Raw hides and skins of cattle — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Iraq
Iraq: Raw hides and skins of cattle — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 163,675 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Raw hides and skins of cattle — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Iraq, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, raw hides and skins of cattle — producing animals/slaughtered in Iraq stood at 163,675 An.
The figure is down 2.0% on the previous year and down 25.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw hides and skins of cattle — producing animals/slaughtered in Iraq peaked at 447,000 An in 1984 and was at its lowest, 127,535 An, in 2015.
That places Iraq 111th out of 190 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Raw hides and skins of cattle — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Iraq, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 310,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 320,000 An | +3.2% |
| 1963 | 330,000 An | +3.1% |
| 1964 | 340,000 An | +3.0% |
| 1965 | 310,000 An | -8.8% |
| 1966 | 305,000 An | -1.6% |
| 1967 | 325,000 An | +6.6% |
| 1968 | 335,000 An | +3.1% |
| 1969 | 345,000 An | +3.0% |
| 1970 | 367,000 An | +6.4% |
| 1971 | 380,000 An | +3.5% |
| 1972 | 380,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 375,000 An | -1.3% |
| 1974 | 380,000 An | +1.3% |
| 1975 | 371,541 An | -2.2% |
| 1976 | 430,689 An | +15.9% |
| 1977 | 430,000 An | -0.2% |
| 1978 | 435,000 An | +1.2% |
| 1979 | 425,000 An | -2.3% |
| 1980 | 435,180 An | +2.4% |
| 1981 | 417,270 An | -4.1% |
| 1982 | 440,000 An | +5.4% |
| 1983 | 425,000 An | -3.4% |
| 1984 | 447,000 An | +5.2% |
| 1985 | 420,000 An | -6.0% |
| 1986 | 399,000 An | -5.0% |
| 1987 | 400,000 An | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 405,000 An | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 395,000 An | -2.5% |
| 1990 | 384,000 An | -2.8% |
| 1991 | 228,000 An | -40.6% |
| 1992 | 315,000 An | +38.2% |
| 1993 | 385,000 An | +22.2% |
| 1994 | 355,000 An | -7.8% |
| 1995 | 297,680 An | -16.1% |
| 1996 | 263,080 An | -11.6% |
| 1997 | 325,000 An | +23.5% |
| 1998 | 335,000 An | +3.1% |
| 1999 | 336,000 An | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 340,000 An | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 364,000 An | +7.1% |
| 2002 | 370,000 An | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 229,000 An | -38.1% |
| 2004 | 243,360 An | +6.3% |
| 2005 | 222,900 An | -8.4% |
| 2006 | 192,000 An | -13.9% |
| 2007 | 148,000 An | -22.9% |
| 2008 | 203,791 An | +37.7% |
| 2009 | 225,100 An | +10.5% |
| 2010 | 236,780 An | +5.2% |
| 2011 | 237,260 An | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 238,400 An | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 243,000 An | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 220,211 An | -9.4% |
| 2015 | 127,535 An | -42.1% |
| 2016 | 144,713 An | +13.5% |
| 2017 | 151,460 An | +4.7% |
| 2018 | 146,988 An | -3.0% |
| 2019 | 153,898 An | +4.7% |
| 2020 | 157,088 An | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 160,336 An | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 163,652 An | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 167,036 An | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 163,675 An | -2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 324,444 An | 305,000 An | 345,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 397,423 An | 367,000 An | 435,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 418,345 An | 395,000 An | 447,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 322,376 An | 228,000 An | 385,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 253,815 An | 148,000 An | 370,000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 190,024 An | 127,535 An | 243,000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 162,357 An | 157,088 An | 167,036 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Iraq
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -8.53 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0341 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 184.67 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3006 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2016)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2014)
Frequently asked questions
- What is raw hides and skins of cattle — producing animals/slaughtered in Iraq?
- Raw hides and skins of cattle — producing animals/slaughtered in Iraq was 163,675 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest raw hides and skins of cattle — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 447,000 An in 1984.
- What is the lowest raw hides and skins of cattle — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 127,535 An in 2015.
- How does Iraq rank for raw hides and skins of cattle — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Iraq ranks 111th out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw hides and skins of cattle — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Iraq data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Raw hides and skins of cattle — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. 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.