Vietnam’s Cattle Industry

Vietnam — Cattle Industry

Population

1990: 65504552; 2024: 100987686

World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL)

Cattle inventory

1990: 3116900; 2024: 6212203 An

FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)

Beef production

1990: 75000; 2024: 270000 t

FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)

Beef imports

1990: 130; 2024: 548663.21 t

FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)

Beef exports

1990: 39; 2024: 1651.38 t

FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)

Beef slaughtered

1990: 468000; 2024: 1820850 An

FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)

Beef offtake rate

1991: 14.2; 2024: 29.3 %

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: 0 tonnes; 2024: 8813381 tonnes

Wheat

1991: 58232 tonnes; 2024: 4916718 tonnes

Barley

1991: 0 tonnes; 2024: 262012.43 tonnes

Sorghum

Baseline: Unavailable tonnes; 2024: 1620.64 tonnes

Oats

Baseline: Unavailable tonnes; 2024: 85.56 tonnes

Soya beans

1991: 0 tonnes; 2024: 2273469.61 tonnes

Cake of soya beans

Baseline: Unavailable tonnes; 2024: 5559549.48 tonnes