Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Iceland
Iceland: Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 5,788 1000 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Iceland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Iceland is 5,788 1000 An, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 17.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Iceland peaked at 5,858 1000 An in 2017 and was at its lowest, 250 1000 An, in 1961.
Iceland ranks 159th of 207 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 250 1000 An | 250 1000 An | 250 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 441.6 1000 An | 300 1000 An | 580 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,129 1000 An | 649 1000 An | 1,942 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,522 1000 An | 1,070 1000 An | 2,250 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,897 1000 An | 2,205 1000 An | 5,084 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,204 1000 An | 4,358 1000 An | 5,858 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,662 1000 An | 5,504 1000 An | 5,829 1000 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Iceland
- Agriculture share gdp 3.65 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 3.65 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2025)
- Rural population 5.8% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.9% (2025)
- Rural population 22,689 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.41 billion current US$ (2025)
- Tomatoes — Production 1,362 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Iceland?
- Meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Iceland was 5,788 1000 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 5,858 1000 An in 2017.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 250 1000 An in 1961.
- How does Iceland rank for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Iceland ranks 159th out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Iceland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Meat, Poultry — 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.