Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Iran (Islamic Republic of): Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 14.84 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Iran (Islamic Republic of), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Iran (Islamic Republic of) recorded 14.84 million An for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 18.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Iran (Islamic Republic of) peaked at 26.03 million An in 1998 and was at its lowest, 7.47 million An, in 2019.
Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 5th of 20 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Iran (Islamic Republic of), year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11.27 million An | — |
| 1962 | 12.06 million An | +7.1% |
| 1963 | 11.36 million An | -5.8% |
| 1964 | 11.30 million An | -0.5% |
| 1965 | 11.30 million An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 11.50 million An | +1.8% |
| 1967 | 11.82 million An | +2.8% |
| 1968 | 12.13 million An | +2.6% |
| 1969 | 12.30 million An | +1.4% |
| 1970 | 12.02 million An | -2.3% |
| 1971 | 12.20 million An | +1.5% |
| 1972 | 12.30 million An | +0.8% |
| 1973 | 12.35 million An | +0.4% |
| 1974 | 12.45 million An | +0.8% |
| 1975 | 12.60 million An | +1.2% |
| 1976 | 13.30 million An | +5.6% |
| 1977 | 14.20 million An | +6.8% |
| 1978 | 14.50 million An | +2.1% |
| 1979 | 16.10 million An | +11.0% |
| 1980 | 14.70 million An | -8.7% |
| 1981 | 15.15 million An | +3.1% |
| 1982 | 15.98 million An | +5.5% |
| 1983 | 16.80 million An | +5.1% |
| 1984 | 17.70 million An | +5.4% |
| 1985 | 18.60 million An | +5.1% |
| 1986 | 19.80 million An | +6.5% |
| 1987 | 19.60 million An | -1.0% |
| 1988 | 19.80 million An | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 20.70 million An | +4.5% |
| 1990 | 21.98 million An | +6.2% |
| 1991 | 22.40 million An | +1.9% |
| 1992 | 23.26 million An | +3.8% |
| 1993 | 23.76 million An | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 24.14 million An | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 24.45 million An | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 24.68 million An | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 25.65 million An | +4.0% |
| 1998 | 26.03 million An | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 24.37 million An | -6.4% |
| 2000 | 25.12 million An | +3.1% |
| 2001 | 24.83 million An | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 25.33 million An | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 22.96 million An | -9.4% |
| 2004 | 23.26 million An | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 23.50 million An | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 20.50 million An | -12.7% |
| 2007 | 18.86 million An | -8.0% |
| 2008 | 14.58 million An | -22.7% |
| 2009 | 10.70 million An | -26.6% |
| 2010 | 11.34 million An | +6.0% |
| 2011 | 9.55 million An | -15.8% |
| 2012 | 10.52 million An | +10.2% |
| 2013 | 10.92 million An | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 12.49 million An | +14.4% |
| 2015 | 12.76 million An | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 12.10 million An | -5.2% |
| 2017 | 10.83 million An | -10.5% |
| 2018 | 8.30 million An | -23.4% |
| 2019 | 7.47 million An | -10.1% |
| 2020 | 10.01 million An | +34.1% |
| 2021 | 15.05 million An | +50.3% |
| 2022 | 15.85 million An | +5.3% |
| 2023 | 14.50 million An | -8.5% |
| 2024 | 14.84 million An | +2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11.67 million An | 11.27 million An | 12.30 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 13.20 million An | 12.02 million An | 16.10 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 17.88 million An | 14.70 million An | 20.70 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 24.07 million An | 21.98 million An | 26.03 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 20.96 million An | 10.70 million An | 25.33 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.63 million An | 7.47 million An | 12.76 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.05 million An | 10.01 million An | 15.85 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iran (Islamic Republic of)
- 2 China, mainland 341.06 million An compare
- 3 India 237.70 million An compare
- 4 Türkiye 27.69 million An compare
- 4 Australia and New Zealand 63.99 million An compare
- 5 Pakistan 63.63 million An compare
- 6 USSR 59.57 million An compare
- 7 Nigeria 48.18 million An compare
- 8 Australia 41.62 million An compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- Sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Iran (Islamic Republic of) was 14.84 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- The highest recorded value was 26.03 million An in 1998.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.47 million An in 2019.
- How does Iran (Islamic Republic of) rank for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 5th out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.