Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Sheep and Goat Meat — Production was 217,857 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Saudi Arabia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Saudi Arabia recorded 217,857 t for sheep and goat meat — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 21.1% on the previous year and up 90.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — production in Saudi Arabia peaked at 275,951 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 21,000 t, in 1961.
Saudi Arabia ranks 18th of 185 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 21,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 21,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 21,200 t | +1.0% |
| 1964 | 21,200 t | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 21,400 t | +0.9% |
| 1966 | 21,400 t | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 21,739 t | +1.6% |
| 1968 | 21,584 t | -0.7% |
| 1969 | 24,842 t | +15.1% |
| 1970 | 24,937 t | +0.4% |
| 1971 | 25,651 t | +2.9% |
| 1972 | 26,024 t | +1.5% |
| 1973 | 26,245 t | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 28,000 t | +6.7% |
| 1975 | 29,389 t | +5.0% |
| 1976 | 30,778 t | +4.7% |
| 1977 | 26,600 t | -13.6% |
| 1978 | 31,807 t | +19.6% |
| 1979 | 37,014 t | +16.4% |
| 1980 | 38,000 t | +2.7% |
| 1981 | 43,335 t | +14.0% |
| 1982 | 48,670 t | +12.3% |
| 1983 | 56,000 t | +15.1% |
| 1984 | 61,000 t | +8.9% |
| 1985 | 68,956 t | +13.0% |
| 1986 | 76,640 t | +11.1% |
| 1987 | 79,130 t | +3.2% |
| 1988 | 82,527 t | +4.3% |
| 1989 | 85,030 t | +3.0% |
| 1990 | 82,673 t | -2.8% |
| 1991 | 79,021 t | -4.4% |
| 1992 | 83,800 t | +6.0% |
| 1993 | 85,100 t | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 88,500 t | +4.0% |
| 1995 | 87,536 t | -1.1% |
| 1996 | 87,943 t | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 91,000 t | +3.5% |
| 1998 | 89,000 t | -2.2% |
| 1999 | 97,630 t | +9.7% |
| 2000 | 98,200 t | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 98,400 t | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 96,300 t | -2.1% |
| 2003 | 98,400 t | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 101,700 t | +3.4% |
| 2005 | 105,500 t | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 100,500 t | -4.7% |
| 2007 | 101,100 t | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 88,100 t | -12.9% |
| 2009 | 82,400 t | -6.5% |
| 2010 | 98,300 t | +19.3% |
| 2011 | 125,000 t | +27.2% |
| 2012 | 127,000 t | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 130,160 t | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 114,597 t | -12.0% |
| 2015 | 119,256 t | +4.1% |
| 2016 | 120,765 t | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 121,480 t | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 130,040 t | +7.0% |
| 2019 | 178,750 t | +37.5% |
| 2020 | 229,588 t | +28.4% |
| 2021 | 218,816 t | -4.7% |
| 2022 | 156,302 t | -28.6% |
| 2023 | 275,951 t | +76.5% |
| 2024 | 217,857 t | -21.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21,707 t | 21,000 t | 24,842 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 28,644 t | 24,937 t | 37,014 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 63,929 t | 38,000 t | 85,030 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 87,220 t | 79,021 t | 97,630 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 97,060 t | 82,400 t | 105,500 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 126,535 t | 98,300 t | 178,750 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 219,703 t | 156,302 t | 275,951 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
- 15 Uzbekistan 266,110 t compare
- 16 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 265,500 t compare
- 17 Bangladesh 250,148 t compare
- 19 Russian Federation 204,950 t compare
- 20 Mongolia 197,077 t compare
- 21 South Africa 180,440 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Saudi Arabia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.2 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0259 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.48 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 3.68 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1539 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 2.59 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.59 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — production in Saudi Arabia?
- Sheep and goat meat — production in Saudi Arabia was 217,857 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 275,951 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 21,000 t in 1961.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for sheep and goat meat — production?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 18th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — production rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 90.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia 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.