Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 2.99 million An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Saudi Arabia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Saudi Arabia recorded 2.99 million An for meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024.
That represents a change of down 21.7% on the previous year and up 45.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Saudi Arabia peaked at 3.82 million An in 2023 and was at its lowest, 320,000 An, in 1961.
Saudi Arabia ranks 26th of 173 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 goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 320,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 320,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 326,000 An | +1.9% |
| 1964 | 326,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 333,000 An | +2.1% |
| 1966 | 333,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 350,720 An | +5.3% |
| 1968 | 346,939 An | -1.1% |
| 1969 | 470,573 An | +35.6% |
| 1970 | 571,128 An | +21.4% |
| 1971 | 616,484 An | +7.9% |
| 1972 | 629,847 An | +2.2% |
| 1973 | 625,018 An | -0.8% |
| 1974 | 809,538 An | +29.5% |
| 1975 | 851,487 An | +5.2% |
| 1976 | 893,436 An | +4.9% |
| 1977 | 500,767 An | -44.0% |
| 1978 | 502,436 An | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 504,105 An | +0.3% |
| 1980 | 378,967 An | -24.8% |
| 1981 | 384,348 An | +1.4% |
| 1982 | 389,729 An | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 620,695 An | +59.3% |
| 1984 | 758,627 An | +22.2% |
| 1985 | 1.03 million An | +36.0% |
| 1986 | 1.16 million An | +12.8% |
| 1987 | 1.20 million An | +3.3% |
| 1988 | 1.04 million An | -13.1% |
| 1989 | 1.07 million An | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 1.63 million An | +52.7% |
| 1991 | 1.62 million An | -0.6% |
| 1992 | 1.62 million An | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 1.66 million An | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 1.72 million An | +4.2% |
| 1995 | 1.64 million An | -4.9% |
| 1996 | 1.55 million An | -5.5% |
| 1997 | 1.45 million An | -6.5% |
| 1998 | 1.38 million An | -4.8% |
| 1999 | 1.45 million An | +5.1% |
| 2000 | 1.53 million An | +5.6% |
| 2001 | 1.54 million An | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 1.54 million An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1.54 million An | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 1.64 million An | +6.0% |
| 2005 | 1.66 million An | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 1.47 million An | -11.6% |
| 2007 | 1.62 million An | +10.3% |
| 2008 | 1.25 million An | -22.7% |
| 2009 | 1.27 million An | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 1.40 million An | +10.3% |
| 2011 | 2.00 million An | +42.9% |
| 2012 | 2.00 million An | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 2.08 million An | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 2.06 million An | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 2.05 million An | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 2.14 million An | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 2.10 million An | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 1.85 million An | -11.8% |
| 2019 | 2.52 million An | +36.1% |
| 2020 | 3.19 million An | +26.7% |
| 2021 | 2.80 million An | -12.1% |
| 2022 | 2.35 million An | -16.0% |
| 2023 | 3.82 million An | +62.4% |
| 2024 | 2.99 million An | -21.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 347,359 An | 320,000 An | 470,573 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 650,425 An | 500,767 An | 893,436 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 803,837 An | 378,967 An | 1.20 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.57 million An | 1.38 million An | 1.72 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.50 million An | 1.25 million An | 1.66 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.02 million An | 1.40 million An | 2.52 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.03 million An | 2.35 million An | 3.82 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
- 23 Burkina Faso 3.31 million An compare
- 23 Côte d'Ivoire 1.32 million An compare
- 24 Uganda 3.26 million An compare
- 25 Somalia 3.00 million An compare
- 27 Philippines 2.94 million An compare
- 28 Cabo Verde 44,137 An compare
- 28 Mexico 2.35 million An compare
- 29 Cameroon 2.33 million An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Saudi Arabia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.2 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0259 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.48 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 3.68 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1539 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Saudi Arabia?
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Saudi Arabia was 2.99 million 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 Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 3.82 million An in 2023.
- What is the lowest meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 320,000 An in 1961.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 26th out of 173 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 45.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia 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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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.