Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Iran (Islamic Republic of): Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production was 236,074 t in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
236,074 t
Change on year
up 0.8%
World rank
5th
of 16 countries
All-time high
345,020 t
in 2002
All-time low
113,000 t
in 1962
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Iran (Islamic Republic of), 1961–2024

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

Iran (Islamic Republic of) recorded 236,074 t for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in 2024.

The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and down 14.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Iran (Islamic Republic of) peaked at 345,020 t in 2002 and was at its lowest, 113,000 t, in 1962.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Iran (Islamic Republic of), year by year

Annual values for Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Iran (Islamic Republic of), 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 117,000 t
1962 113,000 t -3.4%
1963 113,500 t +0.4%
1964 115,000 t +1.3%
1965 115,000 t +0.0%
1966 118,500 t +3.0%
1967 122,000 t +3.0%
1968 124,500 t +2.0%
1969 125,000 t +0.4%
1970 125,000 t +0.0%
1971 125,000 t +0.0%
1972 125,000 t +0.0%
1973 125,000 t +0.0%
1974 129,000 t +3.2%
1975 129,500 t +0.4%
1976 136,000 t +5.0%
1977 147,000 t +8.1%
1978 152,000 t +3.4%
1979 176,000 t +15.8%
1980 152,000 t -13.6%
1981 156,000 t +2.6%
1982 166,000 t +6.4%
1983 173,000 t +4.2%
1984 182,000 t +5.2%
1985 192,000 t +5.5%
1986 205,000 t +6.8%
1987 208,000 t +1.5%
1988 212,000 t +1.9%
1989 218,000 t +2.8%
1990 238,000 t +9.2%
1991 244,000 t +2.5%
1992 257,000 t +5.3%
1993 265,000 t +3.1%
1994 271,000 t +2.3%
1995 276,000 t +1.8%
1996 280,000 t +1.4%
1997 301,000 t +7.5%
1998 309,000 t +2.7%
1999 293,000 t -5.2%
2000 326,166 t +11.3%
2001 332,610 t +2.0%
2002 345,020 t +3.7%
2003 304,270 t -11.8%
2004 311,900 t +2.5%
2005 315,000 t +1.0%
2006 318,300 t +1.0%
2007 331,600 t +4.2%
2008 252,664 t -23.8%
2009 260,320 t +3.0%
2010 271,349 t +4.2%
2011 272,321 t +0.4%
2012 274,600 t +0.8%
2013 260,000 t -5.3%
2014 276,000 t +6.2%
2015 305,046 t +10.5%
2016 280,070 t -8.2%
2017 237,599 t -15.2%
2018 157,253 t -33.8%
2019 116,484 t -25.9%
2020 151,875 t +30.4%
2021 238,135 t +56.8%
2022 254,832 t +7.0%
2023 234,227 t -8.1%
2024 236,074 t +0.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 118,167 t 113,000 t 125,000 t 9
1970s 136,950 t 125,000 t 176,000 t 10
1980s 186,400 t 152,000 t 218,000 t 10
1990s 273,400 t 238,000 t 309,000 t 10
2000s 309,785 t 252,664 t 345,020 t 10
2010s 245,072 t 116,484 t 305,046 t 10
2020s 223,029 t 151,875 t 254,832 t 5

Countries ranked near Iran (Islamic Republic of)

  1. 2 China, mainland 2.64 million t compare
  2. 3 Türkiye 509,539 t compare
  3. 3 Australia and New Zealand 1.38 million t compare
  4. 4 India 1.29 million t compare
  5. 5 Australia 927,230 t compare
  6. 6 Syrian Arab Republic 194,855 t compare
  7. 6 USSR 885,000 t compare
  8. 7 New Zealand 449,606 t compare
  9. 7 United Republic of Tanzania 54,500 t compare
  10. 8 Algeria 363,929 t compare
  11. 8 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 33,714 t compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Iran (Islamic Republic of) was 236,074 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
The highest recorded value was 345,020 t in 2002.
What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
The lowest recorded value was 113,000 t in 1962.
How does Iran (Islamic Republic of) rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production?
Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 5th out of 16 countries with data for 2024.
Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
Over the last ten years it is down 14.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
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 sheep, fresh or chilled — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
224 places, 12,928 data points, 1961–2024
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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.