Panama’s Cattle Industry

Panama — Cattle Industry

Population

1990: 2455583; 2024: 4515577

World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL)

Cattle inventory

1990: 1388000; 2024: 1401169 An

FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)

Beef production

1990: 64248; 2024: 71678.08 t

FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)

Beef imports

1990: 7; 2024: 6401.22 t

FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)

Beef exports

1990: 2301; 2024: 8378.62 t

FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)

Beef slaughtered

1990: 294523; 2024: 326791 An

FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)

Beef offtake rate

1991: 20.1; 2024: 23.3 %

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: 60808 tonnes; 2024: 569066.97 tonnes

Wheat

1991: 85589 tonnes; 2024: 153418.65 tonnes

Barley

1991: 0 tonnes; 2024: 6.9 tonnes

Sorghum

1991: 234 tonnes; 2024: 130.31 tonnes

Oats

1991: 720 tonnes; 2024: 581.9 tonnes

Soya beans

1991: 1259 tonnes; 2024: 38171.26 tonnes

Cake of soya beans

1991: 35626 tonnes; 2024: 218291.69 tonnes