Nicaragua’s Cattle Industry
Nicaragua — Cattle Industry
Population
1990: 4162559; 2024: 6916140
Cattle inventory
1990: 3200000; 2023: 5619536 An
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef production
1990: 57286; 2023: 152223.48 t
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef imports
1990: 0; 2023: 1045.48 t
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Beef exports
1990: 30498; 2023: 156630.39 t
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Beef slaughtered
1990: 418400; 2023: 752994 An
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef offtake rate
1991: 13; 2024: Unavailable %
Unavailable because exact FAOSTAT cattle inventory and/or slaughter observations are missing for 2024.
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: 2555 tonnes; 2023: 463362.73 tonnes
Wheat
1991: 89975 tonnes; 2023: 146854.11 tonnes
Barley
1991: 36 tonnes; 2023: 0.15 tonnes
Sorghum
1991: 338 tonnes; 2023: 200.94 tonnes
Oats
1991: 670 tonnes; 2023: 0.04 tonnes
Soya beans
1991: 3000 tonnes; 2023: 3.2 tonnes
Cake of soya beans
1991: 8282 tonnes; 2023: 136085.86 tonnes