Saudi Arabia’s Cattle Industry
Saudi Arabia — Cattle Industry
Population
1990: 10640691; 2024: 35300280
Cattle inventory
1990: 192764; 2024: 534181 An
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef production
1990: 28000; 2024: 43000 t
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef imports
1990: 43568.8; 2024: 267423.18 t
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Beef exports
1990: 1263.1; 2024: 9413.97 t
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Beef slaughtered
1990: 130000; 2024: 202331 An
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef offtake rate
1991: 65.2; 2024: 37.9 %
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: 99590 tonnes; 2024: 4689561.06 tonnes
Wheat
1991: 121906 tonnes; 2024: 3377206.19 tonnes
Barley
1991: 478810 tonnes; 2024: 3608007.38 tonnes
Sorghum
1991: 78 tonnes; 2024: 0.67 tonnes
Oats
1991: 121 tonnes; 2024: 3626.99 tonnes
Soya beans
1991: 35934 tonnes; 2024: 391120.79 tonnes
Cake of soya beans
1991: 262600 tonnes; 2024: 1637715.58 tonnes