Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Iraq
Iraq: Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight was 22 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Iraq, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Iraq is 22 kg/An, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Iraq peaked at 24 kg/An in 2014 and was at its lowest, 14 kg/An, in 1976.
Iraq ranks 23rd of 185 countries 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 — Yield/Carcass Weight in Iraq, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 14 kg/An | -6.7% |
| 1977 | 15 kg/An | +7.1% |
| 1978 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 16 kg/An | +6.7% |
| 2005 | 22 kg/An | +37.5% |
| 2006 | 23 kg/An | +4.5% |
| 2007 | 21 kg/An | -8.7% |
| 2008 | 22 kg/An | +4.8% |
| 2009 | 20 kg/An | -9.1% |
| 2010 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 24 kg/An | +20.0% |
| 2015 | 24 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 23 kg/An | -4.2% |
| 2017 | 23 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 23 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 23 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 22 kg/An | -4.3% |
| 2021 | 22 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 22 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 22 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 22 kg/An | +0.0% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 22 kg/An is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 15.5 kg/An, 1.4× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 22 kg/An is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 17 kg/An, 1.3× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15 kg/An | 15 kg/An | 15 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 14.9 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 15 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 15 kg/An | 15 kg/An | 15 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 15 kg/An | 15 kg/An | 15 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 18.4 kg/An | 15 kg/An | 23 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 22 kg/An | 20 kg/An | 24 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 22 kg/An | 22 kg/An | 22 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
- 20 Timor-Leste 10 kg/An compare
- 21 Armenia 23 kg/An compare
- 21 Luxembourg 23 kg/An compare
- 23 Canada 22 kg/An compare
- 23 Czechia 22 kg/An compare
- 23 Grenada 22 kg/An compare
- 23 Ireland 22 kg/An compare
- 23 Niger 22 kg/An compare
- 23 Singapore 22 kg/An compare
- 23 Australia and New Zealand 22 kg/An compare
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 sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Iraq?
- Sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Iraq was 22 kg/An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 24 kg/An in 2014.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 14 kg/An in 1976.
- How does Iraq rank for sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight?
- Iraq ranks 23rd out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iraq data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight. 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.