Spain’s Cattle Industry
Spain — Cattle Industry
Population
1990: 38867322; 2024: 48848840
Cattle inventory
1990: 5187000; 2024: 6173960 An
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef production
1990: 513898; 2024: 718450 t
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef imports
1990: 59035.8; 2024: 199543.59 t
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Beef exports
1990: 65474.2; 2024: 292637.35 t
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Beef slaughtered
1990: 2065220; 2024: 2483570 An
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef offtake rate
1991: 41; 2024: 40.2 %
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: 1677763 tonnes; 2024: 9382676.71 tonnes
Wheat
1991: 1880647 tonnes; 2024: 7861109.13 tonnes
Barley
1991: 105106 tonnes; 2024: 1591113.77 tonnes
Sorghum
1991: 245111 tonnes; 2024: 75385.07 tonnes
Oats
1991: 6973 tonnes; 2024: 193036.14 tonnes
Soya beans
1991: 2412690 tonnes; 2024: 3699022.15 tonnes
Cake of soya beans
1991: 1694516 tonnes; 2024: 2667002.88 tonnes