Meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Iraq
Iraq: Meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 32,228 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Iraq, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Iraq stood at 32,228 An.
That represents a change of up 3.2% on the previous year and up 38.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Iraq peaked at 43,700 An in 2012 and was at its lowest, 5,074 An, in 2003.
Iraq ranks 16th of 26 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Iraq, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 30,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 30,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 30,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 28,000 An | -6.7% |
| 1965 | 26,000 An | -7.1% |
| 1966 | 25,000 An | -3.8% |
| 1967 | 25,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 25,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 26,000 An | +4.0% |
| 1970 | 28,000 An | +7.7% |
| 1971 | 26,000 An | -7.1% |
| 1972 | 27,000 An | +3.8% |
| 1973 | 25,000 An | -7.4% |
| 1974 | 24,000 An | -4.0% |
| 1975 | 23,869 An | -0.5% |
| 1976 | 26,198 An | +9.8% |
| 1977 | 23,500 An | -10.3% |
| 1978 | 22,000 An | -6.4% |
| 1979 | 20,500 An | -6.8% |
| 1980 | 20,200 An | -1.5% |
| 1981 | 21,500 An | +6.4% |
| 1982 | 21,000 An | -2.3% |
| 1983 | 21,500 An | +2.4% |
| 1984 | 20,500 An | -4.7% |
| 1985 | 18,000 An | -12.2% |
| 1986 | 16,500 An | -8.3% |
| 1987 | 16,800 An | +1.8% |
| 1988 | 16,900 An | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 17,400 An | +3.0% |
| 1990 | 41,000 An | +135.6% |
| 1991 | 24,000 An | -41.5% |
| 1992 | 21,000 An | -12.5% |
| 1993 | 30,000 An | +42.9% |
| 1994 | 25,000 An | -16.7% |
| 1995 | 21,000 An | -16.0% |
| 1996 | 10,960 An | -47.8% |
| 1997 | 11,000 An | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 12,000 An | +9.1% |
| 1999 | 12,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 12,500 An | +4.2% |
| 2001 | 10,000 An | -20.0% |
| 2002 | 8,000 An | -20.0% |
| 2003 | 5,074 An | -36.6% |
| 2004 | 7,989 An | +57.4% |
| 2005 | 13,125 An | +64.3% |
| 2006 | 26,250 An | +100.0% |
| 2007 | 20,735 An | -21.0% |
| 2008 | 42,650 An | +105.7% |
| 2009 | 35,545 An | -16.7% |
| 2010 | 40,000 An | +12.5% |
| 2011 | 38,342 An | -4.1% |
| 2012 | 43,700 An | +14.0% |
| 2013 | 22,617 An | -48.2% |
| 2014 | 23,301 An | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 27,200 An | +16.7% |
| 2016 | 23,941 An | -12.0% |
| 2017 | 27,118 An | +13.3% |
| 2018 | 26,359 An | -2.8% |
| 2019 | 27,140 An | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 28,264 An | +4.1% |
| 2021 | 29,217 An | +3.4% |
| 2022 | 30,201 An | +3.4% |
| 2023 | 31,218 An | +3.4% |
| 2024 | 32,228 An | +3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 27,222 An | 25,000 An | 30,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 24,607 An | 20,500 An | 28,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 19,030 An | 16,500 An | 21,500 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 20,796 An | 10,960 An | 41,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,187 An | 5,074 An | 42,650 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 29,972 An | 22,617 An | 43,700 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 30,226 An | 28,264 An | 32,228 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Iraq
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -8.53 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0341 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 184.67 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3006 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2016)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2014)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Iraq?
- Meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Iraq was 32,228 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 43,700 An in 2012.
- What is the lowest meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,074 An in 2003.
- How does Iraq rank for meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Iraq ranks 16th out of 26 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iraq data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.