Meat — Protein supply quantity in Iraq
Iraq: Meat — Protein supply quantity was 158,489 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Meat — Protein supply quantity in Iraq, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Iraq recorded 158,489 t for meat — protein supply quantity in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 12.0% on the previous year and up 42.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat — protein supply quantity in Iraq peaked at 158,489 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 58,568 t, in 2014.
That places Iraq 45th out of 182 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 104,497 t | 58,568 t | 136,299 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 138,243 t | 116,583 t | 158,489 t | 4 |
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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 — protein supply quantity in Iraq?
- Meat — protein supply quantity in Iraq was 158,489 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat — protein supply quantity recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 158,489 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest meat — protein supply quantity recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 58,568 t in 2014.
- How does Iraq rank for meat — protein supply quantity?
- Iraq ranks 45th out of 182 countries with data for 2023.
- Is meat — protein supply quantity rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iraq data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Meat — Protein supply quantity (t). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.