United Arab Emirates’s Cattle Industry
United Arab Emirates — Cattle Industry
Population
1990: 1898220; 2024: 10986400
Cattle inventory
1990: 49328; 2024: 119098 An
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef production
1990: 5385; 2024: 22004.76 t
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef imports
1990: 22000; 2024: 353110.77 t
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Beef exports
1990: 2500; 2024: 12814.27 t
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Beef slaughtered
1990: 21540; 2024: 88021 An
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef offtake rate
1991: 41.4; 2024: 73.9 %
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: 32594 tonnes; 2024: 662092.92 tonnes
Wheat
1991: 58769 tonnes; 2024: 1500000 tonnes
Barley
1991: 36074 tonnes; 2024: 134641.37 tonnes
Sorghum
Baseline: Unavailable tonnes; 2024: 15301.17 tonnes
Oats
1991: 1800 tonnes; 2024: 48440.43 tonnes
Soya beans
1991: 0 tonnes; 2024: 109312.09 tonnes
Cake of soya beans
1991: 29875 tonnes; 2024: 334285.81 tonnes