Venezuela’s Cattle Industry
Venezuela — Cattle Industry
Population
1990: 19827010; 2025: 28516896
Cattle inventory
1990: 13272100; 2024: 15749209 An
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef production
1990: 381911; 2024: 379168.96 t
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef imports
1990: 1300; 2024: 1013.81 t
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Beef exports
1990: 535.1; 2024: 390.35 t
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Beef slaughtered
1990: 1818758; 2024: 1671487 An
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef offtake rate
1991: 11.8; 2024: 10.6 %
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: 321198 tonnes; 2024: 1414754.77 tonnes
Wheat
1991: 1140935 tonnes; 2024: 836790.75 tonnes
Barley
1991: 1230 tonnes; 2024: 93 tonnes
Sorghum
1991: 723 tonnes; 2024: 0.01 tonnes
Oats
1991: 945 tonnes; 2024: 53.13 tonnes
Soya beans
1991: 90584 tonnes; 2024: 106012.13 tonnes
Cake of soya beans
1991: 510400 tonnes; 2024: 712296.5 tonnes