Venezuela’s Cattle Industry

Venezuela — Cattle Industry

Population

1990: 19827010; 2025: 28516896

World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL)

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