Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 664,600 1000 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Saudi Arabia, 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 Saudi Arabia is 664,600 1000 An, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Saudi Arabia peaked at 676,402 1000 An in 2014 and was at its lowest, 3,000 1000 An, in 1961.
That places Saudi Arabia 31st out of 207 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,222 1000 An | 3,000 1000 An | 6,000 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 16,019 1000 An | 6,500 1000 An | 30,882 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 162,271 1000 An | 40,820 1000 An | 266,417 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 341,158 1000 An | 267,083 1000 An | 440,833 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 523,880 1000 An | 472,833 1000 An | 575,700 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 589,980 1000 An | 455,674 1000 An | 676,402 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 663,442 1000 An | 653,005 1000 An | 668,992 1000 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Saudi Arabia
- Agriculture share gdp 2.59 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.59 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
- Rural population 15.4% (2025)
- Rural population growth 3.6% (2025)
- Rural population 5.69 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 33.07 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 34,585 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Saudi Arabia?
- Meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Saudi Arabia was 664,600 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 Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 676,402 1000 An in 2014.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,000 1000 An in 1961.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 31st out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.7%. 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, 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.