Pakistan’s Cattle Industry

Pakistan — Cattle Industry

Population

1990: 116155576; 2024: 251269164

World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL)

Cattle inventory

1990: 17677008; 2024: 57541000 An

FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)

Beef production

1990: 287000; 2024: 1366891.36 t

FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)

Beef imports

1990: 701.3; 2024: 627.91 t

FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)

Beef exports

1990: 258.2; 2024: 107205.35 t

FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)

Beef slaughtered

1990: 1750000; 2024: 10502000 An

FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)

Beef offtake rate

1991: 9.9; 2024: 18.3 %

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: 101 tonnes; 2024: 28446.08 tonnes

Wheat

1991: 972073 tonnes; 2024: 2169334 tonnes

Barley

1991: 0 tonnes; 2024: 10666 tonnes

Sorghum

1991: 0 tonnes; 2024: 4634 tonnes

Oats

1991: 0 tonnes; 2024: 4412 tonnes

Soya beans

1991: 0 tonnes; 2024: 1039445.55 tonnes

Cake of soya beans

1991: 1021 tonnes; 2024: 292178.54 tonnes