Suriname’s Cattle Industry
Suriname — Cattle Industry
Population
1990: 412493; 2025: 639850
Cattle inventory
1990: 91975; 2024: 28821 An
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef production
1990: 2250; 2024: 1488.48 t
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef imports
1990: 40.3; 2024: 844.03 t
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Beef exports
Baseline: Unavailable; 2024: 7.8 t
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Beef slaughtered
1990: 14700; 2024: 7229 An
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef offtake rate
1991: 19.1; 2024: 25.1 %
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: 25000 tonnes; 2024: 7975.11 tonnes
Wheat
1991: 19047 tonnes; 2024: 22000 tonnes
Barley
Baseline: Unavailable tonnes; 2017: 0 tonnes
Sorghum
Baseline: Unavailable tonnes; 2017: 1.13 tonnes
Oats
Baseline: Unavailable tonnes; 2016: 0 tonnes
Soya beans
1991: 0 tonnes; 2024: 60.48 tonnes
Cake of soya beans
1991: 0 tonnes; 2024: 11998.33 tonnes