Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Iraq
Iraq: Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 490,596 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Iraq, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Iraq recorded 490,596 An for meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.7% on the previous year and down 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Iraq peaked at 1.12 million An in 1976 and was at its lowest, 220,000 An, in 2005.
Iraq ranks 62nd of 173 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Iraq, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 980,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 900,000 An | -8.2% |
| 1963 | 800,000 An | -11.1% |
| 1964 | 750,000 An | -6.2% |
| 1965 | 700,000 An | -6.7% |
| 1966 | 710,000 An | +1.4% |
| 1967 | 720,000 An | +1.4% |
| 1968 | 730,000 An | +1.4% |
| 1969 | 750,000 An | +2.7% |
| 1970 | 760,000 An | +1.3% |
| 1971 | 770,000 An | +1.3% |
| 1972 | 780,000 An | +1.3% |
| 1973 | 800,000 An | +2.6% |
| 1974 | 825,000 An | +3.1% |
| 1975 | 831,351 An | +0.8% |
| 1976 | 1.12 million An | +34.5% |
| 1977 | 860,000 An | -23.1% |
| 1978 | 750,000 An | -12.8% |
| 1979 | 755,000 An | +0.7% |
| 1980 | 760,000 An | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 770,000 An | +1.3% |
| 1982 | 656,000 An | -14.8% |
| 1983 | 703,000 An | +7.2% |
| 1984 | 676,000 An | -3.8% |
| 1985 | 619,000 An | -8.4% |
| 1986 | 622,000 An | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 630,000 An | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 650,000 An | +3.2% |
| 1989 | 620,000 An | -4.6% |
| 1990 | 652,250 An | +5.2% |
| 1991 | 410,833 An | -37.0% |
| 1992 | 545,000 An | +32.7% |
| 1993 | 700,000 An | +28.4% |
| 1994 | 655,415 An | -6.4% |
| 1995 | 674,000 An | +2.8% |
| 1996 | 508,667 An | -24.5% |
| 1997 | 675,000 An | +32.7% |
| 1998 | 660,000 An | -2.2% |
| 1999 | 635,000 An | -3.8% |
| 2000 | 590,000 An | -7.1% |
| 2001 | 330,000 An | -44.1% |
| 2002 | 320,000 An | -3.0% |
| 2003 | 300,000 An | -6.2% |
| 2004 | 240,000 An | -20.0% |
| 2005 | 220,000 An | -8.3% |
| 2006 | 280,000 An | +27.3% |
| 2007 | 450,000 An | +60.7% |
| 2008 | 480,000 An | +6.7% |
| 2009 | 560,000 An | +16.7% |
| 2010 | 580,000 An | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 570,000 An | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 575,000 An | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 582,400 An | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 544,921 An | -6.4% |
| 2015 | 494,566 An | -9.2% |
| 2016 | 560,582 An | +13.3% |
| 2017 | 503,153 An | -10.2% |
| 2018 | 507,102 An | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 514,906 An | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 503,262 An | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 508,878 An | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 514,565 An | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 520,308 An | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 490,596 An | -5.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 782,222 An | 700,000 An | 980,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 824,977 An | 750,000 An | 1.12 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 670,600 An | 619,000 An | 770,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 611,616 An | 410,833 An | 700,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 377,000 An | 220,000 An | 590,000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 543,263 An | 494,566 An | 582,400 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 507,522 An | 490,596 An | 520,308 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 goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Iraq?
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Iraq was 490,596 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 1.12 million An in 1976.
- What is the lowest meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 220,000 An in 2005.
- How does Iraq rank for meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Iraq ranks 62nd out of 173 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 goat, 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.