Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Iran (Islamic Republic of): Sheep and Goat Meat — Production was 273,558 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Iran (Islamic Republic of), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sheep and goat meat — production in Iran (Islamic Republic of) is 273,558 t, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 1.9% on the previous year and down 25.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — production in Iran (Islamic Republic of) peaked at 454,100 t in 2007 and was at its lowest, 140,489 t, in 2019.
That places Iran (Islamic Republic of) 5th out of 20 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Iran (Islamic Republic of), year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 172,300 t | — |
| 1962 | 183,000 t | +6.2% |
| 1963 | 173,100 t | -5.4% |
| 1964 | 172,400 t | -0.4% |
| 1965 | 172,400 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 175,900 t | +2.0% |
| 1967 | 180,800 t | +2.8% |
| 1968 | 185,400 t | +2.5% |
| 1969 | 188,000 t | +1.4% |
| 1970 | 183,800 t | -2.2% |
| 1971 | 186,600 t | +1.5% |
| 1972 | 188,000 t | +0.8% |
| 1973 | 188,700 t | +0.4% |
| 1974 | 190,600 t | +1.0% |
| 1975 | 192,500 t | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 203,200 t | +5.6% |
| 1977 | 217,000 t | +6.8% |
| 1978 | 222,000 t | +2.3% |
| 1979 | 247,400 t | +11.4% |
| 1980 | 224,800 t | -9.1% |
| 1981 | 231,600 t | +3.0% |
| 1982 | 244,400 t | +5.5% |
| 1983 | 257,000 t | +5.2% |
| 1984 | 270,200 t | +5.1% |
| 1985 | 284,400 t | +5.3% |
| 1986 | 303,000 t | +6.5% |
| 1987 | 300,400 t | -0.9% |
| 1988 | 303,700 t | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 317,000 t | +4.4% |
| 1990 | 337,500 t | +6.5% |
| 1991 | 344,000 t | +1.9% |
| 1992 | 358,000 t | +4.1% |
| 1993 | 365,800 t | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 371,800 t | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 376,800 t | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 380,450 t | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 406,000 t | +6.7% |
| 1998 | 418,000 t | +3.0% |
| 1999 | 397,000 t | -5.0% |
| 2000 | 435,666 t | +9.7% |
| 2001 | 443,720 t | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 449,710 t | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 416,850 t | -7.3% |
| 2004 | 427,300 t | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 432,000 t | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 435,900 t | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 454,100 t | +4.2% |
| 2008 | 347,522 t | -23.5% |
| 2009 | 357,142 t | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 371,515 t | +4.0% |
| 2011 | 369,710 t | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 372,804 t | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 354,000 t | -5.0% |
| 2014 | 366,000 t | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 369,590 t | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 334,779 t | -9.4% |
| 2017 | 282,233 t | -15.7% |
| 2018 | 190,547 t | -32.5% |
| 2019 | 140,489 t | -26.3% |
| 2020 | 182,561 t | +29.9% |
| 2021 | 276,559 t | +51.5% |
| 2022 | 293,671 t | +6.2% |
| 2023 | 268,588 t | -8.5% |
| 2024 | 273,558 t | +1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 178,144 t | 172,300 t | 188,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 201,980 t | 183,800 t | 247,400 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 273,650 t | 224,800 t | 317,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 375,535 t | 337,500 t | 418,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 419,991 t | 347,522 t | 454,100 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 315,167 t | 140,489 t | 372,804 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 258,987 t | 182,561 t | 293,671 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — production in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- Sheep and goat meat — production in Iran (Islamic Republic of) was 273,558 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- The highest recorded value was 454,100 t in 2007.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- The lowest recorded value was 140,489 t in 2019.
- How does Iran (Islamic Republic of) rank for sheep and goat meat — production?
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 5th out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — production rising or falling in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.3%. 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 — 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.