Meat, Total — Production in Iraq
Iraq: Meat, Total — Production was 286,984 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat, Total — Production in Iraq, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Iraq recorded 286,984 t for meat, total — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.8% on the previous year and up 60.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, total — production in Iraq peaked at 349,166 t in 1989 and was at its lowest, 65,526 t, in 1991.
That places Iraq 107th out of 210 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 99,279 t | 94,635 t | 109,573 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 121,541 t | 113,251 t | 136,505 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 248,852 t | 152,300 t | 349,166 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 122,797 t | 65,526 t | 284,450 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 146,007 t | 93,310 t | 171,578 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 192,612 t | 166,120 t | 242,379 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 267,479 t | 240,747 t | 298,272 t | 5 |
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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, total — production in Iraq?
- Meat, total — production in Iraq was 286,984 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat, total — production recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 349,166 t in 1989.
- What is the lowest meat, total — production recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 65,526 t in 1991.
- How does Iraq rank for meat, total — production?
- Iraq ranks 107th out of 210 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, total — production rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is up 60.5%. 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, 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.