Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production in Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Iran (Islamic Republic of): Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production was 2.27 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production in Iran (Islamic Republic of), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production in Iran (Islamic Republic of) is 2.27 million t, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 7.1% on the previous year and up 11.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production in Iran (Islamic Republic of) peaked at 2.43 million t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 38,500 t, in 1961.
Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 4th of 20 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production in Iran (Islamic Republic of), year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 38,500 t | — |
| 1962 | 38,500 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 40,600 t | +5.5% |
| 1964 | 42,000 t | +3.4% |
| 1965 | 42,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 42,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 60,000 t | +42.9% |
| 1968 | 68,400 t | +14.0% |
| 1969 | 77,100 t | +12.7% |
| 1970 | 86,800 t | +12.6% |
| 1971 | 97,700 t | +12.6% |
| 1972 | 110,000 t | +12.6% |
| 1973 | 110,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 117,000 t | +6.4% |
| 1975 | 115,000 t | -1.7% |
| 1976 | 134,000 t | +16.5% |
| 1977 | 163,000 t | +21.6% |
| 1978 | 195,000 t | +19.6% |
| 1979 | 209,000 t | +7.2% |
| 1980 | 211,000 t | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 213,000 t | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 215,000 t | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 230,000 t | +7.0% |
| 1984 | 235,000 t | +2.2% |
| 1985 | 235,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 305,000 t | +29.8% |
| 1987 | 330,000 t | +8.2% |
| 1988 | 330,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 380,000 t | +15.2% |
| 1990 | 380,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 420,000 t | +10.5% |
| 1992 | 520,000 t | +23.8% |
| 1993 | 560,000 t | +7.7% |
| 1994 | 613,000 t | +9.5% |
| 1995 | 637,000 t | +3.9% |
| 1996 | 650,000 t | +2.0% |
| 1997 | 712,000 t | +9.5% |
| 1998 | 696,000 t | -2.2% |
| 1999 | 725,000 t | +4.2% |
| 2000 | 803,000 t | +10.8% |
| 2001 | 885,000 t | +10.2% |
| 2002 | 942,000 t | +6.4% |
| 2003 | 1.10 million t | +17.2% |
| 2004 | 1.15 million t | +4.3% |
| 2005 | 1.24 million t | +7.4% |
| 2006 | 1.36 million t | +9.9% |
| 2007 | 1.47 million t | +7.9% |
| 2008 | 1.56 million t | +6.6% |
| 2009 | 1.61 million t | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 1.67 million t | +3.5% |
| 2011 | 1.78 million t | +7.0% |
| 2012 | 1.87 million t | +4.9% |
| 2013 | 1.97 million t | +5.1% |
| 2014 | 2.03 million t | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 2.12 million t | +4.4% |
| 2016 | 2.07 million t | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 2.24 million t | +8.1% |
| 2018 | 2.35 million t | +5.3% |
| 2019 | 2.33 million t | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 2.43 million t | +4.2% |
| 2021 | 2.11 million t | -13.3% |
| 2022 | 2.09 million t | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 2.12 million t | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 2.27 million t | +7.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 49,900 t | 38,500 t | 77,100 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 133,750 t | 86,800 t | 209,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 268,400 t | 211,000 t | 380,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 591,300 t | 380,000 t | 725,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.21 million t | 803,000 t | 1.61 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.04 million t | 1.67 million t | 2.35 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.20 million t | 2.09 million t | 2.43 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iran (Islamic Republic of)
- 1 China 16.07 million t compare
- 2 China, mainland 15.35 million t compare
- 3 Brazil 13.71 million t compare
- 3 Türkiye 2.51 million t compare
- 4 Russian Federation 5.46 million t compare
- 5 India 5.02 million t compare
- 5 Viet Nam 1.26 million t compare
- 6 Indonesia 4.18 million t compare
- 7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 579,764 t compare
- 7 Mexico 4.01 million t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production in Iran (Islamic Republic of) was 2.27 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.43 million t in 2020.
- What is the lowest meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- The lowest recorded value was 38,500 t in 1961.
- How does Iran (Islamic Republic of) rank for meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production?
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 4th out of 20 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Iran (Islamic Republic of) data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Meat of chickens, 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.