Meat, Total — Production in Mongolia
Mongolia: Meat, Total — Production was 378,314 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat, Total — Production in Mongolia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, meat, total — production in Mongolia stood at 378,314 t.
The figure is down 28.1% on the previous year and up 55.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, total — production in Mongolia peaked at 625,221 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 140,720 t, in 1963.
Mongolia ranks 83rd of 194 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat, Total — Production in Mongolia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 165,500 t | — |
| 1962 | 145,580 t | -12.0% |
| 1963 | 140,720 t | -3.3% |
| 1964 | 142,720 t | +1.4% |
| 1965 | 151,160 t | +5.9% |
| 1966 | 154,460 t | +2.2% |
| 1967 | 166,000 t | +7.5% |
| 1968 | 164,700 t | -0.8% |
| 1969 | 171,900 t | +4.4% |
| 1970 | 174,000 t | +1.2% |
| 1971 | 167,760 t | -3.6% |
| 1972 | 186,960 t | +11.4% |
| 1973 | 175,740 t | -6.0% |
| 1974 | 201,580 t | +14.7% |
| 1975 | 229,060 t | +13.6% |
| 1976 | 217,340 t | -5.1% |
| 1977 | 206,616 t | -4.9% |
| 1978 | 242,043 t | +17.1% |
| 1979 | 237,520 t | -1.9% |
| 1980 | 227,200 t | -4.3% |
| 1981 | 235,800 t | +3.8% |
| 1982 | 234,300 t | -0.6% |
| 1983 | 230,400 t | -1.7% |
| 1984 | 233,500 t | +1.3% |
| 1985 | 226,000 t | -3.2% |
| 1986 | 240,392 t | +6.4% |
| 1987 | 235,382 t | -2.1% |
| 1988 | 225,364 t | -4.3% |
| 1989 | 239,698 t | +6.4% |
| 1990 | 248,939 t | +3.9% |
| 1991 | 281,049 t | +12.9% |
| 1992 | 251,158 t | -10.6% |
| 1993 | 216,105 t | -14.0% |
| 1994 | 203,928 t | -5.6% |
| 1995 | 211,627 t | +3.8% |
| 1996 | 259,968 t | +22.8% |
| 1997 | 240,560 t | -7.5% |
| 1998 | 268,300 t | +11.5% |
| 1999 | 289,014 t | +7.7% |
| 2000 | 288,029 t | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 215,935 t | -25.0% |
| 2002 | 202,258 t | -6.3% |
| 2003 | 155,371 t | -23.2% |
| 2004 | 197,929 t | +27.4% |
| 2005 | 187,696 t | -5.2% |
| 2006 | 171,867 t | -8.4% |
| 2007 | 189,576 t | +10.3% |
| 2008 | 220,782 t | +16.5% |
| 2009 | 270,784 t | +22.6% |
| 2010 | 203,351 t | -24.9% |
| 2011 | 209,903 t | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 221,412 t | +5.5% |
| 2013 | 250,113 t | +13.0% |
| 2014 | 243,610 t | -2.6% |
| 2015 | 373,798 t | +53.4% |
| 2016 | 334,641 t | -10.5% |
| 2017 | 354,766 t | +6.0% |
| 2018 | 430,694 t | +21.4% |
| 2019 | 457,191 t | +6.2% |
| 2020 | 625,221 t | +36.8% |
| 2021 | 429,596 t | -31.3% |
| 2022 | 547,734 t | +27.5% |
| 2023 | 526,298 t | -3.9% |
| 2024 | 378,314 t | -28.1% |
Mongolia compared with similar countries
- Mongolia's 378,314 t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 286,984 t, 1.3× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Mongolia's 378,314 t is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 192,858 t, 2.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 155,860 t | 140,720 t | 171,900 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 203,862 t | 167,760 t | 242,043 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 232,804 t | 225,364 t | 240,392 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 247,065 t | 203,928 t | 289,014 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 210,023 t | 155,371 t | 288,029 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 307,948 t | 203,351 t | 457,191 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 501,433 t | 378,314 t | 625,221 t | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Mongolia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 30.71 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0894 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 635.39 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5968 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2885 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, total — production in Mongolia?
- Meat, total — production in Mongolia was 378,314 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat, total — production recorded in Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 625,221 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest meat, total — production recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 140,720 t in 1963.
- How does Mongolia rank for meat, total — production?
- Mongolia ranks 83rd out of 194 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, total — production rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 55.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mongolia 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.