Meat, Total — Production in North Macedonia
North Macedonia: Meat, Total — Production was 21,430 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Meat, Total — Production in North Macedonia, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat, total — production in North Macedonia is 21,430 t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.9% on the previous year and down 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, total — production in North Macedonia peaked at 36,447 t in 1993 and was at its lowest, 20,856 t, in 2013.
That places North Macedonia 157th out of 194 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 33 years of available data.
Meat, Total — Production in North Macedonia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 35,886 t | — |
| 1993 | 36,447 t | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 35,930 t | -1.4% |
| 1995 | 31,411 t | -12.6% |
| 1996 | 30,640 t | -2.5% |
| 1997 | 27,771 t | -9.4% |
| 1998 | 25,789 t | -7.1% |
| 1999 | 25,123 t | -2.6% |
| 2000 | 24,940 t | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 25,902 t | +3.9% |
| 2002 | 25,993 t | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 28,311 t | +8.9% |
| 2004 | 28,416 t | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 27,167 t | -4.4% |
| 2006 | 26,678 t | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 25,996 t | -2.6% |
| 2008 | 23,937 t | -7.9% |
| 2009 | 24,142 t | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 23,336 t | -3.3% |
| 2011 | 21,632 t | -7.3% |
| 2012 | 23,124 t | +6.9% |
| 2013 | 20,856 t | -9.8% |
| 2014 | 22,146 t | +6.2% |
| 2015 | 21,410 t | -3.3% |
| 2016 | 21,994 t | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 22,879 t | +4.0% |
| 2018 | 22,255 t | -2.7% |
| 2019 | 22,349 t | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 23,493 t | +5.1% |
| 2021 | 24,584 t | +4.6% |
| 2022 | 23,842 t | -3.0% |
| 2023 | 22,069 t | -7.4% |
| 2024 | 21,430 t | -2.9% |
North Macedonia compared with similar countries
- North Macedonia's 21,430 t is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 286,984 t, 7% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
- North Macedonia's 21,430 t is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 413,355 t, 5% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 31,125 t | 25,123 t | 36,447 t | 8 |
| 2000s | 26,148 t | 23,937 t | 28,416 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,198 t | 20,856 t | 23,336 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 23,084 t | 21,430 t | 24,584 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near North Macedonia
- 154 Belize 28,602 t compare
- 155 Guinea-Bissau 26,995 t compare
- 156 Eswatini 26,283 t compare
- 158 Luxembourg 19,809 t compare
- 159 Barbados 16,145 t compare
- 160 Montenegro 15,218 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for North Macedonia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0598 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 626.97 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.06 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3711 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, total — production in North Macedonia?
- Meat, total — production in North Macedonia was 21,430 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat, total — production recorded in North Macedonia?
- The highest recorded value was 36,447 t in 1993.
- What is the lowest meat, total — production recorded in North Macedonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 20,856 t in 2013.
- How does North Macedonia rank for meat, total — production?
- North Macedonia ranks 157th out of 194 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, total — production rising or falling in North Macedonia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this North Macedonia 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.