Meat, Total — Production in Iceland
Iceland: Meat, Total — Production was 34,130 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat, Total — Production in Iceland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Iceland recorded 34,130 t for meat, total — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, total — production in Iceland peaked at 35,969 t in 2018 and was at its lowest, 17,727 t, in 1971.
That places Iceland 151st out of 194 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat, Total — Production in Iceland, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 19,470 t | — |
| 1962 | 21,256 t | +9.2% |
| 1963 | 20,453 t | -3.8% |
| 1964 | 19,437 t | -5.0% |
| 1965 | 20,707 t | +6.5% |
| 1966 | 19,649 t | -5.1% |
| 1967 | 21,773 t | +10.8% |
| 1968 | 18,513 t | -15.0% |
| 1969 | 20,033 t | +8.2% |
| 1970 | 18,235 t | -9.0% |
| 1971 | 17,727 t | -2.8% |
| 1972 | 20,143 t | +13.6% |
| 1973 | 20,061 t | -0.4% |
| 1974 | 22,034 t | +9.8% |
| 1975 | 23,394 t | +6.2% |
| 1976 | 23,204 t | -0.8% |
| 1977 | 23,051 t | -0.7% |
| 1978 | 25,001 t | +8.5% |
| 1979 | 25,960 t | +3.8% |
| 1980 | 25,136 t | -3.2% |
| 1981 | 26,043 t | +3.6% |
| 1982 | 25,311 t | -2.8% |
| 1983 | 24,852 t | -1.8% |
| 1984 | 24,043 t | -3.3% |
| 1985 | 25,148 t | +4.6% |
| 1986 | 24,364 t | -3.1% |
| 1987 | 22,910 t | -6.0% |
| 1988 | 19,570 t | -14.6% |
| 1989 | 19,273 t | -1.5% |
| 1990 | 18,813 t | -2.4% |
| 1991 | 18,968 t | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 18,887 t | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 19,319 t | +2.3% |
| 1994 | 19,642 t | +1.7% |
| 1995 | 20,004 t | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 19,386 t | -3.1% |
| 1997 | 20,173 t | +4.1% |
| 1998 | 21,135 t | +4.8% |
| 1999 | 23,290 t | +10.2% |
| 2000 | 24,460 t | +5.0% |
| 2001 | 24,603 t | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 26,191 t | +6.5% |
| 2003 | 27,469 t | +4.9% |
| 2004 | 26,386 t | -3.9% |
| 2005 | 26,390 t | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 27,394 t | +3.8% |
| 2007 | 29,033 t | +6.0% |
| 2008 | 29,789 t | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 29,882 t | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 30,423 t | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 30,607 t | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 32,114 t | +4.9% |
| 2013 | 32,513 t | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 32,330 t | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 32,952 t | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 33,989 t | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 35,439 t | +4.3% |
| 2018 | 35,969 t | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 35,319 t | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 34,670 t | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 34,392 t | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 33,756 t | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 33,432 t | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 34,130 t | +2.1% |
Iceland compared with similar countries
- Iceland's 34,130 t is below the median for high income countries, which is 246,847 t, 14% of the median. (57 countries reporting)
- Iceland's 34,130 t is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 413,355 t, 8% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,143 t | 18,513 t | 21,773 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 21,881 t | 17,727 t | 25,960 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 23,665 t | 19,273 t | 26,043 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 19,962 t | 18,813 t | 23,290 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 27,160 t | 24,460 t | 29,882 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 33,166 t | 30,423 t | 35,969 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 34,076 t | 33,432 t | 34,670 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iceland
More agriculture & rural data for Iceland
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 19.96 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0365 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 3,593 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8983 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0578 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, total — production in Iceland?
- Meat, total — production in Iceland was 34,130 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat, total — production recorded in Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 35,969 t in 2018.
- What is the lowest meat, total — production recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 17,727 t in 1971.
- How does Iceland rank for meat, total — production?
- Iceland ranks 151st out of 194 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, total — production rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iceland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Meat, Total — 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.