Panama’s Cattle Industry
Panama — Cattle Industry
Population
1990: 2455583; 2024: 4515577
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