Yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat in Egypt
Egypt: Yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat was 1.16 million animals in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in animals.
Analysis
In 2024, yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat in Egypt stood at 1.16 million animals.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 12.4% on the previous year and down 15.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat in Egypt peaked at 1.59 million animals in 2017 and was at its lowest, 487,000 animals, in 1961.
Egypt ranks 50th of 197 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 561,000 animals | 487,000 animals | 764,000 animals | 9 |
| 1970s | 843,351 animals | 755,000 animals | 908,115 animals | 10 |
| 1980s | 919,026 animals | 780,000 animals | 1.17 million animals | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.35 million animals | 1.06 million animals | 1.50 million animals | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.29 million animals | 1.15 million animals | 1.48 million animals | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.40 million animals | 1.15 million animals | 1.59 million animals | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.29 million animals | 1.16 million animals | 1.44 million animals | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Egypt
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 60.46 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 16.6% (2025)
- Rural population 67.58 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.4% (2025)
- Rural population 57.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.6% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.6% (2025)
- Land under cereal production 3.16 million hectares (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat in Egypt?
- Yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat in Egypt was 1.16 million animals in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 1.59 million animals in 2017.
- What is the lowest yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 487,000 animals in 1961.
- How does Egypt rank for yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat?
- Egypt ranks 50th out of 197 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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