Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Iraq
Iraq: Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 142,679 1000 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Iraq, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
Iraq recorded 142,679 1000 An for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.9% on the previous year and up 144.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Iraq peaked at 268,228 1000 An in 1989 and was at its lowest, 3,900 1000 An, in 1961.
That places Iraq 63rd out of 207 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 | 7,633 1000 An | 3,900 1000 An | 15,000 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 29,540 1000 An | 18,000 1000 An | 45,700 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 161,691 1000 An | 57,800 1000 An | 268,228 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 45,879 1000 An | 8,891 1000 An | 192,283 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 60,458 1000 An | 25,000 1000 An | 95,000 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 74,248 1000 An | 52,812 1000 An | 110,848 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 131,174 1000 An | 116,446 1000 An | 142,679 1000 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Iraq
- Agriculture share gdp 3.41 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 3.41 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2016)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2014)
- Rural population 30.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.9% (2025)
- Rural population 14.13 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.4% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 8.68 billion current US$ (2025)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 2,340 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Iraq?
- Meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Iraq was 142,679 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 Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 268,228 1000 An in 1989.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,900 1000 An in 1961.
- How does Iraq rank for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Iraq ranks 63rd out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is up 144.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Iraq 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.