Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 8.05 million An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of sheep, 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 8.05 million An for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 20.8% on the previous year and up 92.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Saudi Arabia peaked at 10.16 million An in 2023 and was at its lowest, 971,534 An, in 1974.
That places Saudi Arabia 20th out of 179 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 982,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 982,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 988,000 An | +0.6% |
| 1964 | 988,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 994,000 An | +0.6% |
| 1966 | 994,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1.00 million An | +0.6% |
| 1968 | 1.00 million An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1.01 million An | +0.6% |
| 1970 | 1.01 million An | +0.6% |
| 1971 | 1.02 million An | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 1.02 million An | -0.0% |
| 1973 | 1.02 million An | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 971,534 An | -4.6% |
| 1975 | 1.02 million An | +4.8% |
| 1976 | 1.07 million An | +4.6% |
| 1977 | 1.16 million An | +8.5% |
| 1978 | 1.46 million An | +25.9% |
| 1979 | 1.76 million An | +20.6% |
| 1980 | 1.86 million An | +5.9% |
| 1981 | 2.16 million An | +16.0% |
| 1982 | 2.45 million An | +13.8% |
| 1983 | 2.40 million An | -2.0% |
| 1984 | 2.56 million An | +6.4% |
| 1985 | 2.76 million An | +8.0% |
| 1986 | 3.06 million An | +10.7% |
| 1987 | 3.20 million An | +4.7% |
| 1988 | 3.50 million An | +9.4% |
| 1989 | 4.08 million An | +16.7% |
| 1990 | 3.42 million An | -16.2% |
| 1991 | 3.20 million An | -6.7% |
| 1992 | 3.44 million An | +7.8% |
| 1993 | 3.49 million An | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 3.63 million An | +4.0% |
| 1995 | 3.64 million An | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 3.75 million An | +2.9% |
| 1997 | 3.65 million An | -2.5% |
| 1998 | 3.71 million An | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 4.10 million An | +10.5% |
| 2000 | 4.06 million An | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 4.02 million An | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 3.89 million An | -3.3% |
| 2003 | 3.97 million An | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 4.12 million An | +3.8% |
| 2005 | 4.28 million An | +3.9% |
| 2006 | 4.17 million An | -2.7% |
| 2007 | 4.08 million An | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 3.50 million An | -14.3% |
| 2009 | 3.20 million An | -8.6% |
| 2010 | 3.90 million An | +21.9% |
| 2011 | 4.80 million An | +23.1% |
| 2012 | 4.90 million An | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 5.00 million An | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 4.19 million An | -16.2% |
| 2015 | 4.39 million An | +4.8% |
| 2016 | 4.38 million An | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 4.41 million An | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 4.78 million An | +8.4% |
| 2019 | 6.67 million An | +39.7% |
| 2020 | 8.61 million An | +29.0% |
| 2021 | 8.32 million An | -3.4% |
| 2022 | 5.66 million An | -32.0% |
| 2023 | 10.16 million An | +79.5% |
| 2024 | 8.05 million An | -20.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 992,667 An | 982,000 An | 1.01 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.15 million An | 971,534 An | 1.76 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.80 million An | 1.86 million An | 4.08 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.60 million An | 3.20 million An | 4.10 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.93 million An | 3.20 million An | 4.28 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.74 million An | 3.90 million An | 6.67 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.16 million An | 5.66 million An | 10.16 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
- 17 Russian Federation 10.75 million An compare
- 18 Uzbekistan 10.22 million An compare
- 19 Ethiopia PDR 8.16 million An compare
- 21 Spain 7.90 million An compare
- 22 Mongolia 7.81 million An compare
- 23 Brazil 6.83 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 sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Saudi Arabia?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Saudi Arabia was 8.05 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 10.16 million An in 2023.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 971,534 An in 1974.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 20th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 92.1%. 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 sheep, 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.