33 tonnes

Barley

1991: 183243 tonnes; 2024: 1063941.48 tonnes

Sorghum

1991: 381 tonnes; 2024: 171 tonnes

Oats

1991: 0 tonnes; 2024: 1718.43 tonnes

Soya beans

1991: 14715 tonnes; 2024: 29800 tonnes

Cake of soya beans

1991: 3177 tonnes; 2024: 461949.5 tonnes