Meat, Total — Production in Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Iran (Islamic Republic of): Meat, Total — Production was 2.80 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat, Total — Production in Iran (Islamic Republic of), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat, total — production in Iran (Islamic Republic of) is 2.80 million t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 5.2% on the previous year and down 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, total — production in Iran (Islamic Republic of) peaked at 2.89 million t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 315,400 t, in 1963.
Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 5th of 20 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Meat, Total — Production in Iran (Islamic Republic of), year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 319,710 t | — |
| 1962 | 334,575 t | +4.6% |
| 1963 | 315,400 t | -5.7% |
| 1964 | 317,525 t | +0.7% |
| 1965 | 318,510 t | +0.3% |
| 1966 | 323,010 t | +1.4% |
| 1967 | 348,870 t | +8.0% |
| 1968 | 364,830 t | +4.6% |
| 1969 | 382,590 t | +4.9% |
| 1970 | 397,415 t | +3.9% |
| 1971 | 420,930 t | +5.9% |
| 1972 | 445,285 t | +5.8% |
| 1973 | 448,160 t | +0.6% |
| 1974 | 464,108 t | +3.6% |
| 1975 | 467,486 t | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 517,240 t | +10.6% |
| 1977 | 569,934 t | +10.2% |
| 1978 | 607,100 t | +6.5% |
| 1979 | 648,600 t | +6.8% |
| 1980 | 637,085 t | -1.8% |
| 1981 | 646,180 t | +1.4% |
| 1982 | 662,064 t | +2.5% |
| 1983 | 685,170 t | +3.5% |
| 1984 | 704,530 t | +2.8% |
| 1985 | 722,600 t | +2.6% |
| 1986 | 815,010 t | +12.8% |
| 1987 | 842,999 t | +3.4% |
| 1988 | 853,490 t | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 939,540 t | +10.1% |
| 1990 | 971,260 t | +3.4% |
| 1991 | 1.03 million t | +5.9% |
| 1992 | 1.16 million t | +12.6% |
| 1993 | 1.22 million t | +5.2% |
| 1994 | 1.29 million t | +5.5% |
| 1995 | 1.32 million t | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 1.39 million t | +4.8% |
| 1997 | 1.49 million t | +7.3% |
| 1998 | 1.49 million t | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 1.46 million t | -2.0% |
| 2000 | 1.56 million t | +6.4% |
| 2001 | 1.65 million t | +6.2% |
| 2002 | 1.78 million t | +7.6% |
| 2003 | 1.88 million t | +5.8% |
| 2004 | 1.96 million t | +4.3% |
| 2005 | 2.06 million t | +5.1% |
| 2006 | 2.21 million t | +7.3% |
| 2007 | 2.36 million t | +6.5% |
| 2008 | 2.28 million t | -3.4% |
| 2009 | 2.33 million t | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 2.42 million t | +3.9% |
| 2011 | 2.54 million t | +5.0% |
| 2012 | 2.64 million t | +3.7% |
| 2013 | 2.74 million t | +3.9% |
| 2014 | 2.83 million t | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 2.86 million t | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 2.75 million t | -3.8% |
| 2017 | 2.80 million t | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 2.79 million t | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 2.67 million t | -4.3% |
| 2020 | 2.89 million t | +8.2% |
| 2021 | 2.75 million t | -4.9% |
| 2022 | 2.70 million t | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 2.66 million t | -1.5% |
| 2024 | 2.80 million t | +5.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 336,113 t | 315,400 t | 382,590 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 498,626 t | 397,415 t | 648,600 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 750,867 t | 637,085 t | 939,540 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.28 million t | 971,260 t | 1.49 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.01 million t | 1.56 million t | 2.36 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.70 million t | 2.42 million t | 2.86 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.76 million t | 2.66 million t | 2.89 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iran (Islamic Republic of)
- 2 China, mainland 97.86 million t compare
- 3 Brazil 29.64 million t compare
- 3 Viet Nam 5.60 million t compare
- 4 Türkiye 4.68 million t compare
- 4 USSR 18.50 million t compare
- 5 India 13.21 million t compare
- 6 Russian Federation 12.87 million t compare
- 7 Mexico 8.35 million t compare
- 8 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.13 million t compare
- 8 Spain 7.56 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Iran (Islamic Republic of)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.06 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 6.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross -6.74 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production 7.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 9.09 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 0.7504 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Gross Production 7.28 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 22.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant) 9.37 % change on previous year (2024)
- Potatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 24.98 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, total — production in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- Meat, total — production in Iran (Islamic Republic of) was 2.80 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat, total — production recorded in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.89 million t in 2020.
- What is the lowest meat, total — production recorded in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- The lowest recorded value was 315,400 t in 1963.
- How does Iran (Islamic Republic of) rank for meat, total — production?
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 5th out of 20 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, total — production rising or falling in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Iran (Islamic Republic of) 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.