Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production in Iraq
Iraq: Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production was 34,678 t in 2024. ▬ Flat
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production in Iraq, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — production in Iraq stood at 34,678 t.
That represents a change of down 2.0% on the previous year and down 25.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — production in Iraq peaked at 51,975 t in 1993 and was at its lowest, 27,190 t, in 2015.
That places Iraq 109th out of 190 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production in Iraq, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 34,100 t | — |
| 1962 | 35,200 t | +3.2% |
| 1963 | 36,300 t | +3.1% |
| 1964 | 37,400 t | +3.0% |
| 1965 | 34,100 t | -8.8% |
| 1966 | 33,550 t | -1.6% |
| 1967 | 35,750 t | +6.6% |
| 1968 | 36,850 t | +3.1% |
| 1969 | 37,950 t | +3.0% |
| 1970 | 40,370 t | +6.4% |
| 1971 | 41,800 t | +3.5% |
| 1972 | 41,800 t | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 41,250 t | -1.3% |
| 1974 | 41,800 t | +1.3% |
| 1975 | 40,870 t | -2.2% |
| 1976 | 47,376 t | +15.9% |
| 1977 | 47,300 t | -0.2% |
| 1978 | 47,850 t | +1.2% |
| 1979 | 46,750 t | -2.3% |
| 1980 | 47,870 t | +2.4% |
| 1981 | 45,900 t | -4.1% |
| 1982 | 48,400 t | +5.4% |
| 1983 | 46,750 t | -3.4% |
| 1984 | 49,170 t | +5.2% |
| 1985 | 46,200 t | -6.0% |
| 1986 | 43,890 t | -5.0% |
| 1987 | 44,000 t | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 44,550 t | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 45,500 t | +2.1% |
| 1990 | 47,915 t | +5.3% |
| 1991 | 30,780 t | -35.8% |
| 1992 | 42,525 t | +38.2% |
| 1993 | 51,975 t | +22.2% |
| 1994 | 47,925 t | -7.8% |
| 1995 | 40,187 t | -16.1% |
| 1996 | 35,516 t | -11.6% |
| 1997 | 43,875 t | +23.5% |
| 1998 | 45,225 t | +3.1% |
| 1999 | 45,360 t | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 45,900 t | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 49,140 t | +7.1% |
| 2002 | 49,950 t | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 33,842 t | -32.2% |
| 2004 | 42,710 t | +26.2% |
| 2005 | 47,030 t | +10.1% |
| 2006 | 40,510 t | -13.9% |
| 2007 | 31,230 t | -22.9% |
| 2008 | 43,000 t | +37.7% |
| 2009 | 47,500 t | +10.5% |
| 2010 | 49,960 t | +5.2% |
| 2011 | 50,060 t | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 50,300 t | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 51,270 t | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 46,480 t | -9.3% |
| 2015 | 27,190 t | -41.5% |
| 2016 | 30,643 t | +12.7% |
| 2017 | 32,049 t | +4.6% |
| 2018 | 31,188 t | -2.7% |
| 2019 | 32,602 t | +4.5% |
| 2020 | 33,283 t | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 33,971 t | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 34,674 t | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 35,391 t | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 34,678 t | -2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 35,689 t | 33,550 t | 37,950 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 43,717 t | 40,370 t | 47,850 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 46,223 t | 43,890 t | 49,170 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 43,128 t | 30,780 t | 51,975 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 43,081 t | 31,230 t | 49,950 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 40,174 t | 27,190 t | 51,270 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 34,399 t | 33,283 t | 35,391 t | 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 cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — production in Iraq?
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — production in Iraq was 34,678 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 51,975 t in 1993.
- What is the lowest meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 27,190 t in 2015.
- How does Iraq rank for meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — production?
- Iraq ranks 109th out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- 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 cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.