Thailand’s Cattle Industry

Thailand — Cattle Industry

Population

1990: 54738329; 2024: 71668011

World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL)

Cattle inventory

1990: 5668530; 2024: 4293189 An

FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)

Beef production

1990: 180129; 2024: 112425.2 t

FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)

Beef imports

1990: 748; 2024: 68131.59 t

FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)

Beef exports

1990: 485.9; 2024: 30927.64 t

FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)

Beef slaughtered

1990: 900645; 2024: 724716 An

FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)

Beef offtake rate

1991: 14.2; 2024: 16.9 %

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: 904 tonnes; 2024: 2022131.67 tonnes

Wheat

1991: 453154 tonnes; 2024: 4027600.93 tonnes

Barley

1991: 7028 tonnes; 2024: 38150.9 tonnes

Sorghum

1991: 2289 tonnes; 2024: 40.59 tonnes

Oats

1991: 0 tonnes; 2024: 205.47 tonnes

Soya beans

1991: 34 tonnes; 2024: 3871097.17 tonnes

Cake of soya beans

1991: 428244 tonnes; 2024: 2834319.31 tonnes