Meat, Poultry — Production in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Meat, Poultry — Production was 757,884 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat, Poultry — Production in Saudi Arabia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, meat, poultry — production in Saudi Arabia stood at 757,884 t.
That represents a change of down 27.9% on the previous year and up 44.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — production in Saudi Arabia peaked at 1.13 million t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 3,000 t, in 1961.
Saudi Arabia ranks 36th of 207 countries on this measure, 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 t | 3,000 t | 6,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 16,019 t | 6,500 t | 30,882 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 162,161 t | 40,820 t | 266,050 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 335,475 t | 265,250 t | 435,700 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 518,794 t | 467,700 t | 570,684 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 590,441 t | 450,681 t | 800,575 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 994,034 t | 757,884 t | 1.13 million t | 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 — production in Saudi Arabia?
- Meat, poultry — production in Saudi Arabia was 757,884 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat, poultry — production recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.13 million t in 2021.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — production recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,000 t in 1961.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for meat, poultry — production?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 36th out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — production rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.2%. 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 — Production. 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.